Hofer passes the baton to Professor of Jazz and Percussion Darin Kamstra
After a 17-year tenure as Head of the Department of Music at Colorado Mesa University, Calvin Hofer, DMA, will step down for you to raise awareness on teaching for the group and hold nurturing initiatives that support scholar success and branch increase. As the longest-serving branch head currently on campus, Hofer has many achievements beneath his belt.
Under his course, the tracking branch went through web page visits utilizing the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) to grow authorized. After the 2010 NASM website visit, Hofer was invited to offer a way to put together a powerful self-take look at the NASM Conference. The presentation led to an invitation to be a website visit evaluator for NASM and an election by his peers to the NASM Commission on Accreditation. Hofer presently has years left on his 2D period.
Vice President for Academic Affairs Kurt Haas believes that Hofer’s joint pursuit of academic rigor and musical entrepreneurship became the right balance at the right time for the burgeoning arts programming at CMU.
“CMU’s track software has grown and thrived below Hofer at a time when tune and the humanities face countrywide challenges. His commitment to accreditation and pursuit of educational rigor is the inspiration for now, not the most effective pupil and faculty recruitment. Still, many different excellent things are happening within the arts here at CMU,” Haas stated.
Hofer also initiated several community outreach initiatives that have impacted raising the price range for CMU scholar scholarships. In 2011, he began the Middle School Music Camp. This event attracted more than 200 campers in 2018 who participated in choir, orchestra, band, and enrichment guides. Middle School Music Camp raises approximately $10,000 in keeping with 12 months of scholarships for CMU students.
In 2011, Hofer commenced the Grand Junction Rockestra. Hofer directs the symphonic rock orchestra, which raises about $15,000 per 12 months in scholarships.
“Dr. Hofer is a visionary about integrating an entrepreneurial spirit into the way of life and curriculum of the Department of Music,” said CMU President Tim Foster. “The leadership of Dr. Hofer has stimulated college students to follow their inventive passions in a manner that makes for a meaningful existence even as also making a dwelling through the tune. Rockestra is simply one instance of the creativity Hofer has brought to CMU during his tenure.”
Hofer presided over the titanic boom inside the Department of Music. During his tenure as department head, the wide variety of music majors has tripled — achieving the very best level ever at some stage in the past years. The amount of scholarship money raised and disbursed has also tripled. Additionally, complete-time school positions have accelerated from 4 to eleven, and new programs have been introduced to the department’s diploma services. Based on recent information from the Higher Education Arts Data Services, the tracking branch is within the eightieth percentile for a range of music majors in keeping with complete-time college members at CMU, at the same time as inside the 15th percentile for budget obtained.
“What I’ve loved most about being branch head is working with the awesome school and college students closer to a not unusual intention of creating a stunning tune that complements our community and being part of the organization’s and music department’s growth in enrollment, centers, and popularity,” stated Hofer. “I sit up for focusing all of my strength and efforts on teaching and initiatives to assist the music branch in maintaining to move forward.”
Former Department Chair and Emeritus Professor of Music Monte Atkinson, DMA, expressed his gratitude for Hofer’s contributions to the branch.
“Dr. Hofer has helped the song department accomplish so much, including completing the lovely Moss Performing Arts Center, which has been ranked inside the pinnacle 25 performing arts centers in the kingdom; helping to establish a quality marching band; and leading college in restructuring curricula into a forward-looking twenty-first-century track software,” said Atkinson.
