Nada Martinović
Nada Martinović | |
|---|---|
| Born | Нада Нартиновић August 11, 1967 Šabac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian-American |
| Other names | Nada Martinovic-Trejgut |
| Education | Kent State University, School of Music |
| Children | Luka Trejgut, Viktor Trejgut |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Musical cognition, Child development |
| Institutions | Kent State University |
| Thesis | The Effect of Movement Instruction on Memorization and Retention of New-song Material Among First-grade Students (2010) |
Nada Martinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Нада Мартиновић, Serbian pronunciation: [nada martǐːnoʋit͡ɕ]; born August 11, 1967) is a Serbian-American music educator, conductor, and researcher from Cleveland, Ohio.[1]
Early life and education
Martinović completed her primary and secondary education at Muzička Škola Mihailo Vukdragović in Šabac. She then attended the Faculty of Music Arts at the University of Arts in Belgrade, majoring in Music Pedagogy.
Career
After graduating, she taught piano and solfeggio in Šabac. During the Yugoslav Wars, she co-founded a private music school in the city with four colleagues.[2]
After immigrating to the United States in 1997,[3] Martinović received a master's degree in Music Education from Cleveland State University in 2001. She earned her PhD at Kent State University by researching the connection between movement, memory, and musical cognition. She also contributed research to the National Children's Study, analyzing the impact of environmental factors on the health of young children.[1][2]
From 2016 to 2018, Martinović was the publisher and chief operating officer of the Women's Journals (Summit, Stark and Portage Counties).[4] From 2019 to 2020, she worked as a partnership specialist for the United States Department of Commerce.[5] Since 2010, she has been an Adjunct Professor of Music at Kent State University and director of the Cleveland Serbian Film Festival. In 2014, she founded the non-profit Serbian Heritage Project.
Since 2013, Martinović has represented the Serbian community at the Cleveland Museum of Art.[6][7] She is a founding board member and the Serbian representative in the Eastern European Congress of Ohio,[8] a board member of the International Community Council – Worldwide Intercultural Network (ICC-WIN), and the Ohio representative of the Tesla Science Foundation.
Martinović teaches both music and the Serbian language. Since 2018, she has been the conductor of the Serbian Men's Choir in Cleveland. In 2019, she became the coordinator and artistic director of the Serbian Cultural Garden during the One World Day festival.[9]
St. Sava Children's Choir
In 2002, Martinović founded the St. Sava Children's Choir, whose members are drawn from Serbian churches in Cleveland. The children, most of whom are American-born, sing and learn the Serbian language.[10] The choir has performed at various venues and festivals and recorded one of their songs.[11][12]
In 2020, in honor of the 164th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla and as part of the "Children of Serbia" project, the St. Sava Children's Choir collaborated with Leontina Vukomanović's Choir "Čarolija", Folklore Group "Morava" from Cleveland, and the Serbian School "Nikola Tesla" from Niagara Falls to record the song and video "The Circuit".[13]
Bibliography
- Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of the Musical Development of Preschool Children Ages Two Through Four, scientific study (Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 2001)
- The Effect of Movement Instruction on Memorization and Retention of New-Song Material Among First-Grade Students, scientific study (Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2010)
References
- ^ a b "Srpski cvetovi u klivlendskoj bašti", Radio Television of Serbia, September 3, 2015. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "Nada Martinović čuvar srpstva u Ohaju", Naši u svetu, October 31, 2020. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Pokažimo svetu ujedinjenu Srbiju", Vesti, August 8, 2014. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ The Women's Journal, February-March 2017, Issuu. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Census 2020: What You Need to Know: Panelist Bios," February 2020, Cleveland State University. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Predani rad dr Nade Martinović", Serbian Mirror, October 2015. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Srbfest u Ohaju", Serbian Mirror, August 2016. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Istočnoevropski glas iz 'ohajskog Mladenovca'", Radio Television of Serbia, April 26, 2016. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Putovanje kroz vreme Biljane Regan i Nade Martinović", Radio Television of Serbia, October 14, 2015. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Pesmom dočarali modernu Srbiju", Vesti, November 7, 2014. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Himna srpskog dečjeg hora osvaja Ameriku", Radio Television of Serbia, September 13, 2016. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Preslatko: Pogledajte nastup Dečjeg hora 'Sveti Sava' iz Klivlenda", Večernje novosti, September 23, 2016. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.
- ^ "'Strujno kolo' za Teslin rođendan", Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, July 10, 2020. Retrieved: March 10, 2021.