John P. LaCognata was appointed Director of Bands at the University of South Dakota in 2017. Dr. LaCognata received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Illinois (1986), Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Auburn University (1989) and PhD in Music Education with an emphasis in Wind Conducting from the University of Florida (2010) where he was awarded a Doctoral Teaching Fellowship.

Wind Bands, Instrumental Conducting, Trumpet

Student Assessment in Performance-based Ensembles