James Eldreth
- Title(s)
- Instructor / Band Director
- Department
- Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Music Education) – Pennsylvania State University
Master of Music Education – Pennsylvania State University
Master of Arts (Secondary Education) – Southeast Missouri State University
Bachelor of Music (Trumpet Performance) – Southeast Missouri State University
Bachelor of Music Education – Southeast Missouri State University
- Contact Information
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- Lock Haven
- Send an Email
- Personal Website
Publications
- Eldreth, J. (2023, October). Advocating for access and opportunity: Importance of the recorder. Teaching Music, 31(2), 14–15.
- Watts, S., Eldreth, J., Grant, T., & Renne, J. (2020). Caring and connectivity: A framework for active caring in the music classroom. Music Educators Journal, 106(4), 50–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0027432120936329
Research Interests
- Access, Opportunity, and Equity in Music Education
- Action Research in Music Education
- Community Music
- Digital Audio Workstations
- Elementary and Secondary General Music Methods
- Film Techniques and Sound Design
- Imposter Syndrome
- Jazz Pedagogy in Elementary General Music
- Modern Band Pedagogy
- Music as Activism and Social Protest
- Musical Play
- Philosophical Topics in Music Education
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Rural Music Education
- Sociology of Music
- Teacher Burnout
- Uses of Music to Cope with Poverty
- World Music Pedagogy
Professional Organizations
- American Orff-Schulwerk Association
- Association of Clinton County Educators
- International Society for Music Education
- International Trumpet Guild
- Jazz Education Network
- National Association for Music Education
- National Education Association
- Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
- Pennsylvania State Education Association
- Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America
- Faculty Advisor, Alpha Zeta Chapter, Pennsylvania State University, 2018–2020
- Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society
- Society for Ethnomusicology