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Debra Wiggins serves as a Lecturer at Rider University's Conservatory, where she has been faculty since 2008 specializing in piano instruction and voice training. Her role encompasses both pedagogical and performance-based responsibilities within the university's music education framework.
Her academic credentials include:
- B.S., cum laude, La Salle University
- Certificate of Piano Pedagogy, Westminster Choir College
- Piano studies at University of Frankfurt (with Frau Mendelssohn-Schollwoeck)
- Piano studies at College of New Jersey (with Shirley Bachelor)
- Music history/theory/ear training at Rowan University
- Advanced piano studies with Esma Pasic-Filapovic, Mathew Bengtson, and Dolly Krasnapolski
- Voice training with Dolores Ferraro
Her professional focus integrates piano pedagogy with comprehensive musicianship development, emphasizing technical mastery and theoretical understanding. Previous teaching appointments include Wilmington Music School, Woodland Country Day School (as instructor and accompanist), and private studio instruction.
As a performing artist, she has contributed as chorus member for the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society (Philadelphia), and Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion (Philadelphia).
