The Ohio State Mansfield Chorus

About the Director

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Areas of Expertise

• History of music education
• Choral music education
• Multicultural music education
• Church music (organ and choral)
  
  

David Tovey, Associate Professor, joined the School of Music faculty in 1992. A native of Oswego, NY, he taught public school music in New York State before obtaining his doctorate in music education from The University of Michigan in 1979. He has published research findings in the BULLETIN OF THE COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION as well as the JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION; he has also contributed to both the CHORAL JOURNAL and MUSIC EDUCATORS JOURNAL. Currently state chair for the Ohio Music Education Association's Multicultural Awareness Committee, he has also served on the planning committee for several OMEA state conferences. An active church musician and organist, he is music director at Gay Street United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon as well as a past dean of the North Central Ohio Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He is national multicultural chairman for the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He serves as director of choral activies for the Mansfield Campus, where he teaches courses in music education, world musics, music appreciation, and class voice.

Education

• PhD in music education, The University of Michigan
• MM in sacred music, Westminster Choir College
• BS in music education, Hartwick College