Anya Pogorelova
Director of Bands/Assistant Professor
Music
College of Arts and Sciences
- Contact
- Garvey Fine Arts CenterRoom 3121700 SW College AveTopeka, KS 66621-1117785.670.1780
- Degrees & Certifications
- Georgia State University, Master of Music
- University of Saskatchewan, Bachelor of Education
- Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, Doctor of Musical Arts
- Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, Master of Music
- Teaching
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- MU 145 A, Marching Band
- MU 226 A, Wind Ensemble
- MU 345 A, Marching Band
- MU 421 A, Marching Band Pedagogy
- MU 426 A, Wind Ensemble
- Career Accomplishments
- Anya Pogorelova is the Interim Director of Bands at Washburn University where she teaches courses in music education, conducting, and directs the Marching Ichabods, University Band, and the Washburn Wind Ensemble. As a passionate advocate for access to music education for all, Anya is the founder of the Topeka New Horizons Band and previously served as the assistant director of the Roeland Park New Horizons Band. Prior to teaching at Washburn, Anya directed and assisted with instrumental music programs in rural Saskatchewan and economically marginalized areas of Atlanta and Kansas City. She is an alumna of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory (DMA, MM), Georgia State University (MM) and the University of Saskatchewan (BM, BEd).
