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Brent Gault serves as Professor of Music Education at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, specializing in elementary and early childhood music pedagogy. He directs the Indiana University Children's Choir and conducts the Allegro Choir while maintaining active roles in national music education organizations including past presidency of the Organization of American Kodály Educators.
His educational credentials include:
- Ph.D. from Hartt College of Music, University of Hartford (2000)
- M.M. from Silver Lake College (1996)
- B.M.E. from Baylor University (1991)
Gault's research focuses on Kodály-inspired methodology with complementary expertise in Orff and Dalcroze approaches. His international presentations span conferences of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Dalcroze Society of America, and International Kodály Society across the United States, Canada, China, and Ireland. Publications appear in leading journals including Journal of Research in Music Education and Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, alongside Oxford University Press books Teaching General Music (2016) and Listen Up! Fostering Musicianship Through Active Listening (2016).
No scientific awards were documented in the source material.
His teaching portfolio includes elementary music courses across five states (Texas, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana) with significant contributions to curriculum development through the Children's Choir program. International engagements include guest lectureships at academic institutions and music education organizations worldwide.
The Allegro Choir program under his direction represents his primary ensemble leadership role, fostering youth musicianship through structured choral training.
