Department of Music Education Faculty

Multi-faceted, he has extensive classroom experience as a music educator; served as an administrator of a dynamic and nationally respected college marching band and scholarship program; and works as a consultant, clinician/conductor, and adjudicator of marching and concert band events. Receiving his Ph.D. in educational leadership and research in the area of adult education, Dr. Moser’s research focuses on adult learning in music.

Dr. Moser holds numerous professional memberships and is active as an adjudicator and clinician for concert and marching bands throughout the United States and has conducted honor bands/touring bands, semi-professional/ professional wind ensembles and municipal bands in the United States and in Europe.

Her research focuses on the use of visual arts in music listening and adult learners and has presented papers at the American Orff Schulwerk National Conference, International Conference on Arts and Humanities, National Symposium of Music Instruction Technology, International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Music Educators National Conference and the Southern Division Music Educators Conference. She also has been a presenter at the Mississippi Music Educators Conference as well as a clinician for continuing teacher education around the state and region. 

Dr. Shank is the general music specialist at Southern Miss as well as the associate director of the School of Music. She serves as director of the Southern Arts Pro Musica Recorder Ensemble. She is also currently serving as Collegiate Chair of the Mississippi Music Educators Association and president of the Mississippi chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association.

In 2000 Mr. Schuman served as Marching Director for the Mississippi Lions All-State Band.  The band was named the International Champion at the Lions Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii that year.  Mr. Schuman holds the Bachelor of and Master of Music Education Degrees from The University of Southern Mississippi where he studied with Dr. Thomas V. Fraschillo.  He has been honored by the National Band Association with its Citation of Excellence and, most recenty, was named as one of its three International Conducting Symposium winners.

Mr. Schuman is an elected member of Phi Beta Mu, and The American School Band Director’s Association (ASBDA).  Other rofessional afiliations include the National Band Association, the Mississippi Bandmaster’s Association, and the Gulf Coast Band Director’s Association.  He has twce been named Star Teacher for Stone High School (2003, 2005) and was honored by the Mississippi chapter of Phu Beta Mu with their Mississippi Band Director of the Year Award in 2003.

Mr Schuman has enjoyed conducting and judging invitations throughout the southeastern United States.  He is currently a stuent in the doctoral conducting program at the University of South Carolina where he studies with Mr. James K. Copenhaver.

Dr. Davis’ organizational and collaborative skills are founded in her experience leading internationally recognized choruses for more than twenty-five years as director of university, high school, and non-profit choral programs. Her work as a consultant and adjudicator for music festivals and teacher workshops spanned multiple performance levels, particularly those focused on musical development. This work was influenced through her broad range of study and performance with many world-renowned musicians including Robert Shaw, Joseph Flummerfelt, Wilhelm Ehmann, Fraukke Hausemann, Rodney Eichenberger, Andre Thomas, and Gerald Mack, among others. She is, as well, a scholar and researcher with numerous publications to her credit in various outlets including: Hinshaw Music, Silver Burdett: Making Music Your Own, Visions of Research in Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Social Sciences, and the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing, for which she served as Associate Editor.

Dr. Davis, Associate Professor of Music Education, holds a Ph.D. in music education, a Master of Music in choral conducting and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Florida State University. She joined the faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi in 1999 having served as an assistant professor at Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey and as Director of Choral Activities at Georgia Southern University. At the University of Southern Mississippi she teaches graduate courses in music education, in addition to consulting and conducting workshops throughout the U.S. for interdisciplinary, music, and arts learning. She has designed and carried out research studies with external funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium, and the Mississippi Department of Human Services, in addition to internally-awarded grants. Her research interests are focused on school systemic processes, teacher characteristics and skills development, interdisciplinary learning, and music proficiency in relation to academic improvement.

While at The University of Kentucky, John was the conductor for the Choristers, assistant conductor of the Chorale and Men’s Chorus, and coach for the male a cappella group, the acoUstiKats.  Under his leadership, the acoUstiKats were chosen to perform at the Kentucky Music Educator’s Convention.  As a high school music educator in the state of Iowa for nine years, John conducted concert choirs, show choirs, madrigal dinners, musicals, jazz choirs, and many other ensembles.

Mr. Flanery is a regular clinician and judge in the Midwestern and southeastern United States.