Alan C. McClung joined the University of North Texas College of Music faculty in 2002. He conducts UNT’s Concert Choir, teaches undergraduate choral conducting, courses in secondary choral methods, and supervises student teachers. He holds a BMED from West Virginia University, a MM in Choral Conducting from the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign; and a PHD in Choral Music Education from Florida State University.
Dr. McClung's professional experience includes teaching and conducting at all levels. In addition to six European concert tours, noted performances of his middle, upper, and college choirs include invited performances for the Missouri Music Educators' State Conference, Louisiana Music In-Service Conference, Georgia Music Educators' State Conference, ACDA-Southern Division Convention; and a special Symphony Hall collaboration between his Woodward Academy choirs and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted a variety of honor choirs and has served as guest conductor for the award winning Landesjungenchor from Koblenz, Germany. As chorister and soloist, Dr. McClung spent three seasons singing with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Chamber Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw.
An active member of ACDA and MENC, he has served as a national delegate to ACDA's International Conductor Exchange with Germany and Sweden, Georgia's ACDA Repertoire and Standards Chair for High Schools, Georgia Music Educator’s State Choral Chair, Missouri's ACDA Repertoire and Standards Chair for Colleges and Universities, and the R & S Chair for Southwest ACDA’s Student and Youth Activities. As a distinguished choral music educator, he has presented at state, divisional, and/or national music conferences in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Articles by Dr. McClung have appeared in Southeastern Journal of Music Education, ACDA's Choral Journal, MENC's Music Educators Journal, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, and Journal of Research in Music Education. Additionally, he is the author of the Movable Tonic: A Sequenced Sight-Singing Method, published by GIA, Publications.
Journal Articles:
Master Teachers in Middle-Level Choral Music:
Pedagogical Insights and Practices
The Wonders of Choral Music in the Middle-Level Grades:
A Bit of Nature and a Lot of Nurture
Sight Singing Systems: Current Practice and Survey of All-State Choristers
Learning Assessment and Grading Practices in the High School Choral Music
Performance Classroom
Using Video Self-Assessment to Enhance Nonverbal Conducting Gesture
The Next Generation of Music Teachers
Extramusical Skills in the Classroom
Book Publications:
Movable Tonic: A Sequenced Sight-Singing Method
Newsletter Articles:
Common Times, Fall 2005: Enhancing The Informal Curriculum
Common Times, Winter 2005: Developing Leadership Skills in an ACDA Student Chapter
Common Times, Spring 2006: Conventions Consolidate Opportunities to Listen and Learn
Common Times, Fall 2006: Proactive Preventative Discipline
Common Times, Winter 2007: SWACDA-Kansas City: A Place to Get Ahead
Common Times, Fall 2007: Making the Vocal Development Period More Than a
Warm -up: Are You Prepared?
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