Wilder Deitz as Artist

Wilder is a prolific composer and a powerful performer who has played music in a professional capacity since early adolescence. He is Director of Music at Bread of Life Anglican Church, alongside performing in sacred and secular settings across the Midwest.

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Wilder Deitz as Educator

A lack of available jobs during Wilder’s teen years (coinciding with the Great Recession of 2008-09) brought him to private music instruction, a career which has culminated in the Wilder Deitz School for Creative Music, where Wilder serves as Director. Wilder brings an unmatched energy to his teaching practice, determined to empower his students in their pursuit of musical creativity.

In addition Wilder performs and lectures on creative music around the Midwest.

Wilder’s story

Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Wilder grew up accompanying his dad, singer-songwriter Ritt Deitz, on tours around the Midwest. It was performing in his dad’s band that Wilder first picked up piano, guitar, bass and percussion, playing any whatever Dad needed to serve the song. Wilder went on to lead his own bands in middle and high school, playing rock music in clubs around town and booking a “Live and Local” series for young musicians. In college Wilder studied, performed, and taught under the mentorship of NEA Jazz Master Richard Davis, then a professor at the University of Wisconsin.

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