Telephone: (308) 432 - 6378 (home) (308) 432 - 3572 (work)

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Dr. G. W. Sandy Schaefer is currently the Director of Jazz Studies and Music Business at Chadron State College formerly at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, California State University, and Arizona State University. Dr. Schaefer has performed as a classical percussionist and a jazz musician. He was Principal Percussionist of the Fresno Philharmonic, the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, the Green Lake Festival Orchestra, and a member of the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra. As a jazz musician he has performed in all styles, Dixieland, swing, bop, cool, and hard bop. As a show percussionist/drummer Dr. Schaefer has performed with Henry Mancini, Milton Berle, the Temptations, Suzzane Sommers, Ben Vareen, the Drifters, the Coasters, Cleo Laine, the Lenon Sisters, Melissa Manchester, Roger Williams, Charro, and Bobby Vinton, as well as Ice Capades, and the Ebony Fashion Show.

Dr. Schaefer came to Chadron State in 1999 to revitalize their Commercial Music degree program. Schaefer said, "many high school age musicians believe that there are only two choices in music: public school teaching, and starving as a professional musician. That is not the case; there are many careers in the music business that offer steady incomes to musicians such as jobs with record labels, artist managers, publishing companies, print publishing companies, and equipment manufacturers." I hope to offer student musicians an opportunity to earn a living doing the thing the love, that is making music.