Dr. C. David Ragsdale currently serves as the conductor of the Wind Ensemble, Director of Bands, and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. In addition to university teaching responsibilities in the areas of music education and conducting, Ragsdale is an active performer/conductor and founder of the Huntsville Chamber Winds, a professional chamber music ensemble in the Huntsville area.

Prior to UA Huntsville, Ragsdale served as the Associate Director of Bands for the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami where he directed the internationally-acclaimed "Band of the Hour" for the Miami Hurricanes, along with various other campus bands, including a two-year post as the Assistant Conductor of the Greater Miami Symphonic Band – one of the oldest and most storied Community Bands in the nation. In 2004, Ragsdale was inducted into the Iron Arrow Society, the highest honor attainable at the University of Miami by any student, faculty member, or alumnus.

Ragsdale holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, Alabama Music Educators Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia – Professional Music Fraternity for Men, Pi Kappa Lambda – National Honorary Music Fraternity, Kappa Delta Pi – National Honorary Education Fraternity, and honorary membership of Tau Beta Sigma – National Band Fraternity.

Ragsdale holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Appalachian State University (NC), a Master of Music degree from Winthrop University (SC), and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami (FL). He and his wife Jennifer, also a musician, currently reside in Madison, Alabama along with their daughter, Ella Leigh.

Email:  dave.ragsdale@uah.edu