229-333-2157 August 23, 2006
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VSU gets New Head of Music
Dr. James Shrader has been appointed the head of the Music
Department at Valdosta State University. Shrader officially took
his new post at VSU on July 1, 2006, after serving 11 years in the
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Music Department.
In 2007, Shrader will also become the executive director of the
Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, a regional symphony covering southern
Georgia and northern Florida.
Shrader is married to Dr. Aija Shrader, and the couple has two
children. Dorothy is soprano and sophomore music major at Pittsburg
State University in Kan. Alek is a master's student at Oberlin
College Conservatory of Music and an operatic tenor on the roster
of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. "I promised the kids when we
took the position at Alva [Northwestern Oklahoma State University],
we wouldn't leave until after they graduated high school," Shrader
said.
Shrader comes to VSU with an impressive music background, which can
be viewed at http://www.valdosta.edu/music/bios/shrader.php
. For more information about Shrader or the VSU Music Department,
contact Shrader at 229-333-7447.
