Wendy Barden

Dr. Wendy Barden has been a music educator in the Osseo, Minnesota school district for 27 years, and currently serves as the K-12 Music Coordinator for a department of 65 music educators.

She has been named a Yamaha National Mentor Teacher, MENC Nationally Registered and Certified Music Educator, and 1992 MMEA Band Educator of the Year. She has actively served on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA), the Minnesota Band Directors Association (MBDA), Chamber Music Minnesota, and is President Elect of the Minnesota Music Educators Association.

Dr. Barden has authored seven seasons of Duetto Study Guides, companion teaching materials for the Music da camera programs aired across the United States on public access television. She is also a contributing author of the Standard of Excellence Beginning Band Series and author of the Standard of Excellence Music Theory and History Workbooks Teacher’s Editions. Her latest project is co-authoring Artistry in Strings.

Wendy Barden holds BS and MA degrees in Music Education from the University of Minnesota. Her Ph.D., also from the University of Minnesota, is in Music with emphasis in music education and musicology. She has pursued additional study in assessment, leadership development and public relations.