• Golemo named chair of Department of Music

• Michael Golemo, associate professor of music and director of bands at Iowa State University, has been named chair of the Department of Music in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
  
  Golemo replaces Sue Haug, professor of music, who has been named the director of the School of Music at Pennsylvania State University. Golemo's appointment is effective July 1, 2005.
  
  A faculty member in the Department of Music since 1999, Golemo is the conductor of the ISU Wind Ensemble and teaches courses in music education and saxophone. As director of bands at Iowa State, he oversees a program of eight bands.
  
  Under Golemo's direction, the ISU Wind Ensemble has performed for the Iowa Bandmasters Association, in Minneapolis' Orchestra Hall and in Chicago's Orchestra Hall. The group just recently returned from a 10-day tour of Central Europe with performances in Vienna, Prague and Salzburg. This is the second time the ISU Wind Ensemble has toured Europe while Golemo has been the director. In 2003 the group had performances in Stuttgart, Munich and Salzburg.
  
  With over 200 instrumental arrangements, transcriptions and compositions to his credit, Golemo has had works performed by a variety of performers and ensembles including Wynton Marsalis, Anita Baker, Simon Estes and Louie Bellson.
  
  As a saxophonist, Golemo has performed with such artists as Natalie Cole, The Temptations, Ray Charles, Robert Goulet, Red Skelton, the Rockettes, Mitzi Gaynor and several symphony and jazz orchestras.
  
  He is a past national president of Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity and is president of the Big XII Band Directors Association.
  
  Golemo earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwest University and his doctorate from Michigan State University. He previously worked at the University of Akron.
  
  In conjunction with Golemo's appointment, William David, University Professor of music, has been named the department's assistant chair.

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