Our Faculty & Staff

DIRECTOR

Denise A. Seachrist

Interim Associate Provost and Director of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music

dseachri@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

BRASS

Michael Chunn

Professor

mchunn@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9234

John DiCesare

jdicesar@kent.edu

Kent Larmee

Associate Professor

klarmee@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-6278

David Mitchell

Assistant Professor

demitche@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-5255

COMPOSITION AND THEORY

Richard Devore

Associate Professor

rodevore@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2409

Thomas Janson

Professor

tjanson@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-0449

Ralph Lorenz

Assoc Dean, the Arts

rlorenz@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-8383

Frank Wiley

Professor

fwiley@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

CONDUCTING

Scott MacPherson

Associate Professor

smacpher@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2909

Marcus Neiman

Assistant Professor (Term)

mneiman@kent.edu

Jeffrey Heisler

Assistant Professor

jheisle3@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9235

Liza Grossman

Assistant Professor (Term)

lgrossm4@kent.edu

ENSEMBLES

Chas Baker

Associate Professor

chbaker@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-4545

Frank Cosenza

fcosenza@kent.edu

David DeBolt

Professor

ddebolt@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9244

Liza Grossman

Assistant Professor (Term)

lgrossm4@kent.edu

Jeffrey Heisler

Assistant Professor

jheisle3@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9235

Scott MacPherson

Associate Professor

smacpher@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2909

Diane McCloskey

dmcclosk@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9247

Kazadi Mukuna

Professor

wcary@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3041

Marcus Neiman

Assistant Professor (Term)

mneiman@kent.edu

Ted Rounds

Associate Professor

trounds@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2522

Linda Walker

Professor

lwalker@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2431

Frank Wiley

Professor

fwiley@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

GUITAR

George Bachmann

Assistant Professor

gbachman@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

JAZZ STUDIES

Chas Baker

Associate Professor

chbaker@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-4545

Robert Selvaggio

Assistant Professor (Term)

rselvagg@kent.edu

MUSIC EDUCATION

Patricia Grutzmacher

Associate Professor

pgrutzma@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3871

Michael Lee

Assistant Professor (Term)

melee@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9246

Craig Resta

Assistant Professor

cresta@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-4803

Christopher Venesile

cvenesil@kent.edu

Linda Walker

Professor

lwalker@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2431

MUSICOLOGY AND ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

Theodore Albrecht

Professor

talbrech@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9249

Kazadi Mukuna

Professor

wcary@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3041

Andrew Shariari

Assistant Professor

ashahria@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

OPERA

Marla Berg

Assistant Professor

mberg4@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Jay White

Associate Professor of Voice

jwhite99@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9237

PERCUSSION

Ted Rounds

Associate Professor

trounds@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2522

PIANO

Donna Lee

dlee3@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9241

Jerry Wong

Associate Professor

jwong1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

CLASS PIANO

Dana Brown

Assistant Professor

dabrown@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9236

Racquel Teare

Assistant Professor (Term)

rteare@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

PIANO STAFF ACCOMPANISTS

Yewon Lee

Faculty PT Workshop Instructor

ylee22@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

H. Gerrey Noh

Assistant Professor (Term)

hnoh@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Cathleen Poremba

Assistant Professor (Term)

cporemba@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Deborah Yasutake

Term Position

dyasutak@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

STRINGS

Mark Atherton

Assistan Professor (Term)

matherto@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Yu Jin

Assistant Professor (Term)

yjin@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Cathy Meng Robinson

Assistant Professor (Term)

crobins3@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Keith Robinson

Assistant Professor (Term)

krobins2@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Bryan Thomas

Assistant Professor (Term)

bcthomas@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

VOICE

Marla Berg

Assistant Professor

mberg4@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Tim Culver

Associate Professor

tculver@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9240

Jane Dressler

Professor

jdressle@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9239

Lara Troyer

Assistant Professor (Term)

ltroyer5@kent.edu

Jay White

Associate Professor of Voice

jwhite99@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9237

WOODWINDS

David DeBolt

Professor

ddebolt@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9244

Mark DeMio

Assistant Professor

mdemio@kent.edu

Jeffrey Heisler

Assistant Professor

jheisle3@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9235

Diane McCloskey

dmcclosk@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9247

Dennis Nygren

Emeritus Professor of Music

dnygren@kent.edu

Danna Sundet

Assistant Professor

dsundet@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Amitai Vardi

avardi@kent.edu

REGIONAL CAMPUS FACULTY

Sebastian Birch

Associate Professor

sbirch@kent.edu
Phone: 330-244-3359

Melissa Fucci

Lecturer

mfucci@kent.edu
Phone: 330-332-0361

Adjunct 3-C

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

emcpher1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-675-8823

Milagros Quesada

Associate Professor

mquesada@kent.edu
Phone: 330-339-3391

Laurel Seeds

Associate Professor

lseeds@kent.edu
Phone: 330-244-3358

PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY

Joe Clark

Head, Performing Arts Library, Assistant Professor

jclark88@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-1667

Amanda Evans

Sr Library Associate

aevans8@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-1668

Peter Lisius

Music and Media Catalog Librarian, Assistant Professor

plisius@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-6316

STAFF

Linda Iceman

Secretary

liceman@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Julie Trask

Administrative Secretary

jtrask1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-0447

Henry Tregaskis

Account Clerk 2

htregask@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172

Blaine Vesely

Piano Technician

bvesely@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2898

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