MacPhail Faculty Recital

James DeVoll, Flute

James DeVoll, flute, has appeared on concerts and recitals throughout the United States and Europe. He has performed with groups throughout the area, including the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra, and has appeared as guest principal flute with the Duluth, Mankato, and South Dakota Symphony. He enjoys working with composers and has participated with dozens of composers in the premieres of over 40 works. In addition to teaching at MacPhail, James is on the faculty of Gustavus Adolphus College and Minnesota State University—Mankato. He has been a clinician and judge for the Minnesota All-State Bands and has served as President of the Upper Midwest Flute Association. He studied at the University of Minnesota, Yale, and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Additional studies were in France, where he obtained a diplôme from the Conservatoire Internationale d’Eté in Nice, and spent two summers at the Centre Acanthes festival for contemporary music. 

Davis Dorrough, piano (guest musician)

Davis Dorrough holds a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma where he studied piano with Dr. Jane Magrath and pedagogy with Dr. Barbara Fast. He has performed in numerous recitals both in the U.S. and abroad, including the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstaedt, Austria at the Esterhazy Palace, and the Saarburg International Chamber Music Festival in Saarburg, Germany. As an educator, he has received several national awards including the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) MarySue Harris Studio Teaching Fellowship, the Piano Technicians Guild Foundation Scholarship, and the National Piano Foundation Scholarship. In 2022, Mr. Dorrough was named an MTNA Foundation Fellow. As a speaker, he has given presentations for Music Teachers National Association, National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy, and MusicEd Connect. He recently appeared on a panel for the National Music Council of the United States that discussed the future of music education, creation, performance, and business. In addition to performing and speaking, he currently operates an independent piano studio in Cincinnati, OH and serves as chair for the MTNA National Certification Commission

Katrina Mundinger, Clarinet

Katrina Mundinger is a multi-instrumentalist whose focus is the clarinet. Since 1994 she has studied and performed music of the Balkan Peninsula. Katrina trained classically, earning Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Clarinet Performance from Oberlin Conservatory and Northwestern University, respectively. She received an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board in 2015 supporting her acquisition of a taragot and learning to play it. Katrina is a founding member of the Balkan Party Band Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI), and a selection of her other performance credits includes a solo appearance with the Jewish Community Center Orchestra and ensemble support for the indie rock act DeVotchKa at First Ave. As part of OBI, she was awarded both a Minnesota Emerging Composers Award (2012) and the McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians (2011). Katrina has taught clarinet privately since her college years, maintains a private studio in NE Minneapolis and Roseville MN in addition to her MacPhail duties, and is an adjunct faculty member at the St. Paul Academy and Summit School. Learn more on her webiste folkclarinet.com.

Sue Ruby, Piano

Sue Ruby, a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM), hails from the tiny northern MN town of Tamarack. Ms. Ruby graduated from the University of MN-Duluth summa cum laude with a BM in Piano Pedagogy. She studied with Betty Anne Diaz and Dr. John O’Brien while earning her MM in Piano Pedagogy from Columbus State University (GA). Currently, Ms. Ruby teaches, directs, and co-owns K & S Conservatory of Music in Woodbury. This year (2022) marks her 20^th year on the faculty of MacPhail Center for Music and the 20^th year of her nonprofit organization, APPI, the Association of Professional Piano Instructors. An avid collaborative pianist, Ms. Ruby is co-founder of Fridays in the Valley, a chamber music series that raises money for charity in Golden Valley. She spent much of the pandemic researching solo and chamber repertoire of underrepresented composers. In 2020, she received a grant from MacPhail to research and perform piano trios by female composers. When not teaching or playing chamber music, Ms Ruby can be found preparing articles and presentations on a wide variety of pedagogical topics for local, state, and national platforms.  

Joan Wallace, Piano

Dr. Joan Wallace has been teaching for 11 years. She recently received her doctoral degree in piano from the University of Minnesota. In addition, she holds a Masters in Piano Performance & Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma (where she was assistant to Dr. Jane Magrath) and a B.Mus in Piano Performance from the University of Michigan. Dr. Wallace taught piano in India for three years to students from over 25 countries. She has performed in the Haydnsaal of Esterházy Palace, the Beethoven Institute at Mannes College of Music, as well as the Hot Springs Music Festival. Joan has also presented on various pedagogical topics at the MTNA National, State, and Collegiate conferences, as well as the NCKP conference, and has also adjudicated for piano competitions and auditions in both India and the United States.