Erica Burton
Music Instructor
Department: Music
Phone: 651-450-3725
E-mail: erica.burton@inverhills.edu
Education Credentials:
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) -
Majors: Viola Performance -
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities
Master of Music (MM) -
Majors: Viola Performance -
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities
Bachelor of Music (BM) -
Majors: Viola Performance -
Northwestern University
Linda Chacholiades
Music Instructor
Departments: Music, Music & Band Department
Office: FA-176
Phone: 651-450-3554
E-mail: lchacholiades@inverhills.edu
Education Credentials:
Master of Music (MM) -
Majors: Piano/Organ Perform -
Cleveland Institute Of Music
Bachelor of Music (BM) -
Majors: Music Performance -
University Of Georgia
Bojan Hoover
Music Instructor
Department: Music
Office: FA-140
Phone: 651-450-3775
E-mail: bojan.hoover@inverhills.edu
Education Credentials:
Master of Arts (MA) -
Majors: Scoring for Film & Visual Media -
Technological University Dublin
Bachelor of Music (BA) -
Majors: Music Teacher Education -
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities
Michael Krajewski
Music Instructor
Departments: Music, Music & Band Department
Office: LA-130
Phone: 651-450-3773
E-mail: michael.krajewski@inverhills.edu
Bio
Dr. Michael J. Krajewski is a highly sought-after educator and guitarist. His performance experience runs the gamut as he is accomplished in commercial, jazz, and classical styles. Michael has presented lectures nationwide for College Music Society, Guitar Foundation of America, Technology in Music Education, Minnesota Music Educators Association, North Dakota Music Educators Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Tennessee Music Educators Association. He has had the honor of teaching at the college level since 2006.
Dr. Krajewski is a published author with Soundboard Magazine, The Journal of the Guitar Foundation of America as well as writing The Complete Beginning Guitarist and The Complete Commercial and Jazz Guitarist. He has coached Guitar, Commercial, and Jazz Combos and as an ensemble director, his students have won top awards at the Eau Claire Jazz Festival.
Education Credentials:
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) -
Majors: Music Performance, General -
Minors: Music Teacher Education -
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities
Master of Music (MM) -
Majors: Music -
Georgia State University
Bachelor of Music (BM) -
Majors: Music, Other -
Berklee College Of Music
Associate of Science (AS) -
Majors: Business, Management, Marketing, and Rel -
Columbia-Greene Community College
Andrew Martin
Music Instructor
Departments: Music, Music & Band Department
Office: F178
Phone: 651-450-3774
E-mail: AMartin@inverhills.edu
Bio
An alumnus of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Andrew Martin has a Ph.D. in Musicology/Ethnomusicology, an M.A. in Musicology and an M.M. in Percussion Performance. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. In 2011, he served as an academic fellow at the Arbeitskreis Studium Populärer Musik held at the Institute for Musicology and Music Pedagogy, Osnabruck, Germany. At Inver Hills, Dr. Martin teaches courses in music history, music analysis and percussion. He also directs the Inver Hills African Drum and Dance Ensemble and the Inver Hills Steelband Ensemble.
Dr. Martin's extensive research is centered on the theory and analysis of American popular music as well as various aspects of Afro-Caribbean music and its phenomenal dissemination throughout North America and around the globe. His chief focus investigates the development of Trinidadian steelbands and pannists outside of Trinidad and Tobago.
Dr. Martin has lectured and presented all over the world, including the U.S., Canada, Europe, China and the Caribbean. His research has appeared in journals such as American Music, Pan Podium: The Journal of the British Steel Band Society and The Journal of New York Folklore as well as The Grove Dictionary of American Music. His book,Military Might, Melodious Music: The US Navy Steel Band 1957–1999, is set for publication later in 2016.
In addition to scholarship and teaching, Dr. Martin is an accomplished live performer of non-Western and Western music. He has shared the stage with many amateur and professional performing ensembles, including:
- Petrotrin Hatters Steelband (Trinidad and Tobago)
- St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
- Renegade New Music Ensemble
- PanMN Steelband
- Sinatra Review Big Band
- Prague Chamber Symphony
- Slovak Radio Chorus
Dr. Martin has performed at a number of prestigious events, including:
- Percussive Arts International Convention
- Minnesota and Wisconsin Music Educators Conventions
- SEAMUS (Society of Electro-Acoustic Music) Festival
- SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Arts
- Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting
To learn more about steelpan, you can read the following articles by Andrew Martin, Ph.D.:
Education Credentials:
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) -
Majors: Musicology and Ethnomusicology -
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities
Master of Arts (MA) -
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities
Master of Music (MM) -
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities
Bachelor of Arts (BA) -
Majors: Music -
University Of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Jennifer Parker
Music Instructor
Departments: Music, Music & Band Department, Study Skills
Office: FA-177
Phone: 651-450-3730
E-mail: JParker@inverhills.edu
Bio
Jennifer Parker has maintained a varied music career as an educator, performer, arranger, director and songwriter. Past highlights include presentations at the Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Washington State Music Education Conventions. Jennifer has been selected to direct All State vocal jazz ensembles in Illinois, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Colorado. Most recently she was commissioned to write and premier her composition and arrangement, This Make Believe, in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Jazz Education Network in Reno, NV. Her song Sign of Life was featured in the documentary My Dream, My Right, a humanitarian awareness documentary focused on Syrian refugee children and premiered in the 2015 Minneapolis film festival. Her composition, Home, will be featured on an upcoming album by the Los Angeles based vocal quartet, True North.
Jennifer is celebrating her 20th year in higher education. She is proud to have shared time with amazing colleagues and students at Washington State University, Concordia University, McNally Smith College of Music, and currently North Central University and Inver Hills Community College.
Education Credentials:
Master of Music (MM) - Major: Vocal Performance, Jazz Emphasis - Western Michigan University
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Majors: Jazz/Jazz Studies - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
William Richardson
Cello Instructor
Phone: 651-450-3472
E-mail: william.richardson@inverhills.edu
Education Credentials:
Diploma (DIP) -
Majors: Violin Repair -
MN State College - Southeast Technical
Diploma (DIP) -
Majors: Music Performance, Cello -
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bachelor of Music (BM) -
Majors: Music Performance, Cello -
Indiana University