GWU Ensembles Music Degrees - Gardner

Music Major
Scholarship Auditions
Music Scholarships
Available With A Value of Over
$24,000.00 Over Four Years
F October 13, 2012
F November 10, 2012
F January 19, 2013
F February 16, 2013
F March 23, 2013
- Or by Appointment
110 South Main Street
Campus Box 7313
Boiling Springs, NC 28017
Music Office:
Phone: (704)406-4448
Fax: (704)406-3920
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Dr. Patricia Sparti
(704)406-4453
[email protected]
www.gardner-webb.edu/performing-arts
GWU Ensembles
F Symphonic Band
F University Orchestra
F Concert Choir
F Chorale
F Opera Theatre
F Jazz Ensemble
F Praise Ensemble
F Vocal Ensemble
F Music Theatre Workshop and Musicals
F Choral Union
F Chamber Music for All Instruments and Voices
F Pep Band (Football and Basketball)
F Marching Band
All programs are under the supervision of a
faculty member who has had experience within
that specific area and who works with students
personally to develop and enhance their music
education. The School of Performing Arts-Music
offers Private Music Instruction in the following:
F Baritone Horn
F Bassoon
F Cello
F Clarinet
F Flute
F Guitar
F Harp
F Horn
F Oboe
F Organ
F Percussion - all instruments
F Piano
F Saxophone
F String Bass
F Trombone
F Trumpet
F Tuba
F Viola
F Violin
F Voice
F Jazz Improvisation
Music Degrees
Majors offered in:
F Bachelor of Arts in Music, Liberal Arts
F Bachelor of Music in Performance
F Bachelor of Music in Music Education
F Bachelor of Music in Sacred Music
F Bachelor of Music in Music Composition
F Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies
in Music Business
(A new 4-year program, with an option in
5 1/2 years to also receive a Masters of
Business Administration (M.B.A.)
F All Music Degrees are accredited by the
National Association of Schools of Music
(NASM)
F GWU has over 4300 Students
F GWU is a Templeton Foundation -
Character Building Institution
F Excellence in Christian Higher Education
Scholarships and Ensemble
Stipends Available and Many Other Types
of Grants and Academic Scholarships
GWU MUSIC FACULTY
TANJA BECHTLER - Cello, String Pedagogy, Cello Literature,
GWU Faculty String Quartet
B.M. North Carolina School for the Arts
M.M. Manhattan School of Music
Cellist, Charlotte Symphony, NC.,
Performances with major symphonies all over the U.S. CEO
and Performer, Bechtler Recital Series
ELIZABETH BENNETT - Piano, Organ, Theory
B.C.M., Furman University
M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
CAROLYN BILLINGS - Piano, Advanced Piano Skills, Piano
Pedagogy, Music History & Literature
B.M., Salem College
M.M., University of Illinois-Urbana
D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City
MONICA BOBOC - Violin, GWU String Quartet
B.M., Bucharest Music Conservatory (Romania)
Performance Certificate (Chamber Music)-UW-Milwaukee; M.M., Northern Illinois University
Performance Certificate (Chamber Music)-Northern Illinois University
First Violin, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
First Violin, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra
Second Violin, Dark Horse String Quartet
Winner of Numerous International Prizes in Chamber Music
PATRICIA BOWES - Music Education, Music Technology
B.A., Indiana University
M.F.A., University of Arizona
B.F.A., Florida Atlantic University
M.A.T., Florida Atlantic University
Ph.D., University of South Florida
BOB CAMPBELL - Horn
B.M., NC School of the Arts, Principal Horn, Greensboro
Symphony, Carolina Brass
MARK COLE - Technology, Marching & Pep Bands, Percussion
B.M. University of Central Florida
M.M. Florida State University
Ph.D. in progress at the University of South Florida
DENNIS DAVIS - Guitar, Community School Graduate, Naval
School of Music
Jazz Studies, Berklee School of Music, Boston 28 Years as Lead Saxophone and Clarinetist, Naval Academy Band, Jazz Band, and Dixieland Ensemble, Extensive Professional Experience on guitar and woodwinds, Roy Battle and the Altones, George Simon Orchestra, TKO
RICK DIOR - Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, Sound Recording
B.M., Manhattan School of Music Member, Charlotte
Symphony Orchestra. Owner, Acoustic Barn Studios. Percussion
performances with James Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Bobby McFerrin, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry,
Marvin Hamlisch, others
PAUL ETTER - Director of Choral Activities/Coordinator of Sacred
Music, Choirs, Handbells
B.M., Southwest Baptist University
M.M., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
TIMOTHY HUDSON - Trumpet
B.M., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.M., New England Conservatory
Performer Diploma, Honor Graduate, Indiana University Trumpet and CEO, Carolina Brass; Summit Recording Artist; Yamaha Performing Artist 2007
CALIN LUPANU - Violin, GWU String Quartet
TERRY L. FERN - Voice, Praise Ensemble
B.M,. Bucharest Music Conservatory (Romania)
Performance Certificate, (Chamber Music)-UW- Milwaukee
M.M., Northern Illinois University
Performance Certificate, (Chamber Music)-Northern Illinois University
Concertmaster, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Concertmaster, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra
First Violin, Dark Horse String Quartet
Winner of Numerous International Prizes in both Violin and Chamber Music
NAN FRANCIS - Voice, Vocal Literature
SIVAN MAGEN - Harp
B.M., Oklahoma Baptist University
M.M., University of Louisville
D.M.A., University of North Texas
Additional Study, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
B.M., Westminster Choir College
M.A., Equivalent, Long Island University and Hofstra University
MELANIE FREEMAN - Cello, String chamber music Studies at
Converse College and UNC Charlotte
B.A. Music, Gardner-Webb University
SARAH GASKINS - Music Theory, Music Survey
B.M., Furman University
M.M., Florida State University
D.M.A., Florida State University
JONDRA HARMON - Voice, Vocal Pedagogy
B.M., Gardner-Webb University
M.M., Peabody Conservatory
D.M.A., In Progress, University of Kentucky
Performances with the Washington National Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Kentucky Opera, Cincinnati Opera and American Spiritual Ensemble.
PATRICIA B. HARRELSON - Voice, Vocal Pedagogy
B.M., North Carolina School of the Arts
M.M., Converse College
D.M., Candidate, Florida State University
TONY HAYES - Jazz Improvisation
B.M. Berklee College of Music (Magna Cum Laude)
THOMAS HILDRETH - String Bass, Jazz Bass
B.A., Winthrop College
M.A., Winthrop College
M.M., University of South Carolina
D.M.A., University of Georgia
B.M. The Julliard School
M.M. The Julliard School
First Prize winner, Propes Prize Winner, Renie Prize-
The 16th International Harp Contest in Israel
MEGAN MCCAULEY - Voice, Opera, Vocal Diction, Music
Survey, Musical Theatre
B.M. Bob Jones University
M.M. University of Illinois
D.M.A. University of Kentucky
SAMUEL STOWE - Flute, Flute Choir, Woodwind Choir
C. OLAND SUMMERS - Music Education, Instrumental Music,
Bassoon, Trombone, Euphonium
B.A., Indiana State University - Terre Haute
M.A., Indiana State University - Terre Haute
Ed.S, Ball State University
D.A., Ball State University
Additional Study, Eastman School of Music
PIOTR SWIC - Viola, String Quartet
B.M., Szymanowski Music School
M.M., F. Chopin Academy of Music
HENRY TREXLER - String Bass
B.A. University of North Carolina at Charlotte
MATT WHITFIELD - Composition, Theory, Bands, Clarinet,
Saxophone, Jazz Ensemble
B.M.E., Murray State University
M.M., The University of Alabama
D.M.A., The University of Alabama
RICH WILLEY - Jazz Band
B.A., University of South Florida
KIM MURRAY - Administrative Assistant
B.S., Gardner-Webb University
JANEY PEASE - Piano
B.M., Biola University
M.Ed., University of Arkansas
Certified, Expressive Arts Therapy
B. M., Illinois Wesleyan University
M.M., Appalachian State University
Principal Flute, Charlotte Civic Orchestra
M.M., Manhattan School of Music
He studied with Byron Stripling and Mike Abene. Rich spent the fall of 2001 on tour playing second trumpet the challenging “jazz chair” - with trumpet legend Maynard
Ferguson’s Big Bop[ Nouveau.
DAVID WULFECK - Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba
B.M. University of North Carolina, Greensboro
M.M. The University of Northern Colorado
Doctoral Studies, Indiana University
JASON PICKARD - Guitar, Guitar Ensemble
B.M., East Carolina University
M.M., East Carolina University
Guitar Maker, Pickard Guitars
CANDACE SCHMIDT - Oboe, English Horn
B.A. UNC Charlotte
B.M. Appalachian State University
PATRICIA C. SPARTI - Chair, Department of Music, Orchestra,
Theory, Conducting, Music Business, Musical Theatre
B.M., University of Miami (FL)
M.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins
University
D.M.A., Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins
University
Additional Studies, Westminster Choir College
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Call (704)406-4448 to schedule
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