James Sodke
- Lecturer
- Music Department
- BFA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1978
- PHONE: (262) 595-2292
- EMAIL: sodke@uwp.edu

Pianist James Sodke earned the BFA in Music Education from UW-Milwaukee, and is Associate Lecturer at UW-Parkside. He is the co-director of Lakeshore Conservatory of Music, the Director of Music at St Michael’s Church in Racine Wisconsin, and is an editor, arranger, and engraver for Hal Leonard Publishing.
He has appeared with the national tours of: Dancin’, Zorba, Camelot, Chorus Line, Stop the World, the Rockettes, SouthPacific, Grease, 42nd St., Lou Rawls, Gladys Knight, The Moody Blues, The Mills Brothers, The Temptations, The Drifters, Danny and the Jrs. and Little Anthony.
He has accompanied jazz greats Stanley Jordan, The Dorsey Band, and Dianne Schuur, and performed with The Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Waukesha Symphony Orchestras, the Milwaukee Civic and Chamber Orchestras, and Present Music. He has been a clinician/guest artist for the Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Cudahy, Wausau, and Bowler public schools, and the Rhythm section clinician for Wisconsin Honors Jazz Band.
Courses Taught
MUSA 101 - PERFORMANCE LAB I
MUSA 201 - PERFORMANCE LAB II
MUSA 301 - PERFORMANCE LAB III
MUSI 100 - Appreciation of World Music
MUSI 104 - Music Appreciation
MUSI 120 - Music Theory I
MUSI 121 - Music Theory II
MUSI 221 - Music Theory III
MUSI 226 - POPULAR MUSIC THEORY
MUSI 321 - Music Theory IV
MUSI 332 - World Music
MUSI 350 - Music Business
MUSI 423 - Orchestration and Arranging
MUSP 135 - Aural Music Theory I
MUSP 136 - Aural Music Theory II
MUSP 150 - Class Piano I
MUSP 151 - Class Piano II
MUSP 236 - Aural Music Theory III
MUSP 253 - Jazz Piano
MUSP 271 - Instr Techn/Pedagogy-Brass
MUSP 336 - Aural Music Theory IV
MUSA 201 - PERFORMANCE LAB II
MUSA 301 - PERFORMANCE LAB III
MUSI 100 - Appreciation of World Music
MUSI 104 - Music Appreciation
MUSI 120 - Music Theory I
MUSI 121 - Music Theory II
MUSI 221 - Music Theory III
MUSI 226 - POPULAR MUSIC THEORY
MUSI 321 - Music Theory IV
MUSI 332 - World Music
MUSI 350 - Music Business
MUSI 423 - Orchestration and Arranging
MUSP 135 - Aural Music Theory I
MUSP 136 - Aural Music Theory II
MUSP 150 - Class Piano I
MUSP 151 - Class Piano II
MUSP 236 - Aural Music Theory III
MUSP 253 - Jazz Piano
MUSP 271 - Instr Techn/Pedagogy-Brass
MUSP 336 - Aural Music Theory IV