Dr. Brett Nolker is an assistant professor of Music education at the University of North Carolina–Greensboro, specializing in choral and secondary-level general music education. He is a member of the Music Research Institute at UNCG and is active in music education research, primarily in teacher education and developing music reading skills for the choral ensemble. In addition to his duties at UNCG Dr. Nolker teaches at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, Illinois.  Dr. Nolker is board member of the North Carolina Music Educators Association and American Choral Directors Association, serving in various leadership positions at the state and divisional level.  He is active in MENC: the National Association for Music Education, having served as National Chair for the Special Research Interest Group for Music Education and the Social Sciences.  Prior to joining the faculty at UNCG, Dr. Nolker served as the Director of Music Education and conductor of the Collegiate Chorale and Jenny Lind Women’s Ensemble at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.  Dr. Nolker has also held the position of Director of Music at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where he was music director for the Festival Choir of the Winston Churchill Memorial and St. Mary Aldermansbury Chapel.  Dr. Nolker has taught instrumental and vocal music in the public schools of Colorado and Missouri, where his ensembles were frequently invited to appeared on convention and festival programs.  He appears throughout the nation as a guest conductor, clinician, and festival adjudicator.  He holds degrees from Central Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri, The Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas and the Ph. D. in Music Education from the University of Missouri–Columbia.