Wind Clinicians
Allison Jaeger is in her 17th year of teaching instrumental music in Wisconsin’s public schools, and is currently teaching at Oregon High School in Oregon, WI.
Ms. Jaeger has served as an adjudicator and guest clinician in the Dane county area, and as a Horn coach for the Wisconsin Middle Level State Honors Band. She was conductor of the South Central Honor Band in 2018, and a conductor for the Madison All-City Honor Band for five years. During the 2019-2020 academic year, Ms. Jaeger served as a Conductor of University Bands at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Jaeger also holds the position of Director of Residential Life and Student Engagement for the UW-Madison Summer Music Clinic, where she welcomes hundreds of 5-12th grade musicians every summer.
Ms. Jaeger has presented at WMEA state conference on democratic education techniques in the large ensemble, and strategies for promoting successful student teaching experiences. She is an active member of WMEA, with whom she developed a new program called Dynamic Futures - an interactive project that provides high school students hands-on experiences to explore the field of Music Education as a potential career path. Ms. Jaeger also continues to work with the UW-Madison and UW-Eau Claire Music Education Departments to host and mentor instrumental practicum students and pre-service teachers regularly.
Ms. Jaeger has been honored as a nominee for the “100 Black Men of Madison” Outstanding Educator Award, and the NBC15 Crystal Apple Award. Her curricular work has been featured in Teaching Today, on MMSD TV’s “Fine Arts Focus”, and in the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Fine Arts Creativity Education newsletter. Ms. Jaeger completed her Bachelor of Music Education Degree at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and her Master’s Degree in Music Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a conducting minor in the studio of Professor Scott Teeple.
Ms. Jaeger has served as an adjudicator and guest clinician in the Dane county area, and as a Horn coach for the Wisconsin Middle Level State Honors Band. She was conductor of the South Central Honor Band in 2018, and a conductor for the Madison All-City Honor Band for five years. During the 2019-2020 academic year, Ms. Jaeger served as a Conductor of University Bands at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Jaeger also holds the position of Director of Residential Life and Student Engagement for the UW-Madison Summer Music Clinic, where she welcomes hundreds of 5-12th grade musicians every summer.
Ms. Jaeger has presented at WMEA state conference on democratic education techniques in the large ensemble, and strategies for promoting successful student teaching experiences. She is an active member of WMEA, with whom she developed a new program called Dynamic Futures - an interactive project that provides high school students hands-on experiences to explore the field of Music Education as a potential career path. Ms. Jaeger also continues to work with the UW-Madison and UW-Eau Claire Music Education Departments to host and mentor instrumental practicum students and pre-service teachers regularly.
Ms. Jaeger has been honored as a nominee for the “100 Black Men of Madison” Outstanding Educator Award, and the NBC15 Crystal Apple Award. Her curricular work has been featured in Teaching Today, on MMSD TV’s “Fine Arts Focus”, and in the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Fine Arts Creativity Education newsletter. Ms. Jaeger completed her Bachelor of Music Education Degree at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and her Master’s Degree in Music Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a conducting minor in the studio of Professor Scott Teeple.
Devin Otto serves Director of Bands and Instructor of Tuba/Euphonium at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He comes to Wisconsin after holding faculty positions at Minot State University, Eastern Washington University, and the University of Idaho. Committed to music education at all levels, Dr. Otto is in demand as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and presenter in a variety of musical genres. His ongoing research in the use of improvisational theater games for conducting study resulted in well-received presentations at the 2013 National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association and 2015 North Dakota Music Education Association State Conference, and in late 2016 he will teach a 2-day conducting workshop on behalf of the Wisconsin School Music Association. Other recent engagements as a clinician and presenter include the 2016 conferences of the International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee and the International Society for Music Education in Glasgow, Scotland.
As a low brass player, Otto’s performance credits include the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Spokane Symphony Orchestra, Idaho/Washington Symphony, Minot Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Columbia Symphony Orchestra, International Brass Quintet, and Bob Curnow Big Band. He can be heard on the albums The Music of Pat Metheney and Lyle Mays, vol. 2with the Bob Curnow Big Band, and Of Love and Life with the University of Colorado Wind Symphony. In the marching genre, Otto was a member of two D.C.I. Drum & Bugle Corps, including the 1999 World Champion Blue Devils. Dr. Otto holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting and Literature degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he was a student of Allan McMurray. He also holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education from the University of Idaho and Eastern Washington University, and he has attended conducting symposiums under many of today’s outstanding wind conductors including H. Robert Reynolds, Craig Kirchhoff, Thomas Lee, Richard Floyd, Gary Hill, Mallory Thompson, and Rodney Winther.
As a low brass player, Otto’s performance credits include the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Spokane Symphony Orchestra, Idaho/Washington Symphony, Minot Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Columbia Symphony Orchestra, International Brass Quintet, and Bob Curnow Big Band. He can be heard on the albums The Music of Pat Metheney and Lyle Mays, vol. 2with the Bob Curnow Big Band, and Of Love and Life with the University of Colorado Wind Symphony. In the marching genre, Otto was a member of two D.C.I. Drum & Bugle Corps, including the 1999 World Champion Blue Devils. Dr. Otto holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting and Literature degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he was a student of Allan McMurray. He also holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education from the University of Idaho and Eastern Washington University, and he has attended conducting symposiums under many of today’s outstanding wind conductors including H. Robert Reynolds, Craig Kirchhoff, Thomas Lee, Richard Floyd, Gary Hill, Mallory Thompson, and Rodney Winther.
Jason Gillette is the Director of Bands at Oconomowoc High School. Currently in his first year at OHS, Gillette served as the High School Band Director in Elmbrook for the last 25 years. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a Masters in Educational Technology degree from Marian University. During his tenure at Brookfield Central High School, Mr. Gillette directed the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensembles, Marching Band, and Pep Band.
Mr. Gillette has been a guest clinician at Carroll University and Cardinal Stritch University along with a Guest Conductor at the Iowa City Regional Honors Jazz Ensemble and UW-Milwaukee Summer Institute. In addition to his teaching career, Gillette has an impressive list of professional performance experiences including the Milwaukee Symphony, several Broadway performances at the Marcus Center, and Summerfest. He's also worked with entertainers like Josh Groban, Eric Benet, Frankie Valli, Cheap Trick, The Temptations, Frank Sinatra, Jr., and Clay Aiken.
Mr. Gillette has been a guest clinician at Carroll University and Cardinal Stritch University along with a Guest Conductor at the Iowa City Regional Honors Jazz Ensemble and UW-Milwaukee Summer Institute. In addition to his teaching career, Gillette has an impressive list of professional performance experiences including the Milwaukee Symphony, several Broadway performances at the Marcus Center, and Summerfest. He's also worked with entertainers like Josh Groban, Eric Benet, Frankie Valli, Cheap Trick, The Temptations, Frank Sinatra, Jr., and Clay Aiken.
Paul Budde is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he teaches Introduction to Music Education, General Music Methods, Elementary Music Methods, Secondary Music Methods, Music for Elementary Teachers, Popular Music, World Music, First Year Adventures, and Applied Tuba. In addition, he supervises music students during Student Teaching. He currently serves as President Elect for the Wisconsin Music Educators Association (WMEA) and is a member of the WMEA Wisconsin Music Standards Revision Committee.
Previously, Budde served as an adjunct Professor of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College, Inver Hills Community College, Mankato State University, St. Cloud State University, and the University of St. Thomas. In addition, he taught middle and high school music in the public schools of Wisconsin and Minnesota for eight years. As an instructor, Budde is passionate about finding ways to blend the best of traditional music education with forward-looking ideas that align with the ever-changing needs of students in the 21st century.
Dr. Budde’s current research centers on the use of the National Music Standards by music educators in Wisconsin and Minnesota as well as Action-Based Research. His dissertation study, An Analysis of Methods for Teaching Middle School Band Students to Articulate (2011) represents another area of research.
Dr. Budde is an active performer (tuba) and clinician. In addition to his experiences as a tuba soloist, he is a member of the Stone Arch Brass, an ensemble that represented the United States during performances at the 2014 Harbin Summer Music Festival in China. He has also performed in numerous Twin Cities ensembles, including the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, National Lutheran Chorale, Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, Lake Wobegon Brass Band, and VocalEssence. Budde’s collegiate tuba quartet, The Pistons, was the first-place winner of the first-ever International Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Competition in 1992. His primary tuba instructors have been Jerry Young and Ross Tolbert, but he has also studied with Arnold Jacobs, Sam Pilafian, and Patrick Sheridan. Budde was the creator and chairperson of Tubonium, a two-day tuba-euphonium workshop that brought low-brass enthusiasts and world-renowned guest artists to this Minnesota event. He also released an album titled Practice Room Grooves, which is made up of accompaniment tracks that serve as a means to improve fundamentals during independent practice.
Dr. Budde, who currently lives in Lakeville, MN with his wife Kimberly and their four boys, earned a Bachelors Degree in Instrumental Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1993), a Masters Degree in Tuba Performance from the University of Minnesota (2004), and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Minnesota (2011).
Previously, Budde served as an adjunct Professor of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College, Inver Hills Community College, Mankato State University, St. Cloud State University, and the University of St. Thomas. In addition, he taught middle and high school music in the public schools of Wisconsin and Minnesota for eight years. As an instructor, Budde is passionate about finding ways to blend the best of traditional music education with forward-looking ideas that align with the ever-changing needs of students in the 21st century.
Dr. Budde’s current research centers on the use of the National Music Standards by music educators in Wisconsin and Minnesota as well as Action-Based Research. His dissertation study, An Analysis of Methods for Teaching Middle School Band Students to Articulate (2011) represents another area of research.
Dr. Budde is an active performer (tuba) and clinician. In addition to his experiences as a tuba soloist, he is a member of the Stone Arch Brass, an ensemble that represented the United States during performances at the 2014 Harbin Summer Music Festival in China. He has also performed in numerous Twin Cities ensembles, including the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, National Lutheran Chorale, Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, Lake Wobegon Brass Band, and VocalEssence. Budde’s collegiate tuba quartet, The Pistons, was the first-place winner of the first-ever International Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Competition in 1992. His primary tuba instructors have been Jerry Young and Ross Tolbert, but he has also studied with Arnold Jacobs, Sam Pilafian, and Patrick Sheridan. Budde was the creator and chairperson of Tubonium, a two-day tuba-euphonium workshop that brought low-brass enthusiasts and world-renowned guest artists to this Minnesota event. He also released an album titled Practice Room Grooves, which is made up of accompaniment tracks that serve as a means to improve fundamentals during independent practice.
Dr. Budde, who currently lives in Lakeville, MN with his wife Kimberly and their four boys, earned a Bachelors Degree in Instrumental Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1993), a Masters Degree in Tuba Performance from the University of Minnesota (2004), and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Minnesota (2011).
Peter Haberman serves as the director of bands and associate professor of music at Concordia College where he conducts The Concordia Band. He also leads the Echo Band, works with student conductors, teaches music education courses, and coordinates the comprehensive band program. Prior to his appointment at Concordia, Haberman held similar positions as director of bands at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Bucknell University. Haberman maintains an active schedule as a conductor, guest conductor, and clinician, having worked in more than 10 states and on five continents. His ensembles have performed at both national and international conferences and music festivals. He also has served as music director for many community ensembles including the Chippewa Valley Youth Symphony.
Prior to his college career, Haberman spent several years teaching at the Mercer Island School District in Washington and the Maple Lake School District in Minnesota. He was honored to be the recipient of the Educator of the Year Award and the Principal’s Award for Outstanding Teaching at Mercer Island, and the Maple Lake Employee of the Year Award. Haberman is an active board member of the Minnesota Band Directors Association. He is also a member of the College Band Directors National Association, Minnesota Music Educators Association, National Association for Music Education, and World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. His honorary memberships include Phi Beta Mu, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda.
A native of Minnesota, he has earned degrees from Concordia College, the University of Montana, and the University of Minnesota where he completed a Doctor of Music Arts in conducting. Peter lives in Moorhead, Minnesota, with his wife, Erika Tomten, and their daughter, Claire.
Prior to his college career, Haberman spent several years teaching at the Mercer Island School District in Washington and the Maple Lake School District in Minnesota. He was honored to be the recipient of the Educator of the Year Award and the Principal’s Award for Outstanding Teaching at Mercer Island, and the Maple Lake Employee of the Year Award. Haberman is an active board member of the Minnesota Band Directors Association. He is also a member of the College Band Directors National Association, Minnesota Music Educators Association, National Association for Music Education, and World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. His honorary memberships include Phi Beta Mu, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda.
A native of Minnesota, he has earned degrees from Concordia College, the University of Montana, and the University of Minnesota where he completed a Doctor of Music Arts in conducting. Peter lives in Moorhead, Minnesota, with his wife, Erika Tomten, and their daughter, Claire.
Phil Ostrander is Professor of Trombone at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he conducts the Symphony Band and teaches private trombone and trombone ensemble. Dr. Ostrander completed his doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music. Dr. Ostrander received master's degrees in both trombone and wind conducting from the New England Conservatory, as well as a bachelor's and Performer's Certificate from Eastman. He has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Kansas City Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic and the popular chamber group Burning River Brass Ensemble. Currently, he is a member of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra in Memphis, Tennessee under Michael Stern and also Principal Trombone of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra. An accomplished jazz trombonist, Dr. Ostrander has collaborated with jazz artists Maria Schneider, Jim McNeely, Jimmy Heath, Claudio Roditi and Rich Beirach. He teaches jazz at the Shell Lake Arts Camp in northern Wisconsin. He has recorded on Sony Classical with the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Naxos with the IRIS Orchestra. Dr. Ostrander is a clinician for the Conn-Selmer Musical Instrument Company.
Glenn C. Hayes is in his thirty-second year as Director of Bands at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His responsibilities include conducting the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds and the Warhawk Marching Band. Dr. Hayes' teaching areas include graduate and undergraduate conducting, graduate music education, wind literature, secondary instrumental music methods, student teacher supervision and marching band techniques. His previous teaching positions include Moorhead (MN) State University, Bowling Green (OH) State University, Greater Muskegon (MI) Catholic Schools and Grand Blanc (MI) Community High School.
Under his guidance, the UW-W band program has received regional, national and international acclaim for excellence in performance both in the concert hall and on the marching field. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble has performed by invitation at conventions of the British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles, College Band Directors National Conference and the Music Educators National Conference. On February 20, 2013, Dr. Hayes led the Symphonic Wind Ensemble in a performance at Carnegie Hall to great acclaim - the first Wisconsin university band to perform in the legendary hall. That performance has led to an invitation to perform at Symphony Center in Chicago as the featured ensemble for the Chicago International Music Festival. Prominent composers and guest conductors have critically acclaimed the ensemble. The Warhawk Marching Band has performed eleven times for the Green Bay Packers, three times for the Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day ceremonies and hosts the Wisconsin State Marching Band Championships.
Dr. Hayes has presented at international, national, regional and state music conferences on topics ranging from ensemble development, sensitivity of performance, literature selection and conducting. He has been an instructor at various workshops and served as a consultant to school districts throughout the Midwest. Dr. Hayes is the President of the College Band Directors National Association North Central Division and a member of the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance Committee.
Dr. Hayes has guest conducted and adjudicated throughout the United States and has given hundreds of clinics for high school and middle school bands. His primary conducting teachers have been John P. Paynter, Elizabeth A. H. Green and Norman C. Dietz. Dr. Hayes earned his undergraduate degree from Central Michigan University and his graduate degrees from Northwestern University.
Under his guidance, the UW-W band program has received regional, national and international acclaim for excellence in performance both in the concert hall and on the marching field. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble has performed by invitation at conventions of the British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles, College Band Directors National Conference and the Music Educators National Conference. On February 20, 2013, Dr. Hayes led the Symphonic Wind Ensemble in a performance at Carnegie Hall to great acclaim - the first Wisconsin university band to perform in the legendary hall. That performance has led to an invitation to perform at Symphony Center in Chicago as the featured ensemble for the Chicago International Music Festival. Prominent composers and guest conductors have critically acclaimed the ensemble. The Warhawk Marching Band has performed eleven times for the Green Bay Packers, three times for the Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day ceremonies and hosts the Wisconsin State Marching Band Championships.
Dr. Hayes has presented at international, national, regional and state music conferences on topics ranging from ensemble development, sensitivity of performance, literature selection and conducting. He has been an instructor at various workshops and served as a consultant to school districts throughout the Midwest. Dr. Hayes is the President of the College Band Directors National Association North Central Division and a member of the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance Committee.
Dr. Hayes has guest conducted and adjudicated throughout the United States and has given hundreds of clinics for high school and middle school bands. His primary conducting teachers have been John P. Paynter, Elizabeth A. H. Green and Norman C. Dietz. Dr. Hayes earned his undergraduate degree from Central Michigan University and his graduate degrees from Northwestern University.
Corey Pompey was appointed associate director of bands at UW-Madison, succeeding longtime director Mike Leckrone in the spring of 2019. Most recently, Dr. Pompey was assistant professor of music, associate director of bands/director of athletic bands at the University of Nevada-Reno. Prior, he served as the assistant director of bands at Pennsylvania State University, where he assisted with the Penn State Marching Blue Band and Athletic Bands, conducted the Concert Band, taught undergraduate conducting, and assisted with student teacher supervision.Dr. Pompey also served as an assistant instructor with University Bands at The University of Texas at Austin. He was involved in all creative and administrative aspects of the program, some of which include The University of Texas Wind Ensemble and The Longhorn Band. Dr. Pompey taught in the public schools of Alabama for seven years prior to moving to Texas. Dr. Pompey holds the bachelor of science degree in music education and the master of arts degree in music education from The University of Alabama. He earned his doctor of musical arts degree in wind conducting at The University of Texas. Principal conducting teachers include Jerry F. Junkin, Kenneth Ozzello, and Gerald L. Welker. Professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, and Phi Mu Alpha.
John R. Stewart is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Concert Bands at the University of Wisconsin –Eau Claire where he conducts the Wind Symphony, teaches courses in conducting and repertoire, supervises student teachers, and coordinates the concert band program. Dr. Stewart maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician throughout the upper Midwest. He completed his Doctorate of Philosophy in Music Education (2013) at the University of Minnesota while studying conducting with Craig Kirchhoff. Dr. Stewart earned his Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Central Florida (1996) and a Master of Arts in Music Education from the University of South Florida (2009). Prior to his appointment at UWEC, Dr. Stewart was Interim Conductor of the St. Cloud State University Wind Ensemble (Minnesota). Dr. Stewart served as Director of Bands at Saint Cloud High School (Florida) from 1996-2010 where he directed the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Percussion Ensemble and Marching Band. In 2006, he earned his National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and in 2008 was named the St. Cloud High School "Teacher of the Year."
Percussion Clinicians
Cindy Terhune earned her bachelors degree in music education from UW-Madison and completed her masters in music performance under the direction of Anthony DiSanza at UW-Madison. She owns the Terhune Music Studio where she teaches private piano and percussion lessons to about fifty students. She has performed as a section percussionist with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Madison Symphony Orchestra, and principal percussion in the Beloit-Janesville Symphony. She teaches the Sun Prairie High School percussion ensemble and is assistant director of the Sound of Sun Prairie Marching Band in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Cindy freelances as a percussion clinician (concert and rudimental) at many area school districts including Beaver Dam, Beloit Turner, Lodi, and Waukesha West.
Tammy Fisher has served as a member of the music department at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse since August 2001. She is the Director of the Screaming Eagles Marching Band, Conductor of the Symphonic Band, instructor of percussion studies and instrumental music education classes. She also serves as a supervisor of student teachers in the School of Education.
A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Fisher holds the BS in Music Education from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, the MM in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the PhD in Music Education from the University of North Carolina - Greensboro. She maintains membership in National Association for Music Education, Percussive Arts Society, College Band Directors National Association, and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association.
As an active percussionist Dr. Fisher serves as principal timpanist for the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and performs with numerous jazz bands including the 7 Rivers Jazz Band and Grumpy Old Men Big Band. She has appeared as a percussion soloist with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, La Crosse Concert Band, numerous high schools and community bands. Dr. Fisher has presented sessions in percussion pedagogy at the Wisconsin National Band Association conference, Wisconsin Day of Percussion, and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association annual conference. Dr. Fisher is a frequent guest clinician and adjudicator of concert bands, marching bands, and percussion ensembles.
A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Fisher holds the BS in Music Education from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, the MM in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the PhD in Music Education from the University of North Carolina - Greensboro. She maintains membership in National Association for Music Education, Percussive Arts Society, College Band Directors National Association, and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association.
As an active percussionist Dr. Fisher serves as principal timpanist for the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and performs with numerous jazz bands including the 7 Rivers Jazz Band and Grumpy Old Men Big Band. She has appeared as a percussion soloist with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, La Crosse Concert Band, numerous high schools and community bands. Dr. Fisher has presented sessions in percussion pedagogy at the Wisconsin National Band Association conference, Wisconsin Day of Percussion, and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association annual conference. Dr. Fisher is a frequent guest clinician and adjudicator of concert bands, marching bands, and percussion ensembles.