Donald Neufeld, MA

Professor Emeritus, Department of Music Studies

Don Neufeld, MA, has composed and arranged a large number of works in a variety of styles. Many of these are recorded on labels such as Resmiranda, Telarc and Pauline Records. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Pasadena College (now Point Loma University) in Music Education and a Master of Arts in Music Theory from California State University, Fullerton.
Neufeld has been an APU faculty member since 1972 in the areas of music theory and music education. He has arranged and composed music for various university ensembles and serves as a consultant and resource for churches and musical organizations. His teaching assignments in the area of Music Theory have included undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory, counterpoint, orchestration, arranging and form and analysis. He has also taught all of the Techniques courses (Woodwinds, brass, percussion and strings) in the Music Education program.
He was interim dean of the former School of Music (now the Department of Music) in 1998-99 and dean from 2010-13.

Education

• MA, Music Theory and Composition, California State University, Fullerton, 1971
• BA, Music Education, Pasadena College (Point Loma Nazarene College), 1966

Academic Area

• School of the Arts

Expertise

• Instrumental Techniques
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music Production
• Music Education