EDUCATION
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Doctor of Music in Wind Conducting
Dissertation topic: John P. Paynter’s New Music Reviews for The Instrumentalist: 1955-1984
A Bio-Bibliography
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Master of Music in Wind Conducting
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Bachelor of Arts in Music Education
Additional Study: International Conductors’ Workshop, Zlin, Czech Republic; Aspen Music Festival; Conductors Guild Workshops; League of American Orchestras Conducting Workshops; Minnesota Instrumental Conducting Symposium
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Associate Professor and Director of Bands
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Visiting Assistant Professor, Director of Bands
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Director of Bands
Central College, Pella, Iowa
Director of Bands
Amherst Regional High School/ Amherst Regional Middle School,
Amherst, Massachusetts
Director of Bands: High School and Middle School
The Red Barn, Amherst, Massachusetts
Private Instructor: conducting, intermediate and advanced piano
The Northwind Ensemble, Chicago, Illinois
Associate Conductor
York High School, Elmhurst, Illinois
Associate Director of Bands
National College of Education, Evanston, Illinois
Adjunct Professor
National High School Music Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois String Chamber Music Coach
Mazeppa High School, Mazeppa, Minnesota
Director of Bands
GUEST CONDUCTING/TEACHING
Conducting symposiums in New Hampshire, Missouri, Massachusetts and Virginia; St. Olaf Band, Wheaton College Conservatory of Music Symphonic Band, New Hampshire All-State Band; The U.S. Army Field Band; the United States Military Academy Band; the Virginia Symphony; Colorado Intercollegiate Band, CBDNA; The U.S. Army Band; the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band; the Tactical Air Command Band; the Virginia Symphony, the Valley Brass, numerous district and regional honor bands in Iowa, Illinois, Virginia, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Conducting Pedagogy
Women Composers and Composers of Color
Wind Literature
Percy Grainger
George Gershwin
Duke Ellington
Hector Berlioz
Charles Ives
Gustav Mahler
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Doctor of Music in Wind Conducting
Dissertation topic: John P. Paynter’s New Music Reviews for The Instrumentalist: 1955-1984
A Bio-Bibliography
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Master of Music in Wind Conducting
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Bachelor of Arts in Music Education
Additional Study: International Conductors’ Workshop, Zlin, Czech Republic; Aspen Music Festival; Conductors Guild Workshops; League of American Orchestras Conducting Workshops; Minnesota Instrumental Conducting Symposium
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Associate Professor and Director of Bands
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Visiting Assistant Professor, Director of Bands
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Director of Bands
Central College, Pella, Iowa
Director of Bands
Amherst Regional High School/ Amherst Regional Middle School,
Amherst, Massachusetts
Director of Bands: High School and Middle School
The Red Barn, Amherst, Massachusetts
Private Instructor: conducting, intermediate and advanced piano
The Northwind Ensemble, Chicago, Illinois
Associate Conductor
York High School, Elmhurst, Illinois
Associate Director of Bands
National College of Education, Evanston, Illinois
Adjunct Professor
National High School Music Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois String Chamber Music Coach
Mazeppa High School, Mazeppa, Minnesota
Director of Bands
GUEST CONDUCTING/TEACHING
Conducting symposiums in New Hampshire, Missouri, Massachusetts and Virginia; St. Olaf Band, Wheaton College Conservatory of Music Symphonic Band, New Hampshire All-State Band; The U.S. Army Field Band; the United States Military Academy Band; the Virginia Symphony; Colorado Intercollegiate Band, CBDNA; The U.S. Army Band; the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band; the Tactical Air Command Band; the Virginia Symphony, the Valley Brass, numerous district and regional honor bands in Iowa, Illinois, Virginia, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Conducting Pedagogy
Women Composers and Composers of Color
Wind Literature
Percy Grainger
George Gershwin
Duke Ellington
Hector Berlioz
Charles Ives
Gustav Mahler