Faculty
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Emily Threinen Director of Bands, Artistic Director of Winds and Brass Coordinator of Symphonic Ensembles and Diamond Bands Associate Professor of Music Department of Instrumental Studies phone: 215.204.8335 e-mail: emily.threinen@temple.edu |
Emily Threinen serves as Director of Bands, Associate Professor of Music, and Artistic Director of Winds and Brass in the Department of Instrumental Studies, Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. She conducts the acclaimed Wind Symphony, guides the instrumental conducting program, and provides administrative leadership for all aspects of Temple University Bands.
Prior to her appointment at Temple University, Threinen served as Director of Bands, Assistant Professor of Music, and Instrumental Division Chair at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia; Director of the Duke University Wind Symphony in Durham, North Carolina; Director of the Concordia University Wind Ensemble in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Conductor of the Dodworth Saxhorn Band in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Director of Bands and Instrumental Music at Harding High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, receiving the Outstanding Teacher Award.
Threinen works closely with composers, arrangers, and performing artists of varied disciplines and she is published in multiple volumes of the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band book series. She is an active guest conductor, clinician, conference presenter, adjudicator and performer.
Threinen received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the University of Michigan under Michael Haithcock; a Master of Music degree in Conducting from Northwestern University under Mallory Thompson; and a Bachelor of Music dual degree in Clarinet Performance and K-12 Instrumental Music Education from the University of Minnesota. While teaching at Harding High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, Threinen performed as a clarinetist in the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and semi-professionally in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Threinen currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Conductors Guild and she is an active member of these organizations: College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), World Association for Symphonic Band and Ensembles (WASBE), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Pi Kappa Lambda, and Kappa Kappa Psi as an honorary member.
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Matthew Brunner Director of Athletic Bands Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Department of Instrumental Studies phone: 215.204.2162 email: brunnerm@temple.edu |
Matthew Brunner assumed his duties as Director of the Athletic Bands and Assistant Professor of Music in the Department of Instrumental Studies, Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University in 2008. He is the Director of the Diamond Marching and Basketball Bands, conductor of the Wind Ensemble and Collegiate Band, and instructor of undergraduate conducting courses.
Brunner received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting from Indiana University, a Master of Music degree in Instrumental Conducting with minor area studies in trumpet performance and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree (cum laude) from Ohio University.
After receiving his Bachelors degree, Brunner served as a band director in the Carrollton School District in Carrollton, Ohio. He also participated in area concert bands, orchestra, jazz, rock, and funk bands. Brunner became one of the staff arrangers for the Ohio University Marching 110. He is credited with over one hundred marching band arrangements for university and high school marching bands across the country.
Brunner is also published in the Teaching Music through Performance in Band book series, Teaching Music through Performance in Beginning Band book series, and The National Band Association Journal. He is active as an adjudicator and clinician. In 2007, he was one of the winners of the National Band Association's International Conducting Symposium in Sherborne, England.
Brunner serves as the Eastern Division Chair and Pennsylvania State Representative for the National Band Association. His other professional affiliations include College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, Pennsylvania Music Education Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Kappa Kappa Psi.
Emeritus
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Arthur Chodoroff Professor Emeritus Director of Bands Professor of Music Department of Instrumental Studies e-mail: adcnac@temple.edu |
Arthur D. Chodoroff, Professor Emeritus of Instrumental Music, served as Director of Bands from 1977-2011. He arrived full-time at Temple in 1972 as a graduate assistant with the Temple Bands and in 1973 became the first to hold the position of Assistant Director of Bands. Chodoroff was the conductor of the Wind Symphony, the Wind Ensemble during fall semesters, instructed advanced undergraduate and graduate conducting students, and taught courses in music education. He was the founding conductor of the Collegiate Band and Wind Ensemble. In addition, he conducted concerts with the Chamber Winds and Sinfonia Orchestra, was Chair of the Department of Instrumental Studies from 1996-2005, and then Area Coordinator for Woodwinds and Brass.
Chodoroff served as Director of the Diamond Marching Band from 1977-1996 and Director of the Temple Jazz Ensemble from 1976-1991. Under his direction, performances by the Diamond Marching Band included the Mirage Bowls I and II in Tokyo, Japan; the Garden State Bowl; the Bicentennial Constitution Parade; numerous Philadelphia Eagles games; the 1983 Phillies World Series; and Temple football games on campuses in several states. Performances by the Jazz Ensemble included tours through the eastern United States; invitational concerts for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and Eastern Music Educators National Conference; the Villanova Jazz Festival; and regular appearances at the Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) Collegiate Jazz Festival. In addition, the Jazz Ensemble performed twice at Temple's summer Ambler Music Festival with guest soloists Dizzy Gillespie and Phil Woods.
Under Chodoroff's baton, three compact disc recordings of the Temple University Wind Symphony were released, including American Sounds, (the first commercial instrumental recording by a Boyer ensemble) by Toshiba-EMI; Temple University Wind Symphony; Arthur Chodoroff, conductor and Karel Husa, guest conductor with soloists Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet, Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboe, and Eric Carlson, trombone, by Albany Records; and Celebrations, by BCM+D Records. Chodoroff also served as the faculty producer for the Boyer College's promotional CD Temple People Perform. In addition to these recordings, his performances with the Wind Symphony included tours through the eastern United States, as well as invitations to perform twice for the Eastern Division of the College Band Directors National Association, the Eastern Division of the Music Educators National Conference, and 6 times for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. Performances on campus regularly featured internationally known soloists including many members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the American Brass Quintet, and the Canadian Brass (lists are located under Ensembles: Wind Symphony). Chodoroff's additional performances with Temple concert bands included such special events as Temple Commencements, the dedication of the refurbished William Penn statue atop Philadelphia's City Hall, and conducting "Hail to the Chief" for Presidents Carter and Reagan.
Chodoroff's service and distinctions are many, including President of the Eastern Division of the College Band Directors National Association, Citation of Excellence in higher education teaching by District 12 of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, and recognition as an outstanding music educator in the nation by the School Musician Director/Teacher magazine. Articles that he has authored have recently been accepted for publication by the School Band and Orchestra (SBO) and Teaching Music magazines. Chodoroff has guest conducted numerous high school honors, community, and professional bands and has adjudicated festivals throughout the country. He remains active as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator.