- Phone:
- (812) 855-4700
- Email:
- mherzig@indiana.edu
- Website:
- http://monikaherzig.com
- Research areas:
- Cultural Policy and Arts Administration
- Areas of Interest:
- Jazz pianist/ recording artist
- Jazz history and education
- Entrepreneurship and creativity
SPEA 433
Education
- D.M.E., Indiana University, 1997
- M.A., University of Alabama, 1991
- B.A., Paedagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Germany, 1988
Courses
- Arts Entrepreneurship
- Music Industry I
- Music Industry II
- Programming the Performing Arts
Biography
Monika Herzig is an accomplished jazz musician teaching courses on the music industry and arts entrepreneurship in O'Neill's Arts Management program. Originally from Germany, Herzig came to the United States on a scholarship exchange program at the University of Alabama where she earned her master's degree in music education. She has toured internationally with her band Beeblebrox, opening for Tower of Power, Bette Midler, Yes, Sting, the Dixie Dregs, and more. By 1997, Herzig had completed her DME in Music Education with a minor field in Jazz Studies at IU's Jacobs School of Music.
Herzig is cofounder of Jazz from Bloomington, a society fostering appreciation and education about jazz in South Central Indiana. Over the past several years, Herzig has booked and organized close to 40 concerts with internationally renowned artists and presented programs to thousands of elementary school children throughout Indiana. Herzig's book on jazz education legend David Baker earned the 2012 Outstanding Rating from the Association of American University Presses. Experiencing Chick Corea: A Listener's Guide ( 2017 with Rowman and Littlefield) was nominated for Outstanding Jazz Books by the Jazz Journalist Association. Her co-edited volume Jazz and Gender (Routledge) is set to be released 2022. She is the editor of JAZZ (Jazz Education in Research and Practice, IU Press) and head of the research committee for the Jazz Education Network
As a touring jazz pianist, Herzig has performed at prestigious jazz clubs and festivals around the world. Most recently, Herzig can be heard on MDG Records' David Baker: Singer of Songs, for which she also wrote the liner notes as well as with her own group SHEroes (Whaling City Sounds, 2016, 2018, Savant, 2020) and The Time Flies (White Fur Studios, 2017, 2018, 2021). She is the host of Talking Jazz, a weekly broadcast on WICR Indianapolis and WETF South Bend.
Highlights
- Grants from South Arts, MidAtlantic Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, US Embassy Cairo, NEA, and more
- 20+ recordings as a leader, international touring artist
- 1995 DownBeat Magazine Composition Award, 2015 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Hero
- Head of Jazz Education Network Research Committee, Editor of Jazz Education in Research and Practice (JAZZ)
- Author of David Baker - A Legacy in Music (IU Press, 2011), Chick Corea: A Listener's Companion (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017), co-editor of Jazz and Gender (Routledge, 2022) as well as numerous articles and book chapters on creativity, entrepreneurship, jazz education
In the News
- "‘Through the Gates,’ ep. 30: Monika Herzig on legend David Baker, women in jazz" - Inside IU, September 28, 2016
- "David Baker, Who Helped Bring Jazz Studies Into the Academy, Dies at 84" - The New York Times, March 29, 2016
- "Wine and All That Jazz" - Indiana Daily Student, October 11, 2014
- "Herzig, Saturday Shoes to Play Next Park Fest"- Banner Graphic, July 13, 2014
- "Front and Center: Dr. Monika Herzig, Jazz Pianist, Author, Educator and Composer"- The Women's International Music Network, March 17, 2014
- "Hot Spots: Edmund Battersby, Monika Herzig and Moonface"- Herald Times, March 6, 2014
- "IU Jazz Legend David Baker Honored in Tribute Album"- IU Arts Blog, April 25, 2014
Selected Works
- Experiencing Chick Corea: A Listener's Companion, Lantham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield (October 2017)
- “The Jam Session Model for Group Creativity and Innovative Technology,” (with M. Belitski), Journal of Technology Transfer, 43: 506–521 (2018)
- 2011 David Baker - A Legacy in Music, Bloomington, IN: IU Press (2011)
- "Fame and Fortune: Developing a Simulation Game for the Music Industry Classroom," Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 19 (5) 105-122, (2019)
- “Anyone Can Improvise: The ABCs of Arts Entrepreneurship—A Case Study,”Artivate, 9 (2) 63-75 (2020)
- Elements of Jazz Piano Pedagogy: A Content Analysis, Indiana University (1997)
- "What the World Needs Now is Jazz," Critical Studies in Improvisation/Études critiques en improvisation, 14(2-3) (2021)
- "Key Learnings from an International Social Entrepreneurship Collaboration: Songs to Change Our World," (with Kelman, K., Krikun, A., Matthews, S. R., and Browning, Y), MEIEA Journal, 18(1), (2018)