Derek Bowden

Education
M.A. University of Delaware, 2004
B.S. Salisbury University, 2000

A member of the faculty since fall 2001, Bowden has taught piano, Class Piano I and II, Music Appreciation, Music and Landscape, Honors 311, Independent Study and Undergraduate Research. His current focus is on a course that he designed and has taught since fall 2008 titled Music and Landscape. The course offers an interdisciplinary approach to music interpretation using music as an application for elucidating a variety of geographical, philosophical and sociological themes. In addition to his teaching duties, Mr. Bowden is also the managing director of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Bowden’s research interests lie in American landscape interpretations, identity and sense of place as revealed through music. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Delaware under the direction of Dr. Edmunds Bunksé and has studied piano with Michael Brownlee, Misook Lee and Dr. Linda Cockey. He serves on the SU Cultural Affairs Committee, the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra Advisory Board and was a member of the department's accreditation committee leading to its membership to the National Association of Schools of Music. He also serves as a grant reviewer on the Music ‘A’ panel for the Maryland State Arts Council.

Office: Fulton Hall 236
Phone: 410-543-8366
E-mail: dtbowden@salisbury.edu