RENE CLAUSEN
Associate Professor
Concordia Choir Conductor
Music
Specialty:
Choral Conducting
Musical composition and arranging
Activities:
• Conductor Concordia Choir
• Artistic director of Concordia College Christmas Concert
• Founder of René Clausen Choral School, which annually
meets to offer conductors continuing education.
Education:
B.A., St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
M.M. and D.M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
Contact: (218) 299-3285 Ext. 317
NATHANIEL H. DICKEY
Instructor
Music
Specialty:
Trombone, Euphonium performer
Conductor
Brass Specialist (teach Brass Methods)
Research:
WORKS COMMISSIONED AND PREMIERED:
• “Fanfare for Tom” by Allen Feinstein, 2001
(for concert band)
• “Rain Forest with Birds” by Elliott Schwartz,
2001 (for wind ensemble)
• “Myra” by Benny Carter, arr. Allen Feinstein,
2002 (for jazz band)
• “Recorda Me” by Joe Henderson, arr. Ayn Inserto,
2002 (for jazz band)
RECORDINGS:
• “Shepherds’ Hey” by Paramount Brass
for Centaur Records, 2002 (played trombone on all tracks)
• “American Showcase” by Ronald Barron for Boston
Brass Series, 2001 (played trombone on one track)
• “Le Trombone Francais II” by Ronald Barron
for Boston Brass Series, 2001 (played trombone on one track)
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS:
• Organizer of The Harvard-Cambridge Student Composer Project
(Harvard student musicians collaborating with middle school composers
in the Cambridge, MA public schools), 2003
• Coordinator of Grammy winner David Douglas’s visit
to Cambridge Public Schools, 2003
Interests:
Family, golf, reading, electronic music, jazz,
contemporary classical music, folk music
Education:
B.A., Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio
M.M., Rice University, Houston, Texas
D.M.A. in progress, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Contact: dickey@cord.edu
DAVID P. EYLER
Associate Professor
Director, Percussion Ensemble
and Marimba Choir
Music
Specialty:
Percussion
Music history
Orchestra
Research:
PUBLICATIONS:
SOLOS AND ENSEMBLES:
• Arrangement of “Over The Rainbow for Mallet Quintet.”
Burke, Virginia: Pioneer Percussion, Inc., 2002.
• “Fanfare & Dance for Solo Timpani.” Burke,
Virginia: Pioneer Percussion, Inc., 2001.
Articles:
• “Basic Timpani Techniques For Beginning Students”
The Instrumentalist, Vol. 53, No. 8 (March 1999), pp. 34-42.
• “Of Chimes, Marimbas, and Timpani, A Selected List
of Music for Percussion Ensemble” The Instrumentalist, Vol.
51, No. 4 (November 1996), pp. 34-49.
• “Another View On Percussion Mallets” The Instrumentalist,
Vol. 51, No. 3 (October 1996), p. 112.
• “Planning A Successful Tour With Your Percussion Ensemble,”
Percussive Notes, Vol. 34, No. 4 (August 1996), pp. 54-59.
Education:
B.M., Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Md.
M.M., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
D.Mus., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: eyler@cord.edu
DAVID HAMILTON
Associate Professor
Artistic Director: Fargo-Moorhead Opera
Music
Specialty:
Studio Voice
International Education
Research:
• Principal operatic roles and soloist with: Metropolitan
Opera,
San Diego, Vancouver, Washington, Nice, Montreal, Teatro
Bellini in Catania, Opera Theater of St. Louis and New York
City Opera, Israel Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony,
Pittsburgh Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Indianapolis
Symphony, Illinois Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and the
Pacific Symphony,
• “Faust” with Baltimore Opera, Don José
in Carmen with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and Rodolfo in “La
Bohème” with both the Walla-Walla Symphony and the
Fargo-Moorhead Opera, title role in Manitoba Opera’s “Faust,”
“La Bohème” for Arizona Opera, the title role
in Roméo et Juliette for Edmonton Opera, Peter Quint in
“The Turn of the Screw” for Manitoba Opera, Alfredo
in “La Traviata” for the Colorado Springs Symphony,
• Soloist with the South Dakota Symphony, Napa Valley Symphony,
Valdosta Symphony, Bismarck Symphony and the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony,
Ismaele in “Nabucco” for Edmonton Opera, soloist in
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 for both the Vancouver and Pacific Symphonies
and soloist in Brahms’ “Rinaldo” for the Columbus
Symphony.
• Host of Opera from the Inside on North Dakota Public Radio
Interests:
Stained Glass Artist
Education:
B.M., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
M.M., The Juilliard School, New York City, N.Y.
Contact:
(218) 299-3285 ext. 323, hamilton@cord.edu
DEBORA HARRIS
Associate Professor
Music
Specialty:
Music, specifically flute
Performer and teacher
Research:
Recorded three CDs with guitarist Mike Coates: “Reverie,”
“Dances in the Madhouse,” and “The White Peacock.”
Education:
B.M., Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.
M.M., Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
Contact: harris@cord.edu
218-299-3285 ext. 331, 218-236-8799 home
JAY HERSHBERGER
Associate Professor
Music
Specialty:
Piano performance
Research:
PERFORMANCES:
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington,
D.C., 2002
• Amalfi Coast Music Festival Italy, 1999
• South Bohemia Music Festival, Czech Republic, 1996
• Great Romantics Music Festival, Canada, 1999, 1998, 1996
Interests:
Vice President of the American Liszt Society;
Tolkien; Anglo-Saxon and Medieval English History and
Literature; agrarianism
Education:
B.M., University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla.
M.M., Wichita State University, Wichita, Kan.
D.Mus., Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
Contact: hershber@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3285 ext. 315 office
BRUCE HOUGLUM
Associate Professor
Conductor of
The Concordia College Orchestra
Music
Specialty:
Orchestral Conducting
Horn teaching
Research:
• Physiology as it relates to Horn Pedagogy
• Orchestral Conductors of the Twentieth Century
Activities:
Guest conductor
Adjudicator
Festival Clinician
Education:
B.M., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn
M.M., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Contact: houglum@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3285 ext. 314
JANE LINDE CAPISTRAN
Chamber Orchestra Conductor
Violin Instructor
Music
Specialty:
Orchestra, chamber music
Research:
• Assistant concertmaster of the FM Symphony
• Conductor of the FM Area Youth Symphony
• First violinist in the Dakota Rose String Quartet
Education:
B.M.E., Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minn.
M.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Contact: capistra@cord.edu
STEVE MAKELA
Assistant Professor
Music
Specialty:
Composition
Music technology
Electroacoustic music
Music theory
20th Century music
Interests: Interactive music for
performer(s) and computer.
Education:
B.S., Bemidji State University,
Bemidji, Minn.
B.A., University of North Texas, Benton, Texas
D.M.A., M.A., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Contact: makela@cord.edu
JEFF MEYER
Associate Professor
Music
Specialty:
Music history/early music
Music theory
World music
Film music
Music and worship
Research:
• Analysis of pre-tonal music and non-Western music
• Film music
Education:
B.M., Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill.
M.A., and Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Contact: meyer@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3285, ext 309 office,
(218) 287-7969 home
JUNE RAUSCHNABEL
Associate Professor
Conductor, Campana
Tintinnabula, Cantabile
Music
Specialty:
Studio voice
Handbell choirs
Freshman women’s choir
Education:
B.M.E., Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N.J.
M.A., University of Denver, Denver, Colo.
D.A., ABD, University of Northen Colorado, Greeley, Colo.
Contact: rauschna@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3285, ext. 319 office
LUANNA STROH
Music Education Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Music
Specialty:
Curriculum systems
Music education delivery (pedagogy)
Voice
Research:
• Current research project is a survey study of a random sampling
of elementary music teachers in the state of Minnesota. The study
explores the stress levels experienced by teachers, the major contributors
to stress/anxiety, and the ways that teachers have successfully
dealt with stress.
Education:
B.S., University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, Minn.
M.A., St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minn.
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Contact: (218) 299-3285 Ext. 316
office
LEIGH WAKEFIELD
Associate Professor
Music
Specialty:
Teaching
Professor of clarinet
Woodwind methods and chamber music
Adjudicator - solo
Small and large instrumental ensembles
Conductor, performer, clinician
Research:
• Principal Clarinet, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony
• Principal Clarinet, Fargo-Moorhead Opera
• Clarinetist, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony
Woodwind Quintet
• Clarinetist, Concordia Wind Quintet
• Clarinetist, Concordia Wind Trio
SELECTED PERFORMANCE/CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS:
• Concordia College CD recording project (Concordia Wind Quintet)
• Concordia Music Department Potpourri Recital
• Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Woodwind Quintet: Plains Art Museum
-recital; two day residency in Jamestown, N.D., two day residency
in Bemidji, Minn.; MSUM recital
• Adjudicator/clinician, Winnipeg International Optomist Band
Festival
• Guest Conductor, Crosby/Ironton Minnesota Honor Band
• Featured Soloist, Fergus Falls Jazz Ensemble
Interests:
State Chair of the International Clarinet Society
Memberships: College Band Directors National Association, Minnesota
Band Directors Association, Minnesota Music Educators Association
Member of the Concordia Community Relations Committee
Education:
B.A., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
M.M., New England Conservatory, Boston, Ma.
D.Mus., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Contact: (218) 299-3285, ext 324
office, (218) 236-0649 home,
wakefiel@cord.edu
DAVID WORTH
Professor
Music
Specialty:
Piano performance
Literature and pedagogy
Research
Interests:
Faculty Recitals both as a soloist and as a collaborator
Interests Science; “Golden Age” pianists; football
Research:
• Current research project is a survey study of a random sampling
of elementary music teachers in the state of Minnesota. The study
explores the stress levels experienced by teachers, the major contributors
to stress/anxiety, and the ways that teachers have successfully
dealt with stress.
Education:
B.Mus, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
M.A., University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.
D.M.A., Cleveland Institute of Music and Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Contact: worth@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3285 ex. 313
