Meet The Team

At the core of our Academy is a staff fueled with a passion for both growing the arts and the students it has an impact on. Our directors and leaders believe dreaming to be the driving force that enriches a lifetime of creativity and wonder.

Academy Creative Director

Dustin Yoder

Dustin has performed with various Symphonies and on stage at Carnegie Hall. He has worked on film sets as a musician, composer, sound engineer, writer and director. Since the Academy's first year in 2014, he has been at the Wildwood Academy as a Student, Intern, Co-coordinator, and now as the Director. His vision and willingness to venture into new creative routes is bringing much needed fresh air and direction toward the future for WAMA and the community it will connect.

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Conductor

Eric Meineke

Eric Douglas Meincke is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music in Conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He also serves as an Associate Instructor in the Jacobs School and as the Director of Music for the First United Church in Bloomington. During his musical career, Meincke has studied with renowned musicians such as Christoph Eschenbach, James Ross, Bevan Keating, Betsy Burleigh, Dominick DiOrio, Walter Huff, and William Weinert.

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Composer-in-Residence

Eric Fells

Eric is an accomplished and versatile musician, contemporary pianist, film composer, record producer, and music director born and raised in Little Rock, AR. Eric holds a Bachelor's degree in Contemporary Writing and Production from Berklee College of Music in 2019.

Eric has worked as an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music working in both the Contemporary Writing and Production department and the Piano Department.

Eric is and has always been involved in many scenes of music regardless of styles, genre, instrument. He lives in the belief that music is what heals the soul. Any form of it is good for us!