Vu Nguyen                  

Vu Nguyen serves as the Director of Winds at Washington University in St. Louis, where he conducts the wind ensembles, teaches instrumental conducting, and assists with the jazz band. He holds a Master of Music in instrumental conducting from the University of Oregon, where he was a graduate teaching fellow, and a Bachelor of Music in music education from the University of the Pacific. He was also the graduate teaching assistant for the wind band program at the University of Washington. Vu is a Captain and the Commander/Conductor of the Air National Guard Band of the West Coast, stationed at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, CA. He received his commission from the Academy of Military Science and finished as a distinguished graduate in April 2005. The ANG Band of the West Coast is responsible for providing public concerts and musical support throughout Northern California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Vu taught public school for six years in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District prior to his arrival in the Pacific Northwest. He has conducted throughout the western United States and in Japan, and he maintains an active schedule as a clinician and guest conductor.