Michael Hewitt

Assistant Professor

B.M., SUNY-Crane School of Music; M.M., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona

Music Education, University of Maryland School of Music

BIOGRAPHY

Mike Hewitt is a specialist in instrumental music education and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in this area. In addition he supervises student teachers, directs graduate research and advises the student MENC chapter. Prior to joining the faculty at Maryland, he was a successful band director at the elementary and secondary levels in the states of New York, Michigan, and Arizona. His research interests are focused in the areas of music teacher education, self-regulated learning in instrumental music, and the American marching band. His research has been published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Journal of Research in Music Education. Additionally, he writes a regular column that focuses on the dissemination of current research for the Maryland Music Educator. Professor Hewitt has made frequent presentations that concentrate on instrumental music education at regional, national, and international meetings of the College Music Society, Music Educators National Conference, College Band Directors National Association, Arizona Music Educators Association, and Maryland Music Educators Association. He is frequently invited by schools to serve as a guest conductor, adjudicator, consultant, and clinician. For additional information: Michael Hewitt Homepage