Adam Luebke, Ph. D is an Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Waldorf College where he conducts the Waldorf Choir, the Schola Cantorum, and teaches choral methods, choral literature, and conducting. Formerly, he served as Director of Choral Activities at Northland College. Dr. Luebke grew up in the Philadelphia area, where he received his earliest musical training as a boy chorister with the American Boychoir of Princeton, NJ, performing nationally and internationally. He earned a Bachelors of Music degree from St. Olaf College, a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Choral Conducting from Florida State University. He has taught choral music at the high school level, led numerous community choirs, and served as a church musician in Adam Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Florida, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
Luebke, Ph.D.
A scholar of Renaissance choral music, Dr. Luebke has performed with the early music ensembles Fuma Sacra and the Choral Scholars and has written articles for The Choral Journal and The Choral Scholar. He has been a guest conductor for the Wisconsin ACDA Singing in Wisconsin Honor Choir and regularly serves as a clinician and adjudicator. Nancy Farndale studied at Iowa State University and completed her Bachelor’s Degree at St. Olaf College. She has been active in the music department at Waldorf for over twenty years and became the full-time accompanist for the Waldorf Choir in 2000. In 2007 she was named composer-in-residence at the college. Additionally, she has served the campus ministry as chapel organist since 1992 and teaches studio organ and double reeds in the music department. Mrs. Farndale’s compositions are performed regularly by the Waldorf Choir and other campus ensembles, including at the annual Christmas at Waldorf concert. In 1997, she was invited to be a guest recitalist for the Organists of Iowa Recital Series at Iowa State University Music Hall to showcase her organ compositions. Mrs. Farndale has experience teaching music in international schools in Europe and has served for many years as a church musician. Mrs. Farndale lives in Forest City with her husband, Michael, who is a mathematics and physics professor at Waldorf.
Nancy Farndale
Student Profile
Q: How did you end up at Waldorf? A: What really brought me to Waldorf was the people. I remember visiting other schools where students and faculty offered me only passing glances, but at Waldorf I found the faculty to be personable and many of the students came up to me and are still good friends today. As a theatre student, it was also a plus that the day I visited was “awkward prop day.” It brought me a lot of laughs to sit at a lunch table with people as high energy as me singing with toasters and giant spoons. Q: What are your post-graduation plans? A: I plan to pursue a career in Graphic Design or a Masters Degree. Q: What do you appreciate most about the Waldorf College experience? A: This will always be the people. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the people I’ve met here at Waldorf. Nowhere else could I imagine a community where I not only know all of my professors’ names, but they also know my name and give me lessons that I can apply to life. Things you can’t find in textbooks. Q: What do you think is unique about the Waldorf Choir experience? A: The Waldorf Choir is and always will be a part of my family. I’d do just about anything for my fellow members. They are literally my best friends and I love each and every one.
Jonathon Aguilar ’13 Britt, Iowa