David Sebald is the director/owner of the multimedia production company, Advanced Instructional Media . Since 1990, this company has produced numerous multimedia educational products including nationally distributed videos and CD-ROMs. Dave is also associate professor of music at the University of Texas at San Antonio and adjunct professor teaching multimedia at Northwest Vista College . Dave holds a Ph.D. in music education from Michigan State University with cognates in instructional technology and educational product development. Since completing his 1981 dissertation on the development of multimedia products for use in teacher training, he has written numerous articles and presented clinics throughout the nation on the creative application of computers and multimedia to all areas of education. In addition to teaching computer applications, digital audio, and multimedia production courses at UTSA and Northwest Vista, he serves as technology advisor to both UTSA's music division and the UTSA Institute for Music Research . He is co-author of the national multimedia training curriculum for the Technology Institute for Music Educators. In 1993 Dave initiated the Technological Directions in Music Learning Conference, an international event sponsored by the IMR and held annually in San Antonio. Currently, Dave is state technology chairman for the Texas Music Educators Conference and a member of the national advisory board of the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TIME) . Prior to coming to San Antonio in 1989 Dave headed public school fine arts and music programs in Michigan and Colorado and was Director of Bands at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.