Barbara McLain
Associate Professor, Music Education, Secondary Instrumental
Barbara McLain is currently an associate professor at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Prior to that time, she was a member of the music education faculty at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and taught instrumental and vocal music in the public schools of Arizona, Illinois, and Indiana. Dr. McLain is an active adjudicator, clinician and author and recently served as the National Collegiate Chair for the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) and is currently the editor for the Leka Nuhou Bulletin of the Hawaii Music Educators Association. Her articles have appeared in professional journals including The Instrumentalist, the Music Educators Journal, the Journal of the College Band Directors National Association, College Music Society Symposium, New Ways, T.U.B.A. Journal, and Triad.
She received a B.M.E. degree from Augustana College, Rock Island, IL; a M.M. degree from the University of Arizona, and the Ph.D. degree from The Ohio State University. She has extensive experience as a conference speaker, concert and marching band clinician/adjudicator and has served as guest conductor for numerous honor bands across the country.