Mildred Goodrum Heyward Associate Professor of Music
Phone: 478.757.5127
Email: nwhitney@wesleyancollege.edu
Office: PFA 101
Address: Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth Road Macon, GA 31210
Mrs. Whitney directs the Wesleyan Concert Choir and the Wesleyannes vocal ensemble, and teaches applied voice. As a mezzo-soprano, she is an active performer in recital, concert, and opera across the United States and in Europe. She has sung in Master Classes with Martin Katz, Ruth Golden, and John Alexander, and been soloist with the Theatrehof Opera in Humbach, Germany, the Dorian Opera Theatre at Luther College in Iowa, and the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium in Italy. Mrs. Whitney is a member of NATS, ACDA, MENC, GMEA Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Kappa Phi.
Education: B.M., Wesleyan College; M.M., Cincinnati Conservatory; M.M., Yale University
Courses taught include:
415: Senior Music Project.
Goal: To provide the student an opportunity to complete a comprehensive music project including a
recital and a project that integrates music with another liberal arts discipline.
Content: Recital and accompanying components; must be approved by the music faculty. Part of the
course is a one-hour weekly applied music lesson for which the associated fee will be charged.
451: Directed Independent Study.
Goal: To permit the student to explore a topic of study not covered in the regular course structure. To
encourage a concentrated course of study for the serious and independent student.
Content: Varies according to interest of student; to be agreed upon by student and professor, with the
approval of the department chair.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair.
452: Field Study.
Goal: To offer the student the opportunity for workplace experience related to music.
Content: Practical work in the area of music.
Prerequisites: Permission of the faculty advisor and the faculty sponsor.
499: Honors Thesis.