1 CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS Name: Isaac Waswa Shitubi Sex: Male Date of Birth: September 28, 1972 Nationality: Kenyan Address: P.O. Box 911, Kakamega-Kenya Telephone: +254 727 722 032 +254 733 551 654 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. CAREER OBJECTIVES  Administrative/Training and teaching position in music and other related performing arts. EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS 2021 to date: (PHD) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY. Area of Specialization: Music education 2012 to date: Doctor of Philosophy (DPHI) in Educational Technology area of Research in Music, Movement and Drama, School of Education, Moi University. 2000-2002: Master of music-Kenyatta University Major areas : Ethnomusicology and composition Thesis title : The fuging technique on arrangement and adaptation of selected luhya folk songs. 1992-1996: Bachelor of Education Arts-Music Kenyatta University 1987-1990: K.C.S.E.: Alliance High School LANGUAGE SKILLS English, Kiswahili and Luhya 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Teaching 2012 to date: Assistant lecturer:- Department of Curriculum Instruction and Media studies, School of Education-Moi University. 2009 to 2012: Part time lecturer:-Department of Curriculum Instruction and Media studies, School of Education-Moi University. Part time lecturer:-Department of Literature, theater and film Studies, School of Arts- Moi University. 1997 to 2012: Music Teacher, Department of Music, Friends School Kamusinga 1995: Music Teacher- Teaching practice, Department of Music, Alliance High School. 2016- DATE: Part time lecture, Maseno university Department of Music and Theatre Arts Administration 2013 to date: Coordinator Inter-Universities Regional Drama Festival, Nakuru Region under the Ministry of Education.. 2010 to date: Member of the Utafiti Foundation Research and Documentation Centre. 2010 to date: Chairman Jairo Welfare Club Association. 2009 6th-12th July: Centre organizer during provincial Kenya music festival at Friends School Kamusinga. 2008 - Date: Chairman Lifeline Resources Organization 2008 – 2012: Head of Department- Boarding- Friends School Kamusinga. 2004-2007: Head of Department-Technical and creative arts - Friends School Kamusinga. 2007-2010: Coordinator Kingdom Singers (Music & Drama) Line Programme – IcFEM MISSION - KIMILILI. 2002-2008: Secretary, Western Province Drama Adjudicators Association. 2001-2004: Member of the technical Team, Western province schools and Colleges Drama Association. 1997-2012: Patron-Music and Dramatics Clubs-Friends School Kamusinga. 1997 –Date: Choir Director St. James ACK Church – Kimilili. 3 OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES 2009: Directed winning Africa/western instrumental ensemble/band at national music festival. 2000-2011: Directed winning items at the Kenya schools and colleges National Drama Festivals including narratives, verse and play. 2003- 2012: Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education in Africa (PASMAE) 2003- 2012: Coordinator, Kenya Association for Musical Arts Education, Western Province. 2017 TO DATE: Chairman, B.O.M ACK Chelekei secondary school 2017 TO DATE: Chairman B.O.M ST.JAMES ACK ACADEMY 2016 TO DATE: Chairman Kenya Anglican Men Association ( KAMA) at:  St. James ACK church  St. James ACK parish Kimilili Archdeaconry level 2018: Director of Music Kimilili ACK Archdeaconry level 2016: Chairman investment St. Luke fellowship under St James ACK church 2017-2019: National Adjudicator Music and Dance in Kakamega (2017) and Dedan Kimathi University, Kabarak (2019) 2017 TO DATE: Chairman water project committee ACK St James church 2015 to 2018: Assistant exam officer school of education Moi University 2017 to DATE: Director of music A.C.K Bungoma Diocese 2021 to DATE: Head of technical music directors A.C.K Western Region (6 Dioceses) 2021 to DATE: Chairman investments A.C.K St James. ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONOURS 2008: Best KCSE music results western province 2003: Top KCSE music mean grade 2009: Directed winning Africa/western instrumental ensemble/band at national music festival. 2000-2011: Directed winning items at the Kenya schools and colleges National Drama Festivals including narratives, verse and play. 2006: Choir master of the Friends School Kamusinga choir which won the top award in the Equity Bank sponsored theme on indigenization of our local resources at the National Music Festival. PUBLICATIONS 4 2014: Music in Public Governance Examined through Complexity Theory. Kenya Journal of Musical Arts. ISSN: 2306-0549 2012: Music movement and drama in early childhood education: An assessment of the Moi university case. Authors; Isaac Waswa shitubi and Melitus N Wanyama Publication date; 201/3 Journal: International Journal of current research volume 4 Issue: 03 Pages: pp 229-233 Publisher: International journal of current research 2003: Emerging Solutions for Musical Arts Education in Africa. An article on page 298 published by African minds.ISBN-1-920051-11-2 PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC APPEARANCES External Influence on the Litungu Traditional Popular Music of the Luhya in Kenya. 2003 conference of the Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education in Africa held Kisumu Kenya. The African Beat in the Classroom. An Enhancement of Learning Process in Kenyan Schools and Worship at the first International Conference by Kenya Association Musical Arts Education (KAMAE) 1st-6th March 2011 at Kabarak University Kenya. Theme: Music in Education and worship. CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED 2021: PEDAL – Member 2021 - Curriculum review for post – graduate Diploma programme, music education Moi University 2021- member. - CERMESA workshop for ECDE teachers Nandi County – Facilitator. 2010: The first National Choral Music Workshop in Kenya by Utafiti Foundation Research and Documentation Centre. Theme: Choral Music for National Development and Realization of Vision 2030 at St. John the Baptist pastoral centre at Eldoret Kenya. 2011: The 1st International conference by Kenya association for musical arts Education (KAMAE) in Kisumu Kenya. 2003: Pan African society for musical arts Education in Africa held in Kisumu, Kenya. 1997-2018: Annual schools, colleges and University National Drama workshops 2006, 15th-19th May: Kenya Music Festival Trainers and Adjudicators Workshop. 5 HOBBIES Reading, traveling, listening to and performing classical and African music.