Staff Profile | Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

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Education
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Biography

David W. Snyder is currently Professor of Music Education at Illinois State University where he teaches instrumental methods courses and heads the graduate music education program. He has been published in most of the major music education journals and is a regular clinician with bands throughout Illinois.

Current Courses

MUS 152.002 Experiencing Music

MUS 104.001 Group Instruction In Brass

MUS 162.001 Introduction To Instrumental Instruction

MUS 498.001 Professional Practice In Music Education

MUS 400.001 Independent Study

MUS 498.001 Professional Practice In Music Education

Teaching Interests & Areas

Teaching methods, brass methods, curriculum and assessment

Research Interests & Areas

Teaching pedagogy, assessments, classroom management and personality type as it relates to choice of major

DMA Music Education

College Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

MM Horn

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX

BME Instrumental Music Education 6-12

East Texas State University (now Texas A&M, Commerce)

Commerce, TX

Performances and Exhibits

2nd horn IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
May 2 2026 - May 2 2026

2nd horn IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
March 8 2026 - March 8 2026

2nd horn with IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
February 20 2026 - February 20 2026

3rd horn Champaign/Urbana Symphony
David Wayne Snyder
April 7 2026 - April 8 2026

4th horn with PSO
David Wayne Snyder
May 15 2026 - May 15 2026

4th horn with PSO
David Wayne Snyder
April 17 2026 - April 17 2026

4th horn with PSO
David Wayne Snyder
February 20 2026 - February 20 2026

4th horn with PSO
David Wayne Snyder
January 23 2026 - January 23 2026

2nd Horn for IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
November 9 2025 - November 9 2025

2nd Horn with Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra (IVSO)
David Wayne Snyder
February 28 2025 - February 28 2025

2nd horn IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
May 3 2025 - May 3 2025

2nd horn for IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
March 8 2025 - March 8 2025

2nd horn with IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
December 13 2025 - December 14 2025

4th horn PSO
David Wayne Snyder
March 14 2025 - March 14 2025

4th horn for Peoria Symphony (PSO)
David Wayne Snyder
February 14 2025 - February 14 2025

4th horn in PSO
David Wayne Snyder
May 16 2025 - May 16 2025

4th horn in PSO
David Wayne Snyder
April 11 2025 - April 11 2025

4th horn with PSO
David Wayne Snyder
December 20 2025 - December 20 2025

4th horn with PSO
David Wayne Snyder
September 27 2025 - September 27 2025

4th horn with Peoria Symphony (PSO)
David Wayne Snyder
January 18 2025 - January 18 2025

Route 66 March
David Wayne Snyder
ISU. March 8 2025 - March 8 2025

2nd Horn with IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
May 4 2024 - May 4 2024

2nd horn with IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
December 14 2024 - December 14 2024

2nd horn with IVSO
David Wayne Snyder
November 10 2024 - November 10 2024

Presentations

Junior Honor Band. Junior Honor Band. ISU. (2024)

Recruiting beginners. ISU Summer Directors Workshop. ISU Music. (2024)

Horn Section Helps. Illinois Music Education Conference. Illinois Music Educators Association. (2023)

Horn Section Helps. Illinois Music Educators Conference. ILMEA. (2023)

Preparing for Success: Fixing Your Classroom Management. Illinois Music Educators Conference. ILMEA. (2022)

Teaching Everyone: Common Instrumental Problems and their Solutions. Illinois Music Educators Conference. ILMEA. (2022)

“If I could make a suggestion”: Advice for your band from experienced educators”. Illinois Music Educators State Conference. Illinois Music Educators Association. (2021)

Designing Rubrics for Standards-Based Grading. Illinois Music Educators Association Conference. ILMEA. (2020)

Trumpet Sectional. All-Illinois Junior Band. AIJB. (2020)

David Snyder