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Dr. Erik N. Janners
Director of Music
414-288-7125
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. |