Daniel J. Brown, Ed. D., is in his 30th year of teaching Band, Jazz Band, and Instrumental Music at Rye Middle and High Schools in Rye, NY. An educator, conductor, trumpeter and pianist, Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Gettysburg College. In addition, he earned his Masters and Doctoral degrees from Teachers College, where he is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor, teaching classes in conducting, ensemble rehearsal strategies, and instrumental methods. As a trumpeter, Dan performed for nine years in the Hudson Valley Wind Symphony. From 1997-2011, he served as assistant to Dr. Dino Anagnost and The Little Orchestra Society and assistant conductor of the Metropolitan Singers/The Greek Choral Society in New York City. Dan’s research interests include conducting, instrumental pedagogy, and strategies for fostering critically reflective communities in school performing ensembles. His first article, published in the Finnish Journal for Music Education, considers what a collaborative, critically reflective ensemble looks like in practice. Dan has presented this model at the ISME Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, and the NAfME Eastern Division Conference in Pittsburgh.