Music Department Faculty
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Associate Professor
piccplyr@iup.edu
724-357-2067
By Appointment
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Flute
Flute Ensemble
Theory Skills
Therese Wacker is Associate
Professor of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, flutist with
the Woodwind Forum and the Keystone Winds. A graduate of The University
of Northern Colorado, she received her M.M. from the University of
Wyoming and her D.M.A. from The Ohio State University.
Dr. Wacker is an active performer and clinician in the Western PA area.
She has been a frequent soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the
Alleghenies and is substitute principal flute with the Johnstown
Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Wacker enjoys presenting Master Classes,
especially with emphasis on the piccolo. She has recently been invited
to be an artist/clinician for the Summer Music Festival at Allegheny
College's Chamber Music Festival. As an adjudicator, Dr. Wacker has
served for the COFA (Central Ohio Flute Festival), Pittsburgh Flute
Festival and the Lima Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition,
among others. She is a winner or finalist in several competitions
including: the Fischoff chamber music competition, MTNA, and the Denver
CAS concerto competition. Her Doctoral Thesis: The Piccolo in the
Chamber Music of the Twentieth Century-An Annotated Bibliography of
Selected Works; is a comprehensive guide to chamber music of the
twentieth century which includes piccolo and a history of the
instrument. She has also published several articles on this subject in
Flute Talk and The Instrumentalist. She commissioned and premiered
Bruce Yurko's Concerto for Piccolo/Flute & Wind Ensemble in
February, 2003. Current projects include a co-authorship with Jan
Gippo of "The Piccolo Resource Book" which will be published in 2007.
Dr. Wacker is the former principal flute/piccolo of The Air Force Band
of Flight. She performed as a frequent soloist with the Band of Flight
and taught Master Classes throughout the United States. She also served
as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of the Huffman Prairie Winds;
the Band of Flight's Woodwind Quintet. As a member of the Air Force
Band she recorded seven CD's including one for the Huffman Prairie
Winds.
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