Nancy S. Ypma, D.Mus.
Professor of Music
Chair of Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts
Office: Hettenhausen Center for the Arts (Hett) 1112
Phone: (618) 537-6922
Email: nypma@mckendree.edu
Education
D.Mus., Northwestern University
M.Mus., Northwestern University
B.A., Music, U.C.L.A.
About Nancy
Nancy S. Ypma joined the McKendree faculty in the fall of 1988. As a professor of
music, her responsibilities include conducting the Concert Choir, teaching applied
organ lessons and teaching courses in music history, church music, musical theatre
and conducting. As Director of the Music Department, she has been instrumental in
overseeing the growth of the department, the addition of several new degrees, and
the recruitment of new faculty. As a concert organist, she continues to perform regularly
throughout the Midwest, give master classes, and serve as an adjudicator for competitions.
In addition to her responsibilities at McKendree, Ypma is also organist and music
director at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Belleville, Illinois.
Scholarly Interests
Music History
Church Music History
Musical Theatre History
Awards
Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, 1991
Outstanding Service Award (McKendree), 1993
William Norman Grandy Faculty Award, 2000
United Methodist Exemplary Teaching Award, 2019
Memberships
The College Music Society National Committee on Academic Leadership and Administration
American Guild of Organists, St. Louis Chapter
Other Activities
Concert Organist
Organist and Music Director at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Belleville
Hobbies
Gardening
Tennis
Swimming
Reading
Traveling