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Published May 15, 2023
A music educator, advocate and associate conductor has been named the University of Wyoming Department of Music’s director of bands, effective in August.
Ogechi Ukazu will serve as the UW director of bands in a one-year, visiting assistant professor appointment. She succeeds Professor Robert Belser, the longtime director of bands and UW Wind Symphony conductor, who is retiring this spring.
Ukazu is the associate conductor of the Dallas Winds, a highly regarded professional wind ensemble based in Dallas, Texas. Previously, she taught for 10 years in public schools in the Houston area, where she led both marching bands and concert band programs.
She is an avid proponent of quality music education for all students, and she has presented on music education advocacy at workshops and clinics across Texas and the U.S.
Her professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, the National Association for Music Education, the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, Tau Beta Sigma and honorary membership in Kappa Kappa Psi.
Ukazu is a doctoral degree candidate in wind conducting at the University of Texas-Austin. She received her bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, and she earned her master’s degree in conducting from Sam Houston State University.
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