George DeGraffenreid

George DeGraffenreid is Associate Professor of Music at California State University, Fresno teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in instrumental methods and music education.

DeGraffenreid is President-elect of the California Music Educators Association and is completing his second term as Chair of the California Council for Music Teacher Education (CALCOMTE) the professional organization of collegiate music education faculty in California. Since 1994 he has served as a member of the Music Subject Matter Review Panel for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC). From 1989 to 1992 George was a member of the CTC Select Music Panel formulating new music teacher preparation guidelines for the State of California. He also contributed to the Glencoe secondary general music text, Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives and to the Silver Burdett Ginn elementary music series, Music Connection. DeGraffenreid also designed test standards and wrote test items for PRAXIS, the national teacher assessment exam in music published by Educational Testing Service.

Prior to joining the faculty at California State University, Fresno, DeGraffenreid taught for six years in a Denver suburb before moving to Los Angeles where he spent eight years as Director of Instrumental Music at the Van Nuys High School Performing Arts Magnet. During his time in Los Angeles his highly regarded ensembles made concert tours to Florida, Washington DC, and Europe. He was also a director of the 300-member Los Angeles City Schools All-City Marching Band which appears annually in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade.

Dr. DeGraffenreid completed undergraduate studies in instrumental music education at the University of Colorado in Boulder. His Master's degree in music is from California State University, Los Angeles and his doctoral studies were completed at the University of Washington in 1995.