Dr. Marlene J. Schleiffer
Director of Instrumental Music & Musicology

Marlene Schleiffer is a native of Chicago where she began serious oboe study with Ray Still, principal oboist of the Chicago symphony. As a full professor at Huntington University, she maintains an active teaching schedule, and continues to compose and perform as an oboist.

As an administrator, Dr. Schleiffer was Chairperson of the Music Department at Huntington College from 1973 to 1994 where she set up degree requirements in preparation for accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Music and worked heavily in the area of recruiting music students and on community participation in college activities, correlating these two areas as well. She was producer and co-founder of the Northern Indiana Opera Association between 1976-81, a fully  professional company, complete with orchestra, full  costuming and staging (supervised all aspects, with heavy emphasis on audience development and fund raising).

She has authored Essay for Orchestra (Composition Thesis); The Published Works of Timothy Swan (Musicology Thesis); The Instrumental Chamber Music of Bernhard Heiden (Musicology Dissertation), and a Music History Study Guide used at Huntington College. Recent compositions include a volume of Old Songs for the Modern Church, 15 Transcriptions of Popular Classics for Double-Reed Choir (premiered at Huntington College, September 1998), Silver Sojourn for  Flute (premiered in Fort Wayne, July 1999), and Suite in Seven Movements for Flute, Viola, and Bass Trombone (premiered in Fort Wayne, Nov-ember 2000). She is a member of American Musicological Society,  American Federation of Musicians Local 58, and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors.

E-mail mschleiffer@huntington.edu.

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