Faculty

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Randall Davidson General Director, Composers Workshop Faculty, Studio Faculty, Composers Institute Faculty
Email: davidson@boysartmusic.com
American Composers Forum page
Composer website

• Leadership team
• Planning
• Student, faculty, staff and artist recruitment
• Fund-raising
• Board relations
• Cello

Seth Custer Program Director, Studio Faculty, Composers Institute Faculty
Email: sacuster@hotmail.com
American Composers Forum page
Composer website

• Planning music theory instruction
• Lead teacher, Studio and Institute
• Online music theory assessment
• Soprano and Alto saxophone

Jocelyn Hagen Composers Workshop Faculty
Email: jocelyn@jocelynhagen.com
American Composers Forum page
Composer website

• Composition tutorials
• Music theory instruction
• Soprano, Piano

Linda Tutas Haugen Composers Institute Faculty
Email: linda@lindatutashaugen.com
American Composers Forum page
Composer website

• Composition tutorials
• Music theory instruction
• Violin

Sarah Miller Composers Institute Faculty
Email: dodecaphon@aol.com
Facebook profile

• Composition tutorials
• Music theory instruction
• Piano

Michelle Whalen Songwriters Institute Faculty
Email: rose_whalen@yahoo.com
Facebook page
iTunes
Composer website

• Songwriting groups
• Music theory instruction
• Piano

Jeremy Ylvisaker Songwriters Institute Faculty
Email: jylvis@gmail.com
Facebook page
[    ] myspace
City Pages references
mnartists.org

• Songwriting groups
• Songwriters Institute faculty
• Music theory instruction
• Guitar, bass

      Counsellors

Emily Custer Composers Institute Counsellor
Email: sweetpea81690@yahoo.com

• Teaching assistant
• Shadow the composers schedule
• Piano, violin

  Administrative Staff

Pat Steege Administrative Director
Email: psteege@mjssecurity.com

• Leadership team
• Fund-raising
• General administration

Karen Bourne Camp Director 
Email: kjbourne@cableone.net

• Leadership team
• Institute operations supervisor
• Board relations
• Fund-raising

Sharon Kaplan Workshop and Studio Staff 
Email: sharon@weopleland.com

• Leadership team
• Workshop and Studio supervisor
• Festival program publications

Vickie Steenhoek Registrar-Assistant Camp Director
Email: steenhoek2@aol.com

• Leadership team
• Registrations
• Institute operations

Jeanne Hryniewicki Treasurer
Email: jfkish@hotmail.com

• Finance, Budgeting

Sharon Wesbrook EVERYEAR coordinator
Email: sharonw@arvig.net

• Alumni relations
• EVERYEAR contact

Board of Directors

Heidi Hong President (Barron WI)
Jan Hyrniewicki President Elect (Franklin WI)
Karen Bourne NCR Representative, Vice President (Sioux City IA)
Carolyn Nelson Chair, NCR Endowment (Fargo ND)
Sharon Wesbrook Secretary (Detroit Lake MN)
Pat Steege Treasurer (Farmington MN)
Mike Barnard (Springfield IL)
Laura Crumbleholme (Moline IL)
Seth Custer Program Director, ex officio (Greenville SC)
Randall Davidson General Director, ex officio (Minneapolis MN)
Sam Ecoff (Hartland WI)
Carole Flatau (Valley City ND)
Ellen Kershaw (Omaha NE)
Margaret Radmer (Waukesha WI)
Vickie Steenhoek (Windom MN)
Janis Yarbrough (Yankton SD)

Founders

Gloria Lien ex officio (Phoenix AZ)
Odee Maier ex officio (Fargo ND)