Trevor De Clercq

Trevor de Clercq is Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University, where he coordinates the musicianship curriculum and teaches coursework in audio theory, sound recording, and music production. He holds a Master’s and PhD in music theory from the Eastman School of Music as well as degrees in music composition, music technology, electronics engineering, and mathematics with a concentration in statistics. Prior to his academic career, he worked in the recording industry around New York City, gaining experience at Sony Music Studios, Greene Street Recording, and Jarvis Studios before working as senior technical engineer at Right Track Recording. He is also a singer-songwriter and has self-published eleven albums to date of lo-fi, indie, alt-country, bedroom-pop songs under the moniker "Secretariat."