Instructors & Leadership
Instructors
Dr. Wendy K. Matthews - Associate Professor of Music Education and Director of Bands, Kent State University
Wendy K. Matthews is Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music Education at Kent State University. At Kent State, she leads the Wind Ensemble and teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate music education courses. Dr. Matthews is in demand throughout the world as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.
Ms. Sarah Kois - Faculty and Ensemble Administrator, Kent State Youth Winds
Sarah Kois is the Band Director at Streetsboro High School and Henry Defer Intermediate School in Streetsboro, Ohio. Her teaching responsibilities include directing the 5th-grade band, 9-12 concert band, marching band, and pep band. She is actively interested in researching and promoting the music of underrepresented composers.
Board of Directors
- Dr. Joanna Hersey - Professor, Tuba, University of North Carolina-Pembroke, North Carolina
- Ms. Sarah Kois - Faculty and Ensemble Administrator, Kent State Youth Winds, Kent, Ohio
- Mr. Anthony Maiello - Professor of Music, George Mason University, Virginia
- Dr. Wendy K. Matthews - Associate Professor of Music Education and Director of Bands, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
- Dr. Kent McWilliams - Director, Glauser School of Music, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
- Dr. John Roebke - Director of Bands, Roosevelt High School, Kent, Ohio