Deb (Sheldon) Confredo, a 44-year veteran music educator, completed the BS in Music Education at Mansfield State College, PA (now Mansfield University), the MEd in Music at The Pennsylvania State University, and the PhD in Music Education at Florida State University. In addition to her years as a public school music education, she has taught at Illinois State University and the University of Illinois. She is Professor and Director of Online Programs in Music Education at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

Confredo is founder of Temple’s Night Owls Campus/Community Band which launched Temple's community music performance outreach program and past conductor of the Philadelphia All-City High School Band. She co-authored The Complete Woodwind Instructor: A Guidebook for the Music Educator (Barnhouse) and Lessons in Performance (FJH) and is lead author for the band method Measures of Success® (FJH).

Her numerous articles are published in major journals in the profession. She has been an editorial board member on several professional journals and currently serves as editorial board member for the Journal of Band Research. She is past chair of the Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education (NAfME), and the NAfME Music Teacher Profession Initiative through which she co-authored the document A Blueprint for Strengthening the Music Teacher Profession along with Cecil Adderley (co-chair of the Music Teacher Profession Advisory Committee and NAfME President-Elect) and Carlos Abril (co-chair of the Music Teacher Profession Advocacy Committee).

While a professor for Temple University, Dr. Confredo resides in Louisiana where she is an active member of the Louisiana Music Educators Association in her work on the LMEA Council for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the LMEA Professional Development Committee, the Louisiana Music Adjudicators Association, and is a contributor to the LMEA 12-for-12 webinar series.

In demand as guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and lecturer, Tau Beta Sigma, the Illinois Music Educators Association, and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association have honored her for distinguished service to music education. Mansfield University (PA) has recognized her as a distinguished alumnus. She is recipient of the Pennsylvania State University College of Arts and Architecture Distinguished Alumni Award, the Florida State University Faculty Citation for Graduate Alumni Award, and the Temple University Outstanding Faculty Service Award.