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Ike Nail

he, him, his

Director of Bands and Orchestra, Music

88341 | naili@wou.edu
SH 102A

Why I chose WOU

I want to make the biggest difference I can in the musical culture of our area.

At WOU since

09/16/2005

Hobbies

Travel, hiking, reading, opera

Fun fact

Hometown

Coleman, TX

Favorite book/movie

Books: "The First Circle" - Solzhenitsyn, " Deliverance" - Dickey; Movies: "The Sting", "Chinatown"

Office Hours

Mon	Tues	Weds	Thurs	Fri
12 - 2		12 - 2

Classes Taught

Course	Title	Location	Days	Times
MUEN 122	SALEM POPS ORCHESTRA	OFF CAMPUS	-M-W---	1700-1820
MUS 202	HST WSTRN CLASS MUSC:ENLGHT	HYBRD* CRS	-------	-
MUS 107	INTRO TO MUSIC & LITERATURE	ONLINE CRS	-------	-
MUP 300	NON-JURIED	--- ---	-------	-
MUS 101	POP MUSIC IN AMERICA	ONLINE CRS	-------	-
MUS 202	HST WSTRN CLASS MUSC:ENLGHT	--- ---	-------	-
MUEN 322	SALEM POPS ORCHESTRA	OFF CAMPUS	-M-W---	1700-1820
MUS 399	SS:HST WSTRN CLASS MUSC:ENLGHT	ONLINE CRS	-------	-

Areas of responsibility

Band, Symphony Orchestra, Conducting, Music Education

Education

Doctor of Musical Arts in Symphonic Conducting - The University of Texas at Austin

Master of Arts in Music - West Texas State University

Bachelor of Nusic Education - West Texas State University

Professional experience

Associate Director of Bands, California State University, Northridge

Diector of Bands, University of Southern Mississippi

Resident Conductor, Dsllas Wind Symphony

Awards and honors

Two Grammy Awards, National Band Association Award of Merit, 2009 Oregon Symphony Association Music Educator of the Year, 2014 Oregon Music Educators Association Music Educator of the Year.

Professional memberships

College Music Society, College Orchestra Directos Association, College Band Directors National Association, National Band Association,

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