Annette H. Zalanowski, Associate Professor Emerita of Music

. BM in Music; Art certification

. MA major in Music History and Composition; minor in Art History

. Research interests in Music Psychology with Dr. Valerie N. Stratton

. Philosophy:

October 2007 Associated Press release:

Paul McCartney says the inspiration for the title of his latest

album, “Memory Almost Full,” came from a phrase he saw on his cell

phone. “It seemed symbolic of our lives today,” the 65 year old ex-

Beatle said. “Your messages are always full. And your mind is full.

And it doesn’t matter if you’re my age or 20. I think that we all need

to delete stuff every so often.”

WELCOME TO MY WEB PAGE:

The first section highlights my music interests as MUSICAL NOTES.

My art activities are listed in the latter section under VIVIDLY ART.

MUSICAL NOTES:

PUBLICATIONS:

Zalanowski, AH. An Examination of Musical Preferences. Pennsylvania Music Educators

Association Bulletin of Research in Music Education 14(1): 22-25(1983).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. The Effects of Background Music on Verbal Interaction

in Groups. Journal of Music Therapy 21(1): 16-26(1984).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. The Relationship Between Music, Degree of Liking, and

Self-Reported Relaxation. Journal of Music Therapy 21(4): 184-192(1984).

Zalanowski, AH. The Effects of Listening Instructions and Cognitive Style on Music Appreciation.

Journal of Research in Music Education 34(1): 45-53(1986).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. Reactions of Left and Right Hemisphere Subjects to Visual

vs. Verbal Representations of Music. Pennsylvania Music Educators Journal 52(2): 46-48(1988).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. The Effects of Music and Paintings on Mood. Journal of Music

Therapy 26(1): 30-41 (1989).

Zalanowski, AH. Music Appreciation and Hemisphere Orientation: Visual vs. Verbal Involvement.

Journal of Research in Music Education 38(1) 30:197-205(1990).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. The Effects of Music and Cognition on Mood. Psychology of

Music 19(2): 121-127(1991).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. The Interfering Effects of Music with Imagery. Imagination,

Personality and Cognition 11(4): 381-388(1992).

Zalanowski, AH. The Effects of Music and Cognition on Mood. Music Therapy and Music

Education for the Handicapped; Developments and Limitations in Practice and Research 178-

179(1993).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. Electro Dermal and Subjective Reactions to Music. Proceedings

of the Third International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition: 439-440(1994).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. Affective Impact of Music vs. Lyrics. Empirical Studies of the

Arts 12(2): 173-184(1994).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. The Relationship Between Characteristic Moods and Most

Commonly Listened to Types of Music. Journal of Music Therapy 34(2): 129-140(1997).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. Daily Music Listening Habits in College Students: Related

Moods and Activities. Psychology and Education 40(1): 1-8(2003).

Stratton, VN and Zalanowski, AH. Contrast Effects of Aesthetic Evaluation on Music. Accepted

for publication in Psychology of Music, 2008.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

International:

The International Society for Music Education (ISME):

Music and Behavior: Imagery, Relaxation and Cognition. XVI ISME World Conference, Eugene,

Oregon, July 10, 1984.

Reaction of Left and Right Hemisphere Subjects to Visual vs. Verbal Representations of Music.

XVII ISME World Conference, Innsbruck, Austria, July 8, 1986.

Mood Responses to Culturally Familiar and Unfamiliar Music. XIX ISME World Conference,

Helsinki, Finland, August 8, 1990.

The Mood Effects of Culturally Familiar and Unfamiliar Music Paired with Similar or Dissimilar

Pictures. XXI ISME World Conference, Tampa, Florida, July 19, 1994.

Emotional Involvement Increases Appreciation of Culturally Unfamiliar Music. XXII ISME World

Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 23, 1996.

Focus of Attention to Elements of Culturally Familiar and Unfamiliar Music. XXIV ISME World

Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 20, 2000.

Correlations Between Aesthetic Evaluations and Other Ratings of Culturally Unfamiliar Music.

XXVI ISME World Conference, Norway, August 14, 2002.

The International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA):

The Role of Aesthetics in Enjoying Sad Music. XV Congress of IAEA, Rome, Italy,

September 22, 1998.

Aesthetic Evaluation of Music Influenced by Prior Music. XVI Congress of IAEA, New York City,

August 10, 2000.

Aesthetic Evaluation of Music Depends on Listener’s Moods. XVIII Congress of IAEA, Lisbon,

Portugal, September 15, 2004.

Mood Affects Aesthetic Evaluation of Culturally Familiar but not Unfamiliar Music. XIX Congress

of IAEA, Avignon, France, August 30, 2006.

Music Therapy:

Music, Relaxation and Imagery: Research Findings and Practical Applications. Fourth

International Symposium on Music Education, Therapy and Medicine for the Handicapped,

Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Roosevelt Island, New York City, August 9, 1985.

The Effects of Music and Cognition on Mood. Fifth International Conference on Music Therapy

and Music Education for the Handicapped, Noorwijkerhout/The Netherlands, August 25, 1989.

The Interaction of Cognitive Content of Lyrics with Affective Category of Music, AND, Effects of

Stories and Descriptions on Responses to Culturally Familiar and Unfamiliar Music. Music Therapy

in Health and Education in the European Community, King’s College, Cambridge University, UK,

April 2-3, 1992.

Focus of Attention to Elements of Culturally Familiar and Unfamiliar Music: Effect of Repeated

Listenings. Ninth World Congress of Music Therapy, Washington, DC, November 20, 1999.

Society for Music Perception and Cognition of Music (SMPCM):

Electro Dermal and Subjective Reactions to Music. SMPCM 1994, Liege, Belgium, July 26, 1994.

Role of Prior Mood in Aesthetic Evaluation of Music. SMPCM 2000, Toronto, Canada, November 3, 2000.

Anticipated Pleasure and Music Choice Based on Memory vs. Samples. SMPCM 2003, Las Vegas,

June 18, 2003.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

National:

National Association for Music Therapy (NAMT):

The Effects of Imagery and Cognition on Music Appreciation AND Music, Cognitive Style and

Imagery. New Orleans, LA, November 21, 1983.

The Influence of Music and Visual Stimuli on Mood. San Francisco, CA, November 23, 1989.

The Effects of Music and Cognition on Mood. Atlantic, GA, November 18, 1988.

The Interfering Effects of Music with Imagery. Kansas City, MO, November 4, 1989.

The Effects of Lyrics and Music on Mood. Washington, DC, November 4, 1990.

The Effects of Favorite Music on Depression-Inducing Cognition. San Diego, CA, November 24, 1991.

The Effects of Unambiguous Music and Photographs on Mood. St. Louis, MO, November 21, 1992.

Rock Music is Related to Moods, Country Music Isn’t. Joint Conference of the Canadian Association

MT, AAMT, NAMT, Toronto, Canada, October 30, 1993. The Role of Ambiguity of Visual Stimuli

Combined with Music. Orlando, Florida, November 19, 1994.

Daily Music Listening Habits and Related Moods in College Students. Nashville, TN, November

16-19, 1996.

Focus of Attention to Musical Elements as a Function of Musical Structure and Hemisphere

Preference. Los Angeles, CA, November 21, 1997.

American Music Therapy Association (AMTA):

Lyrics as an Influence on Focus of Attention to Musical Elements. Cleveland, OH, November 17, 1998.

Evaluation of Music Influenced by Contrast with Other Music. Pasadena, CA, October 26, 2001.

Predicted and Actual Pleasure from Preferred and Non-Preferred Music Choices. Atlanta, GA,

October 21, 2002.

Predicting Enjoyment of Music from Memory and Samples. Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 22, 2003.

Aesthetic Evaluations of Music Lowered by Negative Moods. Austin, TX, November 20, 2004.

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA):

The Importance of Hemisphere Dominance in Determining Responses to Music. Louisville, KY,

March 30, 1984.

Music Educators National Conference (MENC):

The Impact of Five Musical Elements on Listenersí Attention and Subjective Experiences.

Phoenix, AZ, April 17, 1998

American Psychological Society (APS):

Music and Relaxation. Toronto, Canada, August 25, 1984.

Impact of Compound Music/Visual Stimulus Depends on Individualís Choice of Focus. Chicago, IL,

June 27, 1993.

Attraction to Music Influenced by Emotional Association. San Francisco, June 30, 1996.

Electro Dermal Reactivity Predicts Subjective Emotional Reactivity to Music. Washington, DC,

May 24, 1997.

Emotional Reactivity to Music Related to Overall Emotionality and Holistic Listening. Washington, DC,

May 23, 1998.

Aesthetic Ratings of Music Not Affected by Mood of Prior Stimuli. Toronto, Canada, June 15, 2001.

Aesthetic Evaluation of Music Lowered by Negative Moods. Chicago, IL, May 29, 2004.

Affects Aesthetic Evaluation of Familiar But Not Unfamiliar Music. Los Angeles, CA, May 26, 2005.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Regional:

Eastern Psychological Association (EPA):

Music, Hemisphere Preference and Imagery. Philadelphia, PA, April 7, 1983.

Imagery, Music, Cognitive Style and Memory. Boston, MA, March 23, 1985.

The Effects of Music on Communication Styles of Left and Right Hemisphere Subjects.

New York City, April 14, 1986.

Reactions of Left and Right Hemisphere Subjects to Visual vs. Verbal Representations of Music.

Arlington, VA, April 10, 1987.

The Effects of Music and Pictures on Mood. Buffalo, NY, April 22, 1988.

Matched and Miss-Matched Images with Music. Philadelphia, PA, March 30, 1989.

The Effects of Lyrics and Music on Mood. New York City, April 10, 1991.

Assignment of Mood and Referential Meaning to Culturally Unfamiliar Music. Crystal City, VA,

April 16, 1993.

The Effect of Analytic Listening on Physiological Responses to Music. Boston, MA, March 31, 1995.

Focus of Attention to Musical Elements as a Function of Musical Structure and Cognitive Style.

Boston, MA, February 28, 1998.

The Role of Aesthetics in Enjoying Sad Music. Providence, RI, April 16, 1999.

Manipulation of Aesthetic Responses Through Mood Induction. Baltimore, MD, March 25, 2000.

Correlations Between Aesthetic Evaluations and Other Ratings of Music. Washington, DC,

April 20, 2001.

Relative Hedonic Values of Music Influences Aesthetic Ratings. Boston, MA, April 20, 2002.

Predicted and Actual Pleasure from Preferred and Non-Preferred Music Choices. Baltimore, MD,

March 14, 2003.

Aesthetic Evaluation of Music Depends on Listener’s Mood. Washington, DC, April 16, 2004.

Induced Mood Affects Aesthetic Evaluation of Culturally Familiar But Not Unfamiliar Music.

Baltimore, MD, March 17, 2006.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

State Music Conferences:

How Music May Stimulate the Right Hemisphere and Improve Imagery and Classroom Behavior.

PMEA, Hershey, PA, January 14, 1983.

Music As An Aid to Improve Relaxation and Imagery. Western Pennsylvania Council of Music

Therapists, Pittsburgh, PA, May 14, 1983.

Cerebral Dominance and Imagery as Influential Factors in Determining Effective Music Perception

in Non-Music Majors. Virginia Music Educators Annual Conference, Roanoke, VA, December 3, 1983.

Thematic Recognition As A Function of Listening Instructions. PMEA, Monroeville, PA, April 26, 1984.

Reactions of Left and Right Hemisphere Subjects to Visual vs. Verbal Representations of Music.

PMEA, Philadelphia, PA, May 8, 1987.

Music and Behavior: What Research Says. Ohio Music Educators Association, Dayton, Ohio,

February 4, 1988.

Music Teaching and Cognitive Styles. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 8, 1988.

Responses to Music: Research Findings and Applications. Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA,

September 24, 1988.

Effects of Music on Emotion and Mood. PMEA, Pittsburgh, PA, April 22, 1989.

VIVIDLY ART:

Exhibitions/Announcements:

Blair County Arts Festival, 1994 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, PSU ALTOONA, May 21-22.

Altoona Area Public Library, solo exhibit, March 1994.

Blair County Arts Festival, 1995 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, PSU ALTOONA, May 20-21.

Blair County Arts Festival, 1996 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, PSU ALTOONA, May 19-20.

Blair County Arts Festival, 2004 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, PSU ALTOONA, May 22-23.

Blair County Arts Festival, 2005 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, PSU ALTOONA, May 21-22.

Art in Common, 2005 Juried Art Show, SAMA, Altoona, September 9-November 27.

RETIREMENT ACTIVITY:

Accepted into membership of the ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH, May 2, 2006.

Ten works adjudicated by AAP Board of Directors.

Blair County Arts Festival, 2006 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, PSU ALTOONA, May 20-21.

Penn State Altoona Faculty/Staff Exhibition, Misciagna Family Center for the Performing

Arts, May 25-June 18, 2006.

Mills Pond House Gallery-The Art of Music 2006, St. James, New York, July 15-August 15.

Abstract Exposure Online Juried Exhibition, July 1-September 1, 2006.

Emerging Artists Online Juried Exhibition for July 2006; SEMI-FINALIST.

Art in Common, 2006 Juried Art Show, SAMA, Altoona, September 22-January 14.

Projekt 30.com Public Online Juried Exhibition for November 2006.

Upstream People Gallery’s 8^th Annual Abstraction International Online Juried Art Exhibition,

October 1, 2006 thru September 30, 2007.

21st Century Art Online Juried Exhibition, March 1-April 30, 2007.

Blair County Arts Festival, 2007 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, PSU ALTOONA, May 19-20.

American Juried Art Salon 2007, Spring/Summer Online Exhibition: “Celebration”

and “Family Outing.”l

The Manhattan Arts Juried Online Gallery 2007; received AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

outstanding merit for “Celebration”; “Family Outing”; “Family on Way to Damascus.”

9th Annual Judeo-Christian International Online Juried Art Exhibition 2007; received

SPECIAL RECOGNITION MERIT AWARDS for “Family on Way to Damascus”; “Mother

and Child”; “Madonna on High”.

Contemporary Art IX International Juried Online Art Exhibition for 2007.

Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (VMRC) Juried Multimedia Art Exhibition, June 1-

July 1, 2007.

Learning and Product EXPO: Art 2007, University of Maryland University College, College Park,

MD, June 1-3.

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, New Member Non Juried Exhibition, PTI, Pittsburgh, June 18-

July 18, 2007.

Art Institute & Gallery, Inc. 16^th Annual National Juried Show, Salisbury, MD, September 7-

October 6, 2007.

Art in Common, 2007 Juried Art Show, SAMA, Altoona, August 17-November 4, 2007.

21^st Century Art PARADOX Online Juried Exhibition, September 1-October 31, 2007;

received MERIT AWARD for “Baby Babble.”

Upstream People Gallery’s 9^th Annual Abstraction International Online Juried Art Exhibition,

October 1, 2007 thru September 30, 2008. Received SPECIAL RECOGNITION MERIT

AWARDS for “Baby Babble” and “Sea Life.”

Abstract EXPOsure Online Juried Exhibition. One of 15 artists chosen to exhibit

works: “Family On Way to Damascus”; “Between Friends”; “Cocoon”; “Baby Babble,” from

October 1 thru December 31, 2007.

Caladan Gallery (in Massachusetts) Online Juried Exhibition: PURE COLOR. “Celebration”

and “Family on Way To Damascus” chosen for show, October 10 thru November 9, 2007.

American Juried Art Salon 2007, Fall/Winter Online Exhibition: “Cocoon” and “Family

on Way to Damascus”. U.S. News Corp’s December 2007 edition of ART IN THE U.S.A.

will publish a feature article about the exhibition along with the names of the artists

and their accepted works.

Attained MASTER CLASS RATING with the American Juried Art Salon, Nov 14, 2007.

Gifted a dedicated web page on AJAS’s website for one full year. Web page activated.

Upstream People Gallery’s 5^th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle International Online Juried

Art Exhibition, December 1, 2007 thru November 30, 2008: “A Bloomin’ Bud”; “Between

Friends”; “Celebration”; “Cocoon”; “Family on Way to Damascus.”

“BABY BABBLE” accepted into the 22^nd Annual International Juried Art Show presented by

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, February 8 to March 21, 2008. This critically acclaimed

show is open to artists in all media from the U.S. and around the globe. Carter Foster,

Curator and Curator of Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, served as jurist.

Toronto’s Energy Gallery Online Juried Contemporary Art Show, “2-3-d-9.” Works accepted:

“Family Outing,” “Cocoon,” “Baby Babble,” “Between Friends,” “Family on Way to Damascus.”

Show information can be viewed at: www.energygallery.com/

“Mother and Child” placed in the top 100 works selected for show in the 2008 National

Christian Juried Online Art Competition announced March 10, 2008. All winners are

displayed at: www.art4god.com/ncac_07/top100.php?start=60

“Celebration” accepted for the Rocky Neck Art Colony’s 2008 Spring Show, Shapes of

Emotion, juried by Brian Allen, Director of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA.

Out of the 325 entries submitted, 64 were selected for exhibit, May 23 thru June 15.

Was given FINALIST status for grant page in DIRECT ART publication, Vol 15, competition

with submissions: “Sea Life,” “Mother and Child,” “Baby Babble,” and “Family on Way to Damascus.”

“Sea Life” and “A Bloomin’ Bud” selected for show in Blair County Arts Festival, 2008 Juried

Fine Art Exhibit, PSU ALTOONA, May 17-19.

RECENTLY COMPLETED MIXED MEDIA WORKS:

. Generations

. A Weary Traveler

. Mexicana Flora

. Rio Girl

. Bundle of Joy

JUNE 2008