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Christopher Kocher

Christopher Kocher
Associate Professor
Music, College of Fine Arts
UFA Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts 149
Phone: 605-677-5728
Teaching Interests:
Music, saxophone, jazz
Research Interests:
Music, saxophone, jazz
Education:
  • Doctor of Arts, Saxophone Performance, University of Northern Colorado, 2004
  • MM, Music Performance, Wichita State University, 1997
  • Bachelor of Music, Music Education & Music Performance, Washburn University, 1995
Grants:
  • Artist Project Grant, SDAC, (2011 - 2012)
  • Touring Artists Grant, SDAC, (2011 - 2012)
  • Touring Artists Grant, SDAC, (2010 - 2011)
  • CTL Teaching Improvement Grant, CTL, (2011 - 2011)
  • Touring Artists Grant, SDAC, (2009 - 2010)
  • CTL Teaching Improvement Grant, CTL, (2010 - 2010)
Publications:
  • Kocher, C., (2011), William Schmidt and the Saxophone, The Saxophone Symposium: Journal of the North American Saxophone Alliance, vol. 34, iss. 2010/2011, p. 22.
Awards and Honors:
  • Belbas-Larson Teaching Award Nominee