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Music Faculty Dr. Larry Archambo, Professor of Music Joined University in 1988; Education: B.A., Oral Roberts University, M.M., The University of Kansas, D.M.A., The University of Kansas
Mr. Alan Black, Assistant Professor of Music
Joined University in 1987; Education: B.A., Brigham Young University, M.A., Boise State University, Ph.D. (ABD), University of Utah
Mr. Norval Crews, Associate Professor of Music Woodwinds, Music Appreciation, Instrument Repair. Office phone (940) 397-4294. Email Mr. Crews.
Dr. Ronald Hough, Professor of Music Joined University in 1971; Education: B.A., Wheaton College, B.M., Wheaton College, M.S.M., M.R.E., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, D.M.A., University of Illinois
Dr. Denise Koncelik, Adjunct Instructor of Flute
Private flute lessons,
(940) 397-4267. Email
Dr. Koncelik.
Mr. Gary Lewis, Associate Professor of Music Piano, Music Appreciation. Office phone (940) 397-4185. Email Mr. Lewis.
Joined the University
in 1971; Education: B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Michigan State
University. Additional study with John Perry and David Renner at
University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Don Maxwell, Professor of Music Joined University in 1971; Education: B.A., Colgate University, B.M., Friends University, M.M., University of Oklahoma, D.M.E., University of Oklahoma
Dr. Maxwell teaches voice, opera workshop, vocal pedagogy, diction, and vocal performance class. Office phone (940) 397-4242. Email Dr. Maxwell. Dr. Ruth Morrow, Professor of Music and Chair, Department of Music; Dolores P. Bolin and D. Phil and Aurora S. Bolin Chair of Music Piano, Keyboard Literature, Accompanying. Office phone (940) 397-4789. Email Dr. Morrow.
Dr. Kathy Scherler, Assistant Professor of Music Piano, Voice, Elementary Music Methods. Office phone (940) 397-4624. Email Mrs. Scherler. Kathy Scherler is Assistant Professor of Music at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas where she teaches undergraduate courses in music education, voice, piano, opera workshop, and supervises student teachers. In addition, she organized the Midwestern Music Educators Association, a student music education organization of which she is the faculty representative. Before joining the faculty at Midwestern State University in 2004, Ms. Scherler worked in the Texas and Oklahoma public school systems for fifteen years, teaching grades K – 12. In addition Ms. Scherler has taught at Dallas Baptist University, and was a teaching fellow for two years at the University of North Texas. She is the recipient of numerous awards as a vocalist, and has conducted sweepstakes choirs in Texas and Oklahoma. Dr. Scherler received her Bachelor of Arts from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma and Master of Music from Texas A & M, Commerce, Texas. She recently completed the Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Her research interests are focused on the English language learner in the music classroom, and topics involving pedagogical and employment issues of public school music educators. Ms. Scherler has had an article regarding violence in the public schools published in the Southwestern Musician, the professional journal of the Texas Music Educators Association. In addition, Dr. Scherler has presented papers and lecture/recitals at the University of Georgia, the Texas Music Educators Convention, and the South Regional Association of the College Music Society.
Dr. Scherler
is a member of MENC: The National Association for Music Education, Texas
Music Educators Association, National Association of Teachers of
Singing, American Choral Directors Association, Texas Choral Directors
Association, College Music Society, Phi Delta Kappa International, and
the Texas Association of College Teachers. Dr. James Schuppener, Associate Professor of Music Director of Choral Activities, Choral Conducting. Office phone (940) 397-4268. Email Dr. Schuppener.
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Dr. Archambo is
director of the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble, and together
with Mr. Alan Black, directs the Marching Band and the Basketball Pep
Band. Dr. Archambo's masters and doctoral degree are in instrumental
conducting. He was chair of the Music Program at MSU for seven years.
Dr. Archambo teaches low brass, Music Technology, secondary music
education courses, beginning and instrumental conducting, and the brass
methods course. Dr. Archambo has taught at Thomas A. Edison High
School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Southwestern College in Winfield,
Kansas. He is the principal trombonist with the Wichita Falls Symphony
Orchestra and a former member of the U. S. Navy Band. Office phone
(940) 397-4210. 
Alan Black is the
director of the MSU Jazz Ensemble and teaches percussion, Percussion
Ensemble, Jazz/Rock Music Appreciation, Percussion Instruments Class,
Marching Band Methods, and secondary music education. He is the
Co-director of the MSU Marching Band and the Basketball Pep Band and he
also directs the Winterguard, one of the few university-sponsored
competitive colorguards in Texas. He came to MSU in 1987. Prior to MSU,
Mr. Black was the Associate Director of Bands at Northern Michigan
University, and taught at high schools in Burley, Idaho and Payson,
Utah. A percussionist, Mr. Black was a member of the first McDonald's
All-American Marching Band in 1967. He has played professionally with
symphonies and wind ensembles in Utah, Idaho, and Michigan, and is now
timpanist/principal percussionist with the Wichita Falls Symphony
Orchestra. He is also the drummer for the Ken Nelson Big Band in
Wichita Falls. Mr. Black is active in the Texas Music Educators'
Association, the Texas Bandmasters' Association, the International
Association of Jazz Educators, and the Percussive Arts Society.
Office phone (940) 397-4186. 
Dr. Hough has been a member of the MSU faculty for over 30 years
teaching organ, music theory, and string methods class. He currently is
in his third year serving as Music Program Chair. His D.M.A. degree is
in organ performance. During his tenure at MSU he has performed
numerous organ recitals on campus as well as in twelve different states
at churches and universities. In addition, Dr. Hough has been a member
of the cello section of the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra for many
years and is organist at First Presbyterian Church where he has served
for 20 years. He has previously taught at Mississippi State College for
Women, Western Illinois University, and Hardin-Simmons University.
Office phone (940) 397-4260.
Awards: Grand prize for his performance of a Twentieth Century Piano
Sonata submitted to the Teachers Division-International Recording
Competition sponsored by the National Guild of Piano Teachers; Second
prize for his performance of a Late Beethoven Piano Sonata submitted to
the Teachers Division-International Recording Competition sponsored by
the National Guild of Piano Teachers.
Dr. Don Maxwell is a Professor of Voice and has been a member of the MSU
faculty for 30 years. Dr. Maxwell has won numerous awards as a singer,
including the National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional
Adjudications, Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and the Bloch Young Artist
competition which culminated in two solo engagements with the Oklahoma
City Orchestra. His voice students have been winners in major vocal
competitions and several have launched singing careers on an
international scale. Dr. Maxwell has directed 18 operas and musicals.
He frequently serves as a vocal judge for competitions and is in demand
as a teacher of master classes.
Dr. Ruth E. Morrow,
NCTM, is the current Dolores P. Bolin and D. Phil and Aurora S. Bolin
Chair of Piano and Chair of the Department of Music at Midwestern State
University in Wichita Falls, Texas. She holds degrees from Indiana
University (DM, Piano Performance and Pedagogy), the Eastman School of
Music (MM, Piano; MA, Musicology), and Whitman College (BA, Music,
Philosophy). With a background spans all musical styles and includes
performances throughout the United States and Europe, Dr. Morrow remains
in demand as recitalist, collaborative pianist, and lecturer on topics
from ragtime to movement. She teaches at the Indiana University Piano
Academy each summer, and is a Certified Instructor of the Feldenkrais®
Method. In addition to her numerous musical endeavors, Dr. Morrow is an
avid marathon runner.
Dr. James Schuppener
is in his second year as Director of Choral Activities and Associate
Professor of Music at MSU. Dr. Schuppener conducts the University
Singers, Midwestern Singers, and the Oratorio Chorus. He also teaches
Choral Conducting, Choral Literature, Vocal Diction, and applied voice
lessons. Before coming to MSU, Schuppener was Professor of Music at
Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas for twenty years. Schuppener
has also taught on the faculties of Ripon College, and West Virginia
Wesleyan College. Choirs under his direction have performed in Kansas,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Georgia, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, New York, and Washington, DC. He has also conducted choirs
that have toured Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.