Stemming from a career that has spanned all levels of instrumental and vocal music instruction, kindergarten through graduate school, Bruce Gleason is a professor of music history and music education at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Along with publishing over fifty articles in music education and music history, Dr. Gleason is a former euphonium player with the 298th U.S. Army Band of the Berlin Brigade. For the past 40 years he has been researching the history of military music throughout the world.