David R. Montaño (D.M.A., music education, University of Missouri-Kansas City; M.M., piano performance, University of Arizona; B.M., piano performance, Indiana University) recently retired as an Associate Professor in the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, where he directed the programs in group piano and graduate piano pedagogy. He has published articles in various publications of ISME and NAfME (formerly MENC); co-authored a textbook for adult keyboard instruction; served on the Editorial Committees of the International Journal of Music Education and Teaching Music, and as Editor of Colorado Music Educator; and has presented papers at ISME conferences in Zimbabwe, Canada, Italy, China, and Greece, at CMS regional, national, and international conferences—including in Thailand, South Korea, and Argentina—and at conferences of other organizations. His professional service activities have included terms as Chair of the Council of State Editors of NAfME and President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of CMS.