First Name:
Prof. Kim
Last Name:
Wangler
Main Title:
Professor, Music Industry Studies Program Director
Office Location:
Room 317, Broyhill Music Center
Phone Number:
828-262-8297
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Ms. Kim L. Wangler is a full professor and the music industry studies program director in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. Ms. Wangler teaches management, marketing, and music entrepreneurship. She joined the faculty of Appalachian State in 2005.
She has served in the industry as President of the Board of Directors for the Orchestra of Northern New York, House Manager for the Community Performance Series (serving audiences of over 1,000 people) and as CEO of Bel Canto Reeds, a successful on-line venture. In North Carolina she serves as an independent consultant for entrepreneurial musicians and sits on the board of the Western Piedmont Symphony, while previously serving on the boards of The Harper School of the Performing Arts, Watauga County Arts Council, Singers of Renaissance and the Cultural Resources board for the town of Boone, NC.
Ms. Wangler is published through the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) Journal, National Association of Collegiate Wind and Percussion Instructors (NACWPI), Hal Leonard Publications and Sage Publishing, and authored a regular feature in the MEIEA eZine with her column, "Wisdom from the Web."
Ms. Wangler has also served on the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association Board of Directors and the College Music Society Mid Atlantic Chapter Board and Chair of the Music Business Committee.
Ms. Wangler holds a Masters in Business Administration from Norwich University, a Master of Music from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Music from Crane School of Music.