 Financial Advisor | Social Advisor | Membership Advisor | Faculty Advisor Financial Advisor: Dr. Jean Ohlsson West is Associate Dean and Professor of Flute in Stetson University's School of Music. Her association with Stetson's School of Music began in 1985 when she founded the Stetson Community School of Music, which she directed until 1992. She is flutist with the faculty wind quintet and wind trio, whose CD titled Tres Vientos was produced in 2000, and she is otherwise active as a solo, chamber, and orchestral player within the university setting and beyond. Dr. West has enjoyed a very active involvement in the Florida Flute Association since 1986. She has organized and hosted many Flute Fairs of the Association and has been a regular presenter and performer at annual Flute Fairs. As past president, she is currently chair of the Board of Directors. As a member of the National Flute Association, Dr. West has performed at national conventions and served as an audition and competition adjudicator on several occasions. Dr. West has been associated with Michigan's Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp since 1995, teaching and playing flute in the Festival Band and Orchestra, and twice touring in Europe as group leader with the International Jazz Ensemble directed by her husband George. Among her other campus commitments, Dr. West has been a faculty advisor to the Stetson chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota Fraternity for Women in Music and is president of Stetson's chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda national honor society. She earned degrees at James Madison University (B.M.Ed.) and The Ohio State University (M.A., music history; D.M.A., flute performance). She has held positions on the music faculties of California State University--Sacramento and Heidelberg College (Tiffin, OH), and was a University Fellow at Ohio State University. Prior to her association at Stetson University, she was principal flutist with the Baton Rouge Symphony and Opera Orchestra. Social/Program Advisor: Mrs. Amy Wolek is the concert hall manager for Elizabeth Hall Auditorium at Stetson University. She is the current president of the Volusia County Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. She lives in DeLand with her husband, Sinfonian Nathan Wolek, and their daughter Bethany. Membership Advisor: Mrs. Sharla Mercado is an active performer and teacher, has been recognized nationally for her achievements as a musician. In August 2000, while a graduate student at the Conservatory at UMKC, she was named the first place winner of the national Sigma Alpha Iota Graduate Performance Awards. In 2002, Sharla's biography was requested for publication in Who's Who Among American Women 2002-2003. Sharla graduated magna cum laude from the Conservatory at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2001, earning her Master of Music in Piano Performance. She graduated summa cum laude from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, earning a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. Her teachers have included Dr. Michael Rickman, Mr. Richard Cass, and Ms. Karen Kushner. While at Stetson, Sharla placed first in the University Concerto Competition, winning the opportunity to perform with the University Orchestra. She also won the Sigma Alpha Iota Florida Performance Award and Scholarship. The Stetson music faculty named her the 1997-1998 Presser Award Scholar, the highest honor bestowed upon a Stetson music student. After completing her Master's degree in Missouri, Sharla and her husband, Michael, returned to the Central Florida area. She currently teaches at Stetson University. Among her duties, she teaches Functional Piano, Piano Pedagogy, accompanies many vocal and instrumental students, and teaches private piano lessons to several community students. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, Pi Kappa Lambda, and the Music Teachers National Association. Upcoming concert performances include the 2003 Sigma Alpha Iota 100th Anniversary Convention. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ann Adams has been the professor of oboe and music education at Stetson University since 1989. She received the Doctor of Music in Performance, the Master of Music in Performance and the Master of Music Education degrees from Florida State University where she studied with Dr. Eric Ohlsson, and the Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Western Michigan University where she studied with Dr. Robert Humiston. Dr. Adams is an active recitalist and clinician and has appeared as a soloist with the Stetson University Wind Ensemble, the Bach Festival Orchestra of Winter Park, the Florida State University Wind Orchestra, and the Bach Festival Society of Kalamazoo. She has been a member of the Bach Festival Orchestra in Winter Park since 1990. She is a frequent performer with various orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout central Florida, and her concerts are regularly featured on WMFE radio. Dr. Adams is a founding member of the Stetson University faculty woodwind trio Tres Vientos and the faculty woodwind quintet Veritate Winds. Tres Vientos released their first compact disc on January 11, 2000 and Veritate Winds recently performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the conference of the International Double Reed Society. She is a member of the International Double Reed Society, the Music Educator's National Conference, the Florida Music Educator's Association, and the Florida Bandmaster's Association. |
