Jeff Van Devender

Jeff Van Devender is a music educator, author, pianist and composer holding a masters degree in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, IL and a bachelors degree in Music Business from Truman State University in Kirksville, MO.

His most recent writing, Elementary Choir Handbook and Guide, is available at Amazon.com along with his recorded piano compositions. The piano compositions can be located at Amazon.com by searching for his assumed name Jeffrey van D or his music label JavaMusiK. Jeff's publishing company which distributes his Elementary Choir Handbook and Guide is called Alpine Road Publishing. More about ARP and Jeff's music can be found at www.JavaMusiK.com.

Jeff recently presented a special session titled "Write Your Own Musicals" at the 2011 Colorado Music Educators Association State Clinic/Conference. His session focused on encouraging fellow elementary music educators to consider writing their own musical productions, along with some strategies to assist them in becoming successful at pursuing such a venture. One inclusion at the session featured a reading from our revised & updated Colorado (History Songbook) Program Script, our companion to the hugely popular song cycle, Colorado History Songbook, written by John Polinski.

After directing his own choirs for 20 years, Jeff found that his routine was fairly well established. Armed with a truckload of past letters & forms, as well as tested strategies, Jeff decided to compile the ideas for the creation of Elementary Choir Handbook and Guide, an instructional book for new choir directors &/or directors looking for new ideas. The footwork has been done. The strategies have been tested. This guide was recently added to the Alpine Road inventory and is now proudly available here at Amazon.com.

Other scripts and similar writings, along with transcriptions to a couple of Jeff's piano compositions, are available for preview and purchase at the official Alpine Road Publishing marketplace outlet located at www.JavaMusiK.com. Alpine Road Publishing is the sole official publishing subsidiary of JavaMusiK. *All works protected by Standard Copyright License.