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Penn State School of Music Welcomes Percussionist Dr. Lee Hinkle
Lee Hinkle will be joining Penn State’s School of Music this August as the Assistant Professor of Percussion. Dr. Hinkle is coming from the University of Maryland College Park, where he has been on faculty since 2010. Dr. Hinkle holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of South Florida.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be joining the music community at Penn State,” Hinkle said...
Student Spotlight
Graduating with a single degree in four years is no easy feat. So imagine graduating with four. Jin Zhang did exactly that, earning four degrees in four and a half years, including a Bachelor Arts degree in music performance (cello). In addition...
Faculty Spotlight
Prof. Marica Tacconi was one of 20 scholars invited to present at the International conference, “San Miniato and the Mark of the Millennium” held in Florence (in May 2018) to mark the 1,000 anniversary of the founding of San Miniato...
Alumni Spotlight
Congratulations to alumni Corey Wallace (B.M. Trombone Performance ’08) on winning Hot House Jazz Magazine’s NYC Readers Jazz Awards best trombonist of the year award. The winners were selected by over 80,000 votes worldwide,...