Women in Music Symposium

Apr 15

Haggar College Center, Welsh Parlor

Saturday, April 15 at 1 PM

Come learn about the value of a music degree in today’s world and explore your many options. Connect with graduates and current students, hear about their diverse careers and more at the Women in Music Symposium.

The Women in Music Symposium will include presentations from music faculty and alumnae, and a short concert and reception with the Saint Mary's Women's Choir.

Guest Speakers

Katelyn Best ’07

Teaching Assistant Professor of Musicology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
– BM in Music Saint Mary’s College, 2007
– MM in Musicology, Florida State University, 2010
– PhD in Musicology, Florida State University, 2015
– Vocalist and Performer in the Duo, Park and Franklin

Katherine Chmelko ’09

Director of Performing Arts and Choral Director, Nazareth Academy High School, Philadelphia, PA
– BM in Music Education, Saint Mary’s College, 2009
– MM in Choral Conducting, Messiah University, 2019
– Director of Music, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, Collingswood, NJ
– Member, Secondary Fine Arts Curriculum Committee, Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Martha Hagenbrock ’01

Nurse Practitioner and Instructor in Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
– BA in Music, Sant Mary’s College, 2001
– BS in Nursing, Saint Mary’s College, 2002
– MS in Nursing, University of San Diego, 2009
– Certified Nutrition Support Clinician

Rachel Stephens

Associate Vice President of Admission, Hanover College, Hanover, IN
– BA in Music, Saint Mary’s College, 2004
– Previous Director of Recruitment, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
– Previous Assistant Director of Admission, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
– Pianist

About the Department of Music:

The Department of Music offers courses to all students and, to its majors, the BA in Music and the BM in Music Education. A music minor is also available. Saint Mary’s College is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

About the Women's Choir:

The Saint Mary's College Belles Voix, a select 40-voice ensemble, regularly commissions and performs new works for treble voices. An outgrowth of this emphasis is the publication of the Saint Mary's College Choral Series, a collection of new works for treble voices, published by earthsongs of Corvallis, Oregon. The choir has performed throughout the United States and has appeared before state and division conventions of the Music Educators National Conference and the American Choral Directors Association.