Music
Claudia Anderson is known for her originality and brilliance as a solo and chamber music performer across the U.S. She is a founding member of the innovative flute duo ZAWA! and of New... See full profile
Jennifer Williams Brown (musicology) is a specialist in the history and performance of Baroque music, particularly 17th-century Italian opera. In 2008 she received the Claude V. Palisca... See full profile
Jee-Weon Cha is a music theorist with interests in analysis and interpretation of 19th- and 20th-century music, music perception and cognition, music aesthetics and semiotics, and the... See full profile
Gabriel Espinosa was born in Merida, Mexico. His love of music began at a very young age. With the help of his mother he began playing the guitar at the age of six.
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Violinist Nancy McFarland Gaub has had a varied career as soloist, recitalist, chamber player, and orchestral musician on three continents. She is a Lecturer in Music at Grinnell College... See full profile
Marlys Grimm attended Sheldon High School and Central College, where she studied piano with Donald Gren. She has collaborated at Dordt, Northwestern, Grinnell and Central colleges in... See full profile
Barry Jones has been the full-time director for the Young, Gifted, and Black (YGB) Gospel Choir since the fall of 2006. He served the roles of guest director and interim director during... See full profile
Saxophonist and ethnomusicologist Mark Laver is an Assistant Professor of Music at Grinnell College, where he directs the jazz band and teaches classes on jazz and popular music. As a... See full profile
In addition to serving as adjunct instructor of the Grinnell College Symphonic Band, Mitchell Lutch is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Central College in Pella,... See full profile
Eric McIntyre maintains careers as a conductor, composer, instrumental performer, and educator. At Grinnell College he teaches music composition courses and directs the Grinnell... See full profile
Tony Perman (ethnomusicology) is a specialist in the music of Zimbabwe and the semiotics of music and emotion. He has received degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (... See full profile
Stacey Bostwick-Ramirez is currently a faculty member at Grinnell College and Des Moines Area Community College. She has presented clinics for the Percussive Arts Society and the... See full profile
John Rommereim is Blanche Johnson Professor of Music at Grinnell College, where he conducts the Grinnell Singers and the Grinnell Oratorio Society, and teaches composition. His choral... See full profile
Javanese gamelan music is Vetter's primary research area. He has carried out research on this subject in the central Javanese city of Yogyakarta during several visits between 1973 and... See full profile
Dr. Melinda Westphalen received her Bachelor or Music degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, where she studied with Professor Robert Lawrence. She went on to receive both her Master of... See full profile
Applied Music Associates
I grew up in St. Joseph, Mo.
What do you like best about Grinnell College?I love the wonderful students I am privileged to get to know,... See full profile
Fred Buck is currently a AMA of Music at Grinnell College, where he currently teaches banjo, resphonic guitar (Dobro) and mandolin. He played piano and accordion in his youth and became... See full profile
Yoo-Jung Chang, cello, is an active performer, teacher, and orchestra player. Chang featured as a soloist with the Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra as the second prize of the Gail... See full profile
Rob Clower has been teaching Highland bagpipes for more than 40 years. His students play in pipe bands throughout that U.S. and abroad, many also competing successfully as soloists. In... See full profile
Robert Dunn is an adjunct professor of classical and jazz guitar at the UNI School of Music. He is also a member of the UNI Suzuki School, teaching guitar. In addition, he teaches... See full profile
A native of Fargo, North Dakota, Ashley Eidbo began playing the bass at age ten. She earned a bachelor of music degree from the University of Minnesota as a student of Chris Brown, and... See full profile
Lisa Henderson has taught private voice at Grinnell College since 1992 and taught at Drake University for many years. She holds a M.A. in vocal performance and pedagogy from the... See full profile
Harpist Kristin Maahs performs with Des Moines Metro Opera, Des Moines Symphony, Ames Children's Choirs, and Mason City's Una Vocis Choir. In 2003 she was invited to perform with the... See full profile
Nicholas Miguel, baritone, is a versatile singer who has performed on the operatic stage, in the concert hall, and in choral ensembles. Stage credits include Don Alhambra in The... See full profile
Mezzo-Soprano and composer Lisa Neher (DMA) thrives in the crossroads of the concert hall and the theatre stage. Trained as a stage actress, she is equally at home in the worlds of opera... See full profile
Barbara Rivadeneira received her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Conservatory of Music at Baldwin-Wallace College, now Baldwin University, in Ohio. Her piano... See full profile
Megan Small is currently pursuing a PhD in Musicology at the University of Iowa. She is a member of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band and the Quincy, Illinois Symphony Orchestra.... See full profile
Pat Smith started playing guitar in 1969 and began teaching in 1974. Growing up in the Chicago area he has always been deeply in to Blues and R&B music. Attended two years at Coe... See full profile
Jennifer Wohlenhaus is the Principal Oboist of the Des Moines Symphony. She recently completed her Doctor of Music Arts degree at the University of Iowa and holds a Master of Music... See full profile
Colin Young is a concert saxophonist and educator living near Des Moines, Iowa. An active solo and chamber musician, Colin performs regularly with the piano trio Tres. He also performs... See full profile