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Teaching, Scholarship, & Service

Dr. Whipple is currently Assistant Professor of Music-Piano and Theory at Doane University in Crete, Nebraska and maintains a private studio in Lincoln, NE. He is an active performer, lecturer, and guest clinician around the United States and abroad.
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  • Elected to the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Nominating Committee, 2023-2025

    • Duties include the preparation of one slate of national officers and one slate of division directors-elect

  • Guest Artist-Piano Faculty, University of Iowa Summer Music Camp, Iowa City, IA, June 2024

    • applied piano lessons​

    • ​performance at faculty recital​

  • Lecture, co-presenter with Christina Whipple, board-certified music therapist, Neurodiversity Awareness: Multimodal Music Teaching for ALL Students, Iowa Music Teachers Association State Conference, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, June 2024

  • Published review of Bruce Stark’s, To a Child’s Heart (vol 1) in the American Music Teacher magazine, (Feb/March 2024 issue).

  • Adjudicator, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Northwest Division Performance Competitions (Junior, Senior, Duets, and College/Young Artist categories), Online Platform, January 2024

  • Completed and passed third-year tenure review process, Doane University, Sept.-Nov. 2023

    • "The Promotion & Tenure Committee commends Dr. Whipple's mission to meet the needs of a neurodiverse population and his hope to forever end the "direct style" of teaching (lecture) 100% of the time."​

  • Adjudicator, 2024 Manhattan Area Music Teachers Association Pre-College District Auditions, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, October 2023

  • Elected to the Office of Vice-President of the Nebraska Music Teachers Association (NMTA), 2022-2023

    • Organized and led the NMTA 2022 and 2023 State Festival

    • Supported the NMTA District Festivals: Omaha, Lincoln, and Central Districts

  • Adjudicator, 2023 Nebraska Music Teachers Association District Festival-Omaha, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE, May 2023

  • Lecture, Under The Hood: Are You “Prepared” To Take Your Students Inside The Piano? Manhattan Area Music Teachers Association, Manhattan, KS, April 2023

  • Lecture, Under The Hood: Are You “Prepared” To Take Your Students Inside The Piano? Lincoln Music Teachers Association, Lincoln, NE, April 2023

  • Lecture, Under The Hood: Are You “Prepared” To Take Your Students Inside The Piano? Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 2023

  • Pedagogy Lecture, Electronic Music and The Prepared Piano, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, June 2022

  • Adjudicator, 2022 Nebraska Music Teachers Association District Festival-Lincoln, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE, April 2022

  • Lecture, co-presenter with Dr. Brandon Bascom, Listening With Body and Mind: Using Visuals and Movement to Enhance Ear Training. MTNA National Virtual Conference, March 2021

  • Lecture (online), Are You “Prepared” To Change Your “Vision” About Student Learning? University of Iowa Piano Pedagogy Guest Lecture Series, Iowa City, IA, October 2020

  • Pedagogy Lecture, The Importance of a Lesson Plan, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, February, 2020

  • Masterclass Clinician, St. Croix Valley Music Teachers Association, Hudson, WI February 2020

  • Pedagogy Workshop, Teaching Strategies For The Group Piano Classroom: scales, sight-reading, chord progressions, Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, February 2020

  • Graduate Pedagogy Lecture, The Importance of a Lesson Plan, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, November 2019 

  • Pedagogy Workshop, Teaching Strategies For The Group Piano Classroom: scales, arpeggios, chord progressions, transposition, sight-reading, and harmonization, Texas Woman’s University Piano Lab, Denton, TX, November 2019

  • Masterclass Clinician, Texas Woman’s University, Eberly Recital Hall, Denton, TX, November 2019

  • Lecture, co-presenter with Christina Whipple, board-certified music therapist, Neurodiversity Inclusion: Implications For Educators And Multimodal Teaching, College Music Society National Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2019

  • Lecture, Are You “Prepared” To Change Your “Vision” About Student Learning? WMTA State Conference, Eau Claire, WI, October 2019

  • Lecture, Under The Hood: Are You “Prepared” To Take Your Students Inside The Piano? MTNA National Conference, Spokane, WA. March 2019

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