Authors

Author 1 is an Associate Professor in Theory and Composition at

                                    Eastern Washington University.  He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses

                                    in composition, counterpoint, theory, orchestration, and computer music. 

                                    Author 1 has studied composition with numerous teachers including Fred Lerdahl,

                                    Jonathan Kramer, Emma Lou Diemer, William Kraft, Frederic Rzewski, Ann Kearns,

                                    Daniel Warner, Peter Golub and two Pulitzer Prize winners Roger Reynolds and Lewis

                                    Spratlan.  He also studied twentieth century compositional techniques with Kyle Gann and

                                    Tristan Murail.   He obtained his Doctor of Musical Arts in 1999 from Columbia University

                                    where he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the School of the Arts.

Author 2 is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education at Eastern

Washington University. He teaches courses that prepare teachers for the K-12 classroom

                                    by developing their own understanding of mathematical content and pedagogy. As a

                                    licensed teacher himself, Author 2 has taught mathematics for over 20 years, at

                                    elementary, middle and high school levels, as well as undergraduate and graduate

                                    math education courses.  He obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education in 2004 from

Portland State University.

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