Music Department Faculty
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Assistant Professor
dfergusn@iup.edu
724-357-2478
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Applied Trumpet
ELED 211
Student Teacher Supervision
David Ferguson is a
native of Illinois, having received a B.M. in Music Education with Jazz
Emphasis from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, an M.M.E. in
instrumental music education and an Ed.D. in Music Education from the
University of Illinois.
Before joining the IUP faculty, Dr. Ferguson was Director of Bands at
Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur Illinois where he taught
Marching, Symphonic, Concert, Pep Band, and Jazz Bands for 6 years. In
addition to these duties, Dr. Ferguson taught elementary band and
strings at several district schools. During his tenure with the Decatur
schools, Dr. Ferguson also taught high school orchestra as well as 7th
grade general music. Dr. Ferguson has additional experience directing
church handbell choirs and vocal ensembles.
Dr. Ferguson has extensive experience as an adjudicator and clinician.
He has presented at several regional conferences in Illinois, and has
worked with numerous bands in both Illinois and Pennsylvania. Articles
under his authorship have been published in the Illinois Music
Educator, School Band and Orchestra, The Instrumentalist and the
Journal of the National Band Association. He is also listed as a
contributing
author in the recent MENC publication, Strategies for Teaching:
Technology. Several of Dr. Ferguson’s original compositions
for brass have also been recently submitted for publication.
Dr. Ferguson has maintained an active trumpet studio throughout his
career, having taught privately in Decatur and Champaign, IL and as an
instructor in the preparatory department at Millikin University.
Likewise, Dr. Ferguson remains active as a performer with experience
from Dixieland to Bebop, to Orchestral and chamber music. Locally, he
has performed with the Johnstown, Westmoreland, and McKeesport
symphonies, the IUP faculty brass quintet, and with a jazz combo
fronted by his wife, Laura (also an IUP music professor).
At IUP, Dr. Ferguson teaches Trumpet, High Brass Methods, Music for the
Elementary Classroom, and Student Teacher observation. When not
teaching or performing, Dr. Ferguson enjoys spending time with his
family- in particular with his daughter, Ella and new son, Xavier.
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