Faculty recital: Dortha DeWit and Susan Schwaegler

Dortha DeWit, violin, and Susan Schwaegler, clarinet, will perform. 

DeWit holds a BA in violin performance from Oberlin College and an MA in music from Indiana University, where she also did doctoral coursework. She is a member of the Quad City Symphony and the Serenata String Trio. She also directs the Quad City Symphony Youth String Ensemble.

DeWit has performed with orchestras and in recitals throughout the Midwest. She has taught at Augustana  for more than eight years.

Schwaegler holds a BA in music education from Northwestern University and a master of pastoral studies from St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. She is an Instructor of clarinet at Augustana where she also teaches Woodwind Methods, directs the Clarinet Choir, and performs with the Faculty Woodwind Quintet and Kali Yuga, the college's free improvisation ensemble.