R. Fred Kern, Professor of Music Theory
B.S., Illinois State University; M.M., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.M., Northwestern University; D.A., University of Northern Colorado. Kern is a specialist in piano education and basic studies, having authored or co-authored six texts. Currently, he is co-author of the multiple-volume and Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. A Professor Music and a Specialist in Piano Education and Basic Studies at the University of North Texas, Dr. Fred Kern has been on the faculty of the College of Music since 1980 where he is Coordinator of Keyboard Skills and Music Fundamentals. He has published six texts on piano instruction and has more than two hundred original compositions and arrangements in the catalogues Warner Bros., Kjos, G. Schirmer and Hal Leonard. Widely known as a clinician at state and national gatherings, Kern holds the Master Teacher Certificate awarded by the Music Teachers National Association.
MUTH 1260 - Music Fundamentals