Frederick Burrack joins the Kansas State music faculty as an instrumental music education specialist. Dr. Burrack holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa and a Master of Music Education degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Music Education was received from the University of Illinois-Urbana. Prior to Kansas State, Dr. Burrack taught instrumental music education at Ball State University from 2002-2005 and instrumental music in the Carroll Community School District in Carroll, Iowa from 1982-2002. At Carroll High School he initiated student self-assessment and portfolio development into the performance program.
Dr. Burrack’s research interests include alternative assessment methods, cross-disciplinary instruction, and problem solving in music teaching. He has presented lectures at the Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, and Illinois Music Education Association state conferences, the National Music Educators Conference, Iowa Bandmasters Conference, Iowa Mobile In-Service Training Lab, state and regional Supervision and Curriculum Conferences, and the College Music Society national and regional conferences. Dr. Burrack is an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor throughout the Midwest. He has been recognized as an “Iowa Teacher of the Year” finalist (1995). His research has been published in the Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music Journal, Journal of Music Teacher Education, and the Journal of Technology in Music Learning.
