Penny Dimmick
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

DIRECTING BUTLER PREPARATORY CHOIR

Professor of Music, Butler University School of Music

Dr. Penny Dimmick is the Associate Dean of Jordan College of the Arts at Butler University and Professor of Music Education. She joined the faculty at Butler in 1991 where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in music education. Prior to her appointment at Butler, she taught public school general music and percussion in Northeast Indiana and was an adjunct faculty member in music education and percussion at Taylor University, Ball State University, and Marian University.

In 2024, Dr. Dimmick was awarded the University Music Educator of Excellence award from the Indiana Music Education Association. She is also the recipient of several teaching awards at Butler University and received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the School of Music at Ball State University. She has presented at state, National, and international music conferences and has recently served as conductor for the Nebraska All-State Honor Children’s Choir, the Indiana All-State Honor Children’s Choir, and several regional Honor Choirs throughout the Midwest. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA) for over 25 years and has served on the National Collegiate Advisory Board of NAfME, the National Association for Music Education. She is also an evaluator and team chair of accreditation visits for the National Association of Schools of Music.

Dr. Dimmick has been an Assistant Director with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir for 27 years, where she directs the Preparatory Choir, a program that she helped to develop. When she is not teaching, she enjoys traveling, hiking, time at the beach, and attending professional baseball games with her husband John, and her two grown sons and their families.