Professor of Music—Woodwinds & Orchestra
Fall 2012—Sabbatical leave at Taylor University
Nov. 2011—Presentation at Lilly International Conference on College Teaching
2011—Who’s Who in Collegiate Faculty
May 2010—Premiered Concert Music! by Dana Collins with Marion Philharmonic
May 2009—Recitals in Budapest, Hungary with Kyung Nam Oh, cello and Klara Kommendi, piano
Feb. 2009—Presentation at Midwest Scholar’s Conference
Sept. 2008—Presentation at Lilly North International Conference on College Teaching
2007–2009—Who’s Who in American Education
We (my family and I) came to Taylor as an answer to prayer. We lived in Oklahoma for nine years and loved our time there; but as God increased our family we prayed for the possibility to be in closer proximity to family in Chicago and NE Ohio. The university has been wonderful as a place to grow professionally and spiritually and this was evident from the moment I stepped on campus as a faculty candidate. Daily I am inspired to come to work where my colleagues are united in training and working with young people who love the Lord and want to share Jesus with a dying world. I am blessed to be encouraged and challenged here at Taylor.
Principal clarinet, Marion Philharmonic; bass clarinet, Muncie Symphony; Kokomo Park Band; conducting; soccer as a Dad and participant; volleyball; teaching youth at VBS; leading worship occasionally at Old Town Hill Baptist Church, Muncie; and reading
