Majors: Music
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Wartburg Community Symphony receives Iowa Arts Council grant
The Wartburg Community Symphony has received an $11,800 Iowa Arts Council Grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority in support of its February concert, This Tender Land: An Iowa Tribute. For this performance, the symphony will collaborate with Wartburg’s Opera Workshop on a production of Aaron Copland’s “The Tender Land,” a stirring snapshot of Midwest…
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Ticket sales begin Nov. 3 for 79th annual Christmas with Wartburg
The 79th annual Christmas with Wartburg performance, “The Everlasting Light,” will showcase the talents of more than 300 student musicians at concerts Dec. 5-7 in West Des Moines and Waverly. Tickets sales begin Monday, Nov. 3, for shows Saturday, Dec. 6, at 3 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. in Wartburg…
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Wartburg College faculty receive tenure, promotion, emeritus status
The Wartburg College Board of Regents has approved tenure and promotion for three professors. One professor was approved for promotion and five were awarded emeritus status. Those awarded tenure are: • Cristian Allen, an assistant professor of mathematics. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and a doctorate from the University of…
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Wartburg’s Nederhiser selected to present at International Conductor’s Guild Conference
Rebecca Nederhiser, conductor of the Wartburg Community Symphony, was selected to present her research on female British composers at the International Conductor’s Guild Conference in London. The conference, held Jan. 2-5 at the Royal College of Music, will celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary. Nederhiser, who spent one week conducting research at the college following the…
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Wartburg to host second music faculty lecture commemorating endowed professorship
Wartburg College’s Scott Muntefering and Lia Snead will present their research on two Iowa musicians and mentoring in music education as a part of a faculty lecture series commemorating 10 years of the Eugene and Ruth Weidler Drape Distinguished Professorship in Music Education. The lecture will begin at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Orchestra…
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Wartburg Community Symphony conductor receives third in American Prize contest
Rebecca Nederhiser, conductor of the Wartburg Community Symphony, has received third place in the American Prize — Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award in Orchestral Programming. Nederhiser submitted the symphony’s February 2023 performance, “Music Takes Flight,” for consideration. The concert featured the world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s “Messages from Everywhere,” a groundbreaking work combining the orchestra, a…
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Wartburg Community Symphony conductor finalist for American Prize
Rebecca Nederhiser, conductor of the Wartburg Community Symphony, is a finalist for the American Prize’s — Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award in Orchestral Programming. Nederhiser submitted the symphony’s February 2023 performance, “Music Takes Flight,” for consideration. The concert featured the world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s “Messages from Everywhere,” a groundbreaking work combining the orchestra, choir, AI…
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Dr. Lee Nelson
The Patricia R. Zahn Endowed Chair in Choral Conducting Established in 1990 with a gift from Patricia R. Zahn Dr. Lee Nelson joined the Wartburg faculty in 2009 as the Patricia R. Zahn Chair in Choral Conducting and director of choral activities. He conducts the Wartburg Choir and Ritterchor and serves as the artistic director…
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Brian Pfaltzgraff
Dr. Brian Pfaltzgraff is a professor of voice at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. While completing the Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Michigan, Dr. Pfaltzgraff was on the faculties of Ohio Northern University, and Concordia University, Ann Arbor. He received his Master of Arts in German Literature and his Master of Music…
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Lee Nelson
Director of the Wartburg Choir Ritterchor/Zahn Chair in Choral Conducting Dr. Lee Nelson holds the Patricia R. Zahn Chair in choral conducting and serves as the director of choral activities at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Nelson conducts the Wartburg Choir and Ritterchor (tenor/bass choir) and teaches choral literature, beginning conducting and advanced conducting courses…