Dr. Jeffrey D. Gershman has been named Associate Director of Bands and an Associate Professor of Music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Beginning in the fall of 2008, he will be conductor of the Symphonic Band and teach classes in undergraduate music education and graduate conducting. Dr. Gershman's past positions include serving as the Director of Instrumental Activities at Texas A&M University-Commerce, the Interim Director of Bands at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, and the Co-Director of Instrumental Music at Monroe-Woodbury High School in Central Valley, New York. Dr. Gershman holds two degrees from Indiana University, having received his Bachelor of Music Education with High Distinction as well as his Master of Music in Wind Conducting - the first such degree awarded by the Jacobs School of Music. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting degree at The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Gershman maintains an active conducting schedule, having led performances with both of Dallas' professional wind ensembles, the Dallas Wind Symphony and the Lone Star Wind Orchestra as well as honor bands throughout the country. He has presented lectures at many state and national conventions in addition to publishing articles on repertoire and programming which have been hailed as "groundbreaking." As an arranger, Dr. Gershman's transcriptions of works by Frank Zappa and John Corigliano have received critical acclaim, with performances at Carnegie Hall as well as regional and national conventions.