Music Faculty
Contact the Department of Music
Department of Music
Old Main 114
Kutztown, PA 19530
Phone: 610-683-4551
Text Messaging: 610-683-1506
Fax: 610-683-1506
Email: cosmith@kutztown.edu (Department Office Manager)
Office Hours
Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Summer Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Department Chair
Dr. Frank Kumor
610-683-4551
kumor@kutztown.edu
Department Office Manager
Courtney Smith
610-683-1573
cosmith@kutztown.edu
ENSEMBLE DIRECTORS
Band Program
- Dr. Daniel Neuenschwander, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Chamber Winds, and the KU Marching Unit (KUMU)
Classical Vocal Ensembles
- Dr. Henry Alviani, Chamber Singers
- Dr. Hannah Carr, Choir, Vocal Ensemble
Commercial Ensembles
- Dr. Kevin Kjos, Jazz Ensembles, Rock Ensembles, Sync Ensemble
- Prof. Carver Scott Lee, Jazz Combos
- Prof. Ben Sher, Jazz Combos
- Dr. Todd Walker, Rock Ensembles
Orchestra
- Dr. Peter Isaacson, Orchestra
Classical Chamber Ensembles
- Dr. Maria Asteriadou, Chamber Music
- Prof. Janet Axelrod, Flute Ensemble
- Dr. Peter Isaacson, String Ensemble
- Dr. Jeremy Justeson, Saxophone Ensembles
- Dr. Frank Kumor, Percussion, and World Percussion
- Dr. Daniel Neuenschwander, Brass Quintet, and Trombone Choir
- Prof. Kurt Nikkanen, Presidential International Piano Quintet
- Dr. Aileen Razey, Clarinet Ensembles
MEET OUR FACULTY
Brass
- Prof. Shari Gleason-Mayrhofer, Horn
- Dr. Daniel Neuenschwander, Trombone
- Dr. Samantha Lake, Tuba
- Dr. Kevin Kjos, Trumpet
- Dr. Todd Walker, Trumpet
Commercial Music
- Dr. Kevin Kjos, Director of Commercial Music Studies, Trumpet
- Prof. John Riley, Drum Set
- Prof. Carver Scott Lee, Bass
- Prof. Ben Sher, Guitar
- Prof. Scott Tice, Audio Engineering
- Dr. Valerie Trollinger, Performing Arts Administration
- Dr. Todd Walker, Music Business, Songwriting, Comercial Composition
- Dr. Matt Vashlishan, Jazz Saxophone
- Dr. Andy Thierauf, Audio
Classical Keyboard
- Dr. Maria Asteriadou, Piano, and Class Piano
- Dr. Daniel Immel, Piano, and Class Piano
Music Education
- Dr. Peter Isaacson, String Techniques
- Dr. Jeremy Justeson, Woodwind Techniques, Music Education Methods
- Dr. Frank Kumor, Percussion Techniques
- Dr. Daniel Neuenschwander, Instrumental Methods, Music Education Methods
- Dr. Valerie Trollinger, Overture to Music Education, Secondary Methods, Elementary Classroom Methods, Choral Music Methods, & Graduate Courses in Music Education, Music Education Methods, Women in Music
Music History
- Dr. Henry Alviani, Introduction to Music
- Dr. Daniel Immel, Introduction to Music, Film Music
- Dr. Peter Isaacson, Introduction to Music
- Dr. Aileen Razey, Introduction to Music
- Dr. R. Todd Rober, Music History, Musicology, Rock History, Jazz History, World Music
- Dr. Valerie Trollinger, Women in Music
Classical Percussion
- Dr. Frank Kumor, Percussion
- Dr. Andy Thierauf, Percussion
- Dr. Marie-Aline Cadieux, Cello
- Prof. Michael Gamon, Viola
- Dr. Peter Isaacson, Violin, and Viola
- Prof. Scott Lee, Double Bass
- Prof. Kurt Nikkanen, Violin
Theory & Composition
- Dr. Marie-Aline Cadieux, Aural Skills and Music Theory
- Prof. Michael Gamon, Aural Skills
- Dr. Peter Isaacson, Aural Skills
- Prof. Jamal Jones, Composition
Classical Voice
- Dr. Henry Alviani, Voice
- Dr. Hannah Carr, Voice
- Prof. Erin Martin, Voice
Classical Woodwinds
- Prof Janet Axelrod, Flute
- Dr. Jeremy Justeson, Saxophone
- Dr. Aileen Razey, Clarinet
- Dr. Valerie Trollinger, Bassoon
- Prof. Kim Webster, Oboe
Music Business
- Dr. Aileen Razey, Fundamentals of Music Business
- Dr. Valerie Trollinger, Performing Arts Administration