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Music Education

Music Education Alumni and Careers

Updated, Sept 10, 2017

Music Education provides opportunities for making a difference in people鈥檚 lives through music. This program provides a foundation of understanding for diverse career opportunities. See what some of our graduates are doing.

K-12 Teachers

  • , Band Director 5th-High School, Logan-Magnolia Community School.
  • , Director of Bands, Naperville Central HS Bands.
  • Mike Amano, Band Director 5-8th Grade, West Des Moines Community Schools.
  • Mark Aska, Elementary Music Teacher, Sandwich, IL.
  • , Orchestra, North Central Junior High School, Garner, Penn and Van Allen Elementary Schools, IA.
  • Hannah Blum 鈥揈lementary General Music, Mcglone Academy, CO.
  • , Choir Director, Macomb HS Choir.
  • Dennis Eveland, Band Director, Los Obispos Middle School, TX.
  • Jannica Wetzel-Fredrick鈥揅horal Director, Heritage Grove Middle School.
  • , Director of Bands and Music Department Chair, Loveland High School in Loveland, CO. | for Battalion Drum & Bugle Corps.
  • , Orchestra Director, Dubuque, IA.
  • John Gonzalez鈥揗usic Teacher JH and HS, Easton Valley Community School District, IA.
  • Eric Hollaway鈥揃and Director, Bartlett High School.
  • Josh Hahn鈥揃and Director, Clinton HS.
  • Kylie Hancosky鈥揃and Director, Brimfield Schools.
  • , Band Director, West Wilson Middle School, TN. Director and principal conductor of the Nashville Community Concert Band and performs as a freelance multi-brass instrumentalist, vocalist, and guitarist in the Middle Tennessee area. He can be heard on recordings by country artist Stephen Cochran and children's entertainer Bill Crosby.
  • Justin Heinekamp鈥揃and Director, Sandwich High School, IL.
  • David Hellyer鈥揝pringwood MS, Hanover Park, IL.
  • Rhonda Bull Hibbeler鈥揅hoir Director, Geneva Middle School.
  • , Band Director, Fremd HS.
  • Calesia House鈥揃and and Orchestra Director, John Deere Middle School.
  • Amy Bell Kastel鈥揈lementary General Music, East Aurora Elementary School.
  • Ryan Kastel鈥揈lementary General Music, Mill Creek Elementary School, Geneva, IL.
  • Erin Killey鈥揃and Director, Sandwich MS, IL
  • , Director of Orchestras, McKinney Boyd High School, Texas. Part-time Director of Music Ministry at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Carrollton, Texas.
  • , Band Director, Pleasant Valley Junior High School, IA.
  • , Band Director, Macomb JH School.
  • , Head Choir Director, Sachse High School (TX).
  • , Director of Bands, Jefferson City High School, MO.
  • Dan Moore, Band Director, Naperville North High Schoo.l
  • Jessica Moore, Junior High Choir, Riverside Middle School, Watertown, WI.
  • Steven Olson, Band Director, Princeton High School, Band Director, Choir Director, General Music, Ohio Community Schools.
  • Megan Melcher, Olson鈥揈lementary Music Teacher, Mendota School District.
  • , Choir, Riverside-Brookfield HS.
  • Nigel Range, Band Director, Lincoln Community HS.
  • , Band Director, Alan B Shepard High School.
  • Kevin Reavis, Band Director, Canton Ingersoll Middle School.
  • , Director of Bands, Geneseo High School.
  • , Director of Choirs at Hoffman Estates HS.
  • Daniel Tripp鈥揇irector of Bands, Manteno Schools.
  • , Band Director, Geneseo Middle School.
  • Kim Balach Wallace, Elementary General Music, Plainfield.
  • Lauren Simmons Wilcoxen, Choir and Music, Pekin Public School District.

University Teaching

  • , Assistant professor of choral music and choral music education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Composer and arranger with Hal Leonard in the Henry聽Leck聽Creating Artistry Series and G.聽Schirmer.聽 Ten years of middle and high school teaching experience in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • , Trumpet Professor, DePaul School fo Music.
  • , Coordinator of the Northern Illinois University School of Music's Jazz Studies Program.
  • , Professor of Music and Chair, Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Texas A & M Texas A&M International University after a distinguished career in the United States Air Force.
  • , Currently a freelance trumpeter. Professor of Music, Slippery Rock of Pennsylvania for 26 years.
  • , Director of Bands, Indiana School of Music (retired).

Retired Educators

  • Linda Betzleberger, Choir, North Pekin Marquette Heights.
  • Keith Cox, Choir, Antioch High School.
  • John DeGroot, Choir, Waubonsie Valley High School.
  • Robin Eiker, Green鈥揃and Director.
  • Steve Green鈥揃and, Lisle School District, Wheaton College, supervises student teachers for Illinois State.
  • , Choir, 40 years of teaching at high school and collegiate levels, Hinsdale South High School, Northern Illinois University, Young Naperville Singers.
  • Lesa Kline鈥揃and, Prairie Central High School.
  • Toni Redlingshafer鈥揅hoir, Illini Bluffs, Director of Professional Development for Illinois Music Education Association.

Other

  • Nathan Dogget, Tuba, Marine Expeditionary Force Band, Okinawa, Japan.
  • , Woodwind repair technician, Melk Music in Milwaukee, WI.
  • , Instrumental music teacher for 19 years. Currently Athletic Director at Morton High School.
  • John Larson鈥�16 years at State Farm Strategy Lead for Social Computing and Collaboration.
    Drum line instructor and arranger, HS Band director.
    Currently working at State Farm, conducting the Normal Community HS Jazz ensembles, and freelance drummer.
  • Jay Reginnatter, Pastor聽Robinson First United Methodist Church.
  • , Superintendent, Linn-Mar Community School District, Marion, IA.
  • Jake Walker鈥揋rigg's Music Representative
  • , Singer, actor, teacher, & song-writer.