Dr. Michael Thrasher

Assistant Professor
Woodwinds, Academic Studies, Music Education

E-Mail: Michael.Thrasher@ndsu.edu
Office: 225 Music Education Building
Phone: (701) 231-8498

Degrees:

• D.M.A., University of North Texas
• M.M., University of North Texas
• B.M.E., Northwestern State University

Michael Thrasher serves as Assistant Professor of music at North Dakota State University, where he teaches clarinet, woodwind chamber music, and courses in the graduate musicology sequence. He also serves as Director of Recruitment and Admissions for the Department of Music.

Dr. Thrasher maintains an active schedule as a recitalist and chamber musician, appearing in venues throughout the central and western United States. In the orchestral area, he has performed in numerous symphony and opera orchestras in Texas, Louisiana and North Dakota. He gave the premiere of Daniel Pinkston’s Clarinet Concerto, and also has appeared as a soloist with orchestras and bands in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Texas, Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota.

As a researcher, Dr. Thrasher has presented papers and lectures at conferences of the Texas Music Educators Association, Music Educators National Conference, and at conventions of the International Clarinet Association in Columbus, Stockholm and Atlanta. He has been a clinician at meetings of the North Dakota Music Educators Association, Minnesota Music Educators Association and Texas Music Educators Association. Dr. Thrasher’s research has been published in numerous journals, including The Clarinet, Saxophone Symposium, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, and NACWPI Journal. He has also edited a variety of clarinet chamber works for the British firm Rosewood Publications.

Dr. Thrasher continues his active involvement with various professional organizations, and currently serves as state chair for both the International Clarinet Association and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors.

Professor Thrasher holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Northwestern State University, and both the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in clarinet from the University of North Texas.

For more information contact Kay Beckermann , (701) 231-9564
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