Northwestern's School of Music for fifty years. He began in 1962 as a teaching associate. In 1964 he became an assistant professor and was appointed chairman of the newly formed Winds and Percussion Instruments Department. In 1967 Hemke was elevated to associate professor; on September 1, 1975, Full Professor; and on September 1, 1991, chairman of the Department of Music Performance Studies at the School of Music. Hemke served as senior associate dean for administration in the School of Music from 1995 to 2001. In 2002, Hemke was named the Louis and Elsie Snydacker Eckstein Professor of Music and also named associate dean emeritus of the School of Music. He retired from full-time teaching in 2012. As a music educator in higher education, Hemke has taught hundreds of saxophonists, many of whom have flourished as performing artists and music educators of international rank. From 2013 until his death, Hemke served as artistic director and taught during summers at the Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute, located at Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney, ME. Selected former students: Jan Berry BakerAssociate Professor of SaxophoneUniversity of California, Los Angeles Roger BirkelandProfessor of SaxophoneElmhurst College James BishopDirector of Instrumental MusicEastern Florida State College, Cocoa, FL Robert Black 1985 "Grammy" award for "FACADE" recording as member of Chicago Pro Musica. Saxophonist on call with Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1973 to 2009. Former of instructor of Saxophone DePaul and Roosevelt University. 2nd Soprano saxophone on George Solti's Chicago Symphony recording of David DelTredici's "The Final Alice" with Dr. Hemke as 1st Soprano Saxophone. Owner of "The Saxophone Shop", Evanston, Il 1974 to 2004. Ron BlakeProfessor of Jazz SaxophoneJuilliardJazz performer andrecording artist Dave Bomberg Paul BroProfessor of SaxophoneIndiana State University Steve ColeInternational jazz performer andrecording artist David DeesProfessor of SaxophoneTexas Tech University Geoffrey Deibel, DMAAssistant Professor of Saxophone andDirector of Jazz StudiesFlorida State University Mark EngebretsonProfessor of Composition andElectronic Music University of North Carolina at Greensboro Susan FancherSaxophone InstructorDuke University Dan FerriTeacher & ownerDRF StudiosMaitland, FloridaSaxophone InstructorStetson UniversityDeland, Florida Chico FreemanJazz saxophonist Jason FrittsTeacher and Performer Bunky GreenDirector of Jazz StudiesUniversity of North Florida Jeffrey Loeffert, DMA Director and ProfessorOklahoma State University Jonathan HeltonProfessor of Saxophone University of Florida Frederic J.B. Hemke Professor of SaxophoneNorthern State University James S. HillProfessor of SaxophoneOhio State University William HochkeppelProfessor of SaxophoneUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette James Kasprzyk Founder of Chicago Saxophone Quartet as Baritone Saxophone. State Department tour with