Wayne Dorothy
Dr.
Wayne F. Dorothy is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Hardin-Simmons
University where he conducts the Concert Band, “The World Famous” Cowboy Band,
and teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in conducting and music
education. His prior appointments include Director of Bands at North Dakota
State University, Assistant Director of Bands at Ball State University, and
music education positions at Kansas State University and Morehead State
University. He previously taught high school band for eight years in Tennessee,
where his bands consistently received superior ratings in concert performance,
sight-reading, and marching.
Dorothy received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in music
education from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and the Doctor of Arts
degree in conducting from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He has been
honored as the “1999 North Dakota Band Director of the Year" and with
membership in Phi Beta Mu – International Bandmaster’s Fraternity. He is also a
recipient of the National Band Association’s prestigious "Citation of
Excellence."
Dorothy is an active guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the
United States and regularly performs as a clarinetist and saxophonist. He has
engaged in research addressing the development of musical independence and
musicianship and has presented papers at national meetings of the National Band
Association, Mid-South Educational Research Association, American Evaluation
Association, American Educational Research Association, Kansas Music Educators
Association, and Music Educators National Conference. He is published in three
volumes of the GIA series “Teaching Music through Performance in Band” and in
"The Jazz Band Directors Handbook: A Guide to Success" (Goins, 2003).
Dorothy is a member of the National Band Association, College Band Directors
National Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators
Association, Phi Beta Mu, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Pi Kappa Lambda. He just
finished a term on the Board of Directors of the NBA and currently serves as
College Representative of TMEA Region 16.
Degrees
Earned
- Bachelor's, Music Education and Music, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 1979
- Master's, Music Education, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 1987
- Doctorate, Music and Conducting, Ball State University, 1996