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William Keith
Wheeler
Ph: 423.746.5230;
E-mail: wkwheeler@twcnet.edu
keith@williamkeithwheeler.com
EDUCATION
Post-Doctoral
studies in education, Walden University DOCTOR OF
SACRED MUSIC, Graduate Theological Foundation, South Bend, IN, 2008 MUSIC EDUCATION K-12 CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE STUDIES, Summa Cum Laude, Tennessee Wesleyan College,
Athens, TN, 2002
MASTER OF CHURCH MUSIC, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, 1989
Graduate
Voice Professors: Dr. Ronald Turner and Dr. Lloyd Mims
Graduate Conducting Professor: Dr. John Dickson
BACHELOR
OF MUSIC, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN, 1985; studies in applied voice/performance/pedagogy
Undergraduate
Voice Professor: Dr. Thomas Teague
Undergraduate Conducting Professor: Dr. Eric Thorson
CONTINUING STUDIES:
Kodaly Institute at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2008 (Level 3 Certification); Orff-Schulwerk Institute at
Belmont University, Nashville, TN, 2007 (Level 1 Certification); Kodaly Institute at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,
2006 (Level 2 Certification); Kodaly Institute at NYU, New York, NY, 2004 (Level 1 Certification); Christian Artist’s
Seminar, Estes Park, CO, 1995; Christian Music Seminar, Singapore, 1993; Church Music Institute, Southern Seminary, 1991;
Christian Artist’s Seminar, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990
EMPLOYMENT
Tennessee Wesleyan College,
Athens, TN campus, August 2002 – present
• Courses taught or currently teaching: MU 103/303 Applied Voice; MU 116 Class Voice; MU 191/391 Concert Choir; MU 111L/112L
Theory Lab (Sight-Singing & Ear Training); MU 211L/212L Advanced Theory Lab; MU 207 Music Appreciation; MU 208 The Creative
Process in the Arts and Music; MU 214/215 Music Literature I & II; MU 290 Topics in Music: Repetoire & Pedagogy;
MU 329 Methods & Materials for Teaching Music/Elementary; MU 332 Methods & Materials for Teaching Music/Secondary;
MU 430 Music Teaching & Learning
Tennessee Wesleyan
College, Knoxville, TN campus, January 2006 - present
MU 207 Music Appreciation
First Presbyterian Church,
Sweetwater, TN, Director of Music and Pianist, 2009 - present First
Baptist Church, Sweetwater, TN, Preschool Children's Choir Director, 2006 - 2009
First Baptist Church, Sweetwater,
TN, Co-Minister of Missions, 2001 - 2007
Academy for Performing Arts, Sweetwater,TN, January 2002 – June
2003
• Studio Voice instructor
• Beginning Piano instructor
Misawa Air Base, Japan, Chapel
Music Director, July 1997 – September 2001
• Choir director for Liturgical, General Protestant, Catholic,
and Contemporary Worship Services
• Pianist/Accompanist for Liturgical, Catholic, and Contemporary Worship Services
• Conductor of Misawa Chapel Community Choir
Private Voice and Piano instructor, Misawa Air Base, Japan,
July 1997 – September 2001
Director of Music Ministries, Colorado Community Church, Denver, CO, September
1994 – June 1997
• Worship leader for congregation of 2,000
• Conductor of Sanctuary Choir (75)
• Conductor of “Churchestra” instrumental ensemble
Private Voice and Piano instructor, Denver,
CO, September 1994 – June 1997
Special Effects and Production Staff, Disney/MGM Studios, Walt Disney World,
Orlando, FL, January 1994 – August 1994
Tour Director, Continental Singers and Orchestra, Ventura, CA, June
1986 – December 1993
• Musical Director of groups consisting of 25 singers and 20 instrumentalists
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Travel to 36 countries including visits to the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea; the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain;
and the 1992 World’s Fair in Seville, Spain.
ACTIVITIES, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, & HONORS
Tenor soloist for Karl Jenkin's "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace"
with the Knoxville Choral Society, November 2008. Tennessee
Wesleyan College Faculty Recital presented with Dr. Douglas H. Manley, Athens, TN, September 2008. Pre-K Advisory Committee for the Sweetwater City School System, 2008-2009. Attended training for student teacher administration, Tennessee Department of
Education, Nashville,TN, Fall 2008. Recipient of the Helen
Bryan Memorial Scholarship for summer study at the Kodaly Institute of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2008. Member of the National Advisory Council for the Organization of American Kodaly Educators,
2007-2009. Presenter on "Popular Music: Issues and Ideas"
at the Tennessee Music Educators Association conference, Nashville, TN, April 2008. Presenter at the national conference of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, Denver, CO, March 2008. Traveled to Uganda and Rwanda to work with the African Children's Choir organization,
Summer 2007. Elected President of the Southeast Chapter of Kodaly
Educators. This chapter was established in 1980 and is an affiliate of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators,
May 2007. Led the Tennessee Wesleyan College Concert Choir on tour
to New York City to sing at the Wesley Choral Festival in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, February 2007. Guest clinician for choral workshop at Soddy-Daisy High School, Soddy-Daisy, TN, November
2006. Recipient of the Mary Ann Lowe Memorial Scholarship for summer
study at the Kodaly Institute of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2006.
Guest Clinician for choral workshop at Walker Valley High School, Charleston, TN, October 2005.
Adjudicator for the Mid-South auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Clinician for in-service workshop: Sweetwater City and Monroe County school systems on the Kodaly method of music education,
August 2004 & August 2006.
Led and directed the Tennessee Wesleyan College Concert Choir on a tour of Germany
including visits to U.S. military installations Ramstein Air Base and Landstuhl Medical Center, May 2005.
Clinician
for Continental Singers Director’s Training, Palm Springs, CA, May 2003.
Guest Recitalist honoring the teaching
career of Dr. Thomas Teague at Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN, 2003. Adjudicator for the Athens,TN Area Music Teachers Association Auditions, 2002-2006.
National Association
of Teachers of Singing
National Association for Music Education (MENC)
Tennessee Music Education Association
Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE)
Southeast Chapter of Kodaly Educators (SECKE)
Pi Lambda Theta, International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,
International Music Fraternity for Men
Saxophonist for "Room Temperature" Jazz Band
Adjudicator
for Christian Artist’s Music Seminar, Estes Park, CO, August 1996.
Kentucky Opera Company, Louisville, KY,
1987 – 1993
Outstanding Male Graduate Recitalist, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY,
for 1987 - 1988 PERSONAL Spouse: Anne Marie Wheeler; employed as a social worker with the Tennessee Department of Children's Services;
married on January 30, 1992 Children: Isaac, Ella, Tyler,
Mattie, Shea, & Grace
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BIO FOR WILLIAM KEITH WHEELER Dr. William
Keith Wheeler presently serves as assistant professor of music and director of music education studies at Tennessee Wesleyan
College where he has been a faculty member since 2002. Dr. Wheeler has served as a church musician conducting
groups of all ages in Louisville, KY, Singapore, Denver, CO, and Misawa, Japan. While in Louisville, he performed with
Kentucky Opera. He was a conductor for the "Continental Singers" for eight years performing in 36 countries
including events such as Billy Graham's Amsterdam '86 Evangelism Conference, the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, the 1992 World's
Fair in Seville, and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Dr. Wheeler led the Tennessee Wesleyan Concert Choir on the
"Yellow Ribbon Tour" to Ramstein Air Base, Germany in 2005 and the choir performed in 2007 at the "Wesley Choral
Festival" in Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. He is also conductor of TWC's newest choral ensemble, Vox Humana. Dr. Wheeler
holds degrees from Carson-Newman College, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Graduate Theological Foundation.
While at SBTS, he was named the "Outstanding Graduate Male Recitalist" for 1987-88. He also holds certification
levels in both the Kodaly and Orff-Schulwerk philosophies of music education from New York University, Belmont University,
and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dr. Wheeler traveled to Uganda and Rwanda in the summer of 2007 to work
with the African Children's Choir organization. His other research/teaching interests include vocal pedagogy,
church music/worship studies, and popular music studies. He maintains memberships in MENC: National Association
for Music Education, Tennessee Music Educators Association, Organization of American Kodaly Educators, American Orff-Schulwerk
Association, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Tennessee Association of Music Executives of Colleges & Universities,
Pi Lambda Theta, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He just completed a two-year term as President of the Southeast Chapter
of Kodaly Educators as well as serving on the National Advisory Board for OAKE. He has recently presented
research at the TMEA conference in Nashville and the OAKE conference in Denver. Dr. Wheeler currently sings tenor with the Knoxville Choral Society and the Knoxville Chamber Chorale.
He has recently performed as a soloist in Karl Jenkin’s The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, J.S.
Bach’s Sleepers, Wake! Cantata No. 140 and Handel’s Messiah.
He also is a director for Sound Company: the Children’s Choir of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dr. Wheeler
has also recently been named as Minister of Music at First Baptist Church, Etowah, Tennessee.
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