Clinician and Author
Selected Clinics and Talks
Music Education Leadership: Realities and Rewards of Responsibility. Maryland Music Educators Association Executive Board Summer Retreat, Aug 2021
Privilege, Barriers, and Responsibility: Equity, Access and Agency for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian Music Makers. Keynote, Rising Tide Music Press Summer Symposium, July 2021
Beyond the Notes: Music Educators Conducting the Social and Emotional Learning Piece. (moderator) Louisiana Music Educators Association Professional Development 12 for 12 Webinar Series, April 2021
Barriers, Pitfalls, and the Way Forward: Graduate Students’ Perspectives on Diversifying Music Teacher Education. (moderator) National Association for Music Education Conference on Research and Music Teacher Education, Feb. 2021
DEI: Pay attention to the music teacher behind the marginalizing curtain. (panel Lead/moderator), Louisiana Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, Nov. 2020
Gender and Instrumental Music Education: Breaking Down Barriers to the Podium. USBands Director’s Forum, (webinar) April 2020
Traits of Effective Music Teachers. Guest Lecture, Secondary School Music Education, Eastern New Mexico University, April 2020
Celebrating Vision 2020. (webinar) National Association for Music Education, Feb 2020
Gender and Instrumental Music Education: Breaking Down Barriers to the Podium; Spurring Progress and Honoring Tradition: Peering into the Future of Music Education; Lifelong Commitment Towards Lifelong Music Learning; El Mismo Sol: Building PK12 – Higher Education Alliances to Strengthen Music Education. Invited Featured Clinician, Collegiate Division, Texas Music Educators Association Annual Conference – 100th Anniversary, Feb 2020
You Can’t Live Without Us! Oak Park (IL) District 97 Professional Development, Jan. 2020
Hands, Hearts, Minds: Engaging All of it in Band! Illinois Music Educators Association Conference, Jan. 2020
A Collaboration Chat: PreK-12 and Higher Education Working Together (with Thornton, L.) NAfME National Conference, Orlando, FL, Nov. 2019
SRME and SMTE Working to Advance Music Education (with Thornton, L.). NAfME National Leadership Assembly, June 2019
Vision 2020: The Future is NOW for NAfME (with Thornton, L. & Kelly, S.). NAfME National Leadership Assembly, June 2019
Conversations and Collaborations: PreK-12 and Higher Education Working Together (with Thornton, L.). NAfME Eastern Division Conference, April 2019
Vertical Alignment and Retention in Instrumental Music Settings. Central Bucks (PA) School District Staff Professional Development, Feb. 2019
Beginning and Developing Band Students: Success to Last a Lifetime; Flute Rudiments and Percussion Breath Support??? Effective Assessment in Heterogeneous Ensemble Settings; Hands, Hearts, Minds: Engaging All of it in Band! ; Straight A’s for the Developing Musician: Assessment, Accountability, and Achievement. Idaho Music Educators Association Fall Professional Development Conference, Rexburg, ID, Jan. 2019
Hot Off the Press! New Music for Band. Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 11 Professional Development Conference, Nov. 2018
Button Pushers or Music Makers? Effective Instrumental Instruction for Lifelong Learning. Louisiana Music Educators Professional Development Conference, Nov. 2018
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Meaningful Ensemble Adjudication Experiences; Flute Rudiments and Percussion Breath Support??? Effective Assessment in Heterogeneous Ensemble Settings; From the Judge's Chair: Understanding Assessment in Adjudicated Festivals; Maryland Music Educators Association Fall Professional Development Conference, Oct. 2018
How Am I Doing, Coach? Effective Assessment in Instrumental Ensemble Settings. Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Summer Professional Development Conference, July 2018
Flute Rudiments and Percussion Breath Support??? Effective Assessment in Heterogeneous Ensemble Settings. National Association for Music Education Eastern Division Conference, April 2017
R.A.M.P. Up! Remote Access Music Partnerships. National Association for Music Education Eastern Division Conference, April 2017
Informed Teaching, Boundless Musicianship; How Am I Doing, Coach? Effective Assessment in Instrumental Ensemble Settings; The Seduction of Deconstruction: Reading the Tell-All Score; Headline Clinician, Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter Conference, MN, Feb. 2017
Musicianship in Beginning Band: How to Motivate and Measure Success. Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention, Feb. 2017
Informed Teaching, Boundless Musicianship. Keynote, 11th Webinar Conference Series for Professional Development in the Arts, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, Sept. 2016
Musicianship in Beginning Band: How to Motivate and Measure Success. Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop, Wichita, KS, Feb. 2016
iPad Banding Together: Pre-Service Teachers and Elementary Music Students in Partnership (with M. Clauhs). National Association for Music Education Eastern Division Conference, April 2015
Musica per la Vita: Creazione di una Programma di Musica Strumentale Scuola Sperimentale and convegno Giovani, Musica … “E il Futuro?” Il Convegno di ANBIMA Piemonte, Venaria, Italy, March 2015
Elementary & Middle School Band: Where Creation and Re-Creation Meet in Harmony. Delaware Music Educators Association State Music Day, Oct. 2014
Clinician and Plenary Sessions Speaker, Effective Teaching Symposium in Music Education: Instrumental, Choral, Elementary. North Dakota State University, July 2014
Effective Rehearsal Techniques with Young Instrumental Ensembles. New Hampshire Music Educators Association Oct Music Fest, Southern New Hampshire University, Oct. 2013
Developing Musicianship in Beginning and Developing Bands: Success That Lasts a Lifetime! Massachusetts Music Educators Association, Mar 2013
To-may-to? To-mah-to? Convergence of Informal and Formal Music Learning Strategies. NAfME Biennial National Conference on Research in Music Education and Music Teacher Education, March 2012
The Looking Glass: Music Education Reflections. University of South Florida Festival of Winds, Dec. 2011
Beginning and Novice Instrumentalists: There’s No Sweeter Sound??? Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, April 2011
What’s the Payoff? Rewards of a Motivating Learning Environment. University of the Arts and PA Arts in Education Partnership certificate program clinic, Philadelphia, PA, March 2011
The Supreme Art of the Music Teacher. Ohio Music Educators Association, Jan. 2011
Cultural Diversity and Effective Teaching. University of the Arts and PA Arts in Education Partnership certificate program clinic, Philadelphia, PA, May 2010
What’s Good About Music Education? New Preaching to a Seasoned Choir. Keynote, New Mexico Music Educators Association, Jan. 2010
Women and Minorities in the Band Conducting Profession: Past, Present, and Future (with L. Hartley), The Midwest Clinic: An International Band and Orchestra Conference, Chicago, IL, Dec. 2009
Directors as Connectors: Promoting Music in Your Rehearsals. Yale University Class of ’57 Inaugural International Conference: Music, A Child’s Birthright. New Haven, CT, May 2007
Selected Publications
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Confredo, D.A. (2021). Let’s go back to measure one. The Louisiana Musician, 87(1), 15-16.
Confredo, D.A. (2021). Update on the International Coalition Performing Arts Aerosol Study. Teaching Music, 28(4), 52-53.
Confredo, D.A. (2019). Checking Our 2020 Vision. Southwestern Musician, 88(2), 55-58.
Confredo, D.A. (2018). La classificazione delle bande negli USA: la visione di giudice esparto (The classification of bands in the USA: the vision of an expert judge). Piemonte Musicale, 53(2), 7-14.
Confredo, D.A. (2017). Band or orchestra as a community. In Stith, G. (ed.), The Conductor’s Companion: 100 Rehearsal Techniques, Imaginative Ideas, Quotes, and Facts (p. 24). Delray Beach, FL: Meredith Music.
Confredo [Sheldon], D.A. (2016). Musica per la vita, music for life: Promoting band education worldwide. Journal of the Association of Concert Bands, 35(1), 11-13.
Sheldon, D.A. (2013). Rich teaching for deep learning: Hands, hearts, and minds at work in instrumental music education. The Woman Conductor, 80, 11-12.
Sheldon, D.A. (2005). Deep-dish assessment: Sight-reading in the rehearsal. In G. Whaley (ed.), The Music Director’s Cookbook: Recipes for a Successful Program (pp.99-100). Galesville, MD: Meredith Music.
Sheldon, D.A. (2003). The difficult art of writing creative music for young bands. The Instrumentalist, 57(12), 25-29.
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Sheldon, D.A. (2002). Unit Plan: Three Chinese Miniatures. In R. Miles (ed.), Teaching Music Through Performance in Band - Vol. IV (pp.208-221). Chicago: GIA.
Sheldon, D.A. (2002). Unit Plan: Puszta. In R. Miles (ed.), Teaching Music Through Performance in Band - Vol. IV (pp.527-542). Chicago: GIA.
Sheldon, D.A. (2001). Peer and cross-age tutoring in music. Music Educators Journal, 86(6), 33-38.
Sheldon, D.A. (2000). Unit Plan: Prehistoric Suite. In R. Miles (ed.), Teaching Music Through Performance in Band - Vol. III (pp. 290-301). Chicago: GIA.
Sheldon, D.A. & DeNardo, G. (2000). Working together towards common goals. Connecticut Music Educators Association News, 11(3), 15-18, 20, 21.
Sheldon, D.A. (2000). Band music from down under. The Instrumentalist, 55(5), 34-40.
Sheldon, D.A. (2000). Exploring Claude T. Smith's Classic God of Our Fathers. The Instrumentalist, 55(1), 32, 34, 36, 38.
Sheldon, D.A. (1999). Great works for young bands. The Instrumentalist, 53(11), 18-21.
Sheldon, D.A. (1999). When spring is over. The Instrumentalist, 53(11), 2.
Sheldon, D.A. (1999). Exciting works for young bands. The Instrumentalist, 54(1), 26-28.
Sheldon, D.A. (1999). Can we talk? Verbalizing in music teaching and learning (reprinted with permission). Florida Music Director, 53(5), 12-15.
