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Merg-Kenya Members

Ordinary members must be University lecturers engaged in research in music. They could be from other disciplines such as languages, History, etc.; Student Members include any students pursuing and registered in higher education (Undergraduate or postgraduate) music programmes; Group membership will include groups/institutions involved in the practice of music Associate members –This category is for non-active individuals who have a keen interest in and are willing to support the study and practice of music. They would include music enthusiasts and sponsors/partners. In this category there shall also be other people engaged in music research and documentation, such as journalists

List of Members

Prof. Timothy K. Njoora

Compositions for Piano, Mixed Choir, Solo Voice, Brass Quintet and Instrumental Ensembles.

My Music My Life: Some Context The scores presented are part of my “Creative Exhibition Output” during the last twenty-five (25) years and a fitting tribute  to knowledge creation and output,  and one part of core academic activities that define my life in academia, the other contribution includes “Refereed Journal” articles, teaching, supervision (more than thirty four years) and mentoring, active research, and administration (having served as Chair of Department of Music and Dance, Dean, School of Visual and Performing Arts, with a combined experience of more than thirteen years. Some of the works were performed locally while others were performed internationally as part of “Art Music” sharing and dissemination.

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Dr. Joyce Mudengani Mochere, PhD.

Lecturer
School of Music and Media
Department: Music and Performing Arts

Joyce M. Mochere, is a lecturer at Kabarak University, School of Music and Media (SMM) since September 2016. She holds a PhD in Music Education from Kabarak University (Main Campus), Nakuru. She attained a Master’s degree in Music Education and a Bachelor of Education in Arts (Music and English/Literature) from Kenyatta University. She teaches Music theory, Music composition, History and Analysis of African and Western music, Church music, Aurals, and Music Practicals (Piano and Voice) at the department of Music and Performing Arts. She is Kabarak University’s internal auditor, a chairperson of the Innovation and Business Incubation, Innovation Capacity Building Training coordinator, and an innovation champion at Kabarak University, among other responsibilities.

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Dr. Dorothy Okeyo

Determining The Impact Of Using Kodaly Pedagogical Approach On Teacher Trainees Performance (TTP) In Basic Music Skills, 2022


Establishing The Impact Of Using Orff Pedagogical Approach (OPA) On Teacher Trainees’ Performance (TTP) In Basic Music Skills, 2022

A Competency-Based Curriculum For Kenyan Primary Schools: Learning From Theory, 2021

Effect Of Micro-Teaching Skills On Teacher Trainees Music Performance During Teaching Practice At Mosoriot Teachers Training College In Nandi County, Kenya 2020

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Dr. Cleniece Owino

-International Society for Music Education (Board Member)
-Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education
-Women Educational Researchers of Kenya

List of Publications:
● Cleniece Owino and Emily Akuno (2019) Interrogating cultural relevance in the musicianship class, book chapter in Music Education in Africa: Concept, Process and Practice. Emily Akuno (Ed) Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York.
● Cleniece Owino: (2014): ‘Re-Orientating Musical Arts Education in Post-Colonial Kenya’ a book chapter in Singing a Nation: 50 years of Music in Kenya edited by E.A.Akuno
● Cleniece Owino (2003) Perceptions and Experiences of Kenyatta Univeristy Students Towards Aural Musicianship Teaching In Kenyan Secondary Schools in “East African Journal of Music’. Emak Music Services. Nairobi.

Ernest Patrick Monte, PhD

Kabarak University (Kenya), University of the Free State (South Africa)

List of Publications

  1. Monte, E.P., 2023. Reading Praise, Protest, and Subversion in Thomas Wasonga’s
    Tawala Kenya Tawala. Muziki, pp.1-22.
  2. Kwamboka, O. T., Monte, E. P., & Were, M. N. (2020). Determinants of
    Marginalization of Women in the Kenyan Music Education Space. African
    Musicology Online, 10(2), 74-96.
  3. Monte, E.P., &Mochere J., 2019. ‘“In Class out of Place”: The Substance of
    Secondary School Music Curriculum’, in E. A. Akuno (ed.), Music Education in
    Africa: Concept, Process, and Practice, Routledge, London and New York, pp 135-
    148

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Tabitha Kwamboka Osoro

Position: Tutorial Fellow
Department: Education Communication & Technology
Email address: osoro.tabitha@ku.ac.ke
Address: 43844 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

Publications and Papers

  • Osoro, T. K., (2023) Exploring an Archival Space within a Musical Genre: The Case of Zilizopendwa Songs at the Institutionalized Kenya Music Festival- Paper presented at the13th PASMAE-ISME Regional Conference at University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Osoro, T. K., Monte, E. P., & Were, M. N. (2020). Determinants of Marginalization of Women in the Kenyan Music Education Space. African Musicology Online, 10(2), 74-96. [2020]
  • Osoro, T. K., (2019) Gender Inequalities in Music Education: Experiences of Female Music Educators in Kenya- Paper presented at Kabarak University International Research Conference on Refocusing Music and other Performing Arts for Sustainable Development 2019.

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Osoro Tabitha

Position: Tutorial Fellow
Department: Education Communication & Technology
Email address: osoro.tabitha@ku.ac.ke
Address: 43844 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

Publications and Papers

  • Osoro, T. K., (2023) Exploring an Archival Space within a Musical Genre: The Case of Zilizopendwa Songs at the Institutionalized Kenya Music Festival- Paper presented at the13th PASMAE-ISME Regional Conference at University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Osoro, T. K., Monte, E. P., & Were, M. N. (2020). Determinants of Marginalization of Women in the Kenyan Music Education Space. African Musicology Online, 10(2), 74-96. [2020]
  • Osoro, T. K., (2019) Gender Inequalities in Music Education: Experiences of Female Music Educators in Kenya- Paper presented at Kabarak University International Research Conference on Refocusing Music and other Performing Arts for Sustainable Development 2019.

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Rose Anyango Omolo-Ongati

SCHOOL:ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT: MUSIC AND THEATRE STUDIES

CURRENT DESIGNATION:ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MUSIC &DIRECTOR OFLINKAGES, OUTREACH AND CONSULTANCIES 

EMAIL:romollo30@gmail.com; romollo@maseno.ac.ke

TEL NUMBER: +254722613295

  1. ISME Routledge Series Two – Areas editor. Editorial Board of Global Perspectives in Music Education editorial board as an editor for Series Two – Areas 2018-2020. Series two which explored areas of music education reflected through the ISME commissions, forum and standing committee.

            The tasks of the editorial board members were to:

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    Duncan Miano Wambugu, PhD.

    A native of Nairobi, Kenya, Duncan is currently on the faculty at Kenyatta University’s
    Department of Music and Dance in Nairobi, as Lecturer. He also serves as Organist /Choir
    Director at St Andrews’ Presbyterian Church, Nairobi. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
    in Music (Organ Performance) from Augustana University College, in Alberta, Canada,
    (1999), a Master of Music (Choral Conducting) from the University of Alberta (2003), and a
    PhD in Music Education from the School of Music at the University of Florida (2012). While
    in Canada, he was the Chapel Organ Scholar at Augustana University College, Assistant
    Conductor for the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus, Choral Assistant for the Richard
    Eaton Singers in Edmonton as well as a member of University of Alberta Madrigal Singers
    and the professional chorus PROCORO Canada. In Florida, he was the Founder/Director of
    the first ever University of Florida Africa Choir Pazeni Sauti, started in September 2009.

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    Osoro Tabitha

    Position: Tutorial Fellow
    Department: Education Communication & Technology
    Email address: osoro.tabitha@ku.ac.ke
    Address: 43844 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

    Publications and Papers

    • Osoro, T. K., (2023) Exploring an Archival Space within a Musical Genre: The Case of Zilizopendwa Songs at the Institutionalized Kenya Music Festival- Paper presented at the13th PASMAE-ISME Regional Conference at University of Cape Coast, Ghana
    • Osoro, T. K., Monte, E. P., & Were, M. N. (2020). Determinants of Marginalization of Women in the Kenyan Music Education Space. African Musicology Online, 10(2), 74-96. [2020]
    • Osoro, T. K., (2019) Gender Inequalities in Music Education: Experiences of Female Music Educators in Kenya- Paper presented at Kabarak University International Research Conference on Refocusing Music and other Performing Arts for Sustainable Development 2019.

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    Rose Anyango Omolo-Ongati
    Duncan Miano Wambugu, PhD.
    Dr Joyce Mudengani
    Prof Njoora Timothy
    Dr. Joyce Mudengani Mochere
    Dr Cleniece Owino
    Dr Dorothy okeyo
    Dr Dorothy okeyo (3)
    Dr Cleniece Owino
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