Timothy Olsen appointed to University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Salem College

Timothy Olsen has been appointed Kenan Professor of Organ at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Associate Professor of Organ at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Olsen will lead the program of residential high school students, as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degree candidates teaching organ literature, pedagogy, and sacred music skills courses. He will also be teaching students at Salem College who are studying Barbara Lister-Sink’s method of Injury-Preventive Keyboard Technique.
Prior to his appointment at UNCSA and Salem College, Dr. Olsen served as the Wanda L. Bass Chair of Organ at Oklahoma City University, adjunct organ professor at Ithaca College, and as sabbatical replacement at Cornell University and Binghamton University. Dr. Olsen is the 2002 NYACOP winner.