Alec D. Scherer

Alec D. Scherer (BM, Lawrence University; MM, Boise State University; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia) is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Texas State University (TXST). At TXST, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses for music studies (education) majors, serves as Acting Student Teaching Coordinator, advises student organization chapters of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Collegiate Texas Music Educators Association, and oversees the music education graduate program.

Dr. Scherer has presented music education research at state, national, and international venues. Recent presentations have included the Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Indianapolis, IN; Music Research & Teacher Education National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Biennial Conference, Atlanta, GA; the International Society for Music Education Conference, Helsinki, Finland; the International Music Perception and Cognition Conference, Tokyo, Japan; and the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention, San Antonio, TX. He is published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Research Perspectives in Music Education, and the Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education.

Dr. Scherer currently serves as a member of the editorial board for Update: Applications of Research in Music Education and Contributions to Music Education, as co-facilitator of the Program Admission Assessment and Alignment Area for Strategic Planning and Action (ASPA) within the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE), as a Member-at-Large on the Executive Board of NAfME-Texas, and as a member of the research committee of the Texas Music Educators Association. His research interests include democratic music education, instrumental rehearsal techniques, conducting, music perception, and preservice music teacher preparation.