Carolyn Billings has over 40 years of experience as a professor of music, teaching piano and music courses at Gardner-Webb University since 1979. She holds a D.M.A. in piano performance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and has performed solo and chamber recitals throughout her career. Billings is an active member of several professional music organizations and has adjudicated piano competitions across North Carolina.
Carolyn Billings has over 40 years of experience as a professor of music, teaching piano and music courses at Gardner-Webb University since 1979. She holds a D.M.A. in piano performance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and has performed solo and chamber recitals throughout her career. Billings is an active member of several professional music organizations and has adjudicated piano competitions across North Carolina.
Carolyn Billings has over 40 years of experience as a professor of music, teaching piano and music courses at Gardner-Webb University since 1979. She holds a D.M.A. in piano performance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and has performed solo and chamber recitals throughout her career. Billings is an active member of several professional music organizations and has adjudicated piano competitions across North Carolina.
Carolyn Billings has over 40 years of experience as a professor of music, teaching piano and music courses at Gardner-Webb University since 1979. She holds a D.M.A. in piano performance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and has performed solo and chamber recitals throughout her career. Billings is an active member of several professional music organizations and has adjudicated piano competitions across North Carolina.
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RÉSUMÉ
CAROLYN BILLINGS
ADDRESS
Fine Arts Department
Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC 28017 (704) 406-4447 [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1979 – present Professor of Music, Gardner-Webb University
Teach applied piano, music history, music literature, piano literature, piano pedagogy, advanced piano skills, and performance seminar Perform solo and chamber recitals
1977-1979 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri at
Kansas City Taught applied piano.
1972-1976 Instructor in Music, Ottumwa Heights College, Ottumwa
Iowa Taught applied piano, class piano, music theory. Lectured for Humanities, a core course in English, religion, philosophy, and fine arts. Performed solo and chamber recitals.
1970-1972 Instructor in Piano, Fine Arts Center of Clinton, Illinois:
Taught applied piano. Performed solo and two-piano recitals.
EDUCATION
University of Missouri at Kansas City, D.M.A. in piano performance, 1983
Studied piano with John McIntyre and Ruth Anne Rich Dissertation: Orchestral Aspects of Chabrier’s Piano Style
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.M. in piano performance, 1970
Studied piano with William Heiles
Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC, B.M. in piano performance, 1968
Studied piano with Hans Heidemann
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES HELD
College Music Society (Mid-Atlantic Chapter)
Performance Area Chair Secretary-Treasurer
North Carolina Music Teachers Association
Young Artist Competition Coordinator Constitution-Handbook Chair College Faculty Chair Student Chapter Chair Vice-President for Membership
Foothills Piano Teachers Association
President Vice-President
American Association of University Professors
ADJUDICATION ACTIVITIES
NC Federation of Music Clubs
SCMTA Piano Auditions NCMTA Piano Festival Piano Guild NCMTA College Piano Auditions NCMTA High School Auditions
PERFORMANCES
Solo, chamber recitals, and performances with the Gardner-Webb University/Community
Orchestra and the Charlotte Civic Orchestra at Gardner-Webb University, Wingate University, Salem College, Queens College and Lenoir-Rhyne College
AWARDS
Fleming-White Award in Recognition of Excellence in Teaching at Gardner-Webb University
Students’ Choice Award at GWU Certificate of Commendation from the NC-AAUP Theodore Presser Scholar at Salem College