Dr. Betty Atterbury

Title
Dr. Betty Atterbury
Birth Date
April 29, 1937 ~ Los Angeles, California
Death Date
August 4, 1998 ~ Portland, Maine
Education
Ph.D. - Northwestern University, 1982
MA - Hunter College, 1970
BA - SUNY Potsdam, 1958
Teaching History
1985-1998: University of Southern Maine
1982-1985: Appalachian State University
1971-1980: Middle Country School District (NY), grades 1-6
1969-1971: Babylon Public Schools (NY), grades 4-6
1966-1968: Canon Lawrence Teacher Traning College (Uganda)
Area/s of Research
Elementary General Music Teaching, Development of the Child Singing Voice, Special Learners/Mainstreaming
Major Publications
"Mainstreaming Exceptional Learners in Music" (1990), "The Experience of Teaching General Music" with Richardson (1994)
Awards & Accomplishments
Editorial Chair of "Music Educators Journal"
President, Maine Music Education Association
Advisory Member of "Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education"
Dissertation
"A Comparison of Rhythm Pattern Perception and Performance in Normal and Learning Disabled Readers, Age Seven and Eight"
Dissertation Advisor/s
Doris Johnson
Biographical Text
Taken from her obituary in the "Portland Press Herald:"

Betty Wilson Atterbury was born in Los Angeles and attended school in New York. She graduated in 1955 from Andrew Jackson High School in Queens and then attended Potsdam State University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in music in 1958. After attending Hunter College in New York City and earning a master's degree in music, she taught music at the Middle Country School District and received her PhD in music education in 1982. She taught at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina for 3 years. Dr. Atterbury arrived to Maine in 1985 to teach at the University of Southern Maine for 13 years taking a leave of absence in 1997 for health reasons. She wrote several books, one of which focused on mainstreaming exceptional learners and music. She also contributed an article to the “Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning” titled “Research on the Teaching of Elementary General Music” She appeared in “Who's Who of America Women” in 1997. At USM, she was an advisor to the MENC student chapter. Dr Atterbury was the president and research chairwoman for the Maine Music Educators Association, and chairwoman of the “Music Educators Journal” editorial committee. She also had served as an advisory member of the “Bulletin of the Council for Research and Music Education.”