FACULTY
Office: Studio Arts 213
Phone: 920.465.2636
E-mail: mcquadem@uwgb.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. University of Chicago
- A.M. University of Chicago
- B.M. Ithaca College
Courses
- Music Theory III
- Music History I
- First Year Horn I
- First Year Horn II
- Second Year Horn I
- Second Year Horn II
- Third Year Horn I
- Third Year Horn II
- Fourth Year Horn I
- Fourth Year Horn II
Michelle McQuade Dewhirst received her B.M. in horn performance from Ithaca College and completed the A.M. and Ph.D. in music composition at the University of Chicago. Her principal composition teachers have been Shulamit Ran, Marta Ptaszynska, Greg Woodward and Dana Wilson. Her music has been performed at numerous festivals and conferences, including a Summer 2007 residency as an Associate Artist at the Atlantic Center of the Arts. Michelle's work has been performed by such ensembles as the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Pacifica String Quartet, eighth blackbird and the New York Miniaturist Ensemble. Her work ...sky is falling in... for flute, horn and percussion was recently released by horn player Kent Leslie on his CD With every leaf, a miracle. She has taught at the University of Chicago, Oberlin Conservatory and Concordia University (River Forest, IL) and Daley College in Chicago. Michelle was a founding member of the Chicago Miniaturist Ensemble and has received the ASCAPlus Grant for four consecutive years. Her work is published by JOMAR Press www.jomarpress.com