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Music Education
Office: Music Building 115 | Phone: 732-932-8781 
Darryl J. BottMusic Education, Symphony Band Mr. Darryl Bott teaches classes in instrumental music education and undergraduate conducting as well as serving as the coordinator of the student teaching program for the music education program. Mr. Bott has decades of teaching experience in the public schools of New Jersey, recently as the District Lead Teacher for Performing Arts and Director of Bands at Roxbury High School. Ensembles under his direction have received consistent superior ratings at local and out of state competitions and have also performed at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The concert program also performed with several outstanding artists including Mr. Fred Mills, Mr. Eddie Daniels and most recently The Boston Brass. During Mr. Bott’s tenure, the Roxbury High School Instrumental Program also commissioned two symphonies for wind band, Dr. Andrew Boysen Jr’s Symphony #3 JFK and the British composer Robert Farnon’s Wind Symphony: The Gaels. Mr. Bott has received the New Jersey Governor’s Teaching Award, the Morris County Teacher’s Recognition Award, and the Roxbury Township nominee for the Princeton University’s Teaching Award. Mr. Bott has also served as the guest conductor for several honors ensembles in the State of New Jersey and the Interlochen Arts Academy Band. Mr. Bott holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education and received his Masters in Wind Conducting from Rutgers University.
Office: Art History 210 | Phone: 732-932-5093 
Rhonda S. HackworthMusic Education, Rutgers Children's Choir Dr. Hackworth is assistant professor of music at Mason Gross School of the Arts where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music education and serves as artistic director of the Rutgers Children’s Choir. She received a Ph.D. in music education/education at the University of Missouri- Kansas City Conservatory of Music and also holds an M.M. in vocal performance. Before joining the Rutgers faculty, Dr. Hackworth taught at Syracuse University, UMKC, and served as associate conductor of the Kansas City Children’s Choir. Her primary research interest is vocal health for music teachers. She has published articles in International Journal of Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education, and Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education. Dr. Hackworth actively presents research at international, national, and state conferences, most recently at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference in Bologna, Italy. As an alto soloist, she has performed Te Deum (Brückner), Messiah (Handel), Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn), Requiem and Missa Brevis, K. 192. (Mozart), Christmas Oratorio (Saint-Saëns), Magnificat (Vivaldi), and numerous Bach cantatas. She has also performed the roles of Sorceress (Dido & Aeneas) and Third Lady (The Magic Flute). Dr. Hackworth’s most enjoyable roles, however, are wife to Matt and mother to Noah.
Office: Art History 212 | Phone: 732-932-1955 
Margaret HollandString Techniques Margaret Holland loves to perform and teach. She teaches strings at a private school in South Jersey, viola and cello from her studio, and is an active freelance musician. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Mann Music Center, and Verizon Hall in Philadelphia. She holds a degree in cello performance from Temple University, where she studied with the late Elsa Hilger from the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as private study with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Juilliard faculty. She holds an M.B.A. from Temple University, and a Teaching Certificate in Music Education from Chestnut Hill College. She leads the Bella Corda Chamber Music Groups.
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