Dr. Gordon R. Brock (B.S. Sec. Ed. Dickinson State University, M.M. Michigan State University, D.M.A. University of Colorado-Boulder) is Chair of the Department of Music and Director of Bands at the University of North Florida. At UNF, he conducts the Wind Symphony and Chamber Winds, performs in the Florida Saxophone Quartet, and instructs courses in conducting and woodwind performance. Under his leadership, UNF Department of Music continues to garner recognition as one of the leading performance-based programs in the country. Under his direction, the UNF Wind Symphony performed at the 2007 Florida Music Educators Association State Conference and most recently at Carnegie Hall as part of the Excellence in Education Concert Series.

Before joining UNF, Dr. Brock was the Director of Bands at the University of North Dakota, and conductor of the Greater Grand Forks Youth Symphony and Grand Forks Chamber Ensemble. Under his direction, the UND Wind Symphony performed at two North Dakota Music Educators Conferences, the 1999 Ohio Music Education Association/North Central MENC Professional Conference, and a joint concert series in Great Britain with the Central Band of the White Russian Army. In addition to an annual CD project dedicated to recording the best in traditional and contemporary wind literature, Dr. Brock instituted an annual Conducting Symposium which attracted both regional and international participants.

Dr. Brock’s career as a music educator encompasses elementary through university levels. Honored by the Alberta Government for his nationally recognized ensembles and contributions to music education throughout Canada, he was also included in the fifth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers. A frequent guest clinician/adjudicator throughout the United States and Canada, Dr. Brock has served as a guest clinician for the American School in Japan and a Rothschild Foundation artist-in-residence for the Israeli Youth Band Teachers and Directors Association in Zichron Ya'acov, Israel. Most recently, Dr. Brock was acknowledged as a Distinguished Alumnus of Dickinson State University.

Dr. Brock continues to serve as a Research Associate and author for the instrumental music education series Teaching Music through Performance in Band. The series now serves as a primary text in more than 300 universities in the United States and 20 countries. An active performer as a woodwind specialist and guest conductor, Dr. Brock has performed with internationally recognized organizations within the mediums of chamber music, jazz, wind band, theater, dance, and orchestra.