David J. Elliott

David J. Elliott

New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Professor of Music and Music Education

Phone: (212) 998-5404
Email: david.elliott@nyu.edu

• Music and Performing Arts Professions
• Music Education

David J. Elliott joined NYU in 2002 after twenty-five years as Professor and Chair of Music Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. He has also served as a Visiting Professor of Music Education at Northwestern University, the University of North Texas, Indiana University, the University of Cape Town, and the University of Limerick. He is the author of "Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education" (Oxford, 1995) and editor of "Praxial Music Education: Reflections and Dialogues" (Oxford, 2005). An award-winning composer and arranger, Dr. Elliott has published many choral and instrumental works with Boosey and Hawkes (New York). He has presented more than 200 invited lectures at university music schools around the world including: Queens University (Belfast), University of Durban-Natal, University of Auckland, the Sibelius Academy of Music (Finland), University of Stockholm, University of Porto, Hong Kong Chinese University, University of Sydney, University of Southern California, Eastman School of Music, Michigan State, Temple, Penn State, University of South Florida, University of Oklahoma, Boston University, University of Texas (Austin), University of Maryland-College Park, the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, UCLA, the Hartt School of Music, Ithaca College, and the University of Minnesota. In addition, he has given many keynote addresses at international, national, and local conferences, including world conferences of the International Society for Music Education, the MENC National Conference, and national conferences in Israel, New Zealand, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.