Kristin Thelander
Director, School of Music
Phone: (319) 335-1601
Office: 1005 VMB
kristin-thelander@uiowa.edu

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Kristin Thelander

Kristin Thelander has been director of The University of Iowa School of Music since 2000. She joined the faculty of the School of Music in 1989 as horn professor, and she continues to perform with the Iowa Woodwind Quintet. She has had a rich and active performing career on both natural horn and modern horn, appearing as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, and the People's Republic of China. She has been a featured artist at many regional and international horn workshops and international brass symposia, and she has performed with summer orchestra and chamber music festivals in Colorado, Oregon, and New York. She has recorded solo and chamber music for Crystal Records, CRI, Vienna Modern Masters, Centaur, University of Wisconsin, and the University of Iowa. She has served as Advisory Council member, Secretary-Treasurer, and Vice-President of the International Horn Society.

Thelander holds the B.M. degree from St. Olaf College, the M.A. from the University of Minnesota, and the D.M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently a member of the National Association of Schools of Music Commission on Accreditation. She serves as an NASM visiting evaluator for institutional reviews and as an external consultant for university departmental reviews.

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