Ran WhitleyRan Whitley is a Professor of Music Education at Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC where he holds the Alma Dark Howard Chair of Music. His course offerings at Campbell University include music theory, elementary music methods and children's music inistry. He holds the DM degree in Music Ministry from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, as well as a PhD in Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His Orff training includes Orff Levels I-III and the Orff Master Class from the University of Memphis. Ran also holds current teacher licensure in North Carolina in both Music Education (K-12) and ESL (K-12). Ran has over 45 years of experience in music including public school teaching, church music ministry, theory/counterpoint instruction, teacher education and professional jazz performance. Ran frequently contributes journal articles in music education, and his music publications are offered by Macie Publishing, Cherry Classic Music, Xlibris Press, Xulon Press, Mercer Press and C. Alan Publications.Ran frequently conducts professional development workshops for elementary music education around the nation and spends his summers teaching elementary music in Honduras and Cuba. He is married to Donna with five children and three grandchildren. Read More Read Less