Judith Adell Gebhardt Schoepflin
1943
-
Judith Schoepflin
is professor of music and director of piano studies at Whitworth University in
Spokane, Washington, a position she has held since1987. While at Whitworth, she
has developed a piano pedagogy program which is state and nationally certified.
A popular and effective teacher, she maintains a large studio. Schoepflin also directs Whitworth's annual concert series
featuring women composers, The Untapped Source: Music by Women Composers.
Born in Bremerton,
Washington, Schoepflin studied in Seattle with Victor
Smiley. In 1966 she began her career teaching at Southern Adventist University,
where she taught for three years. She completed a doctorate in piano
performance at North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas,
in 1972, where she studied with Richard Cass and Joseph Banowetz.
An active solo and chamber
music performer, she has made numerous appearances throughout the U.S. and
Canada. As a member of the Muhlfeld Trio, she
performed to critical acclaim in Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
She performed as a piano soloist at the Northwest Regional University Pianists
Concert in 2008 and as a soloist at the Cooper Recital Hall Dedication in
Spokane, Washington, in that same year.
Schoepflin has made numerous presentations at
music association meetings in the Northwest and published an article, “Why
Should I be certified?,” in The Clarion, Vol. XXI, a Washington State Music Teachers
Association publication. She serves as a
coordinator for annual auditions for WSMTA and serves as an adjudicator in
numerous competitions.
ds/2013
Sources:
Biographies at Whitworth University website, 2004 and 2013; U.S. Public Records
Index, volume 2, Ancestory.com; personal knowledge.