ABIGAIL PACK, Associate Professor
Abigail Pack, a native of Roanoke, Virginia received her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. in 1994 before earning a Master of Arts degree in Horn Performance and Pedagogy in 1996 from The University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. where she was a teaching assistant and toured with the faculty brass quintet. Ms. Pack most recently received her doctoral degree from The University of Wisconsin-Madison in December of 2004. She completed her doctoral coursework there in May 2001 before moving back to Virginia to begin her present teaching position at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. She has held teaching positions at Knox College in Galesburg, IL., Western State College in Gunnison, CO., and in the Gunnison Watershed School District in Gunnison, CO. and was awarded the Bolz Teaching Fellowship while in residence at UW-Madison. Ms. Pack has held playing positions with the Barton Symphony Orchestra, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, and with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. She currently performs regionally as a member of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Opera Roanoke, Southwest Chamber Orchestra, and with the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival. JMU performing ensembles include the Madison Brass and the Montpelier Winds. Her teachers include Mary Burroughs, Kristin Thelander, and Douglas Hill.
Email: packal@jmu.edu
