College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Kari Adams as Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education.
Dr. Adams is currently Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of Missouri. She previously served on the faculty of Florida State University, where she was awarded the Outstanding Teaching in the Major (Undergraduate) Award in 2023. Prior to her career in higher education, Dr. Adams taught middle school choir in Knob Noster, Missouri, where she was named Teacher of the Year in 2015.
An active guest conductor and clinician, Dr. Adams has conducted All State and regional honor choirs in Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. She has presented at state practitioner conferences in six states as well as at national American Choral Directors Association and National Association for Music Education conferences. Her articles focused on research-based strategies for practitioners have been published in the Choral Journal, Florida Music Director, Music Educators Journal, and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education.
Dr. Adams’s research has been published in leading journals in the field including Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Update, and International Journal of Research in Choral Singing. She currently serves on the editorial board for Update and as the chair of Society for Research in Music Education’s Learning and Development Special Research Interest Group.
Dr. Adams holds a PhD in Music Education from the University of North Texas, a Master of Arts (MA) in Choral Conducting from University of Central Missouri, and a Bachelor of Music (BM) in Music Education from Freed Hardeman University.
