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Wendy Matthews 

Music

Professor, Director of the School of Music, Director of Bands



Biography

Dr. Wendy K. Matthews is a music educator, conductor, researcher, and trumpet player who serves as Chair of the School of Music at Lipscomb University. She holds degrees from George Mason University, the University of Maryland–College Park, and the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Conservatory of Music. Before joining Lipscomb, Dr. Matthews was Professor of Music Education at Kent State University, where she also served as Director of Bands and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Assessment. At Kent State, she founded and directed the Kent State Youth Winds, winners of the 2023 American Prize in Band/Wind Ensemble Performance (high school division), with performances at the Sylvan Theatre in Washington, D.C., and Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Matthews has also held faculty and leadership positions at Wayne State University and Northern Virginia Community College, and has taught and conducted at Georgetown University, the University of Maryland, and George Mason University. Her collegiate ensembles have performed at prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, DAR Constitution Hall, and the Michigan Music Conference. In demand internationally as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, Dr. Matthews has led honor bands across the United States and abroad, including in India, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

Academic Degree

Ph.D., George Mason University, 2007
M.M., University of Maryland, College Park, 1990
B.M., The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Conservatory of Music, 1988