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A native of Louisiana, Mary Ellen Poole earned degrees in flute performance from Baylor University and Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Dr. Poole joined the Conservatory in 2003 after 18 years at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where she was named director of the School of Music in 1997. In 2002 her Millikin colleagues recognized her achievements with the Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award. Her research, publications, and presentations have focused on fin-de-siècle Paris: cabaret chansons and chansonniers, music as political propaganda during the Radical Republic, and the ideology of teaching music to the working class. Dean Poole is currently active as a visiting evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
Mary Ellen Poole can be contacted at 415.503.6251 or mep@sfcm.edu.
