At Baylor University, Dr. Rentz teaches elementary music methods for non-music majors, the graduate seminar in music education, secondary choral methods, introduction to music education, observes student teachers, and serves as an instructor for introductory conducting classes. Dr. Rentz is an active choral arranger, and publishes with Oxford University Press, Heritage Music Press, Carl Fischer, Warner Brothers, Plymouth Music Company, Hal Leonard, Alliance Music Publications, and Brilee Music Publishing Company. She currently has 53 choral publications, scored primarily for young voices. In addition to her musical activities, she is a sought-after speaker on choral music education and choral arranging. She has presented papers at the International Society for Music Education, the National American Choral Directors Association convention, the Southeastern Music Education Symposium, the Texas Music Educators Association, and has presented research studies at the last four Music Educators National Conference conventions.
Current research includes studies in choral repertoire.
If your area of concentration is band with an applied emphasis in oboe, for instance, you will take your private lessons with our oboe teacher, Dr. Doris DeLoach. If your area of concentration is choral music with an applied emphasis in voice, you will be able to choose your teacher for private lessons from among our entire Vocal Division faculty. This is an important area of distinctiveness for Baylor, which has one of the largest and most successful music education programs in Texas. Since Baylor is primarily an undergraduate teaching institution, students may count upon being taught by the full-time faculty in their major and in other parts of their programs. You may audition to perform in major ensembles.