Phillip Hash

Phillip Hash
music education, Music
(616) 526-6022
pmh3@calvin.edu
CFAC 243

Educational background

Education

• University of Illinois - Urbana, Illinois, Doctorate of Music Education (EdD)
• Northwestern University - Evanston, Illinois, Master of Music (Wind Conducting), June 1996
• Millikin University - Decatur, Illinois, Bachelor of Music (Music Education), May 1989

Teaching/Conducting Experience

• Band Director, Lockport Elementary School District #91
• Choir Director, Christian Reformed Church of Western Springs
• Director of Intermediate Boys Division, Interlochen Arts Camp
• Director of Bands, Timothy Christian Schools
• Band and Choral Director, Community Unit School District #425, Shabbona, IL

Biographical Information

Phillip M. Hash holds an Ed. D. in music education from the University of Illinois, a M.M. in wind conducting from Northwestern University, and a B.M. in music education from Millikin University. Phillip’s professional affiliations include MENC: The National Association for Music Education, and the National Band Association. He has published articles in Update, Applications of Research in Music Education, the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Research and Issues in Music Education, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. Phillip taught instrumental music in northern Illinois for 14 years and served as choir director at the Christian Reformed Church of Western Springs from 1994-2004. He has also published instrumental arrangements with Grand Mesa Music, BRS Publications, and Daehn Publications. Phillip has served as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the Chicago area, and is a recipient of the National Band Association Citation of Excellence (2000, 2004) and the Outstanding Chicagoland Music Educator Award (2001). Bands under his direction have performed at numerous events including the University of Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival and the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference.

Courses Taught

• MUSC-352 — Instrumental Lit and Materials
• MUSC-359 — Seminar in Music Methods
• EDUC-210 — Music & Art in Elementary Classroom
• MUSC-197 — Percussion Methods
• EDUC-346 — Directed Teaching: Secondary

Selected Research & Scholarship

Articles, Peer Reviewed

• The Glenwood manual training school band: 1892-1929 (2012, in press). Journal of Band Research, 47(2).

• The Universal Teacher by J. E. Maddy and T. P. Giddings (1923) (2011[in press]). Journal of Research in Music Education,58(3).
• Music at the Illinois asylum for feeble-minded children: 1865-1920 (2010). Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 32, 37-56.
• Preservice classroom teachers’ attitudes toward music in the elementary curriculum (2010). Journal of Music Teacher Education, 19(2), 6-24.
• A.R. McAllister and the Joliet township high school band: 1912-1926 (2009). Journal ofBand Research, 45(1), 33-52.
• Undergraduate non-music major preferences for western art music (2009). Contributions to Music Education, 36(1), 9-24.
• The national high school orchestra: 1926-1938 (2009). Journal of Research in Music Education, 56(1), 50-72.
• Illinois school band association: 1924-1941 (2008). Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 30, 4-20.

Articles, Commissioned

• “A. R. McAllister”, “Henri Dyett”, “Vandercook College of Music”. (3 articles in press). In, Charles Hiroshi Garrett, ed., Grove Dictionary of American Music (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. 

Articles, Non Peer Reviewed

• Mentoring student teachers in music education (2009). Michigan Music Educator, 47(1), 8-11.

• Internet resources for historical research in music education (2009, February). MENC History SRIG Newsletter, 2-3. Revised version (2009). Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 31, 3-5.
• Reenergize your band program (2008). National Band Association Journal, 49(2), 62-63.
• A music director's dilemma: Practical advice for working with instrumentalists (2008). Reformed Worship, No. 89, 33-35.
• Responding to the cultural mandate through music education (2007). Christian Educators Journal, 47(2), 22-24.
• Dust of those bells!: Resources for small handbell ensembles (2007) Reformed Worship, No. 86, 3-5. 

Music

• Jupiter Theme from "The Planets” by Holst. Arranged for string orchestra. Grand Mesa Music Publishers. Grand Mesa, Colorado, 2010.
• "Minuet and Trio” from Nannerl's Notebook by Mozart. Arranged for string orchestra. Grand Mesa Music Publishers. Grand Mesa, Colorado, 2008.