Dr. Rita Klinger
Coordinator of Music Education, Professor Music Education

Music & Communication Building, Room 351
(216) 523-7176
R.Klinger@csuohio.edu

Rita Klinger, Coordinator of Music Education, teaches courses in general and vocal music education. She received her Ph.D. from University of Washington, the M.M.Ed. with Kodaly emphasis from Holy Names College, and the B.M.Ed. from the Hartt School.

Dr. Klinger's areas of research include multicultural practices in music education and the transmission of children's songs and singing games. Her research articles appear in the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. She is also author of a chapter on Jewish Music in Israel for the 1996 edition of Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education published by MENC.