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Music Faculty Dr. Keith Dippre (2001), Department
Chair; Professor of Music (2010); B.A., Azusa Pacific University;
M.A., California State University at Los Angeles; D.M.A., Ohio State
University.
He is currently the Department Chairman and Associate Professor of Music at Methodist University, teaching such courses as music theory, aural skills, and composition. Dr. Dippre also received a Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville and Cumberland County and was an artist-in-residence at the Artist's Enclave at I-Park (East Haddam, Connecticut). In October of 2003 his piece "Pilgrim's Blues" (for piano, violin, and cowbell) premiered in Northampton, Massachusetts commemorating the tercentenary celebration of Jonathan Edwards. He has been recently featured in the SCI National Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his work "California Low Brow" and was also commissioned by Duo 46 in 2008 for his "Year of the Rat" piece for guitar and violin. He has had commissions and performances with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, and his current publisher is Imagine Music (Medina, New York). On his recent sabbatical from Methodist University, he took part in the Fresno New Music Festival and was a guest lecturer at Azusa Pacific University. Mr. Charles Dumas, Jr. (2010),
Instructor of Music; Director of Marching Band; B.S., M.A., University
of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Jane Weeks Gardiner is currently Associate Vice President for Academic
Affairs at Methodist University. At Methodist University, she has
also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean
of the School of Arts and Humanities and Chairman of the Music Department.
Mrs. Gardiner is the founder of Friends of Music at Methodist.
In 1976, Mrs. Gardiner received her undergraduate degree in piano
performance from Salem College where she was the recipient of the
Rondthaler Award in Music. She earned a Master of Music in Piano
Performance from The New England Conservatory of Music where she
studied with Victor Rosenbaum. In addition, she has been the recipient
of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at Harvard
University. In 2006, Mrs. Gardiner was awarded the Outstanding Faculty
Award by the Methodist University Alumni Association and in 2007
she was the recipient of Methodist University's Professor of the
Year Award. She has appeared several times as a soloist with the
Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and performs frequently in recital
as a solo and collaborative pianist. Mrs. Gardiner is also the pianist
and choir accompanist at Hay Street United Methodist Church. Dr. Scott Marosek (2007), Assistant
Professor of Music; B.M., M.M., University of Missouri at Kansas
City; D.M.A., University of North Texas. Dr. Marosek is an experienced music educator, having served as Adjunct Professor of Piano at Southwestern Adventist University from 2005 to 2007 and as a keyboard instructor at the University of North Texas from 2002 to 2005. As a faculty member of the Eastern U.S. Music Camp he teaches piano, piano literature, and music theory. At Methodist, Dr. Marosek teaches piano and music history, accompanies the Methodist University Chorale, and plays for weekly chapel services. Dr. Michael D. Martin (2007),
Instructor of Music; Director of Choral Activities and Music Education;
B.M.Ed., M.M., University of Maine; Ph.D., Kent State University.
He has taught in grades 4-12, in the capacity of orchestral, choral and, instrumental education positions, throughout ME, NH and MA. He has received recognition as a teacher and conductor, having been the recipient of several teaching awards, serving as a guest conductor, vocal clinician, and judge for New England, Midwestern, and Southeastern music festivals. His past performing ensembles have received both regional and national acclaim for their performances. His guest conducting includes both mixed, SSAA, and TTBB choirs in New England and the Midwest encompassing several genres of choir music. Mr. Martin has also enjoyed a rich involvement in conducting community choral groups in ME and NH. In 2001, he created a semi-professional chorus, The New Vocal Collective, in central New Hampshire recording one compact disc. Under his tutelage, they performed works by 20th century composers and large works by Britten, Fauré and Rutter. He also conducted the Portland Downeasters, a Portland, ME based barbershop chorus, which became one of the top four choruses in the Northeastern District in 2002-2004. He received national attention with his championship barbershop quartet The Management (1986-2003) by touring New England schools in support of music programs. This became part of a national trend by the Barbershop Harmony Society to promote youth outreach and involvement in music. For this work, the quartet shared the National Education Service Award sponsored by MENC and SPEBSQSA in 1995, and Barbershopper of the Year award from the Northeastern District of SPEBSQSA in 1996. In 1996, he received distinction as the recipient of Distinguished Choral Director of the Year from the Maine Chapter of ACDA, an award that he shared with his quartet. He is currently the Director of Choral Activities and Music Education for the music department. Additionally, he is the Artistic Director of the Cumberland Oratorio Singers. He lives in Fayetteville with his wife Amanda who is an excellent AP Calculus teacher, his 6-year-old son David, and 1-year old daughter Meredith. His children constantly remind him that life is sometimes best enjoyed through the eyes of a child. Dr. Larry Wells (2006), Associate
Professor of Music; Director of Instrumental Activities; B.A., M.S.,
Washington State University; M.S., Portland State University; D.M.A.,
University of North Texas.
Currently, Larry is the Director of Instrumental Studies at Methodist University in Fayetteville. Prior to his appointment at Methodist, Larry taught for one year at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and three years at Southwestern Oregon Community College. In addition to teaching, Larry was the General Manager and Associate Conductor for the 500+ member Metropolitan Youth Symphony in Portland, Oregon. During his five-year tenure at MYS, Larry oversaw all operational aspects of the non-profit group, and conducted the Preparatory Band. Larry also spent four years working for the David. G. Monette Corp. building custom trumpets for notable players such as Wynton Marsalis, Adolph Herseth, and the late Maynard Ferguson. As a performer, Larry holds a position in the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has played numerous times with the Portland Opera, the Oregon Symphony, the Eugene Symphony and Opera, and the Salem Chamber Orchestra. While at the University of North Texas, Larry played with the UNT Symphonic Band, UNT Baroque Orchestra, and the UNT Opera Orchestra. Outside of music, Larry’s interests include playing golf, woodworking, and playing with his three children: Pruette (7), Harrison (5), and Daulton (2). Adjunct Faculty Mr. Jason Jordan (2008), Adjunct Professor of Classical Percussion Mr. Jordan received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he studied percussion with Cort McClaren and conducting with John Locke and Nicholas Holland III. He received his Master of Music Performance degree from Appalachian State University studying percussion with Rob Falvo and Scott Meister. Mr. Jordan has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, Asheville Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, the New Paradigm Percussion Quartet, and the Philidor Percussion Group. Mr. Jordan holds professional affiliations with Percussive Arts Society and Music Educators of North Carolina. Mr. Jordan is an active performer, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States. Ms. Nichole Peragine (2011), Adjunct Professor of Viola
Ms. Deanne Renshaw (2006), Fine Arts Coordinator; Adjunct instructor of Oboe. B.M., M.M., Northwestern University.
In September 2007, she was one of two English hornists invited by Ray Still to perform on his last public recital of his lengthy and reputable career. Recognized for her "lovely, winning English Horn solo" by the Classical Voice of North Carolina in November of 2009, she performs regularly as a freelance musician and recitalist in North and South Carolina. Deanne can be heard on two of Danny and June Infantino’s guitar/flute instrumental albums, "Of Blessed Beasts and Children" and "Table for Two." She is currently the Personnel Manager for the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and the Carolina Philharmonic, and acts as a prominent contractor for musicians throughout North Carolina. She is the Oboe Instructor and Fine Arts Coordinator at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC, and teaches oboe at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, following several years on the music faculty at Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois.
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Dr.
Keith Dippre was born in Ancon, Panama in 1960. He received his
undergraduate degree from Azusa Pacific University in California
and his M.A. from California State University at Los Angeles. For
roughly eight years, prior to beginning doctoral studies in composition
at Ohio State, he played the resort and nightclub circuit on the
west coast and was a multi-keyboardist in the hip-hop oriented "Raw
Nature." While living in California, he had the privilege of
opening concerts for artists such as Debbie Gibson and doing studio
work with popular jazz saxophonist Boney James. While at Ohio State,
Dippre was the recipient of the Ruth Friscoe award for composition
(1998) and was Composer-in-Residence with the Ohio State University
Symphony Orchestra (1999). He made his festival debut as accordionist
in OSU's Contemporary Music Festival 2001 playing the Lucas Foss
piece "Curriculum Vitae with Time Bomb." He also produced
a piano concerto entitled "700 N. Electric," and a document,
"Compositional Issues with Corigliano, Oliveros, and Kernis."
His principal composition teachers have been Dr. Phil Shackleton,
Dr. Byong-kon Kim, and Dr. Jan Radzynski.
Clarinetist and
saxophonist, Charles Dumas, Jr., is the private clarinet instructor
as well as the Director of Athletic Bands and the Jazz Ensemble
at Methodist University. A Fayetteville native and public school
educator for over twenty years, Mr. Dumas served as the Band Director
at Fairmont High School and Middle School in Robeson County for
four years before returning to his alma mater as the Director of
Bands at Douglas Byrd High School from 1992 until his move to Methodist
in 2008. Mr. Dumas is active in the region as an adjudicator for
both marching band and concert band clinics and contests, as part
of his role to recruit for Methodist University and the Music Department.
Active as a musical arranger for both marching band and jazz band,
as well as a drill writer for marching band, he has written shows
for several high schools in North Carolina. In 2004, Mr. Dumas received
the Inez Easley Educator of the Year Award for Cumberland County
based on his work in Multi-Cultural Integration in the classroom.
He was also recognized in 2007 by the North Carolina Bandmasters
Association with their highest honor given, the Award of Excellence.
The recipient of this award is chosen by their peers for their outstanding
performance in the field of Instrumental Music Education. Mr. Dumas
received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music Education
from University of North Carolina at Pembroke. 
Ms.
Jane Weeks Gardiner
Dr.
Marosek performs regularly as a soloist and collaborative pianist.
His recent performances in Beijing, Guangzhou, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Dallas have included appearances
at such renowned venues as Xinghai Hall, the Jerusalem Music Centre,
and the Meyerson Symphony Center. Dr. Marosek has also performed
several solo recitals sponsored by the Van Cliburn Foundation. He
has performed premieres of several new works, a result of his ongoing
interest in new music. 
Michael D. Martin
hails from the great state of Maine. He completed a Bachelor of
Music Education Degree (Percussion) at the University of Maine (1986)
and returned to the University to complete a Master of Music degree
in Choral Conducting (1990). In 2007, he completed his doctoral
studies and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Music Education with
an emphasis in choral music education through Kent State University,
Kent, OH. His dissertation research concerns the roles and implications
of multi-discipline vs. specialist teaching with regard to its efficacy
and teacher licensure.
Larry
holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Bachelor of Science in Education
from Washington State University (1990). He holds a Master of Science
in Teaching Music from Portland State University (1996), and has
recently completed a Doctor of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance/Wind
Conducting from the University of North Texas (2006). His dissertation
is entitled Construction Applications, Practices, and Techniques
of Natural Trumpets; A Comparative Analysis of Baroque and Modern
Era Trumpet Construction Methods.
Violist
and Conductor Nicole Peragine is beginning her second year of orchestral
and AP music theory instruction at Pinecrest High School in Southern
Pines, NC. Ms. Peragine received her Bachelor of Music Education
at the Crane School of Music and her Master of Music from the UNCG
School of music in viola performance. She has attended the Max Aronoff
Viola Institute, Brevard Music Center, and Mark Wood Rock Orchestra
Camp. hile a student at the Crane School of Music she was a Presidential
Scholar Grant recipient and while at UNCG she taught at the NYASTA
Summer String Institute. Currently, she plays viola for the Fayetteville
Symphony and Carolina Philharmonic. During the summer of 2010, Ms.
Peragine participated as an education writer for the North Carolina
Symphony's Friday Favorite concert series. Most recently she has
been invited to conduct the String Ensemble and act as the Teacher
Coordinator for Conservatory International based out of Pinehurst,
NC.
A former student of oboe
legend Ray Still and world-renowned soloist Alex Klein, Deanne Renshaw
currently holds the endowed principal oboe chair in the Fayetteville
Symphony Orchestra where she was featured as a soloist in 2007.
Having earned both her Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Oboe Performance
from Northwestern University, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as
oboe and English horn soloist with the elite Manhattan Chamber Philharmonic
in 2009 and is scheduled for a return visit in 2011 with the Carolina
Philharmonic. Having gained additional influence from oboists Carl
Sonik, Richard Killmer and Bernard Shapiro, Deanne has performed
as the principal oboist for the Amman Symphony Orchestra in Jordan;
the International Symphony Orchestra in Israel; the Long Bay Symphony
in Myrtle Beach, SC; the Carolina Philharmonic (NC); the North Carolina
Master Chorale; Opera Carolina (Charlotte, NC); the Tar River Philharmonic
Orchestra (Rocky Mount, NC); the Raleigh Civic Symphony (NC); the
Wilson-Barton Symphony Orchestra (NC); and the Kankakee Valley Symphony
Orchestra (IL). Deanne has also played with the Jerusalem Symphony
Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Virginia Symphony
Orchestra, the South Bend (IN) Symphony Orchestra, and the Kenosha
(WI) Symphony Orchestra. 
Mr.
Skip Walker
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Winstead