doctoral students
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.
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