Benjamin Klemme
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CURRENT CONDUCTING POSITION
Associate Professor of Music and Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Wheaton College Conservatory of Music

PREVIOUS CONDUCTING POSITIONS
Associate Teaching Professor of Music, Gordon College
Music Director and VYO Conductor, Vermont Youth Orchestra Association
Associate Conductor, Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Music Director and Conductor, Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles
Orchestra Conductor, Augsburg College
Concert Orchestra Conductor, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies
Assistant Conductor, National Repertory Orchestra
Assistant Conductor, Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Music Director and Conductor, Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association
Conductor and Teacher of Record, University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras
Assistant Conductor, University of Minnesota Opera Theatre
Chamber Orchestra Conductor, MacPhail Center for Music
Interim Sanctuary Choir Director, First Presbyterian Church (Davenport, IA)

GUEST CONDUCTING

Minnesota Orchestra
​Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Getty Music Touring and Conference
​Quad City Symphony Orchestra
National Repertory Orchestra
Cleveland Pops Orchestra

Burlington Chamber Orchestra
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
Cleveland Institute of Music New Music Ensemble
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
University of Minnesota Opera Theatre 
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival
Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival
Oskaloosa Chamber Music Festival
University of Minnesota Summer Orchestra
Northern Iowa Youth Orchestra

EDUCATION
D.M.A. – Conducting, University of Minnesota
Principal Teachers: Mark Russell Smith, Kathy Saltzman Romey

M.M. – Orchestral Conducting, Cleveland Institute of Music
Principal Teachers: Carl Topilow, Louis Lane

B.M.E. – Music Education, University of Northern Iowa
Principal Teachers: Rebecca Burkhardt, Ronald Johnson, Denson Paul Pollard, Will Kimball, Nancy Vogt

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, MUSIC OUTREACH, AND ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION
Music Department Chair, New Mexico School for the Arts
"Music In Our Schools" Artistic Advisor and Outreach Concert Host, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Orchestra Manager, Cleveland Institute of Music
Music Librarian, University of Northern Iowa