David Myers

David Myers, professor and director of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota, is an internationally regarded music educator and proponent of innovation in higher music education. He founded the Center for Educational Partnerships and its groundbreaking Sound Learning partnership among Georgia State University, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, community musicians, and inner-city schools. A former public school teacher and accomplished organist, he has been the American consultant for a joint Master of Music degree for New Audiences and Innovative Practice among five European conservatories. He has served as panel chair and panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and keynoted numerous meetings for the League of American Orchestras, the International Research in Music Education, the College Music Society and others. He has published, presented, conducted research and consulted widely, including work with the National Association of Schools of Music, the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Opera America, the Music Educators National Conference, the College Music Society, League of American Orchestras and the International Society for Music Education. He is an author and editor on lifelong learning and school-community partnerships and his 1996 research for NEA, Beyond Tradition: Partnerships Among Orchestras, Schools, and Communities, remains a seminal publication in the field. He has been recognized by the Atlanta Partners in Education and Harvard’s Project Zero and received several awards. He serves as a Governing Board member of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Dr. Myers holds degrees from Lebanon Valley College, the Eastman School of Music, and The University of Michigan.