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Dr. Michael Buckles is Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Music at McNeese State University. Buckles received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University, his Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Tulane University. Prior…
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Dr. Lonny Benoit is Associate Professor and Head of the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In addition to teaching music courses, Benoit is the director of the McNeese Steel Drum Band, Cowboy Bloco, and the McNeese West African Drum and Dance Ensemble. Benoit has…
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Dr. Spencer Brand is an active trumpeter, composer, and educator based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Brand currently serves as Artist/Assistant Professor of Trumpet at McNeese State University. In this capacity, he teaches private trumpet lessons, coaches brass chamber music, and teaches Music Appreciation courses. Previously, Brand taught trumpet and music theory at Glendale Community College…
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Dr. Chandler is the Director of Choral Activities at McNeese State University, where he conducts Chamber Singers and Concert Chorale. On top of his ensemble duties, he also teaches classes in choral conducting, methods, and literature. Prior to his appointment at McNeese, Dr. Chandler served as the Director of Choral Activities at Texas Wesleyan University…
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HaeJu Choi is a collaborative pianist and an instructor in the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University. She also serves as a faculty and a pianist at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan since 2019. She has been performing as a staff pianist for MTNA competition, American Protégé, ASTA, AZ…
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Garrett Eckl is a musician, programmer, and educator currently based in Lake Charles, LA. He serves on the faculty at McNeese State University as Assistant Professor of Music Production, and does research in the areas of AI-assisted composition, music education software, and audio plug-in development. He earned an M.M. in Computer Music from The Peabody…
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Dr. Davaron Edwards is the Assistant Director of Bands at McNeese State University in the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University where he conducts the Symphonic Band, Courtside Cowboys Basketball Pep Band, co-directs the Pride of McNeese Marching Band, and teaches additional music courses in the Department of Performing…
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Dr. Jeremi W. Edwards, a native of Louisiana, and is an alumnus of McNeese State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in music education. Subsequently, Dr. Edwards pursued advanced studies and achieved a Master of Music in Theory and Composition at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, under the tutelage of Dr. Quincy Hilliard….
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Jeffrey J. Lemke is the Coordinator of Instrumental Music Education, Professor of Music with an emphasis on Instrumental Music Education and Popular Music Studies, as well as serving as the Faculty Athletics Representative at McNeese State University. Dr. Lemke teaches courses in instrumental methods and literature, advanced instrumental techniques, historical and philosophical foundations of music…
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Kevin McIntyre began playing the trumpet in the fourth grade at Fisher Elementary School in Ewing Township New Jersey. In 1979, during his 10th grade year, Kevin moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana and began playing the horn at Sam Houston High School. After graduation, Kevin attended McNeese State University and got a Bachelors Degree in…
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Japanese-Brazilian pianist LINA MORITA made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013. Her international career has taken her throughout the U.S., Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France, and the Czech Republic. Most recently, she has been invited to present concerts at Sala Blas Galindo at Centro Nacional de Artes, Mexico City; Capilla de la Biblioteca Miguel Lerdo de Tejada, Mexico City; Auditorio Alfredo Kraus in Gran Canaria, Spain; Casa…
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Dr. Tim Pardue is the director of bands in the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University where he directs the Pride of McNeese Marching Band, conducts the McNeese Wind Symphony, and teaches music education and conducting. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the University of Oklahoma and holds a Master of Music…
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William G. Rose serves as Associate Professor of Music and Assistant Department Head in the Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State, where he teaches the low brass studio, directs the McNeese Alphorn Ensemble, conducts the brass choir and jazz ensemble, and teaches jazz improvisation. He has taught music theory & music technology, and served…
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Joshua Stenvick is an actor from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Upon completion of his BFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, he worked in New York City and Minneapolis professionally as a theatre artist. He attended Louisiana State University where he earned his MFA in acting in 2017 and since then he has worked on Equity…
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Dr. Paul Wolf, Assistant Professor of Voice, is a talented tenor performing on both the stage and in concert. He has performed on the national level including appearances with Spokane Symphony, Central City Opera, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Gadsden Symphony, Opera Birmingham, Eklund Opera, Opera Roanoke, Charlottesville Opera, Druid City Opera, and Birmingham Music Club. His…
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Dr. Michael Buckles is Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Music at McNeese State University. Buckles received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University, his Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Tulane University. Prior…
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Dr. Lonny Benoit is Associate Professor and Head of the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In addition to teaching music courses, Benoit is the director of the McNeese Steel Drum Band, Cowboy Bloco, and the McNeese West African Drum and Dance Ensemble. Benoit has…
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Dr. Spencer Brand is an active trumpeter, composer, and educator based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Brand currently serves as Artist/Assistant Professor of Trumpet at McNeese State University. In this capacity, he teaches private trumpet lessons, coaches brass chamber music, and teaches Music Appreciation courses. Previously, Brand taught trumpet and music theory at Glendale Community College…
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Dr. Chandler is the Director of Choral Activities at McNeese State University, where he conducts Chamber Singers and Concert Chorale. On top of his ensemble duties, he also teaches classes in choral conducting, methods, and literature. Prior to his appointment at McNeese, Dr. Chandler served as the Director of Choral Activities at Texas Wesleyan University…
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HaeJu Choi is a collaborative pianist and an instructor in the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University. She also serves as a faculty and a pianist at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan since 2019. She has been performing as a staff pianist for MTNA competition, American Protégé, ASTA, AZ…
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Garrett Eckl is a musician, programmer, and educator currently based in Lake Charles, LA. He serves on the faculty at McNeese State University as Assistant Professor of Music Production, and does research in the areas of AI-assisted composition, music education software, and audio plug-in development. He earned an M.M. in Computer Music from The Peabody…
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Dr. Davaron Edwards is the Assistant Director of Bands at McNeese State University in the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University where he conducts the Symphonic Band, Courtside Cowboys Basketball Pep Band, co-directs the Pride of McNeese Marching Band, and teaches additional music courses in the Department of Performing…
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Dr. Jeremi W. Edwards, a native of Louisiana, and is an alumnus of McNeese State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in music education. Subsequently, Dr. Edwards pursued advanced studies and achieved a Master of Music in Theory and Composition at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, under the tutelage of Dr. Quincy Hilliard….
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Jeffrey J. Lemke is the Coordinator of Instrumental Music Education, Professor of Music with an emphasis on Instrumental Music Education and Popular Music Studies, as well as serving as the Faculty Athletics Representative at McNeese State University. Dr. Lemke teaches courses in instrumental methods and literature, advanced instrumental techniques, historical and philosophical foundations of music…
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Kevin McIntyre began playing the trumpet in the fourth grade at Fisher Elementary School in Ewing Township New Jersey. In 1979, during his 10th grade year, Kevin moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana and began playing the horn at Sam Houston High School. After graduation, Kevin attended McNeese State University and got a Bachelors Degree in…
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Japanese-Brazilian pianist LINA MORITA made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013. Her international career has taken her throughout the U.S., Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France, and the Czech Republic. Most recently, she has been invited to present concerts at Sala Blas Galindo at Centro Nacional de Artes, Mexico City; Capilla de la Biblioteca Miguel Lerdo de Tejada, Mexico City; Auditorio Alfredo Kraus in Gran Canaria, Spain; Casa…
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Dr. Tim Pardue is the director of bands in the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State University where he directs the Pride of McNeese Marching Band, conducts the McNeese Wind Symphony, and teaches music education and conducting. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the University of Oklahoma and holds a Master of Music…
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William G. Rose serves as Associate Professor of Music and Assistant Department Head in the Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese State, where he teaches the low brass studio, directs the McNeese Alphorn Ensemble, conducts the brass choir and jazz ensemble, and teaches jazz improvisation. He has taught music theory & music technology, and served…
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Joshua Stenvick is an actor from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Upon completion of his BFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, he worked in New York City and Minneapolis professionally as a theatre artist. He attended Louisiana State University where he earned his MFA in acting in 2017 and since then he has worked on Equity…
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Dr. Paul Wolf, Assistant Professor of Voice, is a talented tenor performing on both the stage and in concert. He has performed on the national level including appearances with Spokane Symphony, Central City Opera, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Gadsden Symphony, Opera Birmingham, Eklund Opera, Opera Roanoke, Charlottesville Opera, Druid City Opera, and Birmingham Music Club. His…
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