
Timeline
About me
Higher Education Administrator, Conductor, Vocalist, and Music Educator
Education

Northwestern university
1999 - 2002Master of music voice performanceActivities and Societies: Pi kappa lambda, Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Chorale, Symphony Chorus Vocal Performance

Luther college
1995 - 1999Bachelor of arts (b.a.) music performance and music educationActivities and Societies: Nordic Choir, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Education and Performance

Boston university
2008 - 2014Doctor of musical arts choral conductingActivities and Societies: Pi kappa lambda, Symphonic Chorus, Chorale, BU Opera Institute Choral Conducting

Centenary college of louisiana
2023 - 2025Master of business administration
Experience

Aspen music festival and school
Jun 2009 - Aug 2014Manager 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 2012Instructor• 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 2012Director 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 - nowLead 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 - nowAssociate Professor of Music
Jan 2022 - nowDean, Hurley School of Music
Jan 2020 - nowActing Dean of the Hurley School of Music
Aug 2018 - Jan 2024Assistant Professor Of Music
Aug 2012 - Jan 2024
Licenses & Certifications

Diversity advocate training
Centenary college of louisianaMar 2023
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Cory Wikan2014 Julius Herford Dissertation Prize American Choral Directors Association 2015
- Awarded to Cory WikanSummer Research Grant Centenary College 2015 Study at the Choral Institute at Oxford University, U.K.
- Awarded to Cory WikanWEQ and Muses Grant Recipient Centenary College Women's Endowment Quorum and Muses 2014
- Awarded to Cory WikanBoston University Conducting Department Award Boston University School of music 2012
- Awarded to Cory WikanPi kappa lambda Luther College 1999
Languages
- enEnglish
- frFrench
- itItalian
- geGerman
- laLatin
- heHebrew
- ruRussian
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