Dr. William I. Bauer is the Director of Music Education and Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate level classes in music education research, music cognition and learning, instrumental music education, and the applications of technology to music teaching and learning. He served as the Director of Teacher Licensure at Case from 2004-2007. From 1997-2001 Bauer was on the music education faculty of the Ball State University School of Music, where he was also the Co-Director of the Music Technology Resource Laboratory. Previous to his appointment at BSU, Bauer was the Director of Music Education at Radford University in Radford, VA. A native of northeastern Ohio, he taught instrumental (band and orchestra) and general music for eight years in the Ohio public schools.


Bauer's publications include articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, UPDATE: The Applications of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, Contributions to Music Education, the Music Educators Journal, the Journal of Band Research, the Journal of Technology in Music Learning, the Southeastern Journal of Music Education, TRIAD, the Indiana Musicator, and journals outside of music and music education. He is currently the editor of Contributions to Music Education, the arts and humanities editor of Academic Intersections, and a member of the editorial boards of Research and Issues in Music Education and the American Educational Research Association book series Advances in Music Education Research. Dr. Bauer is a former member of the editorial committee of the Music Educators Journal. Bauer was named an Apple Distinguished Educator by Apple, Inc. in 2003, an M-Powered Educator by M-Audio in 2005, and a Google Certified Teacher by Google in 2008.


Dr. Bauer has presented at conferences throughout the country and is in demand as an adjudicator and clinician. He is the Chair of MENC’s Assessment Special Research Interest Group (SRIG), is on the National Advisory Board of the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME), and serves as a member of the Ohio Society for Music Teacher Education Executive Board. Bauer is an active member of many professional organizations including MENC: The National Association for Music Education (MENC), the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA), the Society for Research in Music Education (SRME), the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the College Music Society (CMS), the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME), and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). He is a graduate of The Ohio State University (BME), Bowling Green State University (MM), and Kent State University (PhD). His major areas of interest and research include music teacher education, music cognition, and the applications of technology to music teaching and learning. A euphoniumist and trombonist, Dr. Bauer is an active performer with the Sounds of Sousa Band and other professional ensembles. He is also the founder and conductor of the Wadsworth Community Band.