Music and Theatre Arts Faculty and Staff

Kristie Halverson, D.M.A., conducts the Singing Statesmen, Women’s Choir, and Novum Voce, and she teaches choral literature and conducting at UWEC. 

Saxophonist and composer Aaron Hedenstrom has been composing, arranging, and performing music professionally for over a decade. Aaron has performed Internationally as a jazz saxophonist, clinician, and composer with notable performers and ensembles.

Alexander Henton is currently an Associate Lecturer of Horn at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. Prior to this appointment he was the Principal Horn of the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra and Principal Horn of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra. He currently resides in the Twin Cities area and is a substitute musician in the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra and the Omaha Symphony Orchestra.

Born in Banqiao, Taiwan, Dr. Hsu is an active composer of contemporary concert music. Dr. Hsu has been interested in deriving inspirations from different materials, such as poems, myths, and images. She received commissioned from various ensembles and foundations.  Her works were awarded with prizes and performed by major ensembles around the world. 

Namji Kim is professor of piano and keyboard area coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  She holds degrees from the Paris Conservatoire, the Juilliard School, and the Manhattan School of Music. Kim is an active performer and her CD recording of Gabriel Fauré’s 13 Barcarolles was released by Centaur Records in 2020.