Daniel J. Shevock
Contact: [email protected]
Curriculum Vitae:
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: K-12 and Undergraduate Music Teaching; Music Education Philosophy; Music Improvisation; General Music; Ecological Literacy
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:
Ph.D., Music Education, The Pennsylvania State University, May 2015
Dissertation: Praxes for Confident Music Improvising
Chair: Linda C. Thornton
Cognate: Democratic Music Education
Pi Kappa Lambda: music honor society
M.S., Music Education, Towson University, August 2000
B.S.Ed., Music Education, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, July 1997
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
K-12 EDUCATION:
Music Teacher, Keystone Central School District (PA), 2023-
Music Teacher, Central Mountain Middle School, 5th, 6th, and 7th Grade General Music; 7th and 8th Grade Guitar, Rhythm & Roots, Piano, and Music and Film; Grades 5/6 Band, and 5/6 Orchestra; Safety-care by QBS (initial training, December 2023; renewed December 2024, November 2025); Student teacher supervision (Adam Welwood, January-March 2025; Charles McCall, March-May 2026)
Percussion Instructor, The Music Academy (PA), 2021- (Concurrent)
Private lessons on snare drum, drum set, and marimba to elementary through adult-aged students (August 2021-)
Substitute Teacher, State College Area School District (PA), 2021-2022 (Concurrent)
Predictable-Term Substitute Music Teacher, Mt. Nittany Middle, and Mt. Nittany Elementary Schools, 3rd-6th Grade General Music, Adaptive Music, 6th Grade Choir (December 2021-August 2022)
Building Substitute Teacher, Mt. Nittany Elementary (September-December 2021)
Long-Term Substitute Music Teacher, Park Forest Middle School, 7th Grade General Music and Choir (October-November 2021)
After-School Program Music Teacher, and Substitute Teacher, State College Friend’s School (PA), 2019 (Concurrent)
Popular Music Explorations (grades 4-8), Music Explorations (grades K-3)
Music Teacher, The Pittsburgh Public Schools (PA), 2000-2011
Instrumental Music (grades 3-8), General Music (grades K-8), Percussion Instructor (grades 7-12), Marching Band Assistant (grades 9-12), Conductor – All-City Percussion Ensemble and All-City Middle School Band
Music Teacher, Harford County Public Schools (MD), 1997-1998
Band Director (grades 4-7)
HIGHER EDUCATION:
Part-time Lecturer (Fall 2015-Spring 2018), Adjunct Instructor (Fall 2018-Fall 2021), Music, Penn State Altoona, 2015-2021 (Concurrent)
MUS 005: Introduction to Western Music, section 1—Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021; section 2—Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
MUS 007: Evolution of Jazz, section 2—Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
MUS 008: Rudiments of Music, section 1—Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Assistant Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2017 (Concurrent)
MUSC 331: Elementary Methods–Fall 2017
Emerging Musical Artist in Residence, Penn State Altoona, 2016 (Concurrent)
MUS 007: Evolution of Jazz, section 1; public concert performance, “Dan Shevock and Friends,” November 14, 2016—Fall 2016
Internship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014
MUS 345: Instructional Practices in Music–(R. Gardner), Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University 2011-2014
MUS 421: Jazz Combo Class–(D. Yoder), Fall 2013, Spring 2014
MUS 395B Cohort Practicum II–(D. Thornton), Spring 2014
MUS 495C: Student Teaching: Instrumental Music–(D. Dougherty), Spring 2014
MUS 241: Music for Classroom Teachers–(D. Shelley), Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013
MUS 112: Guitar Techniques I–(R. Gardner), Spring 2012
MUS 154: Woodwind Techniques I–(L. Thornton), Spring 2012
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS:
DISSERTATION:
Shevock, Daniel John. “Praxes for Confident Music Improvising.” (PhD diss., The Pennsylvania State University, 2015). UMI 3715564. [May 2015]
BOOKS (REFEREED):
Shevock, Daniel J. and Vincent C. Bates. Music Lessons for a Living Planet: Ecomusicology for Young People. (New York & London: Routledge, 2025). ISBN-10: 0367672650. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003130543 [Published August 2024]
Shevock, Daniel J. Eco-Literate Music Pedagogy. (New York & London: Routledge, 2018). New Directions in Music Education series, edited by Clint A. Randles. ISBN-10: 0415792576. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315211596 [Published July 2017]
CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS (REFEREED):
[Forthcoming] Bates, Vincent C. and Daniel J. Shevock “Back to the Future: Rural Music Education for a Living Planet.” In Music Education in Rural America, volume 2, edited by Daniel C. Johnson (New York: Routledge, xxxx), xx-xx. [Chapter 10]
Daniel J. Shevock “Love Your Mother: How Ecology Can Inform Music Teaching and Learning in Rural Settings.” In Music Education in Rural America, edited by Daniel C. Johnson (New York: Routledge, 2026), xx-xx. [Chapter 6] https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003498476
Daniel J. Shevock “Place-conscious: The Social and Ecological in School Music Education.” In The SAGE Handbook of School Music Education, edited by José Aróstegui, Catharina Christophersen, Jean Nichols, and Koji Matsunobu (Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2024), 67-77. [Chapter 6]
Shorner-Johnson, Kevin, Martha Gonzalez & Daniel J. Shevock “Convivencias and a Web of Care.” In The Oxford Handbook of Care in Music Education, edited by Karin S. Hendricks (New York: Oxford University Press, 2023), 69-78. [Chapter 6]
Bates, Vincent C., Daniel J. Shevock, & Anita Prest. “Cultural Diversity, Ecodiversity, and Music Education.” In The Politics of Diversity in Music Education, edited by Alexis Anja Kallio, Heidi Westerlund, Sidsel Karlsen, Kathryn Marsh, and Eva Sæther (Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021), 163-174. [Chapter 11]
Bates, Vincent C., & Daniel J. Shevock. “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Social Media in Music Education.” In The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning, edited by Janice L. Waldron, Stephanie Horsley and Kari K. Veblen (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020), 619-644. [Chapter 31]
Shevock, Daniel J. “Improvisation in Instrumental Music: A Historical Perspective.” In Musicianship: Improvising in Band and Orchestra, edited by David A. Stringham and H. Christian Bernhard (Chicago: GIA Publications, 2019), 23-39. [Chapter 2]
JOURNAL ARTICLES (REFEREED):
Shevock, Daniel J. “A Catholic Ecological-Praxial Realization of Transcendent Beauty: Is 21st Century Music Education a Religion?” Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 25, no. 1 (January 2026): 143-177. https://doi.org/10.22176/act25.1.143
Shevock, Daniel J and Jacob D. Holster “The Model for Convivial Tools Applied to ChatGPT.” Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 24, no. 3 (June 2025): 165-201. https://doi.org/10.22176/act24.3.165
Gossett, Jason, Daniel J. Shevock and Linda Thornton “Band Director Perceptions of Tradition and Change: A National Survey.” Contributions to Music Education 47 (May 2022): 129-150.
Shevock, Daniel J. “An Environmental Philosophy for Music Education Based on Satis Coleman’s (1878-1961) Writings on Music and Nature.” Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 19, no. 1 (May 2020): 174-207. https://doi.org/10.22176/act19.1.174
Shevock, Daniel J., and Vincent C. Bates. “A Music Educator’s Guide to Saving the Planet.” Music Educators Journal 105, no. 4 (June 2019): 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/0027432119843318 [Lead Article]
Shevock, Daniel J. “Waste in Popular Music Education: Rock’s Problematic Metaphor and Instrument-Making for Eco-Literacy.” TOPICS for Music Education Praxis 2019, no. 2 (June 2019): 37-56. http://topics.maydaygroup.org/articles/2019/Shevock_2019.pdf
Shevock, Daniel J. “The Experience of Confident Music Improvising.” Research Studies in Music Education 40, no. 1 (June 2018): 102-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X17751935
Shevock, Daniel J. “Music Educated and Uprooted: My Story of Rurality, Whiteness, Musicing, and Teaching.” Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 15, no. 4 (August 2016): 30-55. https://doi.org/10.22176/act15.4.30
Stringham, David A., Linda C. Thornton, and Daniel J. Shevock. “Composition and Improvisation in Instrumental Methods Courses: Instrumental Music Teacher Educators’ Perspectives.” Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 205 (Summer 2015): 7-25. https://doi.org/10.5406/bulcouresmusedu.205.0007
Shevock, Daniel J. “The Possibility of Eco-literate Music Pedagogy.” TOPICS for Music Education Praxis 2015, no. 1 (October 2015): 1-23. DOI: 10.22176/topics2015.01.1. http://topics.maydaygroup.org/articles/2015/Shevock2015.pdf
Shevock, Daniel J. “Satis Coleman—A Spiritual Philosophy for Music Education.” Music Educators Journal 102, no. 1 (September 2015): 56-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0027432115590182
Shevock, Daniel J. “Reflections on Freirean Pedagogy in a Jazz Combo Lab.” Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 14, no. 2 (August 2015): 85-121. http://act.maydaygroup.org/articles/Shevock14_2.pdf
BOOK REVIEWS AND CRITICISM:
Shevock, Daniel J. “Book Reviews: Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education.” Music Education Research 23, no. 1 (March 2021): 125-127. DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2021.1885883. [Essay review of Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education, by Juliet Hess] (Invited)
Shevock, Daniel J. “Thoughts on the Law, Gatekeepers, and Rerooting.” Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 16, no. 1 (August 2017): 53-65. DOI: 10.22176/act16.1.53. [Essay review of Remixing the Classroom: Toward an Open Philosophy of Music Education, by Randall Everett Allsup] (Invited)
NON-REFEREED JOURNALS AND OTHER WRITING:
Shevock, Daniel J. “Peace, Place, and Then …: A Practice of Silence.” PMEA News: The Official Publication of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association 83, no. 3 (Spring, 2019): 14-15. (Invited)
Shevock, Daniel J. “Confident Musical Improvising.” In Research, edited by Alison Reynolds, PMEA News: The Official Publication of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association 77, no. 3 (Spring, 2013): 66-67. (Invited)
Wikipedia (Authored and edited pages), July 2017-2018
Satis N. Coleman (February 2018), link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satis_N._Coleman
MayDay Group (February 2018), Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MayDay_Group
Eco-Literate Pedagogy blog, 2018-
Posts broadened political, philosophical, and practical elements of teaching music for ecological literacy in the wake of my publication, Eco-Literate Music Pedagogy, Link: https://www.eco-literate.com/blog
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, AND WORKSHOPS:
PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
Groundwork for an Ecological Dictionary of Music Education Keywords. Presented at:
The 14th International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education. Bloomington, IN. June 7, 2025.
21st Century Music Education … a Religion? Presented at:
MayDay Group Colloquium 35: Theory and Philosophy. Victoria, BC, Canada. June 11, 2024.
Tensions Between Eco-literacy and Educational Technology During the Pandemic. Presented at:
MayDay Group Colloquium 33: Social Media for Good or Evil in Music Learning and Teaching. Windsor, ON, Canada. June 9, 2022.
Eco-literate Poems and Drum Kit Rhythms. Presented at:
Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing Conference: Fostering Wellbeing in Times of Global Crisis. With G. D. Smith. Boston, MA. July 7, 2021. [Online conference]
Eudemonic Living Through Eco-Literacy. Presented at:
The Symposium on Eudaimonia and Music Learning. Montclair, NJ. May 22, 2020. [Conferenced relocated online]
Music Education as Compostable Culture. Presented at:
The 12th International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education. London, ON, Canada. June 7, 2019. [Also listed under Poster Presentations]
Instrument Construction in a Society of Waste. Presented at:
Modern Band Colloquium. Fort Collins, CO. July 8, 2018.
Band Director Perceptions of Tradition and Change. (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”) With J. B. Gossett and L. C. Thornton. Presented at:
Modern Band Colloquium. Fort Collins, CO. July 7, 2018. [Flywheels or Engines: Band Directors’ Openness to Change in a World of Tradition].
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Research Forum II. Lancaster, PA. April 20, 2018.
The Instrumental Music Teacher Educators Seventh Biennial Colloquium. Perrysville, OH. May 19, 2017.
Ecology, Conservatism, and Music Education. With V. C. Bates. Presented at:
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 24, 2018.
Satis Coleman’s Environmental Philosophy: An Intellectual History. (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”) Presented at:
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 22, 2018.
Deinstitutionalizing Music Education and Cultivating a Philosophy on Soil. Presented at:
MayDay Group Colloquium 29: Thinking Critically about Institutions and Individuals. Gettysburg, PA. June 22, 2017.
“The General Music Educators’ Guide to Saving the Planet.” With V. C. Bates. Presented at:
Mountain Lake Colloquium: Interconnections and Interactions in the Ecosystem of General Music Method Teaching. Pembroke, VA. May 22, 2017.
Placing Interdisciplinarity in Eco-literate Music Pedagogy. Presented at:
New Directions in Music Education: Musicking Equity: Enacting Social Justice Through Music Education. East Lansing, MI. February 17, 2017.
Satis Coleman’s Philosophy Through Progressive Educational Thought. Presented at:
MayDay Group Colloquium 28: Music Education and Cultural Context. Tempe, AZ. June 17, 2016.
An Exploration of Recent Approaches to Research in Music Education. (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”) With J. Rutkowski, M. E. Culp, Y. Han, L. J. Fulcher, A. Hildebrandt, M. S. Himes & K. R. Weimer. Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Research Forum II. Hershey, PA. April 1, 2016.
Beyond the Anthropocentric: A Valuing System for Eco-literate Music Pedagogy. (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”). Presented at:
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 18, 2016.
Growing Inclusive Music Education Preservice Teachers Through Self-cultivation. With J. B. Gossett. Presented at:
The Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium: Navigating Crossroads. Greensboro, NC. September 18, 2015.
Two Music Teachers’ Reflections on Rural Music Education. With V. C. Bates. Presented at:
The International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. New Orleans, LA. June 15, 2015.
“Context for the content”: Exploring the Possibility of a Democratic Application of Gordon’s Music Learning Theory. Presented at:
9th International Conference for Research in Music Education. Exeter, England, UK. April 15, 2015.
The Desert Skies Symposium. Tucson, AZ. February 20, 2015.
Conservatism and Democratic Teaching Practices Among Pennsylvania Music Ensemble Teachers. (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”) Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Research Forum II, Hershey, PA. March 27, 2015.
Democracy in Public School Ensembles: A Descriptive Survey of Current Practice. (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”) With D. Thornton, J. B. Gossett, L. Fulcher & Y. Han. Presented at:
Giving Voice to Democracy in Music Education. Montclair, NJ. June 21, 2014.
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Presented with Thornton, D., Gossett, J. B., Fulcher, L., & Han, Y., Hershey, PA. March 28, 2014.
Reflections on Anti-authoritarian Pedagogy in a Jazz Combo Lab. (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”) Presented at:
MayDay Group Colloquium 26: Co-constructing Our Musicing Education. Gettysburg, PA. June 20, 2014.
Simulation in Practicing Music Improvisation: Improvisers, Technology and Hyperreality. Presented at:
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Creativity SRIG. St. Louis, MO. April 11, 2014.
New Directions in Music Education: Teaching Composition, Improvisation, and The New Musicianship Conference. East Lansing, MI. March 21, 2014.
“I was the only Black person in the class”: An African American Undergraduate’s Experience Navigating Music Education at a Predominantly White Institution. (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”) Presented at:
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. St. Louis, MO. April 11, 2014.
A Grounded Definition of Confident Music Improvisation: Perceptions Among University Improvisation Teachers, (Also listed in “Poster Presentations”) Presented at:
The 3rd Annual Society for Music Education in Ireland/Cumann Ceol Oideachais na hÉireann Conference. Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland. November 1, 2013.
Navigating the Locus of Change: Instrumental Music Teacher Educators’ Perceptions of Creative Music-making in Methods Courses. With D. Stringham & L. C. Thornton. Presented at:
The Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium. Greensboro, NC. September 27, 2013.
Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium IX. Tampa, FL. February 7, 2013.
Teaching Confidence: Improvisation at a Summer Jazz Camp, Presented at:
Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium IX. Tampa, FL. February 9, 2013.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Music Education as Compostable Culture. Presented at:
The NAfME Eastern Division Biennial In-service Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. April 4, 2019. [Also listed under Paper Presentations]
Satis Coleman’s Environmental Philosophy: An Intellectual History. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”) Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Lancaster, PA. April 19, 2018.
Band Director Perceptions of Tradition and Change. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”). With J. B. Gossett and L. C. Thornton. Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Lancaster, PA. April 19, 2018.
Beyond the Anthropocentric: A Valuing System for Eco-literate Music Pedagogy. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”). Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Hershey, PA. March 31, 2016.
An Exploration of Recent Approaches to Research in Music Education. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”) With J. Rutkowski, M. E. Culp, Y. Han, L. J. Fulcher, A. Hildebrandt, M. S. Himes & K. R. Weimer. Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Hershey, PA. March 31, 2016.
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 19, 2016.
Praxes for Confident Music Improvising. Presented at:
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 18, 2016.
The CIC Music Education Conference. University Park, PA, October 9, 2014.
Where is the eco- in music EduCatiOn?: The Possibility of an Eco-literate Music Pedagogy. Presented at:
The Thompson Symposium for Master’s Degree Students: Research in Practice. University Park, PA, May 2, 2015.
Conservatism and Democratic Teaching Practices Among Pennsylvania Music Ensemble Teachers. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”) Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Hershey, PA, March 26, 2015. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”)
The Creativity Conversation: A Content Analysis of Music Educators’ Journal from 1955-2014. With L. C. Thornton & A. Nelson. Presented at:
The 9th International Conference for Research in Music Education. Exeter, England, UK, April 17, 2015.
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Hershey, PA, March 26, 2015.
Reflections on Anti-authoritarian Pedagogy in a Jazz Combo Lab. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”) Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Hershey, PA, March 27, 2014.
Democracy in Public School Ensembles: A Descriptive Survey of Current Practice. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”) With D. Thornton, J. B. Gossett, L. Fulcher & Y. Han. Presented at:
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. St. Louis, MO, April 10, 2014.
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Hershey, PA, March 27, 2014.
The Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium. Greensboro, NC, September 28, 2013.
The CIC Music Education Conference. Lincoln, NE, October 17, 2013.
“I was the only Black person in the class”: An African American Undergraduate’s Experience Navigating Music Education at a Predominantly White Institution. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”) Presented at:
The Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium. Greensboro, NC, September 27, 2013.
The CIC Music Education Conference. Lincoln, NE, October 17, 2013.
Defining Confident Music Improvisation: Perceptions Among University Improvisation Teachers. (Also listed in “Paper Presentations”) Presented at:
The 53rd NAfME Eastern Divisional Biennial In-service Conference. Hartford, CT, April 2013.
The Instrumental Music Teacher Educators Fifth Biennial Colloquium. Mt. Sterling, OH, May 2013.
A Philosophical and Spiritual Rationale for Music Education Within the Publications (1922-1939) of Satis Coleman. Presented at:
The Penn State Graduate Exhibition. University Park, PA, March 2013.
The 53rd NAfME Eastern Divisional Biennial In-service Conference. Hartford, CT, April 2013.
The Thompson Symposium for Master’s Degree Students: Research In Practice. University Park, PA, April 2013.
Teaching Through Music: Confidence Among Early Childhood Majors. With B. S. Anderson. Presented at:
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Erie, PA, April 2013.
The Experience of Confident Musical Improvising. Presented at:
The Penn State Graduate Exhibition. University Park, PA, March 2012.
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Lancaster, PA, April 2012.
The CIC Music Education Conference. Champaign, IL, October 2012.
WORKSHOPS:
A Historical Perspective on Improvisation Instruction in Band and Orchestra: Pedagogical Implications. Presented at:
Summit on Creativity in Music Education. Fredonia, NY. September 21, 2019. [Invited]
Workshop: Teaching Music for Eco-Literacy, IUP Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association (PCMEA) Chapter. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. November 9, 2017. [Invited]
Fighting Institutional Marginalization in Music Education. Session presented at the 2014 NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference. St. Louis, MO. Presented with A. Kruse, J. Palkki & J. Hess. April 11, 2014. [Refereed]
Democracy in Band: Strategies for Greater Student Ownership at All Levels. Session presented at the 2014 PMEA Annual In-service Conference. Hershey, PA. Presented with L. C. Thornton & J. B. Gossett. March 28, 2014. [Refereed]
“Planting the Seeds”: Instrumental Music Teacher Educators’ Perceptions of Creative Music Making. Session presented at the Instrumental Music Teacher Educators Fifth Biennial Colloquium. Mt. Sterling, OH. Presented with L. C. Thornton & D. Stringham. May 18, 2013. [Refereed]
Jazzing Up Beginning Band: Improvising With Technology, Presented at the 53rd NAfME Eastern Divisional Biennial In-service Conference. Hartford, CT. April 6, 2013. [Refereed]
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND GUEST LECTURING:
Eco-literate Music Education Discussion, MUS 947: Current Issues in Music Education Seminar. University of Wisconsin, Maddison, WI. Facilitator: Jesse Rathgeber, October 9, 2024. [Invited]
An Environmental Philosophy for Music Education: Satis Coleman (1878-1961), Graduate Curriculum Seminar. Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Facilitator: Sangmi Kang, November 9, 2022. [Invited]
Eco-Literacy in Music Education, [Online, Zoom]. Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg (University of Education Freiburg University), Freiburg, Germany. Facilitator: Silke Schmid, June 14, 2021. [Invited]
An Environmental Philosophy for Music Education: Satis Coleman (1878-1961), ME 692: History and Philosophy of Music Education, [Online, Zoom]. Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ. Facilitator: Sangmi Kang, November 9, 2020. [Invited]
John Dewey’s Educational Philosophy and Music Education, Graduate Curriculum Seminar. Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Facilitator: Mara Culp, February 25, 2020. [Invited]
Environmental Philosophy as Music Education, Doctoral Seminar [online, Zoom]. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Facilitator: Victor Fung, October 17, 2019. [Invited]
Peacebuilding, Music & Ecological Care: The Power of Music-Making in Rooted Places, Fine and Performing Arts and High Library. Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA. Facilitator: Kevin Shorner-Johnson, September 30, 2019. [Invited]
Eco-Music, Camp eXpresso: Susquehanna Valley Youth Chorale. Central Oak Heights, West Milton, PA. Facilitator: Valerie Flamini
July 17, 2017 [Invited]
July 18-19, 2016 [Invited]
August 4 & 6, 2015 [Invited]
Musicking Agents Changing the World, EDTHP 440 (CI ED): Introduction to the Philosophy of Education. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Facilitator: Madhu Suri Prakash, November 5, 2015. [Invited]
PODCASTS:
Season 3: Episode 11: Reflective Celebrations of 10,000 Downloads. Music & Peacebuilding Podcast. Host: Kevin Shorner-Johnson, Interviewed with Jon Rudy, and Tyné Angela Freeman, September 15, 2022. Link: https://www.musicpeacebuilding.com/reflectivecelebrations
Season 1: Episode 11: Musicking Ecological Care and Rootedness. Music & Peacebuilding Podcast. Host: Kevin Shorner-Johnson, January 3, 2020. Link: https://www.musicpeacebuilding.com/ep11-musickingecosystems
PANELS:
Symposium on Music Education and Climate Change. 35th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education. Facilitators: Linus Eusterbrock, Jonas Völker, Silke Schmid. Respondents: Dan Shevock (Why Eco-Literacy?), Priya Parrotta (Climate Soul), Karine Aguiar de S. Saunier (The Gambá School), Albi Odendaal (discussant). July 19, 2022. [Online conference]
Dominant and Marginalized Narratives in Music Education: Intersections of Religion, Spirituality, and Sexual/Gender Diversity in the Music Classroom, LGBTQ Studies & Music Education III, Urbana, IL. Facilitator: Karin Hendricks. Respondents: June Boyce-Tillman, Cantor Evan Kent, Kerri Mesner, Daniel J. Shevock, and Heidi Weatherford. May 19, 2016. [Online conference]
International Music Education Opportunities and Experiences, Graduate Colloquium, University Park, PA. Facilitator: Joanne Rutkowski. Respondents: Darrin Thornton, Linda C. Thornton, Daniel J. Shevock, and Krissie Weimer. September 9, 2014. [Invited]
Identifying and Navigating Professional/Academic Conferences as a Graduate Student, Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP), University Park, PA. Facilitator: Talia Carroll. Respondents: Harriet B. Nembhard, Daniel J. Shevock, and Jamaal James. July 30, 2014. [Invited]
Panel on Democracy and Education, Giving Voice to Democracy in Music Education Conference, Montclair, NJ. Facilitator: Marissa Silverman. Respondents: Jennifer Robinson, Daniel J. Shevock, and Emily James. June 21, 2014. [Invited]
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING:
Poet, 2020
“Music in Place” with drummer, Gareth Dylan Smith
Earth Day Art Model Telematic Festival, poetic contemplations on the book Eco-Literate Music Pedagogy. I pre-recorded poems from the book, and Smith, who conceived the project, played drums live. April 22, 2020. http://earthdayartmodel.org/
Vibraphonist/Marimbist, Band Leader, 2012-
Dan Shevock, Altoona, PA
Ice Cream Social, compose, arrange and perform improvisational music.
Dan Shevock and Friends, Altoona, PA
Compose, arrange, and perform ecological jazz, and free improvisation. Prepare, and perform concert for Penn State Altoona, November 14, 2016. Press: http://ph.engr.psu.edu/story/431537/2016/10/12/arts-and-entertainment/dan-shevock-altoonas-emerging-musical-artist
Constellations Jazz Combo, University Park, PA
Compose, arrange, and perform a wide range of jazz sextet music. Venues included the Palmer Music of Art and WPSU radio. WPSU concert archives retrievable from http://wpsu.org/radio/single_entry/LL-4706
Drummer, 2002-2012
The Ray Ryan Band, Pittsburgh, PA
Play drum-set, and marching drums in New Orleans style jazz (approx., 20-30 engagements/year). Venues included the 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Fan Fest, The Three Rivers Arts Fest, The Pittsburgh Zoo, The Covered Bridge Festival, The Sternwheel Festival, Waynesburg University, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins Victory Parade, St. Regis Parish Parade, Ambridge Annual Nationality Days, Ellwood City Arts Foods and Crafts Festival, Sewickley Memorial Day Activities, and Phipps Conservatory (list not comprehensive)
CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:
EcoLit Research Workshop
(January 23, 2026). Köln, Germany, Hybrid/online.
The International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education
(June 2025). Bloomington, IN
(June 2019). London, ON, Canada
MayDay Group Colloquium
(June 2024). Victoria, BC, Canada
(June 2022). Windsor, ON, Canada
(June 2021). Eugene, OR [Colloquium relocated online]
(June 2018). London, ON, Canada
(June 2017). Gettysburg, PA
(June 2016). Tempe, AZ
(June 2015). New Orleans, LA
(June 2014). Gettysburg, PA
(June 2013). Vancouver, BC, Canada
Music, Spirituality & Wellbeing Conference
(July 2021). Boston, MA [Conference relocated online]
The NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference
(February 2021). [Conference relocated online]
(March 2018). Atlanta, GA
(March 2016). Atlanta, GA
(April 2014). St. Louis, MO
The Symposium on Eudaimonia and Music Learning.
(May 22, 2020). Montclair, NJ. [Conferenced relocated online]
Summit on Creativity in Music Education
(September 2019). Fredonia, NY
The NAfME Eastern Divisional Biennial In-service Conference
(April 2019). Pittsburgh, PA
(April 2013). Hartford, CT
(April 2001). Pittsburgh, PA
Modern Band Colloquium
(July 2018). Fort Collins, CO
The Annual In-service Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
(April 2018). Lancaster, PA
(March 2016). Hershey, PA
(March 2015). Hershey, PA
(March 2014). Hershey, PA
(April 2013). Erie, PA
(April 2012). Lancaster, PA
Winter Dalcroze Workshop for Music Educators
(February 2018) Pittsburgh, PA
The Mountain Lake Colloquium
(May 2017) Pembroke, VA
Instrumental Music Teacher Educators Biennial Colloquium
(May 2017) Perrysville, OH
(May 2013). Mt. Sterling, OH
New Directions in Music Education
(February 2017). East Lansing, MI
(March 2014). East Lansing, MI
LGBTQ Studies & Music Education
(May 2016). Urbana, IL
The Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium
(September 2015). Greensboro, NC
(September 2013). Greensboro, NC
The International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education.
(June 2015). New Orleans, LA
The Thompson Symposium for Master’s Degree Students: Research in Practice
(May 2015). University Park, PA
(April 2013). University Park, PA
International Conference for Research in Music Education
(April 2015). Exeter, England, UK
The Desert Skies Symposium
(February 2015). Tucson, AZ
Committee on Institutional Cooperation Annual Music Education Meeting
(October 2014). University Park, PA
(October 2013). Lincoln, NE
(October 2012). Urbana, IL
(October 2011). East Lansing, MI
Music Education and Democracy Conference
(June 2014). Montclair, NJ
Education and Civil Rights
(June 2014). University Park, PA
Deleuze: Ethics and Dramatization
(May 2014). University Park, PA
The Society for Music Education in Ireland Annual Conference
(November 2013). Dublin, Ireland
Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium
(February 2013). Tampa, FL
Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting
(November 2012). New Orleans, LA
(October 2011). Philadelphia, PA
REVIEWS OF MY WORK:
Vaugeois, Lise C. “Book Reviews: Eco-Literate Music Pedagogy.” Music Education Research 21, no. 5 (August, 2019): 608-609.
Boyd, Therese, “Teaching for the Future.” Research and Teaching at Penn State Altoona, (January 11, 2018), link: https://sites.psu.edu/researchteaching/2018/01/11/teaching-for-the-future/
Boyd, Therese, “Finding the Calm.” Research and Teaching at Penn State Altoona, (April 8, 2020), link: https://sites.psu.edu/researchteaching/2020/04/08/finding-the-calm/
CERTIFICATION:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Professional Certificate, Music, K-12, Type 65 (Level II, Permanent), “Valid for 99 years”
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
REVIEWING (See Also Service to the Profession):
Session Proposal Reviewer (Invited), International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education
January 2025
Session Proposal Reviewer (Invited), The MayDay Group Colloquium
January 2024
January 2020
February 2019
Article Reviewer (Invited), Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education
July 2020
March 2020
February 2016
November 2015
Article Reviewer (Invited), International Journal of Education & the Arts
January 2022
June 2021
Article Reviewer (Invited), Journal of Popular Music Education
May 2021
Dissertation Reviewer (Invited), Outstanding Dissertation Award of the Council for Research in Music Education
January 2021
Article Reviewer (Invited), Frontiers in Education
January 2021
Session Proposal Reviewer (Invited), Music, Spirituality, and Wellbeing Conference
January 2021
Reviewer for Book Series (Invited), Routledge New Directions for Music Education series
May 2020
July 2019
July 2018 (2 reviews)
May 2018
Article Reviewer (Invited), The Finnish Journal of Music Education
September 2019
Article Reviewer (Invited), The Journal of Popular Music Education
August 2019
Session Proposal Reviewer (Invited), International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education
January 2019
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION:
Advisory Board, Eco-Critical Literacy in Music and Literature-related Practices of Cultural Education, 2024-2026, link: https://ecolit.uni-koeln.de/
University of Cologne, Köln, Germany. January 2024 to December 2026. [Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research]
Editorial Review Board (Invited), Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2021-
Article reviewing, June 2021, May 2023, June 2023, January 2024, February 2025, April 2025, December 2025
MayDay Group, Steering Committee, Member-at-large (Elected), 2018-2024
Participate in Steering Committee business, including suggesting and voting on important changes to the group, co-writing the new Action Ideal IX on Ecology, and rating submissions to MayDay Group Colloquia
NAfME Creativity SRIG, Chair 2018-2021
Manage Creativity Special Research Interest Group discussions on Amplify and Facebook, answer SRIG member questions, facilitate SRIG chair-elect election, rate research submissions, choose and introduce sessions for SRIG session at NAfME Conference [Zoom]
Creativity SRIG sessions, February 26, 2021: Beyond activations: Dynamic connectivity during improvisation, Martin Norgaard; Kindergarten children’s vocal music improvisations, Kathleen Arrasmith; Student experiences with songwriting for therapeutic purposes, Mark Adams and Brian Drumbore.
Chair-elect (Elected), 2016-2018
Editorial Review Board (Invited), TOPICS for Music Education Praxis, 2015-
Article reviewing, October 2016, December 2017, October 2019, January 2020, January 2021, January 2022
Reviewing for Unaffiliated Publications (Invited), Peer-Reviewed Submissions, 2015-
Book reviewing, May 2018 for Routledge, July 2018 for Routledge, June 2019 for Routledge, May 2020 for Routledge, August 2021 for Oxford University Press, July 2022 for SAGE
Article reviewing, November 2015 for Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, February 2016 for Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, March 2020 for Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, July 2020 for Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, July 2019 for Journal of Popular Music Education, September 2019 for Finnish Journal of Music Education, January 2021 for Frontiers in Education, May 2021 for Journal of Popular Music Education, May 2021 for International Journal of Education + Arts
Dissertation of the year reviewing, January 2021 for Council of Research in Music Education
Production Team (Invited), Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2015-2025
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY:
Student Member, Penn State School of Music Diversity Committee, 2013-2014
CONSULTING:
Gateway High School Marching Band Boosters, Monroeville, PA, Noah Gray Memorial Scholarships, read and ranked applications to choose three scholarships each year
April 2021
March 2020
April 2018
April 2017
April 2016
Volunteering:
Scouting America, Troop 245, State College, PA, Membership Chair, 2026-, Council Member, 2025-
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
The MayDay Group, Steering Committee (Member-at-large 2018-2024)
National Association for Music Education, Creativity SRIG (Chair 2018-2021; Chair-elect 2016-2018)
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
Updated March 13, 2026
