CURRICULUM VITAE

CLENIECE GESARE MBECHE OWINO

1.0 PERSONAL INFORMATION

NAME

: CLENIECE GESARE MBECHE OWINO

ADDRESS

: P.O. BOX 43844-00100 NAIROBI

TEL

: 8170901 EXT 57006

MOBILE

: +254722329835

EMAIL

: clenowino@yahoo.com;

NATIONALITY: KENYAN
GENDER

: Female

DATE OF BIRTH: 17TH January 1973

MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED
2.0 QUALIFICATIONS

Academic Qualifications

2010: PhD in Music, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

2000: M.A in Music, Kenyatta University
1996: Bachelor of Education (Arts, Music), Kenyatta University

Professional Courses
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
2001: Grade 5 Piano
2000: Grade 4 Piano
1999: Grade 5 Theory

3.0 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2011 to date : Lecturer, Department of Music and Dance, Kenyatta University

2002-2010 : Tutorial Fellow, Department of Music and Dance, Kenyatta
University
1998-2001: Graduate Assistant, Department of Music and Dance, Kenyatta
University
1997-1998 : Graduate Teacher, Kamwenja Teachers College, Nyeri, Kenya
1996:
Music Tutor, Music Land, Nairobi, Kenya
1994
:
Filing Clerk, Revenue Section, Kenya Power and Lighting
Company
2

1992

Cashier, Accounts Department, Pyrethrum Board of Kenya

4.0 ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY (AT KU)

4.1
At Kenyatta University
2012 to date: Student Mentor, Kenyatta University
2011 to date: Treasurer, Social Welfare Committee, Department of Music and
Dance
2005 to date: Registration of Students
4.2

At Other Institutions
2012 to date : Facilitator, Go Down Arts Centre Programmes

5.0 AWARDS
1998: Staff Development Award for M.A at Kenyatta University
2004: Staff Development Award for PhD at Kenyatta University
6.0 POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
ONGOING MASTERS SUPERVISION
2012 : Julia Omwoyo: Constraints to academic achievement of learners with
muscular dystrophy in selected schools in Kiambu county, Kenya
2012: Doris Nyamari: Strategies used by teachers to manage asthmatic learners in
public primary schools in Ruiru district, Kiambu county, Kenya
2014: Caroline Sarange Nyabuto: Secondary school music students and their
engagement in instrumental performing groups in Nairobi County
7.0 CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
Attendance and Participation in Workshops/Conferences

21st to 24th May 2013: Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on HIV

Mainstreaming and Integration into Curriculum at Kenyatta University

18th March 2011: Seminar for newly appointed supervisors at Kenyatta

University
31st October to 1st November 2005: Research Ethics Training Curriculum held
at Family Health International Premises in Nairobi

25th to 27th Feb 2002 : Workshop on Choir Training by Prof Paul Basler in
Nairobi, Kenya
28th-29th Sep 2000 : Adjudicators Workshop at the British Council
Auditorium, Nairobi
15th-16th Dec 1998: Seminar on the Academic, Social and Professional
Welfare of Female Staff and Students at Kenyatta University

10th November 1998 : Attended Seminar on Culture and Education: Tools for
Peace and Human Understanding at Kenyatta University

Presentation of Papers at Academic and Professional Conferences

16th -17th September 2014: The Place and Application of Music Education
Research in Kenya, a paper presented at the BMB Workshop on International
Perspectives of Research in Arts Education II in Dusseldorf, Germany.

20th-25th July 2014: Investigating the Relevance of the Undergraduate

Music Education Curriculum Content for Secondary School Teachers in
Kenya: A Case Study of Kenyatta University a paper presented at the 31st
ISME world conference on music education in Porto Allegre, Brazil
20th to 25th July 2011: Re-thinking Strategies for Teaching Aural
Musicianship a paper presented at the PASMAE (Pan African Society for
Musical Arts Education) Conference in Botswana.
3rd Dec. 2010: Developing Strategies for Teaching Aural Musicianship in
Kenyan Secondary Schools, a presentation of research findings on the PhD
Thesis during the Kenyatta University Postgraduate Seminar at Kenyatta
University
20th to 25th July 2008: Indigenous Music for Perception Training, paper
presented at the 28th ISME (International Society for Music Education) world
conference held in Bologna, Italy
4th-9th July 2005: Re-Thinking the Balance between Theory and Practice for
the Training of Music Teachers at Kenyatta University,a research paper
presented at the Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education (PASMAE)
conference in Maputo, Mozambique.
16th-18th May 2005: Perceptions, Experiences and Opinions of Kenyatta
University Music Students towards Aural Musicianship Teaching in
Secondary Schools a paper presented at the East African Symposium on
Music Education held in Kenyatta University
June 20th 2000 : Factors Affecting Performance of Aural Skills at KCSE in
Nairobi Secondary Schools, a paper presented at the Department of Music
and Dance, Kenyatta University.

Presentation of Papers at other Forums

9th April 2006: Challenges facing Christian Music in the 21st Century, a
paper presented at the symposium for Seventh Day
Adventist choir trainers and directors of Nairobi Station
26th to 28th March 2004: Paper presentation on Music History to church
choristers and directors at Nairobi Central Church grounds

8.0 RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Articles in Conference Proceedings
4

Cleniece Mbeche Owino : Indigenous Music for Perception Training,

at the 28th ISME World Conference of the International Society for
Music Education, 20th-25th July, 2008, Bologna, Italy.

9.0 LOCAL APPOINTMENTS

2004-2007:
Appointed Member of the Board of Undergraduate Studies
10.0

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Church Pianist and Choir trainer, Nairobi South Seventh Day
Adventist Church, Nairobi.
Vacation Bible School Assistant Director, Nairobi South Church
Team member of Tunaweza Kimuziki Project
(tunawezakimuziki.wordpress.com)

11.0ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
18th 19th Dec 2012:
Helped in the development of the Departmental Strategic Plan for the
Department of Music and Dance
th
5 9th May 2003:
Helped in the review of the Curriculum in the Department of Music and
Dance
Participation in other Projects
March August 2012 : Helped in the development and implementation of the Pilot
Diploma Programme for the Go Down Arts Centre.
November to December 2005
One of the investigators in a research project funded by USAID
12.0
OTHERS
15.1 Membership to Professional Bodies
2008 to date: Member, International Society for Music Education
2008 to date: Member. Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education
2011 to date: Member, Gordon Music Learning Theory Institute

REFEREES
Professor Emily Achieng Akuno
Dean, Faculty of Professional and
Liberal Studies,
The Kenya Polytechnic University College,
P.O. Box 52428-00200
Nairobi, Kenya.
Dr. Beatrice Digolo,
Dean, School of Visual and Performing Arts,
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