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Dr. Westlund recently retired from the
Department of Music at Northern Kentucky University. He has been a
member of the music faculty at NKU since 1976, during which he served
as Department Chairman until his retirement. Prior to that time Dr.
Westlund was Chair of th
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Dr.
John O. Westlund, Director 
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Department of Music at William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, and
has taught in public schools in Kansas. He holds the
B.M.E. from Washburn University, the M.M.E. from the University of
Kansas, and the D.M.A. from the University of Iowa. At NKU, Dr.
Westlund has conducted the choral ensembles. He is the founder and
director of the Northern Kentucky Community Chorus, and has served
as president of the Kentucky Chapter of the American Choral
Directors Association. Dr. Westlund's research has led to the
publication of an edition of Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Mass in
B-flat, as well as various scholarly articles. He has a lifelong
association with church choir work in several denominations and
currently directs the choir at St. John's United Church of
Christ in Newport, Kentucky.