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Dr Larry E Worster

Music
worster@msudenver.edu
CAMPUS BOX 058
ARTS 286F
303-556-3392


Personal Biography Statement

Larry Worster is a Professor of Music at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He taught previously at the University of Colorado, Regis College, and Denver University. He performed for ten years (1984-94) in the Irish folk ensemble Colcannon. Dr. Worster has been active in the leadership of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the College Music Society, the Society for American Music, and the Board of Directors of the Boulder Bach Festival. He is the author of Cecil Effinger: A Colorado Composer published in 1997 by Scarecrow Press. His ChartCreator software is published as shareware at www.chartcreator.com. Six customized sets of ChartPlayer software for the support of general studies music textbooks have been published by McGraw-Hill. In his spare time, he teaches golf at Leonard's Golf in Erie.

Teaching Philosophy

Dr. Worster believes that education is the most important activity of human kind. He understands that efficient learning is the product of a partnership between the disseminator of information and the active engagement of the student. He has spent his career investigating how to remove roadblocks for both the teacher and the student so that education can occur.

Personal

The picture above is Dr. Worster and his daughter Robin after her graduation from Metro State in 2006.

Courses Taught

MUS-1000,MUS-1050,MUS-3000,MUS-4790,MUS-4950

Office Hours

Monday - [10:   to 12:  ]
Tuesday - [10:   to 12:  ]
Wednesday - [12:   to 12:  ]

Photo of Dr Larry E Worster