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Wharton
Campus
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, Texas 77488
1-800-561-WCJC (9252)
979-532-4560 |
Ft. Bend Tech
Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, Texas 77469
1-800-561-WCJC (9252)
281-239-1500 |
Sugar Land
Campus
14004 University Blvd.
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
1-800-561-WCJC (9252)
281-243-8447 |
Bay City Campus
4000 Avenue F
Bay City, Texas 77414
979-244-4552
1-800-561-WCJC (9252)
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Joe Waldrop
Instructor of Music and Band Director
Main Campus
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Phone: 1-800-561-9252, Ext. 6366 or 979-532-6366
Email waldropj@wcjc.edu
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Joe Waldrop attended Tyler Junior College where he received his Associates
of Arts Degree in 1980 and the University of Texas at Tyler
where he earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in 1984. He
taught in the public school system of Texas for 14 years as a
band director. He received his Masters in Music
Performance-Theory from Southwest Texas State University in 1995
and his School Administrators Certificate from Texas A&M
University in 2003.
Mr. Waldrop joined
the staff of Wharton County Junior College in August of 2004,
where he directs the Pioneer Concert Band, WCJC Jazz Ensemble,
teaches music theory, ear training and sight singing, and
applied lesson on percussion and woodwinds.
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Lee Lemson
Choir Director
Main Campus
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Phone: 1-800-521-9252 ext. 6447 or 1-979-532-4560 ext. 6447
Email
leel@wcjc.edu
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Lee
Lemson received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music in 1969, and his Masters of Education in
Music degree in 1972 from San Diego State University.
He directed up to seven ensembles for five years at La Jolla
High School in the San Deigo City School District.
He received a Master of Sacred Music degree from Southern
Methodist University in 1979.
Mr. Lemson joined the faculty at Wharton County Junior
College in the fall of 1989 where he directs the Concert Choir
and Chamber Singers. He
also teaches piano class, music theory, and voice.
Mr. Lemson is a member of
"Who’s Who among American Teachers". Mr. Lemson has taken the choir on tours to Carnegie Hall
in New York City; Branson, Missouri; the Bahamas and Cozumel,
Mexico on cruise ships; and to Sea World and Disney World.
His
wife, Debra Lemson, is the Music Department's staff accompanist.
The Lemson's have one son,
Jason. |
Dr. Jason Lester
Instructor of Music/Choir Director
Sugar Land Campus #222
14004 University Blvd
Sugar Land TX 77479
Phone: 281-243-8555
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A native Texan, bass-baritone Jason Lester has proven to be an
accomplished performer in a variety of musical styles, including
opera (with over twenty-five roles performed), concert works,
and recitals. Dr. Lester has performed with such companies as
Glimmerglass Opera, Berkshire Opera, Opera in the Heights,
Woodlands Symphony Orchestra, Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra,
Florida State Opera, Opera Theater of Lucca, Italy, Tallahassee
Bach Parley and has been heard on NPR’s World of Opera.
Some of
the operatic roles Dr. Lester has performed include Don Basilio
in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Méphistophélès in Faust,
Raimondo Bidebent in Lucia di Lammermoor, Dr. Grenvil in
La Traviata, Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino,
Capellio in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi,
Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, and Father Trulove in The
Rake’s Progress. As an active concert soloist, he has been
seen in Mozart’s Requiem, Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer,
Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,
Saint-Saëns Oratorio de Noël, and Bach’s Christ
lag in Todesbanden among others.
Dr. Lester received his
Doctor of Music from Florida State University, his Master of
Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of
Music, and Bachelor of Music Education from Baylor
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Debra Lemson
Instructor of Music
Main Campus
Fine Arts Building #118,
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Phone: (979) 532-6910.
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Debra Lemson received her Masters degree in Sacred Music from Southern Methodist University and has been on our Music staff since 1979. She currently teaches Music Appreciation, Survey of Music Literature, Sight-Singing and Ear Training classes, and music major piano lessons, as well as accompanying the WCJC Concert Choir and Chamber Singers in rehearsals and performance.
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Kevin M. Klotz
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Sugar Land Campus
Email: klotzk@wcjc.edu
Kevin Klotz received his Bachelor of Music degree from Houston Baptist University, his Masters in Music degree from the University of Houston, and is currently completing a doctoral degree in Musicology from the University of Houston. Kevin is the conductor of the Sugar Land Choral Society, and has taught Music Appreciation courses at WCJC for three years.
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Lewis Pilot
Adjunct Instructor of Music (on-line)
Wharton Campus
Email: pilotl@wcjc.edu
Lewis Pilot received his Bachelor of Arts in Music (summa cum laude) and Master of Music from Colorado State University and has completed his doctoral coursework in musicology from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he also held the position of Student Representative for the American Musicological Society, Rocky Mountain Chapter. Mr. Pilot has taught music appreciation for Wharton County Junior College since 2009.
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Richard Spitz
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Sugar Land Campus
Email: spitzr@wcjc.edu
Rick Spitz has taught as adjunct instructor of Music at WCJC for six years; he also teaches in Alief ISD. Mr. Spitz’s master of music degree and his professional doctorate in music education were earned at USC after completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Spitz is a well-known trombonist in the Houston area, has worked with the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet to name just a few, and has recorded and toured with America Brass Band.
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