Four Candidates for Director of Sunderman Conservatory to Present

Dr. Kay Hoke speaks at the Sunderman Conservatory's 10th Anniversary Symposium in 2016 (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College)

Dr. Kay Hoke speaks at the Sunderman Conservatory’s 10th Anniversary Symposium in 2015 (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College)

By Benjamin Pontz, Managing News Editor

According to an email sent to music majors and minors by Dr. Russell McCutcheon, Associate Director of the Sunderman Conservatory, four candidates to replace retiring Director of the Conservatory, Dr. Kay Hoke, will visit campus over the next two weeks. In addition to sessions reserved for students, each candidate will also participate in a forum open to the entire campus. The schedule is below:

Dr. Stan Pelkey (Florida State University)

  • Mon, Nov 27     9:00a – 9:30a    Teaching Demonstration, SCHM 214
  • Mon, Nov 27     3:00p – 4:00p    Open Forum (all campus), Penn Hall Lyceum 3rd floor

Dr. Douglas Bomberger (Elizabethtown College)

  • Wed, Nov 29     2:10p – 2:40p    Teaching Demonstration, SCHM 214
  • Wed, Nov 29     4:00p – 5:00p    Open Forum (all campus), Penn Hall Lyceum 3rd floor

Dr. James Day (The College of New Jersey)

  • Mon, Dec 4        3:30p – 4:00p    Teaching Demonstration, SCHM 214
  • Tues, Dec 5        3:00p – 4:00p    Open Forum (all campus), SCHM 214

Dr. Julia Mortyakova (Mississippi University for Women)

  • Wed, Dec 6        4:10p – 4:40p    Teaching Demonstration, Paul Recital Hall
  • Thurs, Dec 7      11:00a – 12:00p Open Forum (all campus), Penn Hall Lyceum

Author: Benjamin Pontz

Benjamin Pontz '20 served as Editor-in-Chief of The Gettysburgian from 2018 until 2020, Managing News Editor from 2017 until 2018, News Editor in the spring of 2017, and Staff Writer during the fall of 2016. During his tenure, he wrote 232 articles. He led teams that won two first place Keystone Press Awards for ongoing news coverage (once of Bob Garthwait's resignation, and the other of Robert Spencer's visit to campus) and was part of the team that wrote a first-place trio of editorials in 2018. He also received recognition for a music review he wrote in 2019. A political science and public policy major with a music minor, he graduated in May of 2020 and will pursue a master's degree in public policy on a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Manchester before enrolling in law school.

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