With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching student leaders at both the high school and college levels, Dr. David Montgomery is founder and director of Serviam Leadership Academy and Associate Professor of Music Education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. At Baylor, he teaches courses in band music education, observes student teachers, and guest conducts the Baylor concert bands. Prior to his appointment at Baylor, Dr. Montgomery was Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Bronco Marching Band at Western Michigan University (WMU). At WMU, he also taught courses in conducting, music education, and directed the University Concert Band. Under his direction, the 320+ member Bronco Marching Band performed in many high-profile venues including the eighty-first Goodyear Cotton Bowl, ESPN’s College Game Day, and halftime of the NFL’s Detroit Lions. His public school teaching experience includes being Director of Bands at East Gaston High School in Mt. Holly, North Carolina, where he built a Grade VI concert band program and an award-winning marching band.

Dr. Montgomery is an accomplished teacher and was recognized as the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award in Teaching at Baylor. He was also a finalist for the University Distinguished Teaching Award and was recipient of the Dean’s Teaching Award at WMU. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Montgomery gives leadership workshops and serves as an adjudicator and clinician in both concert and marching band settings across the United States. He is published in both scholarly and trade journals and has given numerous presentations at state and professional music conferences across the United States, including the Texas Music Educators Association, College Band Directors National Association, and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. Additionally, he serves as State Chairperson of the Texas chapter of the National Band Association.

Dr. Montgomery holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro (1998), and the Master of Music degree in Wind Conducting from Kansas State University (2004). He earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting from the University of South Carolina (2011).

Learn more about Dr. Montgomery and the Serviam Leadership Academy at www.serviamleadership.com.