STEVEN N. KELLY, is an Associate Professor of Music Education in the College of Music at Florida State University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate music education classes and coordinates in the music internship program. Additionally, Dr. Kelly is the Director of the FSU Summer Music Camps, one of the country’s oldest and largest summer music camps. His primary research interests include sociological aspects of music education, teacher training, and performing ensembles.

He has been an active clinician, adjudicator, consultant, and guest conductor across the Midwest and Southeast United States. Dr. Kelly has published in international and national journals, and regularly presents papers and workshops at state, regional, and national conferences. Dr. Kelly is the former chair of the MENC Affective Response Special Research Interest Group, past President of the Florida College Music Educator’s Association, and past Treasurer of the Florida Music Educators Association. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Research in Music Education, Research Perspectives in Music Education, and the Florida Music Director.

Professor Kelly received his bachelor and master degrees in music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his Ph.D. in music education from the University of Kansas. An instrumental music specialist, Dr. Kelly taught in the Virginia public schools, and on the faculties at Brevard College and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.