An international conductor, author and lecturer, Dr. John D. Pasquale is the Donald R. Shepherd Professor of Conducting at the University of Michigan where he serves as Director of the Michigan Marching and Athletic Bands. In this position, he directs and oversees the athletic band program, is the conductor of the University Band, guest conductor with the Symphony Band and Concert Band, and teaches classes in rehearsal and ensemble pedagogy. In addition, Dr. Pasquale is a faculty associate within the African Studies Center in the International Institute of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and is the Chief Marshal to the university.

Prof. Pasquale's research interests span the intersection of the conductor as an artistic leader and ensemble pedagogue, the codification of instrument and ensemble pedagogy, and the teaching of aural analysis skills to conductors. His scholarship, culminating in the publication of "Probenmethodik Blasorchester: Geführtes Hören in der Ensemblearbeit," is published by Helbling Verlag in Esslingen, Germany, and has been further disseminated globally by the Neil A. Kjos Company through its English edition, "The Directed Listening Model: A Rehearsal Guide for Ensemble Musicianship."

Currently, Prof. Pasquale is a primary lecturer in a multi-year wind band pedagogy residency in Africa in conjunction with the University of Cape Coast in Cape Coast, Ghana. This project involves working with over 700 university, amateur and professional conductors and musicians from universities, national defense ensembles, government ensembles, primary schools, and church and community ensembles in thirteen African, Middle Eastern and European countries.

In the genre of marching and pageantry arts, Dr. Pasquale served as an ensemble music consultant with the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps from Boston, Massachusetts, the Associate Brass Caption Manager of the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps from Santa Clara, California, and taught ensemble music with the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from Rosemont, Illinois. Through his teaching at the Cavaliers, Pasquale was a contributor to the instructional DVD entitled, The Cavaliers Brass: From the Concert Hall to the Football Field, which has been met with international acclaim. During his tenure from 2002-2009, the Cavaliers were named Drum Corps International World Champions three times and were the recipient of two Jim Ott Awards for “Excellence in Brass Performance.”

Dr. Pasquale is in demand as a conductor, clinician, lecturer, pedagogue, and adjudicator in band and orchestra programs throughout North America, Africa, Europe and Asia.

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