Michele Paynter-Paise

Room 208, Ridenbaugh

Office Phone:  208-885-6425

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Michele Paynter Paise, vocal/general music specialist and director of the Vandaleers is beginning her first year at UI.  Prior to this appointment, Professor Paise taught methods courses at Middle Tennessee State University and Arizona State University, where she also directed the ASU Women’s Chorus. 

Throughout her career, Paise has been active as both a soloist and choir member, singing with the Baltimore, Nashville, and Phoenix Symphony Orchestra Choruses, the Nashville Opera Association, the Millbrook Chamber Orchestra, and the jazz duo, A Weave of Color. 

An active clinician at both the state and local level, Paise has taught both general and choral music students, elementary through college level for the last 14 years.  She has presented research at local, state, and national conferences and is certified in both the Kodály and Orff-Schulwerk methodologies.  Recently, Paise co-authored the text, Music with the Arts and Across the Curriculum, which was published by Silver Burdett Ginn.

Professor Paise’s research interests include stages of growth of new teachers, music education in one-room schools, vocal physiology, and Byzantine music notation.  She is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, Kappa Delta Pi, the American Choral Director’s Association and MENC:  The National Association for Music Education.  Paise lives with her husband, John and their dog, Victoria.