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• Lecturer, Jacobs School of Music
• Coordinator, Department of Music in General Studies

Education:

• M.M. in Musicology, Indiana University, 1982
• B.A. in History, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1978
• B.M. in Piano, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1977

Background:

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Connie Cook Glen teaches courses on the American Musical, Opera Theatre, Music Appreciation and Music Theory. She serves as Coordinator and Lecturer for the Music in General Studies program and is the recipient of the 2004 Blue Ribbon Award for Outstanding Instructors given by the IU Disability Student Services Office.

Glen holds degrees in piano, history, musicology and theory from Nebraska Wesleyan University and Indiana University. She has developed courses on her current research interests, which are Opera Appreciation and the aesthetics of the American musical. Prior to teaching for MGS, Glen taught opera appreciation courses for the IU Continuing Studies Division for seven years. She is also active as a pianist and as a promoter of contemporary composers.

For 15 summers, she was a member of the faculty at Rocky Ridge Music Center in Estes Park, Colorado. She also served as the Center's Music Director and Associate Director for 3 years and directed student programs for junior high, high school, college and adult students. In the summer, Glen can now be found at the University of Denver where she is the Director of a new program: The Lamont School of Music Summer Pre-College Academy.

Previously, Glen worked with issues of civility, harassment and academic misconduct at the IU Office of Student Ethics and Anti- Harassment Programs, presenting throughout the university and nationally on these topics. She has been active in the Bloomington musical community and served as president of a local chamber group (Community Chamber Music Association) for five years. In 2002, her volunteer work included co-chairing the Bloomington Multicultural Festival in association with the Lotus International Music and Arts Festival