Keith Ward
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On teaching, academic and applied: "My first goal as as teacher is to instill in students an engrossing passion and fascination for whatever I teach. In Music, I strive to challenge students' perceptions and understanding of music and society as well as to help them develop the musical, technical, or analytical skills necessary to perform or listen to music thoughtfully.

In all courses, whether in Music or Interdisciplinary Studies, I push students to think critically and independently; I expect them to develop and assert convincing, defensible arguments. As performing musicians, I hope they will offer compelling interpretations that combine an understanding of musical style with a clear, unique musical voice.

Now serving in a twelve-month administrative position, these qualities influence the way I lead and engage a faculty -- not in the sense of a teacher/student relationship, but as a leader among peers."

Faculty Positions
Professor of Music (2018-present): University of Denver
Distinguished Professor of Music (2014-2018), Professor of Music (1998-2014): University of Puget Sound
Associate Professor of Music (1996-1998): Pittsburg State University 
Associate Professor of Music (1993-1996), Assistant Professor of Music (1986-1993): Denison University
Instructor of Music (1981-1986): Pennsylvania State University


Applied Music
Studio Piano (graduate, undergraduate; majors, non-majors)
Piano Ensemble (advanced undergraduate majors)
Class Piano (all undergraduate levels and continuing education)
Vocal Accompanying Techniques (graduate/undergraduate)


Academic Courses in Music
Music in the United States (survey, non-majors)
Survey of Western Music (survey, non-majors)
World of the Piano: A Social History (survey, non-majors)
Rudiments of Music (music fundamentals, non-majors)
Musicianship (music fundamentals, majors)
Music Theory I (first semester)
Musical Form and Analysis (sophomore level)

Seminar in Music Business (introduction to the music industry, junior & senior level)
Practicum in Music Business (directed study, junior & senior level)
Music Business Internship (faculty-sponsored internship, senior level)

Piano Literature (two-term historical survey, graduate/undergraduate)


Interdisciplinary Studies (all undergraduate)
Crisis in Culture (Humanities Program)
Life in the Age of AIDS (arts and society)
Five Before Midnight: Music and Art in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 
Aesthetic Inquiry and the Human Imagination (interdisciplinary introduction to the arts)
Cradle of Europe: A Tour of Three Great Cities (travel seminars to Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna)

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