Chair, Region 8; Member, Board of Directors
Elected November 2025; term ends November 2028
JEREMY S. LANE currently serves as Director of the School of Music at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. In this role, he oversees all aspects of degree programs, curriculum, day-to-day operations, and faculty and staff development. Prior to his appointment at Belmont, Professor Lane served as Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and on the music education faculty at the University of South Carolina.
Professor Lane is the founding director of the Congaree New Horizons Band, a program for adult music learners. His primary research activities have focused on adult music learning, and he has published in leading journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Community Music, and the Journal of Band Research. He has presented his work at numerous events across the country and internationally and is the author of chapters on adult amateur musicianship in two books published by Oxford University Press and by the American Association of Adult and Community Education. He is co-author (with Scott Rush) of the book Quality of Life Habits of a Successful Band Director, published by GIA.
Professor Lane serves NASM as a visiting evaluator.
Professor Lane is a graduate of New Mexico State University, Baylor University, and earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education from Louisiana State University.
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Posted January 2026