Richard F. Grunow
Professor of Music Education
Department:Contact:
- rgrunow@esm.rochester.edu
- (585) 274-1545
Biography
Richard F. Grunow is Professor of Music Education at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. A leading innovator in beginning instrumental music instruction, Dr. Grunow is an active lecturer and clinician, having presented extensively throughout the United States, and in Canada, Austria, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Japan, and the French West Indies. His research and teaching focus on applications of Music Learning Theory to instrumental music instruction, instrumental and choral score reading, measurement and evaluation, and music literacy.
Professor Grunow is author of numerous articles and co-author of the MLR Instrumental Score Reading Program, MLR Instrumental Score Reading Test, Choral Score Reading Program, Creativity in Improvisation, and Developing Musicianship through Improvisation. He is principal author of Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series, a comprehensive beginning instrumental method for recorder, woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion. The series features over 350 recordings of folk songs and classical melodies comprising a variety of tonalities and meters from a broad range of cultures. Performances are by artist faculty and students at the Eastman School of Music and members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Rhythm & Brass.
A Wisconsin native, Dr. Grunow received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville where he is a Distinguished Alumnus and recipient of the Arts and Letters Hall of Fame Award. From 1967-74, he taught instrumental music in Beloit, Wisconsin Public Schools. He received a Master of Music and a Ph.D. in Music Education from The University of Michigan, served as Director of the Instrumental Laboratory School, and was on the faculty in the Music Education Department prior to his appointment at Eastman in 1979.
Engagements / Professional Activities
2011
October 20-21
“Innovations in Beginning Instrumental Music Instruction,”
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Contact: Denise Guilbault
2012
January 12-13
“Innovations in Beginning Instrumental Music Instruction,”
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Contact: Paul Doerksen
January 20
Richard F. Grunow
“Understanding Learning: The Foundation for Teaching”
“Creating Reliable and Valid Assessments for Instrumental Music”
7th Annual Michigan Music Conference
Grand Rapids, MI
Contact: Liz Schabowski
February 17-19
Convention Headliner
“Innovations in Beginning Instrumental Music Instruction” and
“Creating Reliable and Valid Assessments for Music”
Washington Music Educators Association
Yakima, WA
Contact: Jo Caldwell
March 24
“Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series – for Recorder”
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Contact: Wendy Valerio
April 28
Rochard F. Grunow
“Teaching Beginning Instrumental Music”
New Jersey City University
Jersey City, MJ
Contact: Min Kim, Department Chair
April 28-29
Richard F. Grunow
“Innovations in Beginning Instrumental Music Instruction”
Arts High School, 550 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
Newark, NJ
Contact: Deryck Clarke, T.H.E. Program Director
May 17-18
“Understanding Learning: The Foundation for Teaching” and
“Creating Reliable and Valid Assessments for Instrumental Music”
Maine Music Educators Association
Orono, ME
Contact: Nancy Cash-Cobb
June 25-29
“Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series”
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Contact: Wendy Valerio
July 16-20
“Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series”
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Contact: Beth Utopio
July 23-27
“Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series”
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT
Contact: Carlotta Parr
October 13-14
“Beginning Instrumental Music Instruction Based on Music Learning Theory”
Gordon-Gesellschaft Deutschland
Mannheim, Germany
Contact: Almuth Sueberkrueb
October 25-26
“Understanding Learning: The Foundation for Teaching” and “Creating Reliable
and Valid Assessments for Instrumental Music”
Wisconsin Music Educators Association
Madison, Wisconsin
Contact: Mike George
