Imagine that every student leader in your program had a servant’s heart and the tools to elicit the best from others. Student leaders are the conduit between the directors and the ensemble, and they set the standards for everyone else to meet. But often a strong student leadership team is the missing piece in becoming a program of excellence. This clinic is designed to give directors the tools and strategies needed to select and develop servant leaders across their student leadership team.
David Montgomery
- Biographical Information
With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching student leaders at both the high school and college levels, Dr. David Montgomery is founder and director of Serviam Leadership Academy and the author of Serviam! The Three Pillars of Student Leadership: Leading, Teaching, Conducting available through GIA Publications. In addition, he is Associate Professor of Music Education at Baylor University in Waco, TX. At Baylor, he teaches courses in band music education, observes student teachers, and guest conducts the Baylor concert bands. Prior to his appointment at Baylor, Dr. Montgomery was Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Bronco Marching Band at Western Michigan University where he also taught courses in conducting, music education, and directed the University Concert Band.
Dr. Montgomery is an accomplished teacher and was recognized as the recipient of the “University Teaching Award” at Baylor. He was also a finalist for the “University Teaching Award” and was recipient of the “Dean’s Teaching Award” at WMU. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Montgomery gives leadership workshops and serves as an adjudicator and clinician in both concert and marching band settings across the United States. He has given numerous presentations at state and professional music conferences throughout the United States, including Texas Music Educators Association, College Band Directors National Association, and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic.