Patricia Cornett

Patricia Cornett is the Interim Director of Bands at Cal State Fullerton where she conducts the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Winds and teaches courses in conducting and music education. Prior to joining the faculty at CSUF, Dr. Cornett was a Visiting Assistant Professor at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan, Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, and Bachelor of Music dual degree in music education and saxophone performance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Dr. Cornett taught at Essex High School in Essex Junction, Vermont from 2007-2010 where she conducted three concert bands, jazz band, and taught courses in guitar and history of rock. She was also the band director at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, from 2003-2005. She is published in the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series, and has presented sessions at national CBDNA conferences, as well as numerous state conferences. She is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the Conductors Guild, the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association, the California Band Directors Association, and the National Association for Music Education.