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Blaine A. Brubaker

Title: Assistant Librarian

Department: Library - SL - Music Library

College: University of North Texas

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MLIS, University of North Texas, 2020
    Major: Library Science
    Specialization: Music Librarianship
    Dissertation: N/A
  • MA, University of North Texas, 2019
    Major: Music
    Specialization: Historical Musicology
    Dissertation: Transatlantic Crossings: Nadia Boulanger and Marion Bauer
  • BM, Seton Hill University, 2017
    Major: Music Performance
    Specialization: Honors concentration
    Dissertation: Amy Beach and Jennifer Higdon: A Comparison of Female Composers in the Nineteenth and the Twenty-First Century

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

No previous courses scheduled.

Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Review

  • Brubaker, B.A. (2023). Review of Sonic City: Making Rock Music and Urban Life in Singapore. ARSC Journal. 54 (1) 154-156.
  • Brubaker, B.A. (2021). Review of The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price by Rae Linda Brown. ARSC Journal. 52 (1)
  • Brubaker, B.A. (2020). Review of Jazz Diaspora: Music and Globalisation, by Bruce Johnson and Tales of Southeast Asia's Jazz Age: Filipinos, Indonesians and Popular Culture, 1920-1936 by Peter Keppy. ARSC Journal. 51 (2) 231-233, 240.

    • Personal Essay

  • Brubaker, B.A., Wolski, K.A., Fernandez, S. (2024). "Press Replay": A Retrospective on "Press Start!": A Video Game Music Symposium. Journal of Sound and Music in Games. 5 (1) 57-61. Oakland, California, University of California Press.

    • Scholarly Preface

  • Brubaker, B.A. (2024). Kakémonos Op. 20, 4 pièces japonaises pour orchestre by Antoine Mariotte. Munich, Musikproduktion Höflich.
  • Brubaker, B.A. (2023). Nocturne for Mezzo Soprano, String Quartet and Piano by Guillaume Lekeu. Munich, Musikproduktion Höflich.
  • Brubaker, B.A. (2023). Horoscope, Orchestral Suite by Constant Lambert. Munich, Musikproduktion Höflich.
  • Brubaker, B.A. (2022). Varhymn for orchestra by Ture Rangström. Munich, Musikproduktion Höflich.
  • Brubaker, B.A. (2022). A Star Song by Horatio Parker. Munich, Musikproduktion Höflich.
  • Brubaker, B.A. (2022). Prometheus by Johann Selmer. Munich, Musikproduktion Höflich.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Brubaker, B. (Principal), Fernandez, S. (Supporting), Wolski, K. (Supporting), "“Press Start!”: A Video Game Music Symposium," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).

    • Grant - Service

  • Brubaker, B.A. (Principal), Wolski, K.A. (Supporting), Fernandez, S. (Supporting), "Global Venture Fund," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. ( - 2022).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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out of 7		 %
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students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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