Stephanie Caulder, a native of Wilmington, North Carolina, serves as Founding Dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts and Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Caulder previously served as Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Radford University and Professor of Music and Chair at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP).
Currently serving as the principal oboist of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra and the Keystone Wind Ensemble, Caulder has performed in international venues in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Bangkok as well as with many professional orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout Pennsylvania and the southeast. She has appeared with artists such as Bernadette Peters, Mannheim Steamroller, Cirque Musica, Joshua Bell, Denyce Graves, Frank Sinatra, Jr., and Marvin Hamlisch. Her discography includes 13 commercial recordings as principal oboist with the Keystone Wind Ensemble; a Koch International recording of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s concertos; and a Klavier Music Productions release, Five in the Sun, as oboist with the Keystone Chamber Players. Caulder has also served as producer for many recordings over the last 20 years.
As an active scholar and adjudicator, Caulder has written articles for the North Carolina Music Educators Journal and the Double Reed, the publication for the International Double Reed Society. Caulder is a national honorary member of Delta Omicron and an active member of the International Double Reed Society, National Association for Music Education (NAfME), College Music Society, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Caulder is an avid golfer and fantasy football champion!