Dr. Michael W. Mapp

Dr. Michael W. Mapp is the Director of Bands and coordinator of the Graduate Instrumental Conducting Program at New Mexico State University. Dr. Mapp joined the music faculty at NMSU in 2017. Prior to working at NMSU, Dr. Mapp taught at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas as Director of Bands. He also enjoyed a successful tenure as a public school band director in Kansas. At NMSU, Dr. Mapp's responsibilities include serving as the conductor of the Wind Symphony, administering the graduate program in wind conducting, teaching courses in conducting and literature, and overseeing all facets of the university band program.

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Dr. Mapp enjoys an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and producer throughout the United States and abroad. Bands under his direction have performed at numerous state, regional, national, and internation conferences, most recently in Prague, Czechia, and at the SWCBDNA Regional Conference in Kansas City, MO. He has been an invited presenter across the country and just recently presented at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference in South Korea.

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As an advocate of new music, Dr. Mapp annually commissions and premiers new works for wind ensemble. He has commissioned over 25 new works and conducted the premiere performance of 22 pieces for winds from such composers as Catherine Likhuta, Joel Puckett, Kevin Walczyk, Joni Greene, Kevin McKee, Viet Cuong, Aaron Perrine, Chin Ting Chan, Daniel McIntosh, Dana Wilson, Tom Davoren, and Peter Meechan.