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Chelcy Bowles
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 Ph.D. in Music Education, and has taught music at the elementary, secondary, college, and continuing adult levels. Her work has been published in numerous professional journals and presented at major conferences. She is national chair of MENC’s Adult and Community Music Education Research Group and serves on the editorial boards of American String Teacher and International Journal of Community Music. Also a harpist, she edited and co-authored A Harp in the School: A Guide for School Ensemble Directors and Harpists (2006), and has special interests in historical harp and traditional Irish music.