Kristen A. Albert
Assistant Professor of Music Education

Office F, Swope Hall
Phone: 610-738-0495
kalbert@wcupa.edu

Thoughts on SOM

Mission at SOM

Curriculum Vitae

Education
B.S., Music Education, Millersville University; M.Ed., Shippensburg University

Kristen Albert has extensive experience in Music Education. An educator in the Pennsylvania public schools for seventeen years, Mrs. Albert has teaching experience in all levels of classroom, vocal and instrumental music, both elementary and secondary. Her specialties include middle school classroom and vocal and instrumental music, with emphasis on Kodaly Methodology, Effective Teaching and Classroom Management. She holds certificates in Kodaly Level I and II from West Chester University.

An active performer and teacher of French horn, Mrs. Albert is a member of the Lancaster Brass Quintet, established in 1982, and was a member of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra (1982-1999). She continues to be a freelance performer and a private French horn instructor.

Mrs. Albert is a co-founder and conductor of the Children’s Choir of Lancaster, a select choir for children with unchanged voices in grades 4-6. The ensemble incorporates teaching of music literacy through the use of Kodaly methodology and movement activities. The Children’s Choir has been invited to perform for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.

Mrs. Albert has presented paper at PMEA and MENC on the local and regional levels and at the Technological Directions in Music Learning conference as part of the Institute for Music Research. She has been published in the ISME journal, Music Education International on the integration of technology to enhance music learning. She serves as music technology specialist in the Department of Music Education in the School of Music.

In addition to her professional activities as an educator and a performer, she is a member of the Board of Directors and the Educational Liaison for Allegro-The Chamber Orchestra of Lancaster. In addition to PMEA, Mrs. Albert is a member of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, and the American Choral Directors Association.

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