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Shannon Scott, Graduate Program Coordinator
September 2, 2014
Our New Graduate Students
Blake Woolsey, trumpet, is interested in all styles of trumpet
performance, trumpet and general music teaching methods, arranging,
composing, theory and analysis. His undergraduate degree is a BM in
Music Performance, University of Wyoming, where he was Principal
Trumpet of University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra and Wind
Ensemble, Lead Trumpet in the Wyoming Jazz Ensemble, invited to
play Lead Trumpet in the Wyoming Jazz Educator’s Big Band; My
transcription of Brahms’ Symphony 4 in E minor: I for Saxophone
Ensemble was premiered by the University of Wyoming Saxophone
Ensemble in Fall 2013. Blake enjoys family and friends, roasting
coffee, baking bread and cooking, and learning new things all the time.
Hanae Straub is a 5 year Masters Program student at
WSU. She is working towards a bachelor’s and
master’s degree in Music Education and hopes to
teach elementary music. Hanae is a soprano vocalist
Hi! My name is Nathan Straub,
and has participated and held roles of leadership in
and I am starting a Masters in
the Opera Workshop and Concert Choir ensembles at
Music in Voice Performance. I
WSU. In addition, Hanae is the president of ACDA
enjoy all kinds of music, but
(American Choral Director’s Association), an
especially operatic repertoire and
extracurricular organization designed to bring the
art songs. Washington State
students of WSU experiences and opportunities in
University is my alma mater,
choral conducting and education that otherwise would
where I earned my Bachelor’s in
not be available in the Palouse. Hanae loves spending
Music on Voice Performance.
time with and singing with her husband, Nathan
This summer I fundraised and
Straub (tenor) and their French bulldog, Francis
attended a program in Verona,
Poulenc (barkitone).
Italy with my wife Hanae Straub
for three weeks. There we
Anneliese Dailey, piano performance and musicology, got her BA
studied with faculty from all over
at Whitworth University, were she majored in History and Music,
the world, and took classes in
with concentrations in Piano Pedagogy and Piano Performance.
Italian, music business, stage
High school private instructors included Dr. Peter Mack (Cornish
movement, and period
College of the Arts), Shearon Horton (Musical Arts Society of New
movement. Over the last few
Orleans), and Dr. Rebecca McCord (Sweet Briar College). Her
years, I have studied Spanish
professional experience includes: Church pianist, New Heaven
and German as well. I have
Church of Spokane (2013-2014); Whitworth University Women's
thoroughly enjoyed my career
Choir co-accompanist (2011-2014); Private Piano Instructor as a
here at WSU, and I couldn’t be
Student Member of MTNA (2008-2014); Accompanist for College
happier to spend my next two
and Secondary School Music Students (2010-2014). Anneleise’s
years here. Go Cougs!
musical accomplishments include: Winner of the National Opera
Association 2013 Scholarly Paper Competition [scheduled
publication in the Opera Journal December 2014]; Musicfest
Northwest Gold Medalist, 2012 and 2014; Musicfest Northwest
Young Artist Competition Winner, 2011 [Performance with the
Spokane Symphony]; and MTNA Senior Piano Duet National 3rd
place winner, 2010.
Shannon Scott. Graduate Program Coordinator
September 2014
Brian Ploeger was a member of the music faculty at
Spokane Falls Community College, teaching Improvisation
and Private Trumpet and directing a Jazz Combo. He was
also a member of the music faculty at Whitworth College.
Ploeger toured internationally as a featured soloist with
Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau Band and the Glenn
Miller Orchestra and has recorded with Michael Feinstein
and Maynard Ferguson.
Dutch Wikipedia http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Molter,
geweldig!
Tom Molter studied music theory, composition , conducting and
trombone at the University of Idaho and earned his Bachelor of
Music. He then studied at Whitworth University and earned his
degree in music education. As a music teacher he worked in
secondary schools. Today he is the conductor of the concert bands at
the "Evergreen Middle School" in Spokane Valley in Washington.
Since May 2009 he has been conductor of the "Spokane Jazz
Orchestra". He also works as a teacher for jazz arrangement at the
Eastern Washington University in Cheney. As a trombonist, he
worked in the jazz sextet "Kind of Blue", the "Tom Molter Big
Band" and "Spokane Jazz Orchestra". He was also active as a
trombonist who played in orchestras on ships for Carnival and Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines. As a composer he writes works for concert
band and jazz ensembles.
Lindsay Martin is a composer with piano as my primary
instrument. I enjoy jazz, music history, music literature: I
want to expand this knowledge when I’m here, music theory,
and stringed instruments particularly the viola or violin. My
undergraduate school is Eastern Oregon University 20092010, senior year of high school I primarily focused on
ensembles and piano lessons: Eastern Oregon University
2010-2014, when I acquired my degree. During 2008-2014 I
taught over 50 piano students and set up my own private
studio to teach them in 2010. During 2012-2014 I did
various small jobs including collaborating with a high school
choir for their concert and substitute teaching for one of my
professors. In 2010 I won a regional piano competition
hosted by Eastern Oregon University, put on by the local
chapter of OMTA. I enjoy spending time with my family and
with my fiancé, running, hiking, camping, and traveling.
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Ka Yat Ngai enters with an emphasis
on composition; he is a pianist. His
research and teaching interests are
solo piano, chamber and orchestral
composition and teaching piano. Ka
Yat started piano lesson at the age of
16, and earned the BA in Music
Composition at WSU. He was a
winner in LUCO’s 20th Anniversary
Fanfare Competition (2014). Outside
of work, Ka Yat enjoys dining with
his parents and friends; running and
reading; archaeological and religious
studies.
Hello! My name is Zachery
Meier and I am a Graduate
Teaching Assistant
with concentration in
composition and flute as
my primary instrument. I am
originally from the southern part
of Minnesota and moved to
Duluth, MN in 2010 to receive
my bachelors degree in music
theory and composition from
the University of Minnesota
Duluth. I have played principal
positions in the university’s
orchestra and wind ensemble,
along with the community’s
North Shore Symphony
Orchestra. Recently, I completed
paperwork to publish my first
piece for solo bassoon titled “In
a Dream” with Trevco Music
Publishing Company. I look
forward to collaborating with
many students and faculty at
WSU and to learn so much more