Joseph P. Scott (he/him) serves as Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington. In this position, Joseph conducts the Pierce College Concert Band and Orchestra and teaches courses in music theory. Prior to this appointment, Joseph taught at Saint Martin's University in Lacey, WA where he directed the Wind Ensemble and taught courses in music education and music theory. While in his first year on faculty at SMU, Joseph was nominated for Faculty of the Year (2022-2023) for "excellence in teaching, high standards and rigor in the classroom, high expectations for student performance, and high level of empathy and concern for student growth and development." Joseph served as conductor of the College of the Holy Cross Wind Ensemble & Orchestra and assistant conductor of the University of Maryland’s Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Joseph served as music director and conductor of the Maryland Community Band based in College Park, MD. Joseph was recently a guest conductor with the University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra and frequently serves as a guest conductor and adjudicator in Washington, California, Maryland and internationally for solo and large ensemble festivals, as well as honor bands.   

Before pursuing graduate studies at the University of Maryland, Joseph was the Director of Instrumental Music at Clayton Valley Charter High School in Concord, California, where he was responsible for conducting the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band, and Marching Band, as well as instructing Advanced Placement Music Theory. While in the Bay Area, Joseph kept an active schedule playing the clarinet, performing with the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Chabot Wind Symphony, Golden Gate Park Band, and the San Francisco Wind Ensemble, which performed at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in 2015 and recorded its inaugural CD at Skywalker Ranch in 2014. 

Dr. Scott’s research on 20th-century composers Arthur Meulemans and Paul Hindemith have recently received international recognition, with conference presentations at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) in Prague, Czech Republic and the International Conference on Wind Music (IGEB) in Valencia, Spain and Bolzano, Italy. Joseph’s article “Exploring the Harmonic Wedge” was published in the peer-reviewed journal Estudios bandisticos in 2020. Joseph has also presented at both national and regional College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) conferences in Atlanta, Georgia and Baltimore, Maryland.     

In 2019, the American Prize selected Joseph as the Ernst Bacon Award Honorable Mention for his performance of Adolphus Hailstork’s American Guernica. This award “recognizes and rewards the best performances of American music by ensemble and individual artists worldwide…”. Joseph was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2019 American Prize in wind conducting and was also selected as a semi-finalist in 2018.  Joseph was a tier one conductor for the 2017 Frederick Fennell Memorial Conducting Masterclass at the Eastman School of Music where he worked with Mark Scatterday, Donald Hunsberger, and Craig Kirchhoff. Other conducting teachers include David Neely, Jose Luis Novo, James Ross, and Matthew Hall.    

Joseph completed a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Masters of Music in conducting from the University of Maryland where he was a student of Michael Votta. Joseph earned his Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Oregon where he studied with Dr. Wayne Bennett and Robert Ponto. While at the University of Oregon, Joseph was a founding member of the university’s chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi.        

Joseph is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, and Washington Music Educators Association and served for three years as a board member of the California Music Educators Association-Bay Section.     

Danielle Davey is the Director of Bands and tenured Instructor of Music at Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) where she directs the MHCC Wind Ensemble, coaches chamber ensembles, teaches core music courses and organizes the private lessons program. Since her tenure, she and her colleagues have developed a comprehensive instrumental music program geared towards the advancement of students in music education, performance, composition, production, and engineering. Mrs. Davey created an undergraduate conducting class and started the MHCC Collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education (C-NAfME). Recently, the MHCC Wind Ensemble was featured as a performing ensemble at the 2023 Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA) State Conference and at the 2025 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) All-Northwest Conference.  

Prior to her appointment at MHCC, Danielle taught instrumental music for 10 years at all grade levels in Oregon, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. Her bands received numerous Superior ratings and first place awards in concert, marching and jazz.   

An Oregon native, Mrs. Davey earned her Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of Oregon where she earned the Outstanding Undergraduate Woodwind Performance Award. She concluded her Master’s Degree in Conducting from the American Band College of Sam Houston State University in 2010 and now serves on their assessment faculty. Her primary conducting teacher was Robert Ponto.   

Each summer, Mrs. Davey organizes and hosts a 3-day new wind band music reading session in conjunction with Beacock Music and Alfred Music. She is an elected regional representative for the Oregon Band Directors Association (OBDA) and serves as a board member for the Western International Band Clinic University Honor Band (WIBC-U). Additionally, Mrs. Davey plays clarinet and is the Associate Conductor with the Portland Wind Symphony.   

Mrs. Davey is an active clinician, adjudicator, and honor band conductor around the country. She maintains memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, the Oregon Music Education Association, the Oregon Band Directors Association, and the National Band Association. In her spare time, Danielle loves to spend time with her husband Dan and their two energetic sons, Eamon and Noah. is the Director of Bands and tenured Instructor of Music at Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) where she directs the MHCC Wind Ensemble, coaches chamber ensembles, teaches core music courses and organizes the private lessons program. Since her tenure, she and her colleagues have developed a comprehensive instrumental music program geared towards the advancement of students in music education, performance, composition, production, and engineering. Mrs. Davey created an undergraduate conducting class and started the MHCC Collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education (C-NAfME). Recently, the MHCC Wind Ensemble was featured as a performing ensemble at the 2023 Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA) State Conference and at the 2025 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) All-Northwest Conference.  

Prior to her appointment at MHCC, Danielle taught instrumental music for 10 years at all grade levels in Oregon, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. Her bands received numerous Superior ratings and first place awards in concert, marching and jazz.   

An Oregon native, Mrs. Davey earned her Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of Oregon where she earned the Outstanding Undergraduate Woodwind Performance Award. She concluded her Master’s Degree in Conducting from the American Band College of Sam Houston State University in 2010 and now serves on their assessment faculty. Her primary conducting teacher was Robert Ponto.   

Each summer, Mrs. Davey organizes and hosts a 3-day new wind band music reading session in conjunction with Beacock Music and Alfred Music. She is an elected regional representative for the Oregon Band Directors Association (OBDA) and serves as a board member for the Western International Band Clinic University Honor Band (WIBC-U). Additionally, Mrs. Davey plays clarinet and is the Associate Conductor with the Portland Wind Symphony.   

Mrs. Davey is an active clinician, adjudicator, and honor band conductor around the country. She maintains memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, the Oregon Music Education Association, the Oregon Band Directors Association, and the National Band Association. In her spare time, Danielle loves to spend time with her husband Dan and their two energetic sons, Eamon and Noah.

Ron Gerhardstein is the Director of Band Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University. Dr. Gerhardstein has enjoyed a long career as a music educator in public school and collegiate settings. At PLU, he directs the Wind Ensemble and he teaches coursework in the music education curriculum, including: Band Repertoire and Rehearsal, Woodwind Labs I/II, Percussion Lab, Music and Culture, and PLUS 100: Transitions to PLU. 

Dr. Gerhardstein earned a Ph.D. in music education from Temple University where he studied with Edwin Gordon and Beth Bolton. He also attended the University of Idaho, earning a Bachelor’s degree in music education, and a Masters of Music (saxophone performance) studying with Robert Miller. 

Dr. Gerhardstein is a frequent workshop clinician, guest conductor, and festival adjudicator. Prior to coming to PLU in 2014, he was the band director at West Valley High School in Yakima where his band program had a reputation for excellence in all areas (Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band). He has proudly served as an honor band conductor on several occasions, most notably the 2019 APAC Honor Band in Kobe, Japan, and the 2017 WMEA Junior All-State “Rainier” Band. 

A passionate advocate for music education, Ron is an active member of WMEA, currently serving a two-year term as WMEA President. Dr. Gerhardstein makes his home in Tacoma, WA with his wife, Jerilyn, an elementary teacher librarian in the Bethel School District.

Edward F. Protzman is currently the Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Education at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Before his role at Portland State, Protzman enjoyed a distinguished career as a high school band director, leading prominent programs such as the William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. 

Protzman’s ensembles have garnered national recognition, performing at prestigious events such as the Music for All National Concert Band Festival, Bands of America Grand National Finals, and state music education conferences in Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Ohio. Most notably, the William Mason High School Wind Symphony was featured under Protzman’s leadership at the 2022 Midwest Band and Orchestra International Conference in Chicago, Illinois. 

 Protzman’s ensembles have performed across the United States and internationally, with appearances at esteemed venues, including the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri; Avery Fisher Hall in New York City; the Verizon Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California; and the Beijing People's Liberation Army Opera House in Beijing, China. 

Protzman holds a BM from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, an MM Degree in Wind Conducting from West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and an Artist’s Diploma in Wind Conducting from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the National Association for Music Education, the Oregon Music Educators Association, the National Band Association, and the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.