Dr. Ted Hoffman

Dr. Edward (Ted) C. Hoffman, III, is Professor and Director of Music Education at the University of Montevallo (AL) where he coordinates the undergraduate music education programs, directs tuba/euphonium studies, supervises field placements and internships, co-directs the summer music camps, and is faculty advisor to the campus chapter of the National Association for Music Education. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Hoffman taught social studies, reading, and general music, and directed a variety of elementary, middle, and high school vocal and instrumental ensembles.

He holds the Ph.D. with an emphasis in music education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, an M.Ed. with P-12 principal licensure in instructional leadership from the University of Montevallo, an M.Ed. in music education from Auburn University, and the B.M.Ed. in music education and B.M. in low brass performance, magna cum laude, from the University of Southern Mississippi. Additionally, Hoffman earned the National Certified Teacher of Music designation from the Music Teachers National Association, holds multiple endorsements in music technology from the Technology Institute for Music Educators, certification in World Music Pedagogy from the Smithsonian Folkways Institute, and is also trained in both Orff-Schulwerk and Kodály methodologies.

Hoffman maintains active membership in a number of state, national, and international associations, and is presently Executive Director of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors (NACWPI), Vice-President/President-Elect of the Higher Education Division of the Alabama Music Educators Association (AMEA), publisher of the NACWPI Journal, and Immediate Past-Chair of the Instructional Strategies Special Research Interest Group of the Society for Research in Music Education (SRME). Previous service includes: Facilitator/Co-Facilitator of the School/University Partnerships (SUP) Area of Strategic Planning and Action of the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE), State of Alabama representative to SMTE, member of the Executive Governing Board of AMEA, member of the AMEA Presidential Cabinet, State Advisor for the Alabama collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME Collegiate), Chair of the Alabama Music Teacher Education Committee, member of the Music Educators Journal Advisory Board (MEJ), member of the State of Alabama Department of Education Arts Education Course of Study Committee and Taskforce (ALSDE), author of the instrumental music portion of unpacked standards in the Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX), and founding past-president of the Sweet Home Alabama Kodaly Educators (SHAKE), the Alabama chapter of the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE).

His advocacy and research agendas focus on music teacher recruitment and mentoring, reforming undergraduate music education curricula, teacher certification assessments, school-university partnerships, and issues in small and rural school music programs. He has published more than two dozen articles and book chapters in practitioner and peer-reviewed academic journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education (JRME), UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education (UPDATE), Research & Issues in Music Education, (RIME), Music Educators Journal (MEJ), Visions of Research in Music Education (Visions), Journal of the National Association of Collegiate Wind and Percussion Instructors (NACWPI Journal), School Band & Orchestra Magazine (SBO), and numerous state music education journals.

Dr. Hoffman has presented research, clinics, and workshops in 29 states and Canada, including at international and national conferences of NAfME, CMS, SMTE, NACWPI, OAKE, NIME, and the McNair Scholars Program, among others. He serves as a clinician for middle and high school honor bands, teaching tech and consultant at area marching and concert band camps, and as an adjudicator for instrumental solo/ensemble festivals and marching and concert band contests and festivals.