Kathleen Maurer
Associate Professor Emerita of Music Performance (Voice)
Kathleen Maurer joined the faculty at the Ball State University School of Music in 2003. As an Associate professor of Music in Voice Performance, she taught applied voice lessons and diction classes; she has also coached Baroque chamber ensembles and taught opera workshop classes. She performed regularly in the Faculty Artist Concert Series, the summer Chamber Music concert series, and in New Music Festival concerts. Prior to her position at Ball State, Dr. Maurer taught for five years at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Due to her experience in teaching foreign language diction classes, Dr. Maurer was invited to contribute two chapters (on German and French diction) to the textbook, The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal, edited by Dr. Duane Karna. The book was released by Scarecrow Press in 2012. Recently she provided the English-language editing for a new two-volume publication titled Korean Art Songs: An Anthology and Guide for Performance and Study by Dr. Moon-Sook Park and Dr. You-Seong Kim.
Kathleen Maurer holds the bachelor of music degree in voice performance from Butler University, the master of music degree in voice performance from Bowling Green State University, and the doctor of musical arts degree in voice performance and vocal pedagogy from the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music.