Faculty Profiles

Dr. Alec D Scherer

Assistant Professor — School of Music

MUS 144

phone: (512) 245-8450

ads322@txstate.edu

Biography and Education

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. At TXST, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses for music studies (education) majors, oversees the music education upper-level review process, advises chapters of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Collegiate Texas Music Educators Association, and serves as graduate advisor for music education students. Dr. Scherer has presented music education research at state, national, and international venues. Recent presentations have included the Symposium on Music Teacher Education in Salt Lake City, UT (2023); the International Music Perception and Cognition Conference in Tokyo, Japan (2023); the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio, TX (2023); the Music Research & Teacher Education NAfME Biennial Conference, National Harbor, MD (2022); and the International Society for Music Education conference hosted virtually from Brisbane, Australia (2022). He is published in the International Journal of Research in Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Music Teacher 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 co-facilitator of the Program Admission Assessment and Alignment Area of Strategic Interest 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 teacher preparation.

Teaching Interests

Music Education Research
Music Teacher Preparation
Brass Pedagogy
Instrumental Conducting

Research Interests

Democratic Education
Democratic Music Education
Preservice Music Teacher Preparation
Conducting
Instrumental Rehearsal Techniques
Music Perception

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

Scherer, A. D. (2022). Collegiate Musicians’ Experiences with Democratic Rehearsal Procedures. International Journal of Music Education. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0255761422110847
Regier, B. J., Scherer, A. D., Silvey, B. A., & Baughman, M. (2022). Undergraduate choral conducting: Examining students’ practice behaviors and instructors’ pedagogy. Journal of Music Teacher Education. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/2F10570837221076382
Scherer, A. D. (2021). High school band directors’ perceptions and applications of democratic rehearsal procedures in concert band rehearsals. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education.
Cumberledge, J., Silvey, B., Scherer, A. D., & Boyer, J. (2021). Effects of pre-conducting and conducting behaviors on collegiate musicians’ evaluations of conductor competence. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, (228), 25–39.
Silvey, B. A., Springer, D. G., Noon, C. M., Baumgartner, C. M., Scherer, A. D., & Montemayor, M. (2020). Band directors’ perceptions of instrumental conducting curricula. Journal of Music Teacher Education, 30(1), 65–78. https://doi.org/10.1177/1057083720933218

Selected Grants

Scherer, Alec D. Choir Directors’ Perceptions and Applications of Democratic Rehearsal Procedures, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $4051. (Submitted: 2022, Funded: January 2023 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Facilitator

Society for Music Teacher Educators/Areas for Strategic Planning and Action (ASPA)/Program Admission, Assessment, and Alignment

November 2023-Present

Editorial Review Board Member

Contributions to Music Education

September 2024-Present

Member

EDST Student Teaching Advisory Committee

March 2024-Present

Faculty Advisor

Collegiate Texas Music Educators at Texas State University

September 2023-Present