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A. B. Music (Organ and Piano) and Business Administration (Accounting Concentration)
Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, 2004
M. M. (Master of Music) in Church Music and Organ Performance
Baylor University, Waco, TX, 2006
D. M. (Doctor of Music) in Church Music and Organ
(Minors in Music Education and Choral Conducting)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Class of 2004 Wesleyan Grad Monica Harper cherished her time on campus. "Especially," she said, "I cherished the friendships that I developed with my professors and also the deep friendships that I made with other students--friendships that I still hold today." Since graduation from Wesleyan, Monica has continued her education in music at the graduate level. At Baylor University, she was the graduate Teaching Assistant in Organ and Church Music. At Indiana University, she has been the Associate Instructor of Organ.
Professionally, Monica has won prizes at the national level which have offered her many performance opportunities across the United States and given her much public exposure. She won 3rd prize in the National Young Artist Competition in Organ Performance sponsored by the American Guild of Organists and performed at the 2008 National Convention in Minneapolis. She won prizes for three consecutive years in the John Rodland National Church Music and Organ Competition in New Jersey, and also won 2nd prize at the Albert Schweitzer National Organ Competition for Young Professionals.
At the 2008 Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, Monica was reviewed by The Classical Voice of North Carolina Performing Arts Journal as "a bold and virtuosic interpreter" whose "every musical strand was remarkably clear, inventive, and resourceful."
"My Wesleyan degree prepared me for these performing experiences by giving me a plentiful amount of performing opportunities," said Monica. "Because of the small size of the music department and the school, I was always called upon to play at this or that. I was able to build up my resume with performing experiences in ways that other students at larger universities were not able to do. This gave me the leading edge for jobs and opportunities. Also, my professors at Wesleyan were able to devote large amounts of time to my progress as a performer and scholar because of the small nature of the individual instructor's studios and classes."
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