OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Peter Landgren, Director of the Conservatory of Music, actively pursues a career as a soloist, recitalist, chamber and orchestral musician, teacher, clinician, and administrator. He began to play the horn at the age of eight and went on to study with three of the leading teachers of the instrument: Michael Hatfield, Dale Clevenger and Milan Yancich. Mr. Landgren became a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra when he was 21 years old before completing his undergraduate training at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Three years later he made his professional solo debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Silverstein. Mr. Landgren has performed with Summit Brass, the Melos Ensemble, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has also performed as Principal Horn with the Cincinnati, Houston and Columbus Symphony Orchestras.
In 1995, Mr. Landgren released his first solo recording, A Golden Horn, a collection of works from the Romantic Period for horn and piano with pianist Ann Schein. It is available on Elan Recordings. Mr. Landgren can also be heard on A Celebration of Song, the CD by Naumberg Competition finalist, soprano Hyunah Yu, on the NoRae label. Mr. Landgren’s latest release, Mozart Distilled, is a recording of the four Horn Concerti and Concert Rondo of Mozart in a new arrangement for horn and string quartet. The Atlantic String Quartet- all members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra- join Mr. Landgren on this Sonoris label recording. He can also be heard on some thirty recordings with the Houston, Cincinnati, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras.
In July of 2007, Mr. Landgren began his tenure as Conservatory Director at Baldwin-Wallace College after having spent the previous 29 years as a musician with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the past 26 years as a faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. From 2005-2006, Mr. Landgren served the Peabody Institute as the Interim Director. He also led Peabody in an institute-wide Change Initiative from 2003-2005 that was responsible for examining the institute in a quest to increase Peabody's preeminence amongst its peers. In the spring of 2003, Mr. Landgren received the Excellence in Teaching award from The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association, an award given to him at the Peabody Commencement. Email: plandgren@bw.edu
Nanette Canfield, Assistant Director of the Conservatory for Academic and Student Affairs
Margaret Swendseid, Festivals Coordinator
Kristina Tabler-Nemeth, Administrative Assistant to the Director
Wanda Dunn, Secretary to the Assistant Director for Academic and Student Affairs, Faculty Secretary
Ellen Hansen-Ellis, Secretary for Concert Production, Scheduling, Facilities
Anita S. Evans, Associate Director of Admission. M.A., Music Education, Ohio State University; B.S., Frostburg State University. Ms. Evans studied organ with Vernon Wolcott, Alfred Mudrich, and Don Gibson. She has taught in both the public and private school systems throughout Ohio and has been active as a church organist and children's choir director. Prior to serving Baldwin-Wallace College she was an admissions officer for Ohio Wesleyan University.
Email: aevans@bw.edu
Shannon Fujimura, Admission Coordinator, Conservatory Admission
Bryan L. Bowser, Assistant Director of the Conservatory for External Affairs, M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship, B.M.E., Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. Bowser manages the Community Arts, Summer Music, and Opera Programs; He also serves as Director of B-W’s Arts Management Program. He spent three seasons as Director of Operations and Development with Lyric Opera Cleveland before returning to his alma mater as Director of the Conservatory Outreach Department; he was appointed Assistant Director of the Conservatory in 2004. Bowser also serves as Minister of Music at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Berea and has been seen in many local theaters, colleges and universities as a music director and conductor. Bowser is an advisory board member of Brecksville Theater on the Square and Vice Chair of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts’ Central Great Lakes Region. Email: bbowser@bw.edu
Ruth Mercer, Program Coordinator & Registrar
Sara Schimelfenig, Program Coordinator for Conservatory Outreach & Music Education
Caroline Arendec, Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Director for External Affairs
Paul Cary, Director, Jones Music Library. Paul comes to Baldwin-Wallace from The Cleveland Institute of Music where he was Public Services and Electronic Resources Librarian. Paul has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in trombone performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music. He earned his Master's in Library Science at Simmons College in Boston. Paul is active in the Music Library Association, currently serving as chair of the Bibliographic Instruction Subcommittee.
Susan L. Hambley, Technical Services Librarian, B.M.E., Baldwin-Wallace College. Mrs. Hambley has studied with Sophie Ginn and Joyce Koch. She was director and soloist at the Church of St. Colette Choir, Brunswick, 1979-1994. She is a member of the Music Library Association. Email: shambley@bw.edu
Timothy Collins, Assistant Music Librarian
Kathleen Carnall, Music Library Assistant
Jennine Vlach, Music Library Assistant
RIEMENSCHNEIDER BACH INSTITUTE
Melvin Unger, Director, Riemenschneider Bach Institute.
Laura Kennelly, Editor/proofreader
Sandra Eichenberg, Associate Music Librarian
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Mark Graham, Piano Technician, Staff Accompanist, and Instrument Room Supervisor
Ostoja (Joe) Mijailovic, Custodial and Maintenance Service Specialist
Bill Hartzell, Recording Studio Specialist
275 Eastland Rd.