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
Daniel Grimminger Adjunct 3-C dgrimmin@kent.edu
Kenneth Kramer Associate Professor Eve McPherson 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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