Bruce Dalby
Professor Emeritus
Bruce Dalby is Professor Emeritus in the Music Department at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, improvisation, jazz, and ear training. He has ten years experience as a band director in the public schools of Idaho and New Mexico, including five years as band director at Manzano High School in Albuquerque.
Dr. Dalby received his undergraduate education from Utah State University in Logan and did his graduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received the Master of Science and Doctor of Education degrees in music education. His research and teaching interests include Music Learning Theory, improvisation, intonation and rhythm training, and applications of technology in music teaching and learning.
He has articles published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Jazz Educators Journal, Musicus, and The Instrumentalist. Dr. Dalby is the developer, author and administrator of the official website for Music Learning Theory and the Gordon Institute for Music Learning at www.giml.org. He is also the author of Audiation Assistant and Tune Assistant aural skills software programs from GIA Publications. Recent software work includes Tonal Assistant, an update to the tonal component of Audiation Assistant, which can be found at www.thehearandknow.com.