Faculty Accomplishments
Jihea Hong-Park
Paul Broomhead
Jihea Hong-Park currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Piano at Brigham Young University. She recently adjudicated the 2020-2021 MTNA Eastern Division Piano Competition in both the Senior Piano Performance and Senior Piano Duet divisions. As an avid workshop facilitator, Ms. HongPark has presented at the International Teaching Artist Conference, College Music Society’s National Conferences, Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, and New York City Department of Education. Recently, Jihea Hong-Park’s proposal entitled “A Year of Experimentation: Piano Studio as a Place of Belonging, Engagement, and Ownership” has been accepted at the 2021 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP). Her workshop will be presented during the Main Conference held July 2831, 2021, as well as at the Independent Music Teachers Preconference on July 13, 2021.
Paul Broomhead received a PhD in Music Education from the University of Washington in 1999. He has taught Junior High and High School choir and general music and now teaches collegiate music education. Dr. Broomhead recently published “What is Music Literacy?” with Routledge, one of the world’s top academic publishers. Dr. Broomhead has also served as co-editor and contributing author for the books “Arts Education and Literacies” and “(Re)Imagining Content-Area Literacy Instruction.” In 2020, Dr. Broomhead also published a chapter in the book, “The Choral Conductor’s Companion.” Dr. Broomhead recently published an article entitled “A New Definition of Music Literacy: What, Why, and How?”. The article will be published as the lead article in the March, 2021 issue of Music Educators Journal--the most widely read journal on music teaching and learning.
