Dr. Bruce Ammann  (on leave during the 2012-13 academic year)
Director of Band Activities/Saxophone Instructor/Conducting
605.274.5453
bruce.ammann@augie.edu

Dr. Bruce Ammann is professor of music and director of bands. He teaches advanced conducting, woodwind pedagogy and applied saxophone. He is an active adjudicator and clinician throughout the country. He has directed all-state bands in Minnesota, Arizona, Colorado and Rhode Island. He has presented clinics at several state music educators’ conventions, along with presenting clinic sessions at a CBDNA Regional Conference, a National MENC Convention and at the Mid-West Band Clinic. He has directed festival bands in Europe and has led the Augustana Band on three successful tours of Asia (1999, 2003, 2007) and to Egypt in 2011.

Dr. Ammann served on the faculties of Arizona State University and the University of Florida and taught for eight years in the public schools of Arizona. Dr. Ammann holds the doctor of musical arts degree in instrumental conducting from Arizona State University and the master of music in saxophone performance and the bachelor of music education degrees from the University of Arizona.

Michael Andersen
Tuba Instructor
507.727.0866 or 507.208.8596
sdtuba@gmail.com

Michael Andersen plays tuba in the South Dakota Symphony and electric bass with the Sioux City Symphony. He has over 20 years of experience in secondary education and currently teaches band at Worthington Middle School in Worthington, Minn. He is a member of International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (ITEC), Minnesota Educators Association (MEA), Minnesota Band Directors Association (MBDA) and Phi Beta Mu. He is a graduate of South Dakota State University with a bachelor of music education degree, and he holds a master’s degree from the University of South Dakota.

Emily Anderson
Flute Choir Instructor
605.274.5451
andersonfamily@sio.midco.net

Emily Anderson is the director of the Augustana College Flute Choir. In addition to her teaching commitments at Augustana College, Emily maintains an active private flute studio and performance schedule. She has been a member of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band for twelve years, and she is currently the principal flutist. She has performed with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Dakota Wind Ensemble. She is a member of the National Flute Association and the South Dakota Bandmasters Association. She received a bachelor of arts degree in music education from Augustana College and has over ten years of experience in secondary education.

Christopher Hill
Clarinet Instructor
605.274.5418
themouthpieceguy@msn.com

Christopher Hill teaches applied clarinet and is the principal clarinetist of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. He has performed throughout the United States and Europe with ensembles such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Omaha Symphony, New Sousa Band, Carousel National Tour, Evita World Tour, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Binghamton Symphony, and the Rome Festival Orchestra. He performed the world premiere of Nathan Pawelek’s Concertino in 2001. He and SDSO pianist John Walker performed at the international clarinet festival, ClarinetFest 2005, in Tokyo, Japan.

Mr. Hill is also the conductor of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band. He has been an active clinician nationally. A noted mouthpiece craftsman, he is a designer of the Chadash-Hill mouthpiece, which is used in many of the world’s finest orchestras and music schools. He is a Rico Grand Concert artist. He holds bachelor and master of music degrees from Temple University, where he was a student of Anthony Gigliotti.

Angie Larson
Clarinet Instructor
605.274.5418
angiemlar@yahoo.com

Angela Larson teaches applied clarinet. She returned to the Sioux Falls area in 2004 and has maintained a successful private clarinet studio since that time. She has taught clarinet at the University of Sioux Falls since 2005 and at Augustana College since 2006. She is an active musician in community ensembles, including the Dakota Wind Ensemble and the Sioux Falls Municipal Band. She is also employed at South Dakota Achieve as a support professional. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in instrumental music education from Augustana College and a master of music in clarinet performance degree from Kent State University, Ohio.

Patricia Masek
Flute Instructor
605.274.5461
masek@augie.edu

Patricia Masek is flute and woodwind pedagogy instructor. She has been a member of the South Dakota Symphony for 45 years, with 24 of those years as Principal Flute. She has served as the Symphony Performance Librarian for 35 years. Other performing experiences have been 37 years as Principal Flute with the Sioux Falls Municipal Band, solo appearances with the South Dakota Symphony, Sioux Falls Municipal Band, Augustana Band and Chamber Orchestra. She recently retired from 30 years as an instrument repair technician and maintains a private studio of approximately 20 to 25 students. She received a bachelor of science in music education from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in music from the University of Kentucky.

Scott Olson
Trumpet Instructor
605.274.5019

Jeff Paul
Oboe Instructor
jeffpaulmusic@gmail.com

Jason Rygg
Horn Instructor/Horn Choir
605.274.5205
jason.rygg@augie.edu

Jason Rygg is horn instructor and director of the Horn Choir. He serves as Assistant Principal Horn of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band. He has performed with the Dakota Wind Quintet (SDSO) in addition to regional orchestras in Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Minnesota. He has over 12 years of experience in music education in North and South Dakota, and for over 10 years he has taught horn at the International Music Camp, located on the border between North Dakota and Manitoba. Active as a clinician and adjudicator, he is currently the director of bands at Axtell Park Middle School in Sioux Falls and a member of South Dakota Bandmasters and the South Dakota Music Educators Association. He holds a masters degree from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, and a Bachelor of Science degree in music education from Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. He has studied horn with Dr. Stephen Lawson who is currently professor of horn at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.

Dr. John Pennington
Percussion Instructor/Theory Instructor
605.274.4607
john.pennington@augie.edu

John Pennington is an educator, composer, performer, author, producer and conductor. Dr. Pennington is currently a Professor of Music at Augustana College and is the Artistic Director of the Animas Music Festival in Durango, Colorado. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Arizona, and Arizona State. Dr. Pennington is an orchestral percussionist, who currently performs with the South Dakota Symphony and the Music in the Mountains Music Festival Orchestra. Dr. Pennington is currently a Cultural Envoy for the State Department in the Middle East (most recently Lebanon) where he presents concerts, clinics and masterclasses.

With over thirty recordings to date he has recorded for the Ensemble 21, Summit, Cristo, OCP, and Equilibrium labels. Recent recording releases include: Brasileirinho, South American Music for Guitar and Percussion (co-produced composed and arranged-2010), Steps (co-produced composed and arranged-2008), Music for Trumpet and Percussion with Stephen Dunn, Lou Harrison, American Gamelan (produced, conducted and performed 2007), Compassionate and Wise (co-produced, composed and performed-2006-Equilibrium Press). With performances on four continents and over twenty-five states he has performed on Prairie Home Companion and been a featured performer at three Percussive Arts Society International Conventions.

Active as a composer and arranger he has over twenty-five compositions for soloist, duo, chamber and films and dozens of arrangements for numerous instrumental and vocal combinations. Extensive studies in world music have included experience in African, Middle Eastern, Indonesian, Cuban and the South Indian Karnatak tradition. Recently, Dr. Pennington studied the Northern Hindustani tradition of music in Haridwar and Delhi, India and the Javanese and Balinese traditions of Indonesia. Please visit JohnPennington.com for more information.

Dr. Paul Schilf
Instrumental Music Education/Northlanders Jazz/History of Jazz
605.274.5458
paul.schilf@augie.edu

Dr. Paul R. Schilf is assistant professor of music, music education instructor, jazz history instructor, director of the Northlanders Jazz Band, director of the Brass Choir and conductor of the Augustana College/Community Band. He has taught all levels of instrumental music and is a published author of several articles on intergenerational learning and student mentoring. He is the co-director and a founding board member of the New Horizons Band of Sioux Falls.

Dr. Schilf is an active guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician throughout the country. He is presently a South Dakota All-State Band and Jazz Band adjudicator. His professional memberships include the Music Educators National Conference, South Dakota Bandmasters Association, Wisconsin School Music Association and Minnesota Music Educators Association. He is the President-Elect of the South Dakota Music Educators Association. He holds a bachelor of music education degree from Concordia University, River Forest, Ill., and master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees in music education from the University of Iowa.

Vance Shoemaker
Trombone/Euphonium Instructor/Trombone Choir
605.274.5408
vanceshoemaker@alliancecom.net

Vance Shoemaker is trombone and euphonium instructor and director the trombone choir. He is principal trombonist with the South Dakota Symphony and principal trombonist with the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra. He performs with the Sioux City Symphony, Sioux City and LeMars Municipal Bands and spent six summers with the Kansas Lyric Opera Company summer series. He participates in the Brass Section, a professional brass quintet that performs throughout the region.

Mr. Shoemaker has been a member of the backup bands for the following artists: Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bob Dylan, Liberace, Victor Borge, The Carpenters, Hal Lynden, Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Bobby Vinton, Mel Torme, Myron Floren, and Buddy Morrow. He is founder of the Siouxland Trombone Festival, which has featured such well known trombonists as Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist with the New York Philharmonic. He is a graduate of Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.