Hild Peersen

Department/Affiliation: Music
Phone: 330-263-2419
Office Address: 223 Scheide
Email: hpeersen@wooster.edu

Degrees

• Doctor of Musical Arts (Clarinet), Ohio State University
• Master of Music, Arizona State University
• Bachelor of Music Education, Michigan State University

Courses Taught

• MUSC 123: Clarinet
• MUSC 157: Ensembles/Woodwinds (clarinet)
• MUSC 223: Clarinet

Biography, Performance, and Research

Dr. Peersen recently performed at ClarinetFest 2006, the annual conference of the International Clarinet Association, where she played Jack Gallagher’s “Intimations of Finzi” and the premiere of Brian Dykstra’s “The National Pastime: a Concert Rag for Clarinet and Piano.” At ClarinetFest 2004 she presented a paper on the 19th century Swedish composer Franz Berwald. Dr. Peersen is the principal clarinetist of the Westerville Symphony and has performed with several central Ohio orchestras including the Columbus Symphony. She maintains an active private studio in Columbus and has taught at Kenyon College and Mount Vernon Nazarene University. She resides in Columbus with her husband Ken and son Ian. She was appointed at The College of Wooster in 2001.