Wendy Grasdahl ( B.Mus., M.Mus., d.M.F.A. )

Wendy Grasdahl is well known across Canada as a conductor, teacher, and trumpet performer. Her professional experience encompasses teaching at university and college levels, as well as provincial workshops, clinics, festival adjudication, private teaching and military band work. She presently teaches Brass Techniques and conducts the Concert Band at the University of Alberta.

As an officer in the Canadian Naval Reserve, Wendy conducted military bands in Alberta, B. C., and Ontario. She is in demand as a clinician and guest conductor for school programs, as well as summer music programs, including the International Music Camp at the Peace Garden on the Manitoba/U.S. border.

Wendy has appeared as a trumpet soloist and in professional ensembles throughout Canada. She is a clinician for Yamaha Canada, is a founding member of the brass quintet "Five of a Kind", and performs with the Mill Creek Colliery Brass Band.

Wendy is the founder, Artistic Director and principal conductor of Festival City Winds Music Society, a comprehensive adult community band programme which is comprised of three Concert bands.

Ms. Grasdahl holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music History from the University of Alberta, a Master of Music degree in Trumpet Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Calgary, and a graduate level Fine Arts Diploma in Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Conducting and Literature from the University of Calgary.