Bio
Dr. Donald Hamann, professor of music education and Director of the Institute for Innovation in String Music Teaching, teaches string pedagogy and graduate research, teacher education, and statistics. He has presented workshops and clinics across the United States for the American String Teachers Association, the Music Educators National Conference, and the National School Orchestra Association. He founded and is the Executive Director of the UA String Project. Hamann, who has published extensively in national and international string, education, and research journals, is Editor and founder of the, Journal of String Research/String Research Journal. He also served as Editor of the NSOA Bulletin, Contributions to Music Education, and the Colorado ASTA State Newsletter. Dr. Hamann served on the JRME National Editorial Board, the MEJ National Editorial Board, and the ASTA National Editorial Board and was President of the Arizona ASTA with NSOA. Currently, Dr. Hamann is Chair of the ASTA National Research Committee. His book "Strategies for Teaching Strings," now in its 2nd Edition, is published with the Oxford University Press.
Earning his degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Phyllis Young, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Hamann most recently taught at Kent State University. He previously taught in the Eanes Independent School District, Austin, Texas, where he created their orchestral program (which was featured at the 2008 MidWest Band and Orchestra Conference), and at the University of Northern Colorado where he founded the UNC String Project.
