About Dr. Wagoner...
Dr. Cindy Wagoner is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Music Education at East Carolina University, specializing in instrumental music instruction and pre-service music teacher education. Her regional, national, and international research presentations focus on music teacher identity, mentoring new teachers, and teacher pedagogy. Her publications appear in Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz, Teaching Music, Music Educators Journal, Psychology of Music, Research Issues in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, and several book chapters. Her heart still lies in the teaching of music through instrumental performance and she is dedicated to serving the music education community in her current position at ECU. She travels extensively providing clinics for bands, conducting ensembles, and presenting research.
Wagoner holds a B.S. and M.S. from Indiana State University and taught 27 years in Indiana teaching middle and high school instrumental music, known for having a large and successful music program across marching, concert, small ensemble, and jazz events. Graduating from the University of Carolina Greensboro with a Ph.D. in Music Education, she was honored for her teaching with the Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in 2009. Moving to Est Carolina University after graduation, she has been nominated for several university honors, awarded the ECU Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2019.
Wagoner continues to be active as a guest conductor and adjudicator across the south and Midwest and holds membership in the Society for Music Teacher Education, Society for Music Perception and Cognition, International Society for Music Education, American Education Research Association, National Association for Music Education and the North Carolina Music Educators Association.
Wagoner holds a B.S. and M.S. from Indiana State University and taught 27 years in Indiana teaching middle and high school instrumental music, known for having a large and successful music program across marching, concert, small ensemble, and jazz events. Graduating from the University of Carolina Greensboro with a Ph.D. in Music Education, she was honored for her teaching with the Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in 2009. Moving to Est Carolina University after graduation, she has been nominated for several university honors, awarded the ECU Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2019.
Wagoner continues to be active as a guest conductor and adjudicator across the south and Midwest and holds membership in the Society for Music Teacher Education, Society for Music Perception and Cognition, International Society for Music Education, American Education Research Association, National Association for Music Education and the North Carolina Music Educators Association.