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Timothy Caldwell is an internationally recognized teacher of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, the oldest of the modern Music Education methods. Eurhythmics is a structured approach to teaching all elements of music through physical movement. The list of Caldwell 's Eurhythmics presentations includes state and national conventions of music teachers, and universities, conservatories, choruses, and orchestras throughout the United States , Canada , and Brazil . A complete listing may be found at his website: www.jtimothycaldwell.net .
For the past six years he has been collaborating with the noted neurologist, Dr. Fritz Mengert, in applying neurological information to teaching. These workshops will explore not only ways to improve teaching and performance through applications of Eurhythmics concepts, but also look at recent neurological research that explores the profound effects of music and movement upon the brain, and why they are so necessary to learning. Dr. Caldwell is the executive producer and writer for the videotape, Dalcroze Eurhythmics with Robert Abramson, published by G.I.A. Publications, Chicago. His book, Expressive Singing: Dalcroze Eurhythmics for Voice is published by Prentice Hall. When not "on the road," Dr. Caldwell is Professor of Music at Central Michigan University where he teaches voice and is the Director of the CMU Music Theater program.
Rod Cameron was born in Glasgow and began working at his present career in the mid-1970s and is today recognized as one of the finest makers of traversi and keyed wooden flutes in the world. He completed his Master's degree in engineering in British Columbia and earned a PhD in Cambridge, England in mechanical engineering. Rod has workshops and homes in Mendocino, California and Nairn, Scotland.
Wayne Caron, Ph.D. is a marriage and family therapist with 21 years of experience. He is currently on the faculty of the Dept. of Family Social Services at the University of Minnesota where he teaches courses in interpersonal relations, research methodology and clinical gerontology.
Dr. Caron is the community learning coordinator for the marriage and family therapy training program. He has served on the faculty of the Geriatrics division in the University Medical School and as a research project director for the Minneapolis Veteran's Affairs Medical Center. He has worked as a family therapist in family court settings, drug & alcohol abuse treatment programs, medical clinics and home based therapy settings.
Dr. Caron has trained a wide variety of providers including child & adult daycare workers, foster care parents, physicians, nurses, social workers, medical administrators and mental health professionals.
Janet Carson has painted in the Greek Islands, Guatemala, France, and has attended workshops by well-known artists Judy Betts, Janet Walsh and Gerald Brommer. Ms. Carson taught in the UW-Eau Claire Art department for 26 years. Her studio classes were in silk screen and design. In retirement Ms. Carson has returned to her first love-water color, and looks forward to sharing painting with you at this workshop.
Linda M. Chape’ currently serves as the Director of Project Management for the Newton, Iowa Transformation Council. She has been instrumental in leading the Community Action Teams in projects targeted at revitalizing the city of Newton, Iowa and Jasper County since the termination of the Maytag/Whirlpool Corporation in their community. Linda has held the following positions in her career as a human resource professional:
- Director of Training and Staffing; Maytag Corporation
- Sr. Human Resources Manager; Dell Computer Corporation
- Manager of Staffing, Employee Development & Diversity; Kerr-McGee Corporation
- Principal/Consultant; Chape’ Consults/ProCorp Associates
- Manager of Employee Development; General Mills, Inc.
Michael D. Clark, MSW, CSW, is a consultant, trainer and family therapist. Mr. Clark has previously held positions for 18 years as a Judicial Referee and a Senior Juvenile Court Officer with the Ingham County 30th Judicial Circuit Court in Lansing, Michigan. He is now the director of the Center for Strengths in Juvenile Justice that is committed to the research, development and training of strength-based approaches for juvenile justice and criminal justice services.
Mr. Clark is a national strengths advocate and has published numerous articles on strength-based practice and solution-focused work with offenders and families. He is a member of the Juvenile Justice Trainers Association and is known nationally as a strength-based consultant to education, child welfare and delinquency and corrections, and has presented throughout the United States, Europe, and Canada. Mr. Clark is a contractual faculty member for the U.S. Department of Justice and has provided contractual consultation to a host of organizations. He also maintains a family and adolescent psychotherapy practice in the Lansing area.
Frank Claudy has played the Irish whistle and flute for 30 years, traveling extensively both in the United States and Ireland. His recordings include 'The Salute to Baltimore' in 1992 with Andy Thurston and Bob Smith, and a solo album 'The Thrush in the Straw' in 1998. Frank has been an instructor at the Susquehanna Irish Festival, the Irish Week by the Sea in Nova Scotia, and Irish Week in East Durham, New York. He recently lectured at the Crossroads Conference in Irish Music in Northern Ireland.
William C. Collins, JD is recognized as one of the most experienced and knowledgeable attorneys working in correctional law today. Mr. Collins received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington (1966) and Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington School of Law (1969). In the early 1970's, he worked in correctional law in the Office of the Attorney General in Washington State and served as a Senior Assistant Attorney General. Mr. Collins led the first correctional law division in the Office of the Attorney General between 1980 and 1985. Since entering private practice in 1985, Mr. Collins has provided consultation and training to correctional agencies all over the United States. He is a consultant for the National Institute of Corrections and presents regularly to both the American Correctional Association and the American Jail Association. Mr. Collins has written extensively on issues related to correctional law. He is the co-founder and co-editor of the Correctional Law Reporter, a nationally circulated periodical designed for correctional administrators. He is author of A Practical Guide to Inmate Discipline, (Civic Research Institute, 1997) and Correctional Law for the Correctional Officer (ACA, 1997). He has also written monographs for the United States Department of Justice on such topics as women in correctional institutions, jail design and the Constitution, supermax prisons, and privately operated prisons.
Rebecca Craig, RN, BA, MPA, is the Director for Standards and Correctional Health Programs at the Institute for Medical Quality. The Institute is a subsidiary of the California Medical Association. California was one of the original states enlisted by the American Medical Association in the late 1970's to provide consultations and accreditation services to local jails, juvenile facilities and state prisons. Ms. Craig provides consultations to jails addressing issues of meeting health care accreditation standards, evaluation of health care staffing patterns, utilization of health care resources, and assisting systems to evaluate costs and benefits of health service programs. In addition, as Immediate Past President of the American Correctional Health Services Association, she has extensive experience in public speaking and providing interesting and informative lectures covering the entire range of health services in the correctional setting.
Richard T. Crane is owner and Otorhinolarngologist at the Western Wisconsin Ear Nose and Throat Center, Eau Claire, WI.
Dr. Jeffery Crowell is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, where he teaches applied percussion and percussion techniques, conducts the various UW-Eau Claire percussion ensembles, and leads Jazz III, part of the outstanding UW-Eau Claire award-winning jazz area. Before joining the faculty at UW-Eau Claire, Dr. Crowell taught on the faculties of several colleges, including Purdue University. He is active throughout the Midwest and Western United States as a performer, clinician, adjudicator, and educator and is on the teaching staff at the Yamaha Sounds of Summer-Midwest Total Percussion Camp in Illinois. He has performed with and for such artists as Bobby Shew, Louie Bellson, David Samuels, Henry Mancini, Lou Harrison, Kent Nagano, David Garibaldi, Glen Velez, and John Bergamo. He has performed at the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series, in the motion picture "The Majestic" starring Jim Carrey, marched with the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, and has taught on the staffs of numerous award-winning groups including the Tournament of Roses Marching Honor Band. Dr. Crowell endorses Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets.
Dan Cuskey, RJF Agencies Inc., has been in the insurance industry, specializing in the employee benefits arena, for over 10 years. Dan began his career as an underwriter at Wausau Insurance Companies. He spent five years in this capacity before joining RJF in 1999 as the Executive Vice President and Manager of the Hayward and Spooner offices. He works extensively with all types of programs and is knowledgeable of the legislative and marketplace changes that occur in the areas of employee benefits.
