PMEA President

Penn State University

Dennis Glocke was appointed Director of Concert Bands at the Pennsylvania State University in 1996. He earned degrees in conducting from Northwestern University, where he studied with John P. Paynter, and in music education from the University of Wisconsin, where his principal conducting teachers were H....

Director of Secondary Education

School District of Lancaster

Temple University

Susquehanna University

Dr. Eric L. Hinton is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Susquehanna University where he conducts the University Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Stadium Band. He teaches trumpet,...

University of Valley Forge

Floyd Richmond has been a member of the music faculty of the University of Valley Forge since 2002 where he teachers music theory, aurals, methods, and technology courses. He is the president of TI:ME...

Bloomsburg University

Gifford Howarth received his Bachelors of Music degree from Ithaca College and his Masters in Percussion Performance from Kent State University. His percussion studies include working with Gordon Stout, Ted Rounds, and Bill Molenhof.

He is currently an Assistant Professor at Bloomsburg University, where he teaches both percussion, audio recording and direct the Husky Marching Band.

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President

NAfME

Glenn E. Nierman, NAfME President for 2014-2016, is currently a member of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music faculty. He teaches graduate classes in research and curriculum development, as well as a non-major popular music guitar class....

Philadelphia Charter School for Arts & Sciences

Heather Waters holds a Ph.D. in music education from Temple University. She taught early childhood and elementary general music classes in Colorado for eight years, including directing children’s choirs, percussion ensembles, and Mariachi band....

Supervisor of Music/Music Cooordinator of Elementary Art

Abington School District