Dr. Nancy S. Ypma
Professor of Music
Director of Music Department
Chair of the Division of Humanities

Office: Hett 1112
Phone: 6185376922
Email: nypma@mckendree.edu

Education:

            D.Mus., Northwestern University
            M.M., Northwestern University
            B.A., University of California at Los Angeles

"I would like to encourage all our students to become involved in our music program whether it be through classes, lessons, choirs or bands.  We have something for everyone!"

Nancy S. Ypma joined the McKendree faculty in the fall of 1988.  As a professor of music, her responsibilities include conducting the Concert Choir, teaching applied organ lessons and teaching courses in music history, church music, musical theater and conducting.  As head of the music department, she has been instrumental in overseeing the growth of the program, the addition of several new degrees, and the recruitment of new faculty.  As a concert organist, she continues to perform regularly throughout the Midwest , give master classes, and serve as an adjudicator for competitions.  In addition to her responsibilities at McKendree, Ypma is also organist and music director at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Belleville, Illinois .

Research Interest:

Pipe Organ, Musicology, Church Music

Awards:

Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, 1991
Outstanding Service Award (McKendree), 1993
William Norman Grandy Faculty Award, 2000

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