New faculty position
I’m pleased to announce that I have accepted a new faculty position, teaching clarinet and saxophone at Mississippi State University. It has been a pleasure to work with the clarinet and saxophone studios there on a part-time basis during the past year, and I’m looking forward to hitting the ground running, full-time, in August.
The timing is good, as I’ve just finished my final year at Delta State University due to the closure of its music department (and others) as a cost-saving measure. My heart goes out to those who are still looking for a soft landing.
And if you are looking for a great place to study music, please do reach out! Hail State!
Sy Brandon’s Divertissement for multiple woodwinds and piano is now available for purchase. If you’re a regular reader, you know that I commissioned this piece with funding from a Co-op Press Commission Assistance grant, and you have already read
Congratulations!
Congrats, Bret! Glad you’ll still be in the Magnolia State:)
Congratulations Bret!
Congratulations!
Do you have also woodwind doubling stundents or ist this programm for single reeds only?
MSU’s music department offers several degrees but has a focus on undergraduate music education degrees. No multiple woodwinds track is currently offered, which I think is the right choice for the department’s current direction. In my opinion, most students interested in multiple woodwinds should study them in a performance-oriented graduate program. But I hope to be part of significant growth in MSU’s music student population and degree offerings, so perhaps a multiple woodwinds degree could be in the future!
I am so happy you have landed at a major school of the South. And narrowing your focus to the single reeds is not a bad thing.