Woodwinds and Horn Faculty

** The faculty are still being finalized for 2012, so please look for updates soon.

Freddy Arteel

Freddy Arteel is one of Belgium's leading clarinetists. He was principal clarinet of the Philharmonieorkest Antwerpen for 26 years, and is a member of the faculty at the Koninklijk Muzickonservatorium in Ghent. Professor Arteel has recorded extensively and performs with the Ensemble Contrasts.

Janet Hilton

Kurt Kellan

Kurt Kellan was born and raised in Chicago and attended Indiana University, where he studied with Philip Farkas. While at Indiana, Mr. Kellan was principal horn with the Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Indiana Wind Ensemble. Mr. Kellan has performed in orchestras for the Joffrey Ballet, New York City Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre, and for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In 1973, he was awarded the position of Second Horn with the Milwaukee Symphony, and in 1976 became Principal Horn of the Regina Symphony. In 1979, Mr. Kellan moved to Calgary where he held the position of Principal Horn with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra until June of 2000.

Mr. Kellan has been guest first horn for the Indianapolis Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and the Vancouver CBC Orchestra. He has long been in demand as a music teacher, having taught at the University of Calgary from 1982-2000, Mount Royal College from 1986-1999, and the University of Regina from 1976-1979. He also taught at the Saskatchewan School of the Arts and Music Camrose. Presently, Mr. Kellan is an assistant professor of music at the University of Victoria. Mr. Kellan continues to do solo performances and has frequently been heard as a soloist with the CBC.

Wonkak Kim

Nicholas Morrison

Nicholas Morrison is Professor of Music and Associate Director of Bands at Utah State University, where he also directs the Summer Music Clinic and the Summer Alumni Band.

He is frequently called upon as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor, and has served as chair of the Research Committee and Editorial Board of the College Band Directors National Association. He has served as director of Utah State's Aggie Marching band and the Band of the Fighting Irish at the University of Notre Dame.

He has appeared as soloist with the Orchestre Philharmonique Ste. Trinité in Haiti, with the Notre Dame, New World, and Arcata String Quartets, and with the Utah Festival Opera Orchestra., and has performed as clarinetist with the South Bend, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and Utah Symphony Orchestras and the Utah Festival Opera Orchestra.

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Leslie Timmons

Leslie Timmons is an active recitalist on both flute and recorder and a member of the Logan Canyon Winds, the faculty woodwind quintet. She is responsible for the Flute Studio, including private instruction, masterclasses, coaching chamber ensembles, and directing the Utah State University Flute Choir. She holds degrees in Flute Performance and Music Education from Michigan State University and completed post-graduate work at the Orff Institute/Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Music education activities include presentations at state and national conferences, curriculum specialist for the Cache Children's Choir, and clinician for the Teacher Training Program of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.