Alfred S. TownsendAlfred S. Townsend is associate professor of music at Old Dominion University, where he holds the F. Ludwig Diehn Endowed Chair in Instrumental Music Education, and where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education and resarch. His articles have appeared in the Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music, Choral Journal, National Band Association Journal, The Instrumentalist, and Il Saggiatore Musicale. Over the course of many years, he has served as a public school district music administrator and teacher, university professor, and ensemble director. Read More Read Less