Margaret McElwain Kemper
Associate Professor, General Music
mkemper@northwestern.edu - 847-491-7575
MMus, Northwestern University
Recent Activity
Fulbright scholar with André Marchal, Paris. Past national president, American Guild of Organists. Organist and director of music, Presbyterian Homes, Evanston. Organist, Kenilworth Union Church. Recitalist in the United States and abroad. Studied with Arthur Carkeek at DePauw University and Barrett Spach at Northwestern; additional study with Marie-Claire Alain and Anton Heiller, Academy for Organists, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Gary Kendall
Associate Professor, Music Technology
g-kendall@northwestern.edu - 847-491-3178
PhD, University of Texas
Coordinator, music technology program. Specialist in digital signal processing, spatial hearing, and audio programming. Author of numerous articles on 3-D sound and audio. His course on the Beatles is the most requested course in the history of Northwestern. Recent work has centered on energetic healing through music and has included compositions for multi-channel installations. For more information, visit his personal web site.
Lewis Kirk
Lecturer, Bassoon
l-kirk@northwestern.edu - 847-491-7228
BM, Manhattan School of Music
Bassoonist and contrabassoonist with the orchestras of the Lyric Opera of
Chicago and the Santa Fe Opera. Former member, Städtischen Orchester of Bremerhaven, Germany, and the New Orleans Symphony. Frequently performs with Bach Week in Evanston, Fulcrum Point, the Champagne Players, Music of the Baroque, the Chicago Philharmonic and Concertante di Chicago. Guest appearances with the Chicago Symphony, CUBE, and the Contemporary Chamber Players. Studied with Crawford Best, Phillip Kolker, Stephen Maxym, Louis Skinner and Darlene Jussilla.
James Kjelland
Associate Professor, Music Education/String Pedagogy
kjelland@northwestern.edu - 847-491-4769
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Instrumental music specialist. Instructor and coordinator of string education and pedagogy. Active conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and consultant. Contributing author to: Teaching Stringed Instruments: A Course of Study, comprehensive string class method Strictly Strings, The Science and Psychology of Music Performance, and Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra. Author of Orchestral Bowing: Style & Function and numerous journal articles on string pedagogy in The American String Teacher, The Instrumentalist, and Council for Research in Music Education. Member, American String Teachers Association, Music Educators National Conference, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Former faculty member: University of Southern California, R. D. Colburn School of Performing Arts, and University of North Texas.
Noel Koran
Associate Professor, Opera
noelkoran@northwestern.edu - 847-491-4744
DMusA, University of Texas at Austin
Director of opera. Former director of opera, Ohio State University School of Music. Has worked extensively as actor, singer, and director in the United States and Europe. First-place awards from National Opera Association for production, design, and direction of Cosi fan Tutte (1998) and Susannah (1999). Performing credits include A Contemporary Theater (Seattle), American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco), Austin Lyric Opera, Opera/Columbus, Union Square Theater (New York City), Wexford Festival (Ireland), and the Stadttheater Pforzheim (Germany). Faculty, American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Former artistic director, Actors' Theatre of Columbus. Former artistic director, Austin Shakespeare Festival; former production staff, Austin Lyric Opera.
Philip Kraus
Lecturer, Opera
philip-kraus@northwestern.edu -
773-743-5676
DM, Northwestern University
Baritone. Solo appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra; Dallas Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, South Bend Symphony, Owensboro Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Madison Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Appearances with the Lyric Opera, Minnesota Opera, Cleveland Opera, Chamber Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Hawaii Opera Theater, Light Opera Works, and the Pamiro Opera. Frequent guest of the Bel Canto Chorus of Milwaukee, Chicago's Apollo Chorus, the Bach Festival of Winter Park (FL), Music of the Baroque, the Handel Week Festival and the Calvin College Oratorio Society. Taught opera at DePaul University and Roosevelt University. Specialist in Gilbert and Sullivan.
Walfrid Kujala
Professor, Flute
w-kujala@northwestern.edu - 847-491-7228
MMus, Eastman School of Music
Flutist and principal piccolo, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1954-2001). Contributing editor, Flute Talk. Former member, Rochester Philharmonic, and former principal flutist, Grant Park Symphony. Past president, National Flute Association. Recipient, NFA Lifetime Achievement Award and School of Music Exemplar in Teaching Award. Recitals and master classes throughout the United States and Canada.
