Return to the Jazz Club pageJohn McCauley retires after 25 years as Director of THE
MISSISSIPPIANS and Jazz Studies. Milton Aldana, Ole Miss Trombone Studio and Director
of THE COLLEGIANS resigns to pursue additional education
options. These two gentlemen will truly be missed. The future evolves. These two
"openings" were combined into one position for Assistant Professor of
Trombone/Jazz encompassing Low Brass and THE
MISSISSIPPIANS.
The Search Committee selected Donn Schaefer as the person for this position.
Donn Schaefer has served as Instructor of Music at Middle Tennessee State University for
two years. He holds the BS degree in Instrumental Music Education from Bemidji State
University, MN; the MM in Trombone Performance from the University of Massachussetts at
Amherst; is ABD toward the DMA degree at the University of Iowa. Originally from
Vancouver, Canada,
Mr. Schaefer has a strong record of performance in classical, jazz and commercial musical
venues. Additionally, he is very active in work with public school instrumental programs.
He directed the jazz ensemble and jazz combo at Grinnell College. He has been a member of
the Middle Tennessee Jazz Orchestra (playing Drumset). He considers recruiting as a
strength. In 2000, he received the Outstanding Teacher Award given by the Tennessee
Governor's School for the Arts. His Ole Miss duties begin
with the Fall Semester of 2000.
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