Cory Wikan

Cory wikan

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Higher Education Administrator, Conductor, Vocalist, and Music Educator

  • Education

    • Northwestern university

      1999 - 2002
      Master of music voice performance

      Activities and Societies: Pi kappa lambda, Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Chorale, Symphony Chorus Vocal Performance

    • Luther college

      1995 - 1999
      Bachelor of arts (b.a.) music performance and music education

      Activities and Societies: Nordic Choir, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Education and Performance

    • Boston university

      2008 - 2014
      Doctor of musical arts choral conducting

      Activities and Societies: Pi kappa lambda, Symphonic Chorus, Chorale, BU Opera Institute Choral Conducting

    • Centenary college of louisiana

      2023 - 2025
      Master of business administration
  • Experience

    • Aspen music festival and school

      Jun 2009 - Aug 2014
      Manager of chamber music

      • Oversee all chamber music operations: ensemble placement, scheduling of rehearsals, and faculty coaching• Aid in the expansion and increased visibility of the chamber music program• Serve on artistic panel that selects ensembles for various concert programs and recitals• Direct weekly chamber music concert series• Organize and emcee two development events, “House Chamber Music”• Assist in contracting artist-faculty as chamber coaches• Serve as liaison to faculty and student musicians Show less

    • Boston university

      Aug 2010 - May 2012
      Instructor

      • Develop and implement course syllabi in line with School of Music and NASM curriculum standards.• Teach introduction to conducting to BM and MM (Education) students (fall)• Teach advanced conducting to BM and MM (Education) students (spring)

    • Congregational church of topsfield

      Sept 2010 - Jun 2012
      Director of music and the arts

      • Direct artistic planning, including special worship services and programs (e.g. Lent, Homecoming, Advent, Thanksgiving, and Christmas)• Assist the clergy in planning liturgy and worship• Direct Chancel Choir (adult choir)• Direct Youth and Children’s Choir• Direct the Bell Choir• Supervise organist • Contract professional musicians• Manage the music library and musical instruments• Manage music budget• Oversee all artistic groups within the church• Recruit and prepare musicians for special music during summer services Show less

    • Centenary college of louisiana

      Aug 2012 - now

      Lead Camerata, a select chamber vocal ensembleCourses Taught:• Introduction to conducting• Intermediate conducting• Advanced choral conducting• Choral Literature, "Passions and Requiems"• Listening in Paris—Role and evolution of French opera before, during, and after the French Revolution (immersive study in Paris)• Introduction to Music Education• Elementary Music Methods• Secondary Music Methods• K-12 Music Methods-MAT program• Music History I (Medieval-Baroque)• Music History II (Classical-Romantic)• Senior Seminar• Supervise MAT internships/student teaching in the field• Recruiting, admission, advising Show less

      • Associate Provost

        Jan 2024 - now
      • Associate Professor of Music

        Jan 2022 - now
      • Dean, Hurley School of Music

        Jan 2020 - now
      • Acting Dean of the Hurley School of Music

        Aug 2018 - Jan 2024
      • Assistant Professor Of Music

        Aug 2012 - Jan 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diversity advocate training

      Centenary college of louisiana
      Mar 2023
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Cory Wikan
      2014 Julius Herford Dissertation Prize American Choral Directors Association 2015
    • Awarded to Cory Wikan
      Summer Research Grant Centenary College 2015 Study at the Choral Institute at Oxford University, U.K.
    • Awarded to Cory Wikan
      WEQ and Muses Grant Recipient Centenary College Women's Endowment Quorum and Muses 2014
    • Awarded to Cory Wikan
      Boston University Conducting Department Award Boston University School of music 2012
    • Awarded to Cory Wikan
      Pi kappa lambda Luther College 1999