Dr. Patricia Nelson

Associate Professor of Music Education
Office Location Raley Chapel, 112
Phone (Office) 405.585.4326
OBU Mailbox # 61276
Email patricia.nelson@okbu.edu

Biography

Dr. Nelson is a life long music educator working with students from Preschool through Adults. She has taught public school music, private piano and organ lessons, worked as a choir director, coordinator, organist and academy director in churches in Texas and taught at the university level. Patty holds a valid all-level music teaching certificate in Texas and is Orff certified.

Patty and her husband, Ed, have 2 grown children and a granddaughter. Their daughter, Michal and her husband Nathan, are both music educators and are the proud parents of Ruthie. They live in Waco , TX. Their son Tres, who served 4 years in the Marine Corps., and his wife Gaeten live and work in San Antonio, TX.

Education

  • B.A. Trinity University
  • M.M. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Ed.D. Baylor University
  • Dissertation: Piano Curriculum: What Teachers Are Using and How It Aligns with Jerome Bruner's Enactive, Iconic, and Symbolic Learning Theory

Courses Taught

  • FNAR 2063 Arts and Western Civilization
  • MUCL 1052 Introduction to Music Education
  • MUCL 3063 Elementary/General Music Methods
  • MUCL 4435 Music Student Teaching

Publications and Presentations

Nelson, P. K. (April/May 2017) Choral Warmups Your Singers Will Love. The Chorister

Nelson, P. K. (October/November 2015), You Can Do It! Tips for Selecting Appropriate Children’s Choir Music. The Chorister

Nelson, P. K., (April 2015), Piano Curriculum: What Order Do Teachers Introduce Concepts, What Method Books Teachers are Using and How Do the Method Books Align with Jerome Bruner’s Enactive, Iconic, and Symbolic Learning Theory. MTNA E-journal

Nelson, P. K., Wilkerson, T., Conaway, B. J., (November 2013). Two incarnations of a study questionnaire to determine what piano teachers use and what order musical concepts are introduced. MTNA E-journal.

Memberships

  • National Association for Music Educators
  • Oklahoma Music Educators Association
  • Texas Music Educators Association
  • Choristers Guild