Chelcy Bowles

Office phone: 608/265-5629
E-Mail: cbowles@dcs.wisc.edu
Programs: Music classes and workshops, Professional Development for music educators, Arts Study Abroad for Teachers, the Madison Early Music Festival, and educational videos

Chelcy Bowles is Professor of Music and Director of Continuing Education in Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she directs professional development programs for music teachers and performers, the community adult music education program, and the Madison Early Music Festival. She holds a PhD in Music Education (University of Texas at Austin), a Master's Degree in Music Theory, and a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education, and has taught music and music education at the elementary, secondary, college, and continuing adult levels.

Dr. Bowles is an author and music education researcher, with a particular interest in the adult music learner. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Southeastern Journal of Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, General Music Today, American String Teacher, and International Journal of Community Music, and has been presented at major professional conferences. She is national chair of Music Educators National Conference's Adult and Community Music Education Special Research Interest Group. She currently serves on the editorial boards of American String Teacher and International Journal of Community Music.

Chelcy Bowles is a harpist, and is editor and co-author of A Harp in the School: A Guide for School Ensemble Directors and Harpists (2006). She taught harp in the School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the University of Arkansas, and has performed as principal harpist in symphony, ballet, and opera orchestras in Texas, Colorado, Arkansas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. She also has special interests in historical harp and Celtic harp, and performs with "The Snug," an instrumental ensemble specializing in traditional Irish music. She is currently the director of the Celtic Studies Program at UW-Madison, and is the 2007 recipient of the Joyce and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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