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Janice K. Wenger

Janice K. WengerProfessor, Piano, Collaborative Piano, Piano Literature
Keyboard Area Coordinator
DMA, University of Missouri-Kansas City
office: 208 Fine Arts Building
phone: 573-882-0932
fax: 573-884-7444
email: WengerJ@missouri.edu
mailing address: 140 Fine Arts Building, Columbia, MO 65211

Dr. Wenger holds a bachelor of music degree from Kansas State University, a master of music degree from the Eastman School of Music, and the DMA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. She has studied with Robert Steinbauer, Barry Snyder, Robert Spillman, Richard Cass, and John Perry. Her students at MU are active in competitions and performances as piano performance and collaborative piano majors.

In addition to her teaching, Dr. Wenger appears frequently as both solo collaborative pianist to vocal and instrumental artists in the Midwest, and coaches art song and opera. She has served as staff accompanist or opera coach at the Eastman School of Music, the Aspen Music Festival, and the International Horn Symposium. She performed as official accompanist for the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) national and division student competitions for more than ten years. Recently, she presented a lecture-recital at the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno, Czech.

Dr. Wenger has served as a division president and national vice president on the national board of MTNA. She has presented programs and lecture recitals for the College Music Society, the American Liszt Society, MTNA, the Missouri Music Teachers Association, and the Music Educators National Conference.

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