Education
Hemke received his Bachelor of Science degree in music education from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1958. He earned the Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in 1962, and earned the A.Mus.D. (doctor of musical arts) degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1975.
In September 1955 he began studies with Marcel Mule at the Paris Conservatoire National de Musique et de Declamation in Paris, France. He earned the Premier Prix in 1956, becoming the first American saxophonist to earn this distinction.
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