换句话说，熟悉的领域。

过去四年里，克拉佩尔一直在休斯顿大学担任摩尔斯音乐学院院长和凯瑟琳·g·麦戈文艺术学院副院长。 在这个职位上，他创建了新的课程，帮助领导了非常成功的筹款活动，并在大学和休斯顿社区建立了多个合作伙伴关系。

“Courtney’s strengths and experience are an almost perfect fit for the leadership needs and goals of our 音乐学院,” said Jennifer Lundgren, Ph.D., provost and executive vice chancellor. “He understands the importance of maintaining and growing the 音乐学院’s international stature and its place as our local arts community’s heart. His track record shows that he can make it happen.”

During his time in Houston, Crappell helped lead fundraising initiatives for the Moores School that significantly grew the school’s endowment and developed new sources of revenue, raising more than $10 million over the past four years for student scholarships, endowed chairs and program support.

他也是在艺术和健康领域开展跨学科工作的领导者，这与音乐学院现有的研究和项目非常吻合。 In consultation with colleagues in the UH Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital’s Center for Performing Arts Medicine, he developed the proposal for the school’s new bachelor’s degree program in music therapy.

他发起了几项倡议，如摩尔音乐在城市，一系列的弹出式音乐会活动在整个大都市区； 在休斯顿市中心的基督教堂举行的穆尔斯市中心室内乐系列； and the university’s first collaborative music theatre production, in partnership with the UH School of Theatre and Dance.

“The 威尼斯人娱乐城 音乐学院 is a premier artistic institution with an outstanding history and heritage,” Crappell said. “I am honored by the opportunity to work with a world-class faculty and student body to write the next chapter of its ongoing artistic development and educational excellence.”

作为他在艺术和健康领域工作的一部分，克拉佩尔组建并参与了麦戈文艺术学院和费尔蒂塔家庭医学院的联合研究小组。 That team’s work has been published in the journal 音乐心理学.

He was awarded a $75,000 grant from the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the project “Come Together Houston: A Community Arts and Health Partnership,” a performance series produced in collaboration with Houston Methodist Hospital to raise vaccine awareness.

Crappell’s collaborations in other areas include establishing an Emerging Artist Program for Moores alumni in partnership with Opera in the Heights, and the Community Embedded Musician Fellowship for Moores graduate students in partnership with the Houston Symphony Orchestra.  

他在俄克拉何马大学获得钢琴演奏硕士学位。 他将于8月8日开始在音乐学院工作。