University Bands

Band Directors

Years Director Department
1904 - 1908 Louis Henry Burch Instructor in Manual Arts
1906 - 1907 Orral Dale Earls 10th Grade Student
1907 - 1908 Pierre V. Olker Music Instructor at the Kennedy's Business and English Training School, Macomb, IL
1908 - 1912 Dormancy period for band program
1912 - 1913 Harlow Wyne 12th Grade Student
1913 - 1914 Iva Benner 12th Grade Student
1914 - 1915 Orville Jones
Clarence "Jake" Clute 		12th Grade Student
11th Grade Student
1915 - 1918 Jessie Warrum Physics and Chemistry
1918 - 1919 Edwin Foss Physics and Chemistry
1919 - 1920 Roscoe Linder Physics and Chemistry
1920 - 1942 Walter Eller Physics and Chemistry
1942 - 1944 Paul Liljedahl Education
1944 - 1946 Floyd Ohlson Education
1946 - 1955 Arthur Fritshel Education
1955 - 1965 Forrest Suycott Music Department
1965 - 1970 Harry Haines Music Department
1970 - 1973 Christopher Izzo Music Department
1973 - 1978 Robert Morsch Music Department
1978 - 2001 Dale Hopper Music Department
1999 - 2001 Rod Schueller Music Department
1985 - 2005 Jon Dugle Music Department
2005 - 2009 Douglas Phillips School of Music
2009 - 2010 Shawn Vondran School of Music
2010 - Present Matt Thomas School of Music
2001 - Present Mike Fansler School of Music