About me
Chris DeVona is the Assistant Director of Bands at James Madison University, where he conducts the Symphonic Band and teaches conducting courses in addition to working with athletic bands. When not working with the JMU bands, Chris travels frequently as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator for concert and marching ensembles. His recent textbooks include Small Band, Big Sound, a resource guide for music educators, as well as Expanding the Canon, a conducting excerpt book that foregrounds music by living composers. Chris’s scholarly research primarily addresses score interpretation and connections with contemporary music analysis.
