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<p>Darryl Coan is Professor of Music Education, Music Theory, and Music Technology.</p>
<p>Dr. Coan completed his undergraduate education at Illinois State University and taught public school k-12 instrumental, choral, and general music. He completed his Master's and Doctoral (1992) degrees at the University of Illinois with emphases in General Music and Technology-Based Music Education, respectively.</p>
<p>Publishing Editor for <em>Action, Criticism and Research</em> (<a href="http://mas.siue.edu/ACT">ACT</a>-ISSN 1545-4517), the peer-reviewed scholarly e-journal of the <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/mayday/maydaygroup/index.htm"> Mayday Action Group</a> in Music Education. Dr. Coan also heads the Music Theory/Composition area, serves as Coordinator for the Music Computer Lab, and was chairperson of the SIUE's Emerging Technologies in Education Committee (ETEC) which evolved from SIUE's <a href="http://www.siue.edu/TLTR/">Teaching and Learning Roundtable</a>. He performs regularly with SIUE ensembles as a guest conductor and harpist and as a guest conductor/clinician for area schools/music festivals. He is a member of <a href="http://www.ti-me.org/">TI:ME</a>, <a href="http://www.isme.org">ISME</a>, <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/mayday/maydaygroup/index.htm"> MayDay</a>, and Pi Kappa Lambda.</p>
<p>Papers and publications:</p>
<p>January, 1998: paper <em>Summer music computer camp: Case study and workshop</em> at Technological Directions in Music Education International Conference, University of Texas San Antonio.</p>
<p>June 2000: paper <em>Charity begins at home: Discourse among teachers of music</em> at the <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/mayday/maydaygroup/index.htm"> Mayday Group</a> in Music Education /<a href="http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/mayday/maydaygroup/papers/penttiawe.htm"> AWE</a> (Artist, Work of Art, and Experience) <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/mayday/maydaygroup/events/helsinki.htm"> Joint International Conference</a> at the <a href="http://www.siba.fi/eng/">Sibelius Academy</a> and <a href="http://www.kiasma.fi/www/index.php">KIASMA</a> in Helsinki, Finland. Published in <em>Finnish Journal of Music Education</em> and <em>ACT.</em></p>
<p>January, 2001: paper <em>Innovative teaching with technological instruments</em> at <a href="http://imr.utsa.edu/">Technological Directions in Music Education International Conference</a>, University of Texas San Antonio.</p>
<p>In February, 2001: paper <em>Musical Understanding</em> at the Symposium on Musical Understanding at <a href="http://www.uvic.ca/">University of Victoria</a>, British Columbia.</p>
<p>October 2001: paper <em>A mind full of musicianship</em> at the MayDay Group <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/mayday/maydaygroup/events/stlouis.htm"> Colloquium X</a> in St. Louis, Missouri.</p>
<p>2002 Book chapter: <em>"</em>Musical Understanding in Critical Music Education" in <em>Musical Understanding: Perspectives in Theory and Practice</em> (eds. Hanley and Goolsby-ISBN: 0920630103).</p>
<p>January, 2002: paper <em>Action research for teaching with music technology</em> at <a href="http://imr.utsa.edu/">Technological Directions in Music Education International Conference</a>, University of Texas San Antonio.</p>
<p>April, 2002: Editor <em>Globalization of the Mass Media Music Industry: Its Effects on cultural and educational Policy--</em>proceedings from the 2000 ISME Commission on Music in Cultural, Edu-cational, and Mass Media Policies.</p>
<p>August, 2002: paper <em>Deweyan Pragmatism and Communicative Action Theory in the socio-cultural contexts of music</em> in Bergen, Norway in with co-author <a href="http://wwwedu.oulu.fi/muko/lvakeva/engindx.htm">Lauri Väkevä</a> (<a href="http://www.oulu.fi/english/">University of Oulu</a>, Finland) at the MayDay Group International <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/mayday/maydaygroup/events/bergen.htm"> Colloquium XI</a> held in conjunction with the International Society for Music Education (<a href="http://www.isme.org">ISME</a>) International Conference.</p>
<p>February 2004: presentation with co-presenter Scott R. Smith (Professor of Computer and Electrical engineering at SIUE) at the Technology Institute for Music Educators (<a href="http://www.ti-me.org/">TI:ME</a>) conference in San Antonio, TX. <em>Real experience, visual immersion, virtual environment</em> centered around virtual reality research conducted by Coan and Smith at SIUE and funded by the university's Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant.</p>
<p>July 2004: Interactive Workshop, <em>How Curiosity Kills the Catatonic: Sound Problems for Musical Minds</em> at the international conference of <a href="http://www.isme.org">ISME</a> in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.</p>
<p>July 2006: Workshop, <em>Music across cultures: What can we hear? What can we share?</em> at the international conference of <a href="http://www.isme.org">ISME</a> in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.</p>
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