EDUCATION
PhD                             Brandeis University, Waltham, MA  
                                    Music Theory and Composition, 2002
Dissertation entitled “Rhetoric as Heuristic in Ludwig van Beethoven’s Third Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, op. 69, First movement.” UMI Research Publications, 2002.


MM                            New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA
                                   Master of Music in Composition with Academic Distinction, 1987

                                    Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
                                    MFA Summer Course work, 1984

BM                              University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
                                    Music Theory and Composition, 1982

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
2018 -                 Visiting Lecturer in IKUMUMU/Baltic Film and Media Studies

Estonian Academy of Art
2018 -                 Visiting Lecturer for General Studies

Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA
2008-                  Visiting Assistant Professor in Humanities and Music

Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
2008-                 Lecturer, Music Theory and History


MEMBERSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS
Eesti Kunstnike Liit (Estonian Artists' Union), Member, 2021
Eesti Heliloojate Liit (Estonian Composers' Union), Member 2020
Estonian Arnold Schoenberg Society, 2019
Fulbright Scholar. Tallinn, Estonia.  2015
Exemplary Course Award.  Blackboard, Inc., 2013
Course of Distinction - Massachusetts Colleges Online, 2013.

DISSERTATION SUPERVISION, SCHOLARLY EDITING AND PUBLICATIONS
Edward Tubin Society - Collected works.   Several volumes 2018 - 
Arvo Päärdis Keskus - English language editor for print and web publications.   2018 - 
Several works for Education Arts Research, OÜ (Owner/Proprietor)
Multiple MA students in Jewelery and Textiles.   Eesti Kunstiakadeemia.   Spring, 2019.
Tõnuri, Hannes.   Raudlugulaul.   Master’s Thesis Advisor.  Estonian Academy of Art.   2018.
Castiajo, Carla.  Purity or Promiscuity:  Exploring Hair as a Raw Material in Jewelry and Art (with full-length CD of original music by Paul Beaudoin).  Lead English Editor.  Estonian Arts Academy. 1st Prize in Estonian Doctoral Thesis, 2017.  (http://erb.nlib.ee/?kid=4631720x)
Koosel, Stacey.  Digital Identity and Everyday Activism.  Estonian Academy of Art, Ph.D. Dissertation.  Lead English editor. 2015. (https://www.academia.edu/14894383/The_Renegotiated_Self_Social_Medias_Effects_on_Identity)
ResMusica (2015, vol.  7) English Language editor for the entire volume. (2015).   Estonian Academy of Music and Theater.  http://bit.ly/2Fo5jmZ
Changing Face of Music and Art Education.  Board of Advisors and Lead English editor.   Music Dept., Tallinn University, 2014 to 2019.


KEYNOTE and CONFERENCE ADDRESSES
The Visual Work had to be a Form of Music: On the Visual Art of John Cage."  John Cage at 110.   Estonian Contemporary Music Center, 2023.
Rhetoric as Heuristic in the First Movement of Beethoven's Third Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, op. 69.  Beethoven's 250th Anniversary Conference,  Dutch/Flemish Music Theory Society, Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jan. 2020.
--- EUROMAC 10 - Moscow, Russia (canceled)
The Space Between John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Stefan Wolpe, and Bill Viola (an analytic video essay) reVIEWING Black Mountain College conference, 2021
Between Poetry and Sound: Ilmar Laaban 
Laaban @ 100 Conference, Tartu University
"Sounding Geometry: Uncovering the First Movement of György Ligeti's Konzert for Violoncello and Orchestre."   Pärnu Contemporary Music Days, Pärnu, Estonia, 2019.
“Moving Past Spectacle: Dance, Education, and New Technologies” 
“Dancing Technologies” Dance Dept., Tallinn University, 2017.
from This Moment On: Ideas and Strategies in Contemporary Arts Composition.
Pärnu Contemporary Music Days, Pärnu, Estonia, 2015
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Changing Face of Music and Art Education Changing Face of Music and Art Education, Institute of Fine Arts, Tallinn University, Estonia, 2014.
What If? – Changing Face of Music and Art Education Changing Face of Music and Art Education (Institute of Fine Arts, Tallinn University, Estonia).  2015.
Redefining Education for the 21st Century – eLearning in Action, Sharjah Women’s College, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 2012.
The Puzzle Box. – Changing Face of Music and Art Education, Institute of Fine Arts, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia. 2014.

SEMINARS/SHORT COURSES
Presentation Skills.   Eesti Kunstiakadeemia. Spring, 2019.
Performance Art.   Tallinn University, IKUMUMU, Spring and Fall, 2020.
Multimedia for Music Education.   MA Course at Tallinn University, Spring 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
Foundations of Classroom Teaching.  MA course at Eesti Kunstiakadeemia.   Spring, 2019.
Using Multimedia App in Music Education, Heino Eller Music Academy. Tartu, Estonia, 2015
The Music and Creative Thinking of Dr. Paul Beaudoin, a talk on my original music with the students and faculty of the Heino Eller Music Academy, Tartu, Estonia, 2015.
Foundations in Quality eLearning Courses.  PRIMUS/ SA Archimedes, Tallinn, Estonia. 2014.
Getting Started with eLearning. Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia.  2015.

PUBLICATIONS
Metateatraalsus kui uus reaalsus (review of Snake Story at Made in Estonia marathon, 2023)
A Dead Zone.   Collection of short audio and visual pieces for the 20th anniversary of The New Art Rebellion.  Forthcoming, 2020.
This is [NOT] a Photograph.   Publication in the E-Zine for The Forest Arts, 2020.
Postcard for Quarantine.   Alwynne Pritchard Performance Art Project.   Winter, 2020.
Kunstituristina Pärnu.   Review of “The Aesthetic of Error” exhibition curated by Paul Beaudoin.
Ma olen keha.   Review of Dance Festival from the Dance Department at Tallinn University, Postimees.  https://kultuur.postimees.ee/3194709/ma-olen-keha

Nils Hindi näitus „Küte“ Hopi galeriis kuni 29. IX. (SIRP)

Castiajo: Karskus voi promiksuiteet. (SIRP)


RECORDINGS
As If You Are My Last Breath.   Heaven's Trumpet CD 15.  2020.
Cease/Remain.   Bandcamp Release, 2020.
Pasunalugu.  Bandcamp Release, 2020.
Take Me With You.   Bandcamp Release, 2020.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Sounding Geometry: Uncovering the First Movement of Gyorgy Liget's Konzert fur Violoncello und Orchestre.   Pärnu New Music Days, Jan. 2019.
“From This Moment On.” 
An interdisciplinary keynote address by Paul Beaudoin on composition in the arts for the Parnu Contemporary Music Days, Januay 2015.  Reviewed by Kerri Kotte in SIRP, 2015.
​​​​​​​Valuing the Digital Classroom.
Workshop presentation for Hariduse Infotehnoloogia Sihtasutus (HITSA), Tallinn, Estonia. June, 2015.

Creating Multimedia for Your Digital Classroom.
Day long workshop for Hariduse Infotehnoloogia Sihtasutus (HITSA), Tallinn, Estonia. August, 2015

iTunes, YouTube and Me: Integrating Web-Based Media in Your Classroom
            Changing Face of Music and Art Education, Music Dept. Tallinn University, 2008
            Massachusetts Colleges Online 2012, Bridgewater State University
            eLearning in Action 2012, Sharjah Women’s College, Sharjah, U.A.E.

Beginnings, Middles and Ends: Motivating and Engaging Your Online Students           
            Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series, Blackboard, Inc. Washington, D.C.
           
Teaching @ Twitch Speed: Tips for Managing Your Online Time
            Blackboard World 2013, Las Vegas, NV
            Blackboard’s Never Stop Learning Tour 2013, Boston, MA

50 + 1 Tools to Augment Your Classroom
            eLearn 2013, American Association for Computing in Education, Las Vegas, NV
            edMedia 2014, American Association for Computing in Education, Tampere,    Finland           


eLearning Publications
Instant Feedback in Music Theory Homework (with Marit Moistlikk-Tamm, TLU), published in KVYOA  http://www.ksk.edu.ee/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/KVYOA_20_05_Beaudoin_M%C3%B5istlik-Tamm.pdf
“Digital Assessment” Published in Newer Trends in Online Education, Sharjah Colleges of Higher Technologies, Sharjah, U.A.E., 2015
“Managing Your Online Time” March 23, 2013. The Chronicle of Higher Education.  2013.
“6 Ways to Be a Better Teacher Online” Campus Technology, May 2014
 “Motivate and Engage Your Students All Semester Long” Campus Technology, August 2015.
iTunes, YouTube and Me: Augmenting Your Classroom with Web-Based Technology.  Published in “Redefining Education” Sharjah Colleges of Higher Technologies, Sharjah, U.A.E. 
iTunes, YouTube and Me: Integrating Technology into the Music Classroom.  Budapest, Parlando, 2010 (in Hungarian)
What if? Published in The Changing Face of Music and Art Education Journal.  Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia.  
SCHOLARSHIP/RESEARCH: BOOKS
Judith Tick and Paul Beaudoin (editors): Music in the U.S.A.: A Documentary Companion.
               NY, Oxford University Press, July, 2008

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