Rate My Professor Jeff Bright

Dr. Bright actively contributes to music education scholarship and practice. He is a regular contributor to the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series and has published research articles in Contributions to Music Education. He has delivered presentations at national and state conventions of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and at College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) athletic band symposiums. Maintaining a busy schedule as an adjudicator and clinician across the United States and internationally, Dr. Bright is affiliated with professional organizations including Phi Beta Mu Bandmasters Fraternity, American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA), College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), College Music Society (CMS), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Kappa Kappa Psi, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Notable honors include selection as the Third District College/University Teacher of the Year in 2010 by the Kentucky Music Educators Association and the Potter College of Arts and Letters Teaching Excellence Award for the 2012-2013 academic year from his Western Kentucky University colleagues. Among courses he has taught are MUS 6013 Introduction to Music Education Research, MUS 6023 Music Curriculum and Assessment, MUS 1751 Orientation to Music, and recital attendance requirements.