Position:
Assistant Professor of Music Education (Instrumental) (Beginning Fall 2025)
Employed Since:
Fall 2025
Educational History:
B.M., East Carolina University; M.M.Ed., University of Hartford; Ph.D. (in progress), University of Miami
Professional Highlights:
Cameron Elliott is an assistant professor of music education (instrumental) at Shenandoah University and a third-year, all-but-dissertation Ph.D. student in music education at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Prior to starting his doctoral studies, Elliott was a music educator for five years at the middle and high school levels in North Carolina and Utah. His experience includes courses in band, choir, guitar and ukulele. Additionally, he has held previous positions as the assistant director of the Charlotte Pride Band in Charlotte, North Carolina, and director of the Lesbian Gay Band Association’s World Pride Band at the 2019 World Pride Festival in New York City.
Elliott has been recognized as a 2025 Higher Education Fellow for the Modern Band Summit in Fort Collins, Colorado, and is an in-demand conductor and clinician. He has presented at state and national conferences including various state-level music educators associations, the biennial National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Music Research and Teacher Education Conference, and the Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium on Music Teacher Education. He holds a Bachelor of Music in music education from East Carolina University in North Carolina, and a Master of Music Education with an emphasis in pedagogy from The Hartt School Conservatory at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, as well as a certification in Smithsonian Folkways World Music Pedagogy.
Personal Quote:“I am elated to join the faculty at Shenandoah, working alongside world-class faculty who are also world-class people, at a school with a national reputation for musical, creative, and academic excellence. Having grown up near Appalachia in North Carolina, coming to Shenandoah and Winchester feels like coming home.”