Edward Al Hearn
Outreach Performance Skills

Al Hearn was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He studied the Euphonium under Peter Sullivan of the Montreal Symphony and Brian Bowman of the United States Navy Band and subsequently entered the Canadian Armed Forces as professional euphonium player. After 11 years of service he retired and enrolled at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and completed a Bachelor of Music, Euphonium Performance.

He then attended the University of Michigan and completed a Master of Music, Euphonium Performance degree. At this time he founded the Outreach in the Performing Arts Program at the University of Michigan School of Music. He directed this performance outreach program and taught two related courses for seven years. During this time he entered the Ph.D. program at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan and specialized in curriculum design, higher education leadership, change management, and experiential education. His dissertation was a case study of higher education school of music/ K-8 school education outreach partnerships.

He is now the Director of Academic Community Partnerships and the University of Cincinnati.

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