Dr. Joe Cernuto

Joe Cernuto is Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Marching Marauders, conducts the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, and teaches the courses technology in music education, brass methods, instrumental methods, first-year seminar, general education music courses, and supervising student teachers. He taught middle school and high school band in the public schools of North Carolina and Oklahoma and previously served as Director of Bands at Rogers State University (Claremore, Oklahoma). Cernuto is an in-demand adjudicator, drill writer, honor band conductor, guest conductor and clinician, and music arranger. He has presented research seminars and workshops at the state, regional, national, and international level on conducting pedagogy, repertoire selection, and the music of John Mackey. He holds degrees in wind band conducting and music education from the University of Iowa and the University of Florida under major teachers including Mark Heidel, Kevin Kastens, David Waybright, Joyce Davis, Russell Robinson, and Tim Brophy. Dr. Cernuto’s professional affiliations include the College Band Director’s National Association, the National Band Association, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, the National Association for Music Education, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, the International Society for the Promotion of Wind Music Research, and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.