43. On the road with David Eccles - a mobile podcast episode sharing thoughts on a variety of topics

This episode is a mobile podcast in the form of a car
conversation with my friend and partner in crime, Mr. David
Eccles.  We candidly discuss a variety of topics as we
travel from Atlanta to Greenville, SC to conduct their SCMEA
Region 2 orchestras.  Hope you will enjoy!


About our guest...


David F. Eccles is a native of Norfolk,
Virginia. He currently serves as Orchestra Program and Upper
School Orchestra Director at The Lovett School in Atlanta,
Georgia.  For over a decade, he was the Director of String
Music Education and Orchestral Activities at VanderCook College
of Music in Chicago, Illinois. He has held string education
positions in Georgia, Virginia, and Florida. An active clinician,
adjudicator, conductor, and cellist, Eccles has served as music
director and principal conductor for numerous youth orchestras.
He has also served as a guest conductor for many state, county,
regional, and community orchestras.

Mr. Eccles has presented education sessions at several local,
state, and international conferences, including The Midwest Band
and Orchestra Directors Clinic & Conference, American String
Teachers Association Conference, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, New
Jersey, and Florida Music Educators Conferences. Mr. Eccles is a
clinician and consulting author for the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Additionally, he is a featured string educator in the book,
Rehearsing the High School Orchestra.

He holds advanced degrees in Music Education from Florida State
University and University of Miami (Florida) and a Bachelor of
Music and Media from Norfolk State University. His principal
teachers include Elizabeth Eccles, Laurien Laufman, Ross
Harbaugh, and Dr. Michael Allen.

David is a member of the Georgia Music Educators Association,
National Association for Music Education, Phi Mu Alpha, Phi Kappa
Lambda, and the Georgia Chapter of American String Teachers
Association. He also serves on the national board of the American
String Teachers Association.


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