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Phillip Hash

Professor of Music Education
School of Music
Office
CE Centennial East 31
Office Hours
By appointment
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Biography

Phillip Hash is a Professor of Music Education at Illinois State University in Normal. He holds an Ed.D. in music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a M.M in wind conducting from Northwestern University, and a B.M. in music education from Millikin University. He has held positions on the editorial committees of the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Journal of Music Therapy, and currently serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education and the Journal of Band Research. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Dr. Hash has published numerous research and practitioner articles on music education history, instrumental music pedagogy, mentoring student teachers, and music teacher evaluation, as well as arrangements for band, strings, and small ensembles.

Dr. Hash taught music education at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 2004–2017. From 1989–2004, he taught elementary, middle school, and high school bands in the Chicago area, and from 1994–2004, served as choir director at the Christian Reformed Church of Western Springs, Illinois. He has received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association on two occasions, as well as the Outstanding Chicagoland Music Educator Award and an honorary membership in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association. Dr. Hash is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Illinois Music Education Association, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters’ Fraternity, and the National Band Association.

Current Courses

MUS 274.001 Elem/MS Teaching Methods: Band, Choir, Strings

MUS 187.002 Lab Ensemble

MUS 187.004 Lab Ensemble

MUS 230.001 Seminar for Pre-Student Teachers

MUS 274.001 Elem/MS Teaching Methods: Band, Choir, Strings

MUS 187.002 Lab Ensemble

MUS 187.004 Lab Ensemble

MUS 261.001 Secondary Teaching Methods: Band

MUS 271.001 Secondary Teaching Methods:Strings

MUS 230.001 Seminar for Pre-Student Teachers

Teaching Interests & Areas

Instrumental Methods
Student Teaching
Research

Research Interests & Areas

Music Education History
Measurement and Assessment
Instrumental Music

EDD

University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign

MM

Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

BM

Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois

Top Cited Researcher

Elsevier Data Repository
2024

Top Cited Researcher

Elsevier Data Repository
2023

Outstanding University Research

Illinois State University
2023

Distinguished Service Award

History Special Research Interest Group (National Association for Music Education)
2022

Top Cited Researcher

Elsevier Data Repository
2022

Outstanding University Researcher

Illinois State University
2022

College Teaching Award

Illinois State University
2020

Book Review

Hash, P. Music teacher as music producer: How to turn your classroom into a center for musical creativities: A review essay. International Journal of Arts and Education 23.r3 (2022)

Book, Authored

Miksza, P., Shaw, J., Kapalka, L., Hash, P., & Hodges, D. Music Education Research: An Introduction. Oxford University Press (2023)

Book, Chapter

Hash, P. A Historical Perspective on Music as a School Subject. Milestones in Music Education. Routledge (2023)
(a) Student bands; (b) Community, professional, and military bands [two separate chapters], in Midwest band & orchestra clinic: 1996–2021. Midwest Clinic. In preparation.
Hash, P. A Historical Overview of Music Teacher Education in the United States. Conway, Colleen; Pellegrino, Kristen; Stanley, Ann Marie; West, Chad (EDs), The Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States. Oxford University Press (2019): 43-66.

Creative Works/Broadcast Media

“O Iris and Osiris” from The Magic Flute by Mozart. Arranged for string orchestra. RWS Music. (in press, 2026).

Journal Article

Mental health and stress among undergraduate music majors (2023–2024). With Alyssa Greer, ISU undergraduate student. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, 60-61, 1–22.
The youth music institute at the University of Wisconsin, summer 1969 (2026). Journal of Research in Music Education, 74(1). Preprint version: https://doi.org/10.1177/00224294251339801
Hash, P. Music Instruction at the California Labor School, 1942-1957. Journal of Historical Research in Music Education (2024): 25.
Hash, P. M. (2024). Historical perspectives on popular music in PK–12 schools of the United States. Contributions to Music Education, 49, 103–123.
Hash, P., & Whitman, S. Text readability of introductory band and strings method books. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education 58-59 (2023): 52-63.

Magazine/Trade Publication

Abril, C., Conway, C., Hash, P., Sims, W., & Stanley, A. A Preliminary Research Agenda for the Music Teacher Pipeline. no. Teaching Music Magazine 33.2 (2025): 54-55.
Hash, P. Supporting the Mental Health of Preservice Music Teachers. No. Teaching Music Magazine 33.2 (2025): 50-53.
Hash, P. Two poems from Illinois country schools. Illinois Heritage/Illinois State Historical Society 23.1 (2020): p. 13.

Other

Hash, P. Music Self-Concept Inventory. PsycTESTS Dataset. American Psychological Association (APA) (2018)
Hash, P. McAllister, A(rchie) R(aymond). Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press (2014)
Hash, P. VanderCook College of Music. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press (2010)
Kennedy, G., & Hash, P. Dyett, Walter. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press (2010)

Presentations

Defining expectations for student teachers in the music classroom. Illinois Music Education Conference. Illinois Music Education Association. (2026)
Development and Validation of the Music Teacher Candidate Assessment. Symposium on Music Teacher Education. National Association for Music Education. (2026)
Maximizing the method book in beginning band. Illinois Music Education Conference. Illinois Music Education Association. (2026)
Mental Health among Undergraduate Music Majors. Illinois Music Education Conference. Illinois Music Education Association. (2025)
Music Experiences of Enslaved People in the United States. Illinois Music Education Conference. Illinois Music Education Association. (2025)
Sound minds: Addressing mental health in undergraduate music education. Symposium on Music Teacher Education. National Association for Music Education. (2025)
The Youth Music Institute at the University of Wisconsin. Illinois Music Education Conference. Illinois Music Education Association. (2025)
Music Instruction at the California Labor School, 1942-1957. 2024 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference. National Association for Music Education. (2024)
Planning and realizing research toward Blueprint goals. 2024 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference. National Association for Music Education. (2024)
Wait! Don't Go! Improving Retention in School Bands and Orchestras. Midwest Clinic International Band, Orchestra and Music Conference. Midwest Clinic. (2024)

Grants & Contracts

Illinois State University Research Grant. Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts. Illinois State University. (2022)