84. Advancing String Education: A Conversation with Dr. David Pope

David Pope serves an Associate Professor of Music Education at
Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts. In
addition, he is also a senior conductor and camp director for the
Baldwin Wallace University String Orchestra Camp and serves as a
string clinician for Alfred Music. As an active adjudicator and
clinician, he has conducted numerous all-state orchestras,
regional honor orchestras, and served as a guest clinician for
orchestra programs, university summer camps, and university music
education programs across the United States. Prior to Baldwin
Wallace, Dr. Pope taught middle and high orchestra in Tennessee,
Florida, and Ohio. He also conducted the Camerata Orchestra at
Case Western Reserve University, taught graduate string pedagogy
courses at the VanderCook College of Music, and served as a
conductor for the Sarasota (FL) and Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra
programs. He also worked at Spoleto Festival USA and the Aspen
Music Festival. Dr. Pope received his bachelor's degree and Ph.D.
in music education from Florida State University and master's
degree from the University of South Carolina.





Dr. Pope has presented string pedagogy clinics and his research
at the European String Teachers Association’s (ESTA)
International Congress, the American String Teacher Association’s
(ASTA) National Conference, The Midwest Clinic, and numerous
regional and state conferences. His work has also been published
in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the
Council for Research in Music Education, String Research Journal,
Research Perspectives in Music Education, Missouri Journal of
Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, American
String Teacher, Florida Music Director, The Instrumentalist, ESTA
Norway, and School Band & Orchestra. Dr. Pope currently
serves as the Editor for The String Research Journal.





Dr. Pope recently served as a co-editor for volume 4 of Teaching
Music Through Performance in Orchestra and as a co-author for
Sound Orchestra. He also recently served as Chair for the ASTA
National Conference (2020, 2021, 2023). Dr. Pope was named the
2022 Ohio ASTA Collegiate Educator of the Year and was previously
recognized by the Yale Symposium for Music in Schools with the
2015 Distinguished Music Educator Award. Dr. Pope was also
awarded the 2021 Presidential Service Award and the 2020 Emerging
String Researcher Award from the American String Teachers
Association. He is a current member of the National Association
for Music Education and the American String Teachers Association.


Contact: dpope@bw.edu





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