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David Snyder

Professor of Music Education
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Office
CH Cook Hall 105
Office Hours
MWF 10-11
Office Phone
(309) 438-5222office
phone
Email
dsnyder@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Education
  • Selected Research

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 104.001 Group Instruction In Brass

MUS 104.002 Group Instruction In Brass

MUS 360.001 Introduction To Psychomusicology

MUS 471.001 Measuring And Evaluating Music Behavior

MUS 498.001 Professional Practice In Music Education

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

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 for PSO
David Wayne Snyder.
August 18 2026 - August 18 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.
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
Music Ensemble judge for Monticello Marching Contest
David Wayne Snyder.
September 19 2026 - September 19 2026
Music ensemble judge for Mt. Zion Marching Contest
David Wayne Snyder.
October 3 2026 - October 3 2026
Rt 66 March
David Wayne Snyder.
September 2026 - December 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

Presentations

Recruiting beginners
David Wayne Snyder.
ISU Summer Directors Workshop, Normal, Il, June 14, 2024
Junior Honor Band
David Wayne Snyder.
Junior Honor Band, Normal, March 9, 2024
Horn Section Helps
Rachel Ann Hockenberry, David Wayne Snyder.
Illinois Music Education Conference, Peoria, Illinois, January, 2023
Horn Section Helps
David Wayne Snyder.
Illinois Music Educators Conference, Peoria, January 26, 2023
Teaching Everyone: Common Instrumental Problems and their Solutions
David Wayne Snyder.
Illinois Music Educators Conference, Peoria, IL, January 28, 2022
Preparing for Success: Fixing Your Classroom Management
David Wayne Snyder.
Illinois Music Educators Conference, Peoria, IL, January 27, 2022
“If I could make a suggestion”: Advice for your band from experienced educators”
David Wayne Snyder, Tony Charles Marinello, Phillip Michael Hash.
Illinois Music Educators State Conference, Online, February 9, 2021
Designing Rubrics for Standards-Based Grading
David Wayne Snyder.
Illinois Music Educators Association Conference, Peoria, Il, January 30, 2020
Trumpet Sectional
David Wayne Snyder.
All-Illinois Junior Band, Chanpaign, IL, January 24, 2020