Academic & Performance Areas
Brass and Percussion Area
Faculty
- Maintain active performance schedules, appearing frequently as soloists, in chamber groups, and as members of highly acclaimed ensembles
- Conduct master classes, active in summer music festivals, and called upon to adjudicate throughout the nation
- Impressive collection of CD recordings
- Frequently commission and premiere new solo works
- Involvement with a variety of research and technology initiatives
- Active in their respective instrument organizations
Faculty members:
Michael Bowman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Trumpet
Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher, Assistant Professor, Percussion
Janine Gaboury, Associate Professor, Horn
Richard Illman, Associate Professor, Trumpet
Curtis Olson, Professor, Trombone; Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies and Operations
Ava Ordman, Associate Professor, Trombone, Area Chair
Philip Sinder, Professor, Tuba/Euphonium; Chair of the Brass and Percussion Area
Jon Weber, Visiting Instructor of Percussion
Graduates of the Program
- Placement records for brass and percussion graduates as educators and performers are very high.
- Music Educator graduates can be found in public schools and universities across the nation, including Berklee College of Music, McNeese State University, University of Akron, University of Alaska, and Concordia College (Minn.), to name a few.
- Performance graduates can be found in prestigious ensembles and symphonies throughout the nation. Some include: Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, American Classic Trombone Quartet, Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra, American Wind Symphony, and the U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard Bands.
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