Muñiz has done extensive research on Chicago composer Arne Oldberg (1874-1962) at the Library of Congress, the Newberry Library, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Archives, and is focused on the dissemination of his work through invited talks, lecture-recitals and recordings.

Arne Oldberg (1874-1962)

Lecture-Recital “Second City? Reflecting on Piano Music of Chicago Composer Arne Oldberg in the Early Twentieth Century”

College Music Society Great Lakes Conference

Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky

April 7-8, 2017

Invited Talk “The First Chicago Composers: Sounds of the Gilded Age”

Deans’ Seminar Series 2016-2017

Indiana University South Bend

April 21, 2017

Teaching

Clavier Companion

“Roll-Over Mozart, Improvisation Exercises that Bring Creativity to Piano Instruction”

Article, published November/December 2016. Nationally circulated journal on piano performance and piano pedagogy, print and online.

Trustee Teaching Award, 2016.

Awarded by Indiana University South Bend for excellence in teaching.

IU Online Conference, 2016

Presentation:“Maximizing Interaction in an Online Learning Community: Face-to-Face and Online Cross-Pollination”

IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana

Publication: “A Rainbow of Possibilities: The Use of Canvas Speedgrader for Writing Improvement,” 2016

Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), Quick Hits on Teaching and Learning with Canvas, multi-media online resource, video.

Jennifer Muñiz with Arne Oldberg’s granddaughter, Mary Greer, holding photos of Oldberg.

Teaching With Canvas Pioneer Award, Honorable Mention, 2015.

This was an Indiana University state-wide, two-stage competition that honored innovation in teaching with the learning management system, Canvas. This award was focused on Muñiz’s course, Music in New York. 

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Midwest Conference, 2015.

Presentation: “Motivating Students Through Outreach Related to Chicago’s Musical Heritage: Reaching Beyond the City Limits,” co-presenter, Mary Rose Norell

Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Indiana

Faculty Research Grant, Indiana University South Bend, 2016.

“Arne Oldberg: The Chicago-Style American Romantic.”

This grant supported travel to the Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. to research the music of Arne Oldberg.

College Music Society: Northeast Conference, 2017.

“I’m Watching You: Using Student-Made Video in Class-Piano and Lessons”

SUNY Plattsburgh

March 17-18, 2017

Recently:

American Music Teacher Article

Article: “Brahms in Our Backyard: Reflecting on the Piano Music of Arne Oldberg” published in Feb/.March 2018 issue of AMT.

Lecture-Recital

Jennifer Muñiz performed and discussed the solo piano works of Arne Oldberg, including A Legend, Theme and Variations, Canzonetta, Improvisation, Arabesque (unpublished), and Three Miniatures.

October 21, 2017 at 1:30 pm

Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Recital Forum

Jennifer Muñiz presented the lecture-recital, “Second City? Reflecting on Piano Music of Chicago Composer Arne Oldberg in the Early Twentieth Century.”

September 18, 2017 at noon

Little Theater at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN

Radio Broadcast

Arne Oldberg Day. July 12, 2017. WYSU Youngstown, Ohio: National Public Radio. Broadcast of my performance of solo piano: Three Miniatures, I. “Badinage” by Arne Oldberg

Recording of Arne Oldberg Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 45, and Various Works for Solo Piano

University of Colorado Boulder

Spring/Summer, 2017

Recital: The Chicago Romantic: An Evening of Music by Arne Oldberg

May 10, 2017 at 7:00 pm

Louise E. Addicott & Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall, IU South Bend

Jennifer Muñiz, Piano with Jacqueline Choi, Cello

Program: All Works by Arne Oldberg (1874-1962)