Dr. David Gonzol
Dr. David J. Gonzol is Assistant Professor and Director of Music Education at Shepherd University. A New Jersey native, he holds degrees from Messiah College and Temple University. His Ph.D. is from the University of Maryland at College Park. At the University of St. Thomas, he earned Mastery Certificates in the Kodály and Orff Schulwerk approaches. He taught music in public schools in Pennsylvania and Idaho, and at colleges and universities there, as well as in Maryland and Minnesota.
In addition to presenting at state and national conferences, he has given numerous workshops to educators and has been a visiting educator at area schools and libraries. Among his writings, his research on Otto Ortmann is published in the Philosophy of Music Education Review. He is a tenor and recorder player, and for 3 years he directed the Chancel Choir of the First Presbyterian Church in Pocatello, Idaho. Church and university choirs have performed many of his compositions, which include the 20 Rounds at St. Thomas, as well as a centennial anthem for the First Presbyterian Church, Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed? This year, Schott is publishing a collection of his Orff arrangements, Round the Corner and Away We Go! Dr. Gonzol is a member of MENC, the Organization of American Kodály Educators, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, the American Recorder Society, and Phi Kappa Phi.
Call or write:
Dr. David Gonzol
Department of Music and Theater
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
304.876.5225 or 800.344.5231 ext. 5225