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- Community School for the Arts
- Welcome from the Chair
- Event Calendar
- Is a music major for me?
- What courses will I take if I major or minor?
- Description of program offerings in music
- Course requirements for each concentration
- Liberal Studies Music Concentration
- Instrumental Specialization (Music Education Concentration)
- Keyboard Specialization (Music Education Concentration)
- Vocal Specialization (Music Education Concentration)
- Composition Specialization (Music Performance Concentration)
- Keyboard Specialization (Music Performance Concentration)
- Instrumental Specialization (Music Performance Concentration)
- Vocal Specialization (Music Performance Concentration)
- Graduate Degree Programs
- Request Graduate Program Information
- 2012 Honor Orchestra Festival
- Admission and Scholarships
- Auditions
- Summer Graduate Program
- Ensembles
- Governors Own Marching Band
- Facilities
- Faculty and Staff
- All Faculty/Staff
- Dr. Eric Branscome (music education)
- Molly M. Breckling (music appreciation)
- Sylvia Carver (music appreciation)
- Lisa Conklin-Bishop (voice, opera, aural training)
- Dr. Emily Hanna Crane (violin, viola, Coordinator of Orchestral Strings, chamber music)
- Dr. Mary Alice Domenica (accompanying)
- Hollie Dueker (voice, music appreciation)
- Dr. Korre Foster (University Choir, Chamber Singers, Governors Singers and choral literature, techniques, and conducting)
- Dr. Gloria Frank (music appreciation)
- Anne Glass (piano, class piano, accompanying)
- Paula Bressman Haffner (harp)
- Dr. Patricia Halbeck (piano, piano class, piano pedagogy)
- Brian Horner (saxophone)
- Dr. Thomas King (voice, diction, opera literature)
- Dr. Eli Lara (cello, bass, theory, music appreciation)
- Dr. Sharon Mabry (voice, vocal pedagogy)
- Francis Massinon (horn, horn choir, music theory, aural training)
- Lance Morrow (music appreciation)
- Eric Paull (music appreciation)
- Angela Reynolds (music appreciation)
- Michael Ritter (music appreciation)
- Dr. Gail M. Robinson-Oturu (voice, art song literature)
- Dr. Douglas R. Rose (department chair, Vocal Ease)
- John P. Schnettler (marching band, pep band, symphonic band, instrumental materials and techniques)
- Dr. Ann Silverberg (music history and lterature, world music, music research, graduate coordinator)
- Norma Jean Smith (administrative assistant)
- Susan K. Smith (trombone, trombone choir)
- Richard Steffen (trumpet, music appreciation, Jazz Collegians)
- David Steinquest (percussion, percussion ensemble, jazz combo)
- Dr. Lisa Read Vanarsdel (flute, flute choir, music appreciation)
- Dr. Christopher Vivio (tuba, euphonium, ensemble)
- Dr. Mingzhe Wang (clarinet, clarinet choir, music appreciation)
- Dr. Gregory Wolynec (wind ensemble, orchestra, conducting, orchestration)
- Dr. Jeffrey Wood (composition, theory, piano)
- Dr. Stanley Yates (guitar, guitar ensemble, guitar pedagogy, music technology)
- Dr. Jeanette Zyko (oboe, bassoon, double reed ensemble, symphonic literature, music appreciation)
- Music Scholarships (upperclassmen)
- Advising Information for Majors
- Forms and information for current students
- Directory of Professional Music Organizations
- Request Information
- William Bennett Summer Flute Academy
Contact Us
Department of MusicMusic/Mass Communication Bldg, Room 139
P.O. Box 4625
Clarksville, TN 37044
(931) 221-7818
smithn@apsu.edu
Paula Bressman Haffner
Paula Bressman Haffner
paulahaffner628@gmail.com
RESUME
Experience
- New World Symphony, Miami, FL 2011/2012 Season, Finalist
- Orchestra Kentucky Bowling Green, Bowling Green, KY 2011/2012 Season, Principal Harpist
- Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra, Murfreesboro, TN 2011/2012 Season, Principal Harpist
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Nashville, TN 2008 – Present, Substitute Harpist
- Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, St. Joseph, MI October 2010 – Present, Substitute/ Second Harpist
- Performed as Principal and Second Harpist in Regional Orchestras 2006 – Present. Including Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Kentucky
- Private Harp Teacher, Nashville, TN 2005 – Present
- Harpist for Special Events and Recording Sessions, Nashville, TN 1995 – Present
- Recorded with Emmy-award winning producer/composer Brian Siewert for Jim Brickman album (July 2011)
Education and Teachers
- University of Cincinnati, College- Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH,Masters of Music, harp performance 2010, Gillian Benet Sella, harp professor
- Vanderbilt University, Blair School of Music, Nashville, TN, Bachelor of Music, harp performance 2007, Marian Shaffer, harp professor
- Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, CO, Harp Student at Music Festival, Summer 2006, Nancy Allen, harp teacher
- Private Lessons, Nashville, TN, 1991-2007, Licia Jaskunas and Cynthia Wyatt
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