Current instructor

Walter Puyear

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Classes with Walter Puyear

MUSIC 265

Ensemble-woodwind

1 credits

MUSIC 265 is a woodwind ensemble course focused on performing ensemble literature.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Conor NelsonEleni Katz+4 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample
MUSIC 565

Advanced Ensemble-woodwind

1 credits

MUSIC 565 is an advanced woodwind ensemble course where students perform literature and audition for placement.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Conor NelsonEleni Katz+4 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample
MUSIC 799

Independent Work

1–3 credits

MUSIC 799 is an independent work course involving faculty-mentored individual study and research.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Scott TeepleNadia Chana+35 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
MUSPERF 213

Elementary/intermediate Saxophone

2–4 credits

MUSPERF 213 provides individual saxophone instruction for undergraduate music majors at the elementary to intermediate level.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Walter Puyear

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample
MUSPERF 413

Advanced Saxophone

2–4 credits

Advanced individual saxophone instruction requiring instructor consent for first-time enrollment.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Walter Puyear

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
MUSPERF 513

Masters Level-saxophone

4 credits

MUSPERF 513 provides masters level individual instruction in saxophone performance.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Walter Puyear

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
MUSPERF 990

Masters Recital

1–4 credits

MUSPERF 990 covers the preparation and public performance of a Masters Recital for graduate students in Music: Performance.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Scott TeepleJohanna Wienholts+8 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
MUSPERF 999

Dma Recital

1 credits

Preparation and public performance of a Doctoral Recital for Doctor of Musical Arts degree requirements.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Scott TeepleChristopher Taylor+22 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026MUSIC 265Ensemble-woodwind
Fall 2026MUSIC 565Advanced Ensemble-woodwind
Fall 2026MUSIC 799Independent Work
Fall 2026MUSPERF 213Elementary/intermediate Saxophone
Fall 2026MUSPERF 413Advanced Saxophone
Fall 2026MUSPERF 513Masters Level-saxophone
Fall 2026MUSPERF 713Doctoral Level-saxophone
Fall 2026MUSPERF 990Masters Recital
Fall 2026MUSPERF 999Dma Recital

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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