This clinic is designed to help young music teachers best use their time and energy during rehearsal.
Thomas McCauley
- Biographical Information
Thomas McCauley is currently the Director of University Bands in the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University in New Jersey where he conducts the Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band. He has held similar positions in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois in addition to teaching high school instrumental music in Nevada for nine years
McCauley earned a D.M. in Conducting from Northwestern University, and holds a M.M.E. and B.M.E. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Composers including Karel Husa, David Gillingham, and Joseph Turrin have praised his work. He has been published in both The Instrumentalist magazine and the second edition of Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Vol I published by G.I.A.
In 1995, the Nevada MEA named him Music Educator of the Year. In 2006, the Indiana MEA honored him with an Outstanding University Music Educator Award.