Peter Miksza
Assistant Professor of Music Education
Email: Peter.Miksza@colorado.edu
Website: http://spot.colorado.edu/~miksza
Office Location: Imig E273
Office Phone: 303-492-1782
Mailing Address: 301 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0301
Peter Miksza is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Miksza received a Bachelor of Music degree from The College of New Jersey, and Master of Music Education and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Indiana University, Bloomington. His classroom duties at the University of Colorado include teaching Introduction to Music Education and Instrumental Methods at the undergraduate level as well as teaching Research in Music Education and Psychology of Music Learning at the graduate level. Dr. Miksza is also involved in mentoring and guiding undergraduate students as they complete their field experience requirements and is the current faculty advisor for the CMENC chapter at CU.
Prior to his appointment as faculty member at the University of Colorado, Dr. Miksza served as Band Director at Pequannock Valley Middle School and Assistant Marching Band Director at Pequannock Township High School in New Jersey. He has also served as an Associate Instructor at Indiana University, working with undergraduate music education students and coordinating the Indiana University Young Winds program for middle school band students. Dr. Miksza’s primary research interests lie in the investigation of music practicing and music teacher training. He has presented papers at regional and national research conferences and has been published in several prominent peer-reviewed journals.
Publications
Miksza, P. (in review). Effective Practice: An Investigation of Observed Practice Behaviors, Self-reported Practice Habits, and the Performance Achievement of High School Wind Players. Journal of Research in Music Education.
Miksza, P. (in press). Self-regulatory and motivational variables in the music practice of junior high band students. Contributions to Research in Music Education.
Miksza, P. (in press). Music participation and socioeconomic status as correlates of change: A longitudinal analysis of academic achievement. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education.
Miksza, P. (2006). Relationships among impulsiveness, locus of control, gender, and music practice. Journal of Research in Music Education, 54(4), 308-323.
Miksza, P. (in press). Curricular decisions in music teacher education. In D. J. Teachout (Ed.), Proceedings from the 2005 Symposium on Music Teacher Education [CD]. Greensboro, NC: UNCG School of Music.
Miksza, P. (2005). The effect of mental practice on the performance achievement of high school trombonists. Contributions to Research in Music Education, 32(1), 75-93.
Presentations
Miksza, P. (2007, February). Music participation and socioeconomic status as correlates of change: A longitudinal analysis of academic achievement. Paper presented at the Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Miksza, P. (2006, April). Self-regulatory and motivational variables in the music practice of junior high band students. Presented at the MENC National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Miksza, P. (2005, October). Relationships among impulsiveness, locus of control, gender, and music practice. Presented at the Committee on Institutional Cooperation Annual Conference on Music Education, Bloomington, Indiana.
Miksza, P. (2005, September). Curricular decisions in music teacher education. Presented at the Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Miksza, P. (2005, February). The effect of mental practice on the performance achievement of high school trombonists. Presented at the Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Workshops/Clinics
Miksza, P. (2008, January). Effective Practicing: Tips for getting your kids to practice at home and making it worth their while. Session accepted at the Colorado Music Educators Association conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Clinician, Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, NJ - 2006
Adjudicator and Clinician, Bloomington Jazz Festival, IN - 2005, 2006
Clinician, West Windsor Plainsboro High School Orchestra, NJ - 2004, 2006
Adjudicator and Clinician, Bloomington Band Festival, IN, 2004-2007
Adjudicator and Clinician, Indiana State School Music Association Band Festival, 2004
Adjudicator, New Jersey School Music Association, 1998-2002
Adjudicator, North Jersey Area Band, 1998-2002
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