Erik Janners, Director of Music at Marquette University, is internationally recognized as a conductor, scholar and performer.  Dr. Janners holds degrees in percussion performance form Alma College and the University of Utah. Dr. Janners earned the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting at the University of Alabama under the tutelage of Dr. Gerald Welker. 

Prior to his arrival at Marquette, Dr. Janners served as Director of Bands at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois, and at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada.  His achievements in these earlier positions include the creation of the University of Regina Wind Ensemble, as well as serving at Director of the University of Regina Honor Band, the University of Regina Conducting Symposium, and the Saint Xavier University Conducting Workshop. He is in high demand as a clinician and adjudicator, and is the recipient of the 2007 Excellence in Teaching Award from Saint Xavier University.

As a scholar, Dr. Janners has had numerous articles published in the Instrumentalist magazine, as well as in Canadian Winds, the national periodical of the Canadian Band Association. He is a member of the College Music Society, The Conductor’s Guild, MENC, WASBE, CBDNA, and the Percussive Arts Society.

Contact information: 
    Email:  erik.janners@marquette.edu
    Office phone: (414) 288-7125

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Dr. Jason S. Ladd is in his fourth year teaching at Marquette University where he serves as director of both the Marquette Symphony Orchestra and Marquette Symphonic Band as well as co-directs the Marquette Pep Band. His previous positions include teaching in the public schools in the cities of Oswego (NY) and Syracuse (NY) and also serving as an adjunct professor in tuba and euphonium at Syracuse University. Musicians he has performed with include the national touring company of Chicago, vocalist Nancy Wilson, saxophonist Dave Liebman, tubist Howard Johnson, and conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama.

Dr. Ladd received a Bachelor’s degree in Tuba Performance/Music Education from the Eastman School of Music, Master’s degrees in Tuba Performance and Music Education from Syracuse University, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education and Conducting from Florida State University. As a composer his works have been read by the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Cassatt Quartet, and the Eppes Quartet as well as performances by the Eastman School of Music’s Tuba Mirum and the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble. Recently he has presented at the National Conference of the College Orchestra Directors Association and for the North Central Conference of the College Band Directors National Association.  Dr. Ladd has served on the advisory board for NAfME’s Music Educator’s Journal and is currently on the strategic planning committee for CODA. His other memberships include the American Federation of Musicians, American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Pi Kappa Lambda.

Contact information: 
    Email:  jason.ladd@marquette.edu
    Office phone: (414) 288-7476

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