25. Interview with Sandy Goldie, Virginia Commonwealth University

Author Sandy Goldie is the director of music
education at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond,
Virginia. Before moving to Richmond, Dr. Goldie taught string
music education courses at the University of Florida, where she
completed her Ph.D. and was awarded the David Wilmot Prize for
Excellence in Music Education. She received her master’s degree
in music education from the University of Georgia and her
bachelor’s degree in instrumental music education and performance
from the University of South Carolina.


Dr. Goldie has presented her music education research and
pedagogy ideas at state, national, and international conferences,
including the International Society for Assessment in Music
Education, National Association for Music Education, American
String Teachers Association, The Midwest Clinic, Society for
Music Teacher Education, and State Music Education Association
Conferences in Texas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and
Virginia. She has worked to promote music education at the local,
state, and national levels through leadership positions in
professional organizations such as the American String Teachers
Association (former state president of the South Carolina Chapter
and Virginia Chapter), South Carolina Music Educators Association
(former executive board member of the orchestra division),
Virginia Music Educators Association (President of the Higher
Education Division), NAfME Collegiate Council (Southern
representative), and American Viola Society (executive board
member of the South Carolina and Virginia chapters). Dr. Goldie
also serves on local arts advisory councils and works with area
schools who serve disadvantaged and at-risk students to help
provide access to string instruments and instruction.


Dr. Goldie is an active conductor/clinician, professional
performer (violist), and advocate for music education. She enjoys
working with young musicians throughout the United States and has
conducted many honors groups, all-region orchestras, district
clinics, youth orchestras, as well as the 2009 South Carolina
All-State Orchestra. She has enjoyed working with students of all
ages in the public schools as an orchestra teacher for fourteen
years. Her school orchestras have consistently received superior
ratings each year at state performance festivals in South
Carolina, Georgia, and throughout the United States and abroad,
performing in places including Hawaii (1st Place High School
Orchestra Division), Italy (2007 tour of Rome, Venice, Cremona,
and Florence), Orlando, Williamsburg, Myrtle Beach, Atlanta, and
New York. Her orchestras have also routinely performed in local
nursing homes and elementary schools in order to share the joy of
music and music education with others in the community. She has
performed professionally with symphonies in South Carolina, North
Carolina, and Georgia (South Carolina Philharmonic, Charleston
Symphony, Charlotte Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra Augusta, and
others). She currently directs the Richmond Symphony Youth
Concert Orchestra and runs the Future Music Educator Honors
Program for high school students. Her greatest loves are her
family, her dog (Murray), her cat (Charlie), and the joy of
sharing the excitement of great music teaching and performing
with her students and fellow teachers.


Dr. Goldie can be reached at sgoldie@vcu.edu





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