Music and Theatre Arts Faculty and Staff
Your Support System
The Music and Theatre Arts Department faculty and staff are dedicated to sharing their knowledge to give our Blugolds the support they need and the best education they can get. Our professors have a multitude of experiences onstage, offstage, and within their communities. Get connected with them to learn more about their capabilities and how it can benefit you.
Tues/Thurs 11-11:50 a.m. (HFA 174)
Wed 3-3:50 p.m. (Pablo 246)
and by appointment
Dr. Chapman teaches classes in history, literature, and drama-in-education. She directs for the mainstage annually, and bi-annually tours a theatre for youth production to elementary schools, grades K-5. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department.
Dr. Jeffery Crowell is an Emmy Award winning percussionist and Professor of Music at the ̽Ƶ where he teaches applied percussion and percussion techniques, conducts the UW-̽Ƶ Claire Percussion Ensembles, instructs the Blugold Marching Band Drumline, and leads Jazz Ensemble III, part of the outstanding UW-̽Ƶ Claire award-winning jazz area.
Laura Dunbar is Associate Professor of Music Education, Elementary Specialist at the ̽Ƶ where she also serves as Music Education Coordinator and teaches music education courses.
Dr. Jacob Grewe is an educator and freelance musician based in Minneapolis, MN. He joined the music faculty at the ̽Ƶ as the Lecturer of Tuba and Euphonium in 2016. In addition to Dr. Grewe’s teaching duties at UW-EC, he is Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University and is a tuba instructor at the International Music Camp where he also performs with the International Brass Quintet. Dr. Grewe has performed and presented masterclasses throughout the Midwest.