Faculty Accomplishments

Jihea Hong-Park

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

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.

Brittany Nixon May

Dr. May is an Associate Professor in the School of Music at Brigham Young University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education. Before joining the faculty at BYU, Dr. May served as the Beverley T. Sorenson Endowed Graduate Assistant for Elementary Music Education at the University of Utah where she taught courses in early childhood music education, and elementary music education.

Dr. May was nominated and chosen to receive the award for Superior Accomplishment in Music Education for the 2019-2020 school year at the Utah Music Educators Association (UMEA) Professional Development Conference on February 6, 2021. This award recognizes singular, specifically outstanding accomplishments, such as: extraordinary scholarship; grants; recognition by other professional organizations; national or regional convention performances; prestigious conducting invitations; or workshop presentations.

Andrew Crane

Dr. Andrew Crane was invited to be a choral adjudicator for a virtual choral festival sponsored by McKendree University (Lebanon, Illinois). This involved three days of critiquing pre-recorded choir performances over Zoom in February of 2021.

Andrew Crane was named Associate Professor of Choral Conducting and conductor of the Brigham Young University Singers in 2015.

Alumni Accomplishments

BYU alum and trombonist Master Sgt.

Karl Johnson performed at the inauguration in “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band which provided music for the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. The band performed “Hail to the Chief” to honor President Biden, in addition to accompanying Lady Gaga during the national anthem.

Master Sgt. Karl Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in music in 1998 from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, where he studied with Daniel Bachelder of BYU and Russell McKinney of the Utah Symphony. In 2000, he earned a master’s degree from The Juilliard School in New York where he studied with Donald Harwood of the New York Philharmonic.

A Call to All Alumni

Join our “Let Your Light Shine” Initiative

“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16

We want to hear about your accomplishments!

It is time to “Let Your Light Shine”, we want you to tell us about the great works you have done and are doing! We’ll take your “candle” and help it shine. Please email us at musicalumni@byu.edu