David Pope serves an Associate Professor of Music Education and Chair of Professional Studies at Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Music. In addition, he is also a senior conductor and camp director for the Baldwin Wallace University String Orchestra Camp and serves as a string clinician for Alfred Music. As an active adjudicator and clinician, he has conducted numerous all-state orchestras, regional honor orchestras, and served as a guest clinician for orchestra programs, university summer camps, and university music education programs across the United States. Prior to Baldwin Wallace, Dr. Pope taught middle and high orchestra in Tennessee, Florida, and Ohio. He also conducted the Camerata Orchestra at Case Western Reserve University, taught graduate string pedagogy courses at the VanderCook College of Music, and served as a conductor for the Sarasota (FL) and Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra programs. He also worked at Spoleto Festival USA and the Aspen Music Festival. Dr. Pope received his bachelor's degree and Ph.D. in music education from Florida State University and master's degree from the University of South Carolina.

 

Dr. Pope has presented string pedagogy clinics and his research at numerous state, regional, national, and international conferences. His research has also been published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, String Research Journal, Research Perspectives in Music Education, Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, American String Teacher, and the Florida Music Director.  Dr. Pope currently serves as the editor for The String Research Journal and on the review committees for Update: Applications of Research in Music Education and Research Perspectives in Music Education. Dr. Pope recently served as a co-editor and compiler for volume 4 of Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra.

 

Dr. Pope previously served as the chair and vice chair for the American String Teachers Association’s national conference. He also received the Distinguished Music Educator Award from the Yale Symposium for Music in Schools (2015) and was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Music Educator Award for the state of Tennessee (2009). Dr. Pope was also awarded the 2020 Emerging String Researcher Award and the 2021 Presidential Service Award from the American String Teachers Association. He was honored as a quarterfinalist for the 2023 Grammy Music Educator Award and named the 2022 Collegiate String Teacher of the Year by the Ohio String Teachers Association. Dr. Pope is a current member of the National Association for Music Education and the American String Teachers Association.