Michael Wilder

Michael Wilder currently serves as Professor of Music and Dean of the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music and Division of Arts and Communication.  He served as President of the National Association of Schools of Music 2022-2024 and continues in serving as a visiting evaluator, consultant, and member of the NASM Board of Directors. 

Wilder performed for many years as a member of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, is currently a member of Camerata Chicago, and served on the faculty of the Credo Festival at Oberlin, and with the MasterWorks Festival in England and the U.S.  Michael and his wife, Joyce Anne, are the grateful parents of 11 children, whom they homeschooled, and grandparents to 14 grandchildren.