Music

Dr. Aaron Harp

Assistant Professor of Music

B.M., Ouachita Baptist University
M.M., University of Texas
D.M.A, University of Colorado Boulder

Dr. Aaron Harp serves as assistant professor of music and director of choral and vocal studies at Wofford College. He conducts Wofford Singers and Women’s Choir, teaches private voice lessons, and teaches vocal diction, music theory and music appreciation courses.

In addition to his conducting and teaching, Aaron is active as a professional soloist and choral singer. He specializes in early music, particularly the music of Bach, and has performed as a soloist in all of Bach’s major choral works and many of his cantatas. He has sung with noted professional choral ensembles across the country, including Santa Fe Desert Chorale, The Thirteen, Houston Bach Society and Colorado Bach Ensemble.

Prior to his doctorate, he taught choir at the secondary level in Texas for five years.

Away from Wofford, Aaron enjoys spending time with his wife and four daughters, mountain and road biking, hiking, snow skiing, playing board games, reading and trying to pull the perfect shot of espresso.

Dr. Susan Nicholson

Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music

Dr. Susan Nicholson is Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at Wofford College where she conducts the concert band and jazz ensemble, teaches applied woodwind lessons, and music courses in the general education curriculum. Prior to her appointment at Wofford, Susan was the Chair of the Department of Music and Director of Instrumental Studies at King University in Tennessee. Her high school teaching experience includes the Director of Upper School Bands at the Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has maintained an active performing career on woodwinds and is a regular concert band adjudicator at area music festivals.

Susan earned a Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education from Winthrop University and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Multiple Woodwind Performance from the University of Miami (FL). Dr. Nicholson’s woodwind professors include Phil Thompson, Margaret Donaghue, Gary Keller, Francesca Arnone and Luciano Magnanini. She has had post-graduate conducting study with Virginia Allen, Eugene Corporon, Jack Stamp and Dennis Fisher.