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Michelle Kiec, Ph.D.
Michelle Kiec, D.M.A.
Department of Music
Associate Professor
Director of Woodwind Studies
Music Program Director
mkiec@umary.edu 
(701) 355-8104
Michelle Kiec enjoys an active career as both a pedagogue and a performer. In addition to numerous performances as a soloist and orchestral musician, she is a founding member of Trio Apollo, a Bismarck-based woodwind trio that specializes in reaching a wide spectrum of audiences through novel and innovative programming. Dr. Kiec is also in demand as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the upper Midwest.  She has taught at the University of Mary since 2000.

Education

    D.M.A.–Clarinet Performance
        Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns 
        Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    M.M.–Clarinet Performance
        Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns 
        Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    B.A.–German
        State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    Mus. B.–Saxophone Performance
        State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
        
Professional Memberships

  • International Clarinet Association
  • National Flute Association
  • North American Saxophone Alliance

Publications

  • The Licht super-formula: Methods of Compositional Manipulation in Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstücke XII-XVI

Performances

  • Harrisburg Symphony
  • Harrisburg Opera
  • West Virginia Symphony
  • Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
  • Nittany Valley Symphony
  • Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra
  • National Repertory Orchestra
  • Aspen Music Festival
  • University of Mary Wind Ensemble (soloist)
  • Bismarck-Mandan Wind Ensemble (soloist)
  • Northern Plains Clarinet Symposium
  • Montana-Idaho Clarinet Festival
  • Midwest ClariFest
  • International Clarinet Association
  • North American New Music Festival
  • North American Saxophone Alliance
  • University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium
  • Breckenridge Music Festival
  • Trio Apollo
  • North Dakota Music Educators Association

Undergraduate Courses Taught

  • Applied Music: Woodwinds
  • Woodwind Chamber Music
  • Woodwind Pedagogy I and II
  • Music Theory III and IV

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