Jonathan Caldwell

Dr. Jonathan Caldwell is director of bands and assistant professor of conducting at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band and teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting. Prior to his appointment at UNCG, Dr. Caldwell held positions at Virginia Tech, the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, and Garner Magnet High School (Garner, NC). Ensembles under Dr. Caldwell’s guidance have performed for the College Band Directors National Association Southern Division, the National Band Association–Wisconsin Chapter, and in Carnegie Hall. His writings have been published in the Journal of Band Research, the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series, and the International Trombone Association Journal. Original Études for the Developing Conductor, written in collaboration with Derek Shapiro, was published in 2023. The book was awarded “Highly Commended” in the inaugural Impact Award category by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (UK). Dr. Caldwell has given presentations for the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the College Band Directors National Association, the Internationale Gesellschaft zur Erforschung und Förderung der Blasmusik (IGEB), and music educator conferences in North Carolina and Virginia. He is a member of the editorial review board for the Journal of Band Research and the Journal of the International Conductors Guild. Dr. Caldwell received a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Michigan and a Master of Music in instrumental conducting from the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Bachelor of Music in performance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

There are 4 included publications by Jonathan Caldwell :

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Analysis: Duae Cantatae Breves by Sydney Hodkinson 2017 158 Sydney Hodkinson has written over 280 pieces in a wide variety of genres, including 20 works for wind ensemble. "Duae cantatae breves" is the second of three pieces written in memory of deceased friends. It is made up of two movements, or cantatas, b...
Original Études for the Developing Conductor 2023 849 Original Études for the Developing Conductor is a collection of supplemental études designed to enhance contemporary conducting pedagogy by amplifying the voices of composers from historically excluded groups. Each étude was commissioned from and com...
Teacher Resource Guide: A Solemn Place, Wayne Oquin (b. 1977) 2018 227 American composer Wayne Oquin's music has been performed on five continents, in nineteen countries, and in forty states. A native of Houston, TX, Oquin is chair of the Ear Training Department at The Juilliard School, where he has worked since 2008. H...
Teacher Resource Guide: Song for Silent Voices, Wayne Oquin (b. 1977) 2021 261 A native of Houston, TX, Wayne Oquin is chair of ear training/musicianship at the JuilliardSchool, where he has worked since 2008. He holds a bachelor of music from Texas StateUniversity and a master of music and doctor of musical arts from the Juill...