Department of Music, Brenham Campus 

Larry Campbell , Division Chair

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Music Faculty-for detailed bio, click link below

Larry Campbell , Division Chair, Director of Bands, Instructor of Low Brass and Horn

Dr. Sarah Burke, Assistant Band Director, Dir. of Percussion Studies

Jill Stewart , Assistant Director of Bands, Instructor of Clarinet, Woodwinds, Aural Music

Brian Klekar, Sax and Sax Ensemble

Jennifer Wise , Director of Choral Studies.  Instructor of Voice

Elizabeth Byrd, Voice and Musical Theater

Glen Daugherty, Voice and Community Chorus

Dr. Craig Garrett , Director of Jazz Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, and Instructor of Trumpet

John Dujka , Instructor of Piano/Group Piano/Music Theory

John McCroskey , Instructor of Trombone, Trombone Ensemble

Noel Adams, Horn, Horn Ensemble

Marie McElroy , Instructor of Flute, Flute Ensemble

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LARRY CAMPBELL , Division Chair, Director of Bands, Instructor of Low Brass and Horn. Additional duties include administration of the annual Buccaneer Marching Band Festival and Music Meet Events for concert bands and choirs which are preliminary contests for U.I.L. and also introductory contests for younger groups.                 

Office Location:  Music Building  (979) 830-4260

Mr. Campbell received his Bachelor of Music Education (1967) and Master of Music in Tuba Performance (1973) from the University of Houston Moores School of Music where he studied with Bill Rose, Houston Symphony, retired.  Mr. Campbell has been Director of Bands at Blinn College since 1973 and Fine Arts Division Chair since 1994.   He is active as a private teacher, conductor, performer, and adjudicator/clinician and records the All-State audition etudes for tuba and euphonium for TMEA and ATSSB annually. Mr. Campbell is member of the Brazos Valley Brass Quintet and the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra. Professional organizations include: Texas Music Educator's Assn., Texas Band Master's Assn., Texas Community College Teacher's Assn., National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors and is a member of Phi Beta Mu. 

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SARAH M. BURKE, DMA Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Percussion Studies, Music Building  (979) 830-4015.

Blinn College Music Department is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sarah M. Burke as Assistant Band Director/Director of Percussion Studies at Blinn College/Brenham Campus. Dr. Burke received her DMA and MM in Percussion Performance at Rutgers University, and her BM in Percussion Performance from Texas Tech University. Her teachers included Alan Abel, Bob Becker, She-e Wu, Alan Shinn, and Dr. Lisa Rogers. A native of Texas, Dr. Burke has extensive orchestral, drumline, and steel band experience.

 

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JILL STEWART , Instructor of Clarinet, Woodwinds, Aural Music. Office Location:  Music Building  (979) 830-4262.

A member of the Blinn College Music Faculty since 1997, Mrs. Stewart received both the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Texas Tech University where she studied with Dr. Robert Walzel.  While at Texas Tech, she received numerous honors and was the Assistant coordinator of ClarinetFest '97.  She was a member of the Lubbock Symphony from 1993-1997 and is currently Principle Clarinetist with the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra.  Mrs. Stewart has also performed with the Abilene Philharmonic, The Roswell Symphony, the San Angelo Symphony, and the Big Spring Symphony.

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JENNIFER WISE , Director of Choral Studies.  Instructor of Voice, Music Theater Office Location: W.W. O'Donnell Performing Arts Center, Rm. 116A  (979) 830-4239.          

Jennifer Wise holds a B.A. in Music and Communication Arts from Austin College in Sherman, TX and a Master of Music from The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.  As well as soloing for the Brenham Chorale, she has performed on stage at the Unity Theatre, A.D. Players, Stages Repertory Theatre, Austin Summer Musicals at Zilker Park, Live Oak Theatre and in several productions with the Alley Theatre where she also acted as music consultant. 

Mrs. Wise headed the Department for Music and Drama at St Anne' School in Houston for four years and was chair of the Music Department at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Copperfield.

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ELIZABETH BYRD – Assistant Director of Choral Studies.  Instructor of Voice, Music Theater Office Location: W.W. O'Donnell Performing Arts Center, Rm. 116A  (979) 830-4239.

Elizabeth Byrd holds a B.A. in Music and Music Theatre with a minor in Piano and Dance from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Winchester, VA and a M.A. in Dramatic Communications from Regent University in VA. Beach, VA. In addition, she interned under the direction of Executive Director, Carolyn Rossi-Copeland at the Lamb’s Theatre in New York City, NY.

As a performer, she toured extensively with the National Broadway touring company of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS and was a company member with the AD Players in Houston, TX. She has been seen on the stages of; The Palace Theatre in NH, The Wortham Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, Stages Repertory Theatre, Unity Theatre, TheatreLab Houston and Main Street Theatre.

She has choreographed for the Houston Children’s Chorus, Unity Theatre, Interactive Theatre, Applause Theatre, AD Players, Regent University, Fort Bend Baptist Schools, St. Anne’s Catholic School, and many others.

Elizabeth also has extensive training in On-Camera and Voiceover performance and has numerous TV/Film, Commercials, Industrials and Voiceovers to her credit.

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CRAIG GARRETT, DMA, Director of Jazz Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, and Instructor of Trumpet. Office Location:  Music Building  (979) 830-4261

Dr. Garrett earned his Bachelor and Master Degrees at the University of North Texas, studying trumpet under John Haynie and Leonard Candelaria and develping his jazz skills in the North Texas Lab Band program.  He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a major in trumpet performance and pedagogy from the University of Southern Mississippi, where he began his college-level teaching career.  His principal teachers pursuant to the doctorate in performance were Allan Cox (Vanderbilt University) and Michael Tunnell (University of Louisville-KY).  He has been a member of the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Jackson Symphony (MS), The Meridian Symphony (MS), Gulf Coast Symphony (MS), and the Pensacola Symphony (FL).  Since returning to Texas, Dr. Garrett has taught at Cedar Valley College (Dallas) and Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and Lamar University (Beaumont).  He toured as a member of Contemporary Christian recording group Truth during 1978, performing on the album "Departure" which was noted in Billboard magazine as the first direct-to-disk gospel recording--and again in 1985, throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 

A member of the Blinn College faculty since 1994, Dr. Garrett teaches privately in the Brenham area and is also a member of the Brazos Valley Symphony and the Brazos Valley Brass Quintet.  His command and versatility allow him to work in virtually all performance styles on the trumpet from early music to modern, classical as well as jazz, popular and sacred.  He is demand for wedding and church performances, and free-lances as well with a number of jazz groups and other musicians in the area.  Dr. Garrett is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia professional music fraternity, the International Trumpet Guild, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the International Association of Jazz Educators.  He has served as an adjudicator in a number of capacities, and in February 2001 he was elected chairman of the Jazz Division of the Texas Community College All-State selection process by the Texas Community College Band Directors Association.  He is the founder and host of the Blinn College Buckin'Ear Jazzfest, now in it's seventh year (2002).  A father of four children, he resides with his wife Teresa on a small farm in nearby Waller County.

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JOHN DUJKA , Instructor of Piano/Group Piano/Music Theory.

Office Location:  Music Building  (979) 830-4249

John Dujka earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance at the University of Houston Moores School of Music where he studies with Albert Hirsh, Ruth Tomfohrde and Abbey Simon.   A member of the Blinn College faculty since 1990, Mr. Dujka is active recitalist and also maintains a private piano studio in Brenham.  He is in demand as an adjudicator and is President of the Brenham Area Piano Teachers Association.   He has performed on KUHF Radio's "Front Row", and has been featured soloist with the Blinn College Symphonic Band performing Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A minor".   Mr. Dujka is a versatile musician who is at home performing classical repertoire, Czech and German folk music, Hebrew music, and jazz/pop styles.  He is also well known in Texas and nationally for his award winning recordings and performances of Czech folk music with his brother as "The Dujka Brothers" and co-produces the weekly radio program "Saturday Morning Dance Time" with his wife Julie which airs on KULP 1390 in El Campo, TX .

In his most recent piano recording "40th Birthday Concert", Mr. Dujka performed works of Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Gershwin, Dvorak, and original arrangments of Czech folk music, and improvised variations. To request a recording of Mr.Dujka in concert, click here.

Samples of Mr. Dujka in concert...
Brahms: Intermezzo in A, Op. 118, No. 2Gershwin: Prelude #1

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JOHN McCROSKEY , Instructor of Trombone, Trombone Ensemble.  Office Location: Music Building (979) 830-4260

John  McCroskey joined us in the spring of 2002 as a part-time instructor of trombone and trombone ensemble.  Recently retired after 27 years as co-principal trombone with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and two years with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra early in his career, Mr. McCroskey now resides in Brenham and is a wonderful addition to the faculty and brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and expertise from the perspective of a professional trombonist.