Faculty Profile

Allen Hightower

Title
Professor
Department
Conducting and Ensembles
College
College of Music

    

Education

DMA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2000.
Major: Music

Current Scheduled Teaching*

MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MUGC 6951.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2024
MUGC 6954.750, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2024
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 2024
MUEN 5530Z.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 2024
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2024
MULB 5171.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2024
MULB 5171.508, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2024
MULB 5171Z.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2024
MUAG 5701.750, Master's Recital, Spring 2024
MUAG 6900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2024
MUGC 6900.705, Special Problems, Spring 2024
MUEN 4530.002, Vox Aquilae, Spring 2024

* 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*

MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUAG 5800.001, Advanced Choral Conducting, Fall 2023 SPOT
MULB 1815.500, Chorale, Fall 2023 Syllabus
MULB 1815.501, Chorale, Fall 2023
MUGC 6952.707, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2023
MUGC 6953.734, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2023
MUGC 6954.743, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2023
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Fall 2023 SPOT
MUEN 5530Z.002, Early Music Ensembles, Fall 2023 SPOT
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2023 SPOT
MULB 5171.505, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2023
MULB 5171Z.511, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2023 SPOT
MUEN 4530.002, Vox Aquilae, Fall 2023 SPOT
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUAM 5533.700, Conducting, Spring 2023 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Spring 2023 SPOT
MUGC 6951.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2023
MUGC 6952.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2023
MUGC 6954.750, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2023
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 2023 SPOT
MUEN 5530Z.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 2023 SPOT
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2023 SPOT
MULB 5171.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2023 SPOT
MULB 5171Z.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2023 SPOT
MULB 5171Z.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2023
MUAG 5701.750, Master's Recital, Spring 2023
MUEN 4530.002, Vox Aquilae, Spring 2023 SPOT
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MULB 1815.500, Chorale, Fall 2022 Syllabus
MULB 1815.501, Chorale, Fall 2022 Syllabus
MUAM 5533.700, Conducting, Fall 2022 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Fall 2022 SPOT
MUGC 6953.734, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2022
MUGC 6954.743, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2022
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Fall 2022
MUEN 5530Z.002, Early Music Ensembles, Fall 2022 SPOT
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2022 SPOT
MULB 5171.505, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2022
MULB 5171Z.511, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2022
MUEN 4530.002, Vox Aquilae, Fall 2022 SPOT
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUAM 5533.700, Conducting, Spring 2022 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Spring 2022 SPOT
MUGC 6951.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2022
MUGC 6951.759, Dissertation Recital, Spring 8W2 2022
MUGC 6952.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2022
MUGC 6953.740, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2022
MUGC 6954.750, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2022
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 2022 SPOT
MUEN 5530Z.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 2022 SPOT
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MULB 5171.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2022 SPOT
MULB 5171Z.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2022
MUAG 5701.750, Master's Recital, Spring 2022
MUEN 4530.002, Vox Aquilae, Spring 2022 SPOT
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUAM 5533.700, Conducting, Fall 2021 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Fall 2021 SPOT
MUGC 6951.739, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2021
MUGC 6954.743, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2021
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Fall 2021 SPOT
MUEN 5530Z.002, Early Music Ensembles, Fall 2021 SPOT
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MULB 5171Z.511, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2021 Syllabus
MUEN 4530.002, Vox Aquilae, Fall 2021 SPOT
MUAM 6533.701, Conducting, Summer 5W1 2021
MUAM 6533.701, Conducting, Summer 3W1 2021
MUGC 6953.705, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W1 2021
MUGC 6954.711, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W1 2021
MUGC 6954.725, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W2 2021
MUAG 5900.701, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Summer 3W1 2021
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUEN 4530.002, Collegium Musicum, Spring 2021 SPOT
MUEN 4530.002, Collegium Musicum, Spring 8W2 2021 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Spring 2021 SPOT
MUGC 6951.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2021
MUGC 6954.750, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2021
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 2021 SPOT
MUEN 5530Z.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 8W2 2021 SPOT
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MULB 5171.505, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2021
MULB 5171Z.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2021 Syllabus
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUAG 3820.002, Choral Conducting, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUAM 5533.700, Conducting, Fall 2020 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Fall 2020 SPOT
MUGC 6952.707, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2020
MUGC 6954.743, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2020
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2020 SPOT
MULB 5171.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2020
MULB 1815.500, Men's Chorus, Fall 2020 Syllabus
MUGC 6954.711, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W1 2020
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Spring 2020 Syllabus
MUEN 4530.002, Collegium Musicum, Spring 2020
MUGC 6951.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2020
MUGC 6953.740, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2020
MUGC 6954.750, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2020
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Spring 2020
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2020
MULB 5171.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2020
MULB 5171Z.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2020
MUAG 5701.750, Master's Recital, Spring 2020
MUAG 5900.703, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Spring 2020
MUAG 5900.705, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Spring 2020
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUEN 4530.002, Collegium Musicum, Fall 2019 SPOT
MUAM 5533.700, Conducting, Fall 2019 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Fall 2019 SPOT
MUGC 6953.734, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2019
MUGC 6954.743, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2019
MUGC 6954.751, Dissertation Recital, Fall 8W2 2019
MUEN 5530.002, Early Music Ensembles, Fall 2019 SPOT
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MULB 5171Z.511, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2019 Syllabus
MUGC 6952.707, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W1 2019
MUGC 6954.711, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W1 2019
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUAM 5533.700, Conducting, Spring 2019 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Spring 2019 SPOT
MUGC 6953.740, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2019
MUGC 6954.750, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2019
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2019 SPOT
MULB 5171.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2019 SPOT
MULB 5171Z.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2019
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MUAM 5533.700, Conducting, Fall 2018 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Fall 2018 SPOT
MUGC 6952.707, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2018
MUGC 6953.734, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2018
MUGC 6954.743, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2018
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2018 SPOT
MULB 5171Z.511, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2018
MUGC 6952.707, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W1 2018
MUGC 6954.711, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W1 2018
MUGC 5900.701, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2018 SPOT
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Spring 2018 SPOT
MUGC 6951.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2018
MUGC 6952.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2018
MUGC 6953.740, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2018
MUGC 6954.750, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2018
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2018 SPOT
MULB 5171.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2018 SPOT
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Fall 2017 SPOT
MUAG 5000.001, Choral Techniques, Fall 2017 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Fall 2017 SPOT
MUGC 6951.739, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2017
MUGC 6952.707, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2017
MUGC 6953.734, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2017
MUGC 6954.743, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2017
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2017 SPOT
MUAG 6900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2017
MUGC 6954.725, Dissertation Recital, Summer 5W2 2017
MUAG 5900.701, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Summer 5W1 2017
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Spring 2017 SPOT
MUGC 6951.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2017
MUGC 6952.743, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2017
MUGC 6953.740, Dissertation Recital, Spring 2017
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2017 SPOT
MULB 5171.507, Large Ensemble: Choir, Spring 2017 SPOT
MUAG 5900.701, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Spring 2017
MULB 1801.500, A Cappella Choir, Fall 2016 SPOT
MUAM 6533.700, Conducting, Fall 2016 SPOT
MUGC 6951.739, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2016
MUGC 6953.734, Dissertation Recital, Fall 2016
MULB 5171.501, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2016 SPOT
MULB 5171.503, Large Ensemble: Choir, Fall 2016
MUAG 5900.702, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Fall 2016

* 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.

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Overall
Summative Rating
Challenge and
Engagement Index
Response Rate

out of 5

out of 7
%
of
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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