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Bennett, Lawrence E.
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Professor of Music
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| E-mail Address: | bennettl@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6473 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center M119 |
| Degrees: |
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University |
| Interests: |
Music History, American Music |
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Lawrence Bennett came to Wabash College in July, 1995, as Chair of the Music Department. A music historian and tenor, Bennett founded The Western Wind, an a cappella vocal sextet that made numerous recordings and sang many concerts in North American, Europe and Asia. Bennett has edited several collections of music and written often about the music of the Renaissance and Baroque Era. He spent his sabbatical year, 2001-2002, with his family in Vienna, Austria, where he researched several articles, laid the groundwork for a book on the Italian cantata, and sang in the choir of the Anglican Church of Vienna. |
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Bowen, Richard
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Assistant Professor of Music/Glee Club Director
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| E-mail Address: | bowenr@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6307 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center 110 |
| Degrees: |
B.A., B.S. Lebanon Valley College; M.M. West Chester University; Ph.D. University of Cincinnati |
| Courses: |
MUS 053 Glee Club |
| Interests: |
Early Music, Choral Conducting, Handbells |
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Hulen, Peter
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Assistant Professor of Music
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| E-mail Address: | hulenp@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6089 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center M123 |
| Home Page: |
Peter Hulen's Home Page |
| Degrees: |
B.M. University of Tulsa, M.M. Southwestern Theological Seminary, Ph.D. Michigan State University. |
| Courses: |
Brass Ensemble, Fundamentals of Music, Music Theory, Electronic Music, Composition, Senior Seminar, Cultures & Traditions. |
| Interests: |
Acoustics, liturgy, cognitive development, art glass, multimedia, China, meaning and value of music. |
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Peter Hulen composes acoustic and electronic music and multimedia. Performance venues include the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), the Festival Synthèse Bourges (France), the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, and the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI). Technical presentations include ICMC, Journees D'Informatique Musicale (France), SCI, and MicroFest (California). Influences include microtonality, various types of Asian music, Medieval and Renaissance polyphony, Impressionism, and minimalism. Dr. Hulen also studied Chinese at the Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute. |
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Makubuya, James
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Associate Professor of Music, Dept. Chair
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| E-mail Address: | makubuya@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6474 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center M121 |
| Home Page: |
James Makubuya's Home Page |
| Degrees: |
B.A., Makerere University, Uganda; M.Mus., Catholic University; Ph.D., UCLA |
| Courses: |
World Music (Ethnomusicology); Instruments & Culture (Designing and Construction); Introduction to Music; Musicianship; East African Folk Instruments; Wamidan World Music Performance Ensemble |
| Interests: |
Department Chairman, Ethnomusicology/World Music; Contextual Meaning and Significance in Music; African Music and Dance |
| Notes: |
On joining the Music Department at Wabash College in July 2000, Dr. Makubuya started the World Music program. A number of new World music courses and a World Music Performance Ensemble, Wamidan became part of the curriculum. In addition to his main musical instrument, the endongo (8-string bowl lyre of the Baganda), Dr. Makubuya is proficient in several other East African traditional musical instruments. It is those instruments including tube fiddles, bow harps, thumb pianos, log xylophones, pan pipes, flutes and drums that form the nucleus of the Wamidan performance ensemble. Dr. Makubuya's geographical area of research is East Africa where he mainly focuses on organology, meaning and context of traditional music. Dr. Makubuya is an active participant in the national and international professional society conferences of the Galpin Society, the International Council for Traditional Music and Society for Ethnomusicology in which he has presented regular research papers. |
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Rogers, Vanessa
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BKT Assistant Professor of Music
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| E-mail Address: | rogersv@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6241 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center M125 |
| Degrees: |
B.M.E., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California |
| Courses: |
Fundamentals of Music; Music History; Woodwind Ensemble |
| Interests: |
Eighteenth century music, ballad opera and early musical theater, early music |
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Dr. Vanessa Rogers received her B.M.E. from Illinois Wesleyan University, her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Her areas of research include 18th Century English stage music and theatre orchestras. Currently, she is working on a book on ballad opera and early English musical theater, for which she received a Folger Library Fellowship in 2007.
Dr. Rogers worked as Lecturer of Music History at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, CA., teaching music from the Middle Ages through the modern era. Most recently she served in the position of a Principal Researcher at the University of Oxford for Ballad Operas and the London Stage Song Industry, 1728-1760: An Electronic Catalogue, a project which recorded both the total number of ballad operas produced and their musical content of over 3,000 airs (online at: www.odl.ox.ac.uk/balladopera). She is passionate about early music, and continues to perform professionally on the Baroque cello, viola da gamba, and harpsichord, most recently with the London-based group Earl’s Court Baroque (www.zakozmo.com/ECB).
Dr. Rogers is currently the director of the Wabash College Woodwind Ensemble. |
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Staff
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Bowen, Eileen
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Administrative Assistant, Division II
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| Department(s): |
Art, Music, Rhetoric, Theater |
| E-mail Address: | bowene@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center Lobby |
| Degrees: |
BS in Music Education - Lebanon Valley College, Annville PA |
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Bowie, Jerry
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Coordinator of Activities in CAE, Coordinator of Activities
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| Department(s): |
Center for Academic Enrichment, Music, Art, Theater |
| E-mail Address: | bowiej@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6223 |
| Campus Location: |
Armory 115 |
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Adjunct Instructors
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Abel, Alfred
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Orchestra Conductor / Adjunct Instructor of Violin and Viola
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center M110 |
| Degrees: |
B.A. (Classics), University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; B.A. (Violin Performance), Butler University |
| Notes: |
Alfred Abel brings a wealth of experience in teaching, conducting and violin performance to Wabash College. Concertmaster of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Indianpolis Chamber Orchestra for the past 20 years, Mr. Abel has performed many of the standard violin concertos with these orchestra and with other Indiana orchestras including the Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, the Anderson Symphony, the Carmel Symphony and the Butler (University) Symphony Orchestra.
As a student at Butler University and Indiana University Graduate School of Music, he studied violin with Vartan Manoogian, Jackson Wiley, and Franco Gulli. He coached chamber music with members of the American Quartet, the Tokyo Quartet, the Borodin Quartet, the LaSalle Quartet and Quartetto Italiano and now performs chamber music with Trio Amabile along with his wife, Colette, and 'cellist Margot Marlatt. |
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Allen, Ferris
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Adjunct Instructor of Voice
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.M., Oberlin College; M.M., The Julliard School; Additional studies, Indiana University |
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Ferris Allen, a baritone, has performed music from the early Baroque to the twenty-first
century with such diverse ensembles as Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires; and Aspen Opera Theater. Notable performances in song include Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte with pianist Margo Garrett at the Aspen Music Festival, and Twin Cities performances of Schubert’s Winterreise with conductor-pianist Andrew Altenbach of Minnesota Opera. In the fall of 2008, Allen and Altenbach were selected as a duo to inaugurate LiederAlive!, a new San Francisco venue that unites a young generation of Lieder performers with world-renowned artists of the genre for a series of public classes and demonstrations. Equally at home in the opera house, in January of 2008 he worked alongside prolific composer William Bolcom to create what Opera News praised as his subtle portrayal of the mercurial Jules in Bolcom’s most recent opera, A Wedding. In May he sang the role of Achis in the North American premiere of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s David et Jonathas, an American Opera Theater production for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. |
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Baranyk, David
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Adjunct Instructor of Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Dobro, and Percussion
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.F.A., Butler University; M.S., IUPUI |
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Mr. Baranyk studied guitar with Brett Terrell at Butler University, Robert Facko at Oakland University, and Richard Creveling at Indiana University. In addition, he has studied percussion with Paul Berns, principal percussionist for the ISO. Mr. Baranyk is a frequent performer in musical theatre orchestras and bands in the Indianapolis area, and groups performing jazz and folk music, including Celtic and Blue Grass. He also teaches at the IUPUI School of Music, Marian College, and the Center for the Performing and Visual Arts Indianapolis Public School Magnet Program at Broad Ripple High School. |
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Corwin, Stephanie
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Adjunct Instructor of Bassoon
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.A., Davidson College; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook |
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Stephanie Corwin is currently studying Baroque bassoon with Michael McCraw at the Early Music Institute, Indiana University. An avid performer of chamber music, Ms. Corwin has collaborated with artists Frank Morelli, William Purvis, and Christina Dahl. As a member of Intrada Winds, she has received prizes at the Fischoff and other national chamber music competitions. Summer activities include Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, Spoleto Festival USA, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Aspen Music Festival. Recent engagements include a solo recital at the annual conference of the International Double Reed Society. |
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Everett, Cheryl
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Adjunct Instructor of Piano and Organ / Glee Club Accompanist
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| E-mail Address: | everettc@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
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In addition to teaching piano and organ, Cheryl Everett is accompanist for the Glee Club and the Music Department. Ms. Everett is on the Executive Board of the Indiana Music Teacher's Association and serves as the Ensemble Concert Chair. In 1999 she was honored by that organization as their "Teacher of the Year." Ms. Everett has performed in recitals and master classes in conjunction with the International Workshops in Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland, and England. In summer 2004 she participated as soloist and chamber musician at the International Workshop in Graz, Austria. Ms. Everett is also Organist and Co-Choral Director of the Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church in Crawfordsville and is accompanist for the Crawfordsville Community Chorus. For eleven years she was a student of the distinguished pianist Dorothy Munger. Currently she is studying piano with Dr. Louis Nagel at the University of Michigan. |
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Meyer, Tom
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Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Saxophone
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.M., Indiana University |
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Tom Meyer is a woodwind doubler and teacher in Indianapolis with a degree in Jazz Studies. A teacher at the Aebersold Summer Jazz Camps, Mr. Meyer has toured with Natalie Cole, Andy Williams, Henry Mancini, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, and others. He has played brief engagements with Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Woody Herman, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and has also played in numerous musical theater orchestras. He performs with the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra and the Steve Allee bands in Indianapolis. |
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Norton, Diane M.
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Adjunct Instructor of Piano
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| E-mail Address: | nortond@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6330 |
| Campus Location: |
Lilly Library |
| Degrees: |
A.B., Knox College; M.M., Northwestern University; M.L.S., Indiana University, Bloomington |
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Diane Maximovich Norton is an instructor of piano in the Music Department, and Music and Circulation librarian in the Lilly Library. She was a piano student of Rudolf Ganz and
Mollie Margolies in Chicago, and performed as soloist with orchestras in the metropolitan area. During her undergraduate studies at Knox College, she furthered her interest in contemporary music as both pianist and violinist, participating in ensembles which introduced newly-commissioned works to audiences throughout the Midwest. She received an M.M. and completed her doctoral studies in music history and literature at Northwestern University, where she also taught piano, and began to perform in early music ensembles. She earned her MLS at Indiana University in Bloomington. Diane has been active in the Wabash College music department for over three decades, performing as piano soloist and harpsichordist with the Wabash chamber orchestra, concert band and percussion ensemble. She has performed in recital with members of the faculty and the student body, and has given world premieres of compositions written for her by such composers as Fredric Enenbach, Bernard Schulz, and Judd Danby. |
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Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet and Saxophone
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.M., Indiana University; M.M., Arizona State University |
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Lafayette resident Beth Purkhiser has a teaching studio of 70 saxophone and clarinet students. An active performer, she is a member of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Lafayette Citizens Band, “Joy of Sax” Saxophone Quartet, Indianapolis Saxophone Quartet, Lafayette Wind Quintet, and various jazz groups throughout Indiana. Her teachers have included Larry Teal, Joseph Wytko, Daniel Deffayet, and Eugene Rousseau. She is featured with Rousseau in the “Yamaha Steps to Excellence” video series. |
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Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.M., Butler University; M.M., Bowling Green State University |
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As a trombonist, Michael has performed the Mozart Requiem with Stanley Derusha and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Indianapolis, Indiana. Along with orchestral performances, his experience in commercial music performance includes artists such as Marie Osmond and Jerry Lewis. His principal teachers include Jared Rodin, William Mathis, and Garth Simmons principal trombonist for the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. For several years Michael has taught students of all levels, created his own private studio, and is currently teaching at Saint Joseph's College and Purdue University. When he is not busy with his music career, he enjoys all things culinary, fishing, and an intense enjoyment of golf. |
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Robinett, Stephen
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Jazz Band Director / Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| E-mail Address: | robinetr@wabash.edu |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center M109 |
| Degrees: |
B.M., Indiana University |
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Since graduation he has been a professional trumpeter gathering experience "on the road" with the bands of the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the Guy Lombardo Orchestra and more. Steve has also toured with stars like Perry Como, Andy Williams, Pia Zadora, Burt Bacharach, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, and the O'Jay's. |
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Stanek, Emily
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Adjunct Instructor of the Flute
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.M., Shenandoah University; M.M., Ball State University |
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Emily is the flute instructor at Anderson University. She is the second flutist with
the Lafayette Symphony and the former principal flutist with the Akron Symphony in Ohio. She also performs regularly with the Muncie Symphony and the Anderson Symphony. Emily has performed recitals throughout the United States, including New York, New Jersey, Ohio, California, and Maine. The Dailyfreeman newspaper of Rhinebeck, NY writes, “Curiosity and courage light her discoveries; seeking the infinite with virtuosic agility, her tone wakes the eternal…and holds us in thrall”. She has given guest recitals and master classes at the University of Southern Maine and Kent State University. Emily is the winner of numerous competitions, including the National Flute Association Orchestral Expert Competition and the San Diego Young Artist Gold Competition. Emily was a guest soloist with several Indiana orchestras, including the Anderson Symphony Orchestra, the East Central Indiana Chamber Orchestra, the Kokomo Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Anderson University Orchestra. Her teachers include Ronna Ayscue, Frances Lapp Averitt, Julia Mattern, Claude Monteux, Jeff Zook and Barbara Kallaur (on baroque flute). She has also performed nationally and internationally in master classes with Emmanuel Pahud, William Bennett, Mathieu Dufour, Carol Wincenc, and Barthold Kuijken. |
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Walters, Gary
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Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Piano
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.S, Ball State University; M.M., Butler University |
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Mr. Walters is an active freelance musician and teacher who has worked with a variety of local artists performing jazz, R&B, fusion, straight ahead, bebop, country, southern gospel, and rock n’ roll oldies. He is a founding member and past president of the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation. He has taught applied music in jazz and popular piano techniques at Butler University since 1999. |
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Adjunct Instructor of String Bass
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| Department(s): |
Music |
| Phone Number: |
765-361-6392 |
| Campus Location: |
Fine Arts Center |
| Degrees: |
B.M.E., M.M.E., Indiana University |
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Ms. Wilson has studied double bass with Greg Dugan and Nami Akamatsu of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She taught public school as Director of Bands in the North West Hendricks School Corporation from 1970–1976. More recently, she owned and operated a nationally recognized plant mail order/retail business, while continuing active participation in performance organizations. She currently operates “Music on Grant,” a private music studio with 50 students. Ms. Wilson performs with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Lafayette Citizens Band, Montgomery County Civic Band, the Athena Brass Quintet, and the Wabash College Chamber Orchestra. |
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