Dr. Dale E. Bazan is Assistant Professor of Practice in Music Education at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.  He completed his Bachelors of Music and Bachelors of Education at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, his Masters of Music in Instrumental Music Education at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Ph.D. in Music Education at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  

Dr. Bazan's research interests include instrumental music education practices, student-directed instruction, creativity, music technology, and the social psychology of music.  He has presented his research at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference in New York City, National Association for Music Education (MENC) Biennial Conferences in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Iowa Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Ohio Music Educators Association Annual Conferences, and the Eastern Division MENC Biennial Conference in Hartford, Connecticut.  His research has been published in the peer-reviewed research journals Contributions to Music Education and Visions of Research in Music Education.  Other writing has been published in Triad: The Journal of the Ohio Music Education Association.  His most recent studies have been on beginning band instrument selection, musical taste of adolescents, assessment and self-regulation in bands, and student-directed instruction in middle school band rehearsals.  In addition to his writing and presenting, he served as editorial assistant for Contributions to Music Education from 2004-2007.

Dr. Bazan taught grades 5-12 band in Alberta (Canada), Iowa, and Ohio for 10 years and has been a guest conductor and clinician for both concert and jazz bands across Canada, Iowa, and Ohio.  He has served on the Alberta and Canadian Band Association Board of Directors, including a term as Vice President of the Alberta Band Association before relocating to the United States.  As Vice President and Jazz Chair he initiated and organized the inaugural Alberta High School Honor Jazz Band.  During this time he was also hired as Assistant Band Director of the Grande Prairie Marching Band which toured Australia and New Zealand and qualified for the World Marching Championships in Potsdam, Germany (WAMSB).