About Us

This Web Site was created by Luanne Eris Fose, Ph.D.

Dr. Fose holds a Ph.D. in Music Theory with a minor in Musicology from the University of North Texas (Denton, Texas); a Masters of Music in Music Theory with a minor in Trombone Performance from Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) and a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Music Theory and Music Education from Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego, California). Dr. Fose's areas of musical interest include: Medieval/Renaissance Music Theory / Musicology, Computer-Assisted Instruction, MIDI Applications, Aural / Keyboard Skills, Trombone Performance, Cello Performance, and Latin. Her doctoral dissertation (1992), The Musica Practica of Bartolomeo Ramos de Pareia: A Critical Translation and Commentary, uncovered many of the myths that surround this treatise due to passages previously being translated out-of-context and brought new light to the topic of just intonation in the 15th century.

Dr. Fose has taught aural skills courses at Indiana University, the University of North Texas, Point Loma Nazarene University, University of San Diego, and San Diego State University. She is co-author of the 10-disk music software package that accompanies the text book Basic Ear Training Skills, written by Dr. Robert Ottman and Dr. Paul Dworak and published by Prentice-Hall in the early 1990s.

Dr. Fose was the first faculty member at San Diego State University to offer a complete music technology course online. Her online textbook, Finale Tutorials for the Professional Musician, was instrumental in her move toward her next career decision. In 1999, Dr. Fose left the university teaching world to work as a consultant for CollegeUnits.com. In that position, she created online distance learning courses for several universities in various disciplines.

Currently, Dr. Fose is an Instructional Designer/Information Technology Consultant for Technology and Learning Services (ITS) at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California. In this position, Dr. Fose serves as the pedagogical technologist for the campus, teaching faculty in workshops or one-on-one consultation and assisting faculty in design/pedagogical strategies to teach more effectively with discipline-specific courseware projects, learning management systems such as Blackboard, and hybrid on-campus/web-assisted courses.

Dr. Fose leads workshops on using music technology in music education at music conferences and universities throughout the country. She is very active in her community as a pianist/organist, trombonist, composer, music director, and music technology consultant.