Jason Bowers

Instructor of Music Education
Assistant Director of the School of Music

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Biography

Jason Bowers is Instructor of Music Education and Assistant Director of the School of Music at Louisiana State University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education. Through his work at LSU, he has cultivated community partnerships with area public and private schools with a goal of developing mutually beneficial collaborations. He also coordinates the student teaching experience for music education majors.

Dr. Bowers is highly involved in the Baton Rouge musical community. He is the Director of Children’s Music at First United Methodist Church, which includes leading the K-2 and 3-5 grade Children’s Choirs. In addition, he performs with the Chancel Choir and the handbell ensemble, Woodland Ringers. As an active choral clinician and adjudicator, Bowers was selected as a charter member of the Louisiana Music Adjudicators Association, and currently serves as their Board of Directors Vocal Vice President.

Bowers’ research focuses on choral program (re)building, school-university partnerships, multicultural music education, and culturally relevant pedagogies. He is published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing, and the Journal of Voice. Bowers has presented at the National Association for Music Educators Music Research and Teacher Education Conference, the Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium, the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, the Louisiana Music Educators Association Conference, the American Choral Directors Association Regional and National Conferences, the Symposium for Research in Choral Singing, the Texas Music Educators Clinic/Convention, and the Mid-South Music Education Research Symposium.

Prior to joining the faculty at Louisiana State University, Bowers taught in public schools in the Houston and Baton Rouge areas for nine years. He was named 2008-2009 Zachary High School Teacher of the Year and 2011 Baton Rouge Symphony Music Teacher of the Year. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education; a Master of Music, choral conducting concentration; and a Doctor of Philosophy, music education concentration from Louisiana State University.