DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMANCE

Woodwind students, working closely with an exceptional faculty of actively performing teachers, learn solo and ensemble performance practices and techniques, reed-making skills, and participate in weekly seminars with their respective studios. All woodwind students participate in the Wind Ensemble and Converse Symphony Orchestra, and are encouraged to take part in chamber ensembles such as Chamber Winds and Flute Choir.

In recent years, woodwind students have sharpened their skills under the tutelage of renowned visiting artists from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Aulos Ensemble, Joseph Robinson, oboist, Christopher Sereque and Loren Kitt, clarinetists, and the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet.

FACULTY Dr. Christopher Vaneman Assistant Professor of Flute and Musicology DMA, MMA, MM, Yale University BM Eastman School of Music Dr. Kelly McElrath Vaneman Chair of Musicology and Composition Assistant Professor of Oboe and Musicology DMA, MMA, MM, Yale University BM Baylor University   Sonja Condit Coppenbarger Bassoon MM, New England Conservatory BM, University of Victoria Karen Hill Clarinet and Saxophone MM, University of Michigan BM, Northwest University

580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
phone: 800-766-1125  email: music@converse.edu

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