Faculty

Theodore E. Buehrer

James D. and Cornelia W. Ireland Associate Professor of Music, Chair

Areas of Expertise: Music Theory, Composition, Jazz Studies, Music Technology

Contact Information:
buehrert@kenyon.edu

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Classroom Faculty

Camilla Cai

Professor Emerita of Music

Areas of Expertise: Musicology (the study of music history) in the nineteenth century, music and gender

Contact Information:
cai@kenyon.edu

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Brian Harnetty

Visiting Instructor of Music

Contact Information:
bharnetty@gmail.com

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Dane Heuchemer

Associate Professor of Music

Areas of Expertise: Musicology (the study of music history) - the Renaissance, historical performance techniques, music as a tool of court politics, 20th-century music, jazz; Conducting - wind ensemble, early music, opera/musical theater; Performance - modern trumpet, natural (valveless) trumpet, cornetto

Contact Information:
heuchemerd@kenyon.edu

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Benjamin R. Locke

Robert A. Oden, Jr. Professor of Music

Areas of Expertise: Choral conducting, Brahms' choral works, music and society in South Africa

Contact Information:
lockeb@kenyon.edu

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Maria Mendonça

Assistant Professor of Asian Music and Culture

Contact Information:
mendoncam@kenyon.edu

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Brass

Ryan Hamilton

Adjunct Instructor of Lower Brass

Contact Information:
hamiltonr@kenyon.edu

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Kimberly McCann

Adjunct Instructor of French Horn

Contact Information:
mccannk@kenyon.edu

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James Reed

Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet

Contact Information:
reedja@kenyon.edu

Benjamin Bachert

Adjunct Instructor of Guitar

Contact Information:
bachertb@kenyon.edu

Robert Cox

Adjunct Instructor of Guitar

Areas of Expertise: Fingerstyle arrangements for guitar

Contact Information:
coxr@kenyon.edu

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Andrej Mentschukoff

Adjunct Instructor of Classical Guitar

Contact Information:
mentschukoffa@kenyon.edu

Matthew Paetsch

Adjunct Instructor of Electric/Jazz Bass

Contact Information:
paetschm@kenyon.edu

Jeff Poole

Adjunct Instructor of Guitar

Areas of Expertise: Blues soloing & improv, rock soloing & improv, fingerstyle guitar, flatpicking guitar (bluegrass style), folk-style guitar

Contact Information:
poolej@kenyon.edu

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Linda Dauwalder-Dachtyl

Adjunct Instructor of Percussion & Jazz Piano

Contact Information:
dachtyll@kenyon.edu

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Terry McCandless

Adjunct Instructor of Organ

Contact Information:
mccandlesst@kenyon.edu

Patricia Pelfrey

Adjunct Instructor of Music and Department Accompanist

Contact Information:
pelfreyp@kenyon.edu

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Loretta Rearick

Adjunct Instructor of Piano

Contact Information:
rearickl@kenyon.edu

John Reitz

Adjunct Instructor of Piano, Piano Coordinator

Contact Information:
reitzj@kenyon.edu

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Janet Thompson

Adjunct Instructor of Harp and Piano

Contact Information:
thompsonj@kenyon.edu

Cary Dachtyl

Adjunct Instructor of Percussion

Areas of Expertise: All aspects of percussion instruction, conducting, electronic music production and recording

Contact Information:
dachtylc@kenyon.edu

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Linda Dauwalder-Dachtyl

Adjunct Instructor of Percussion & Jazz Piano

Contact Information:
dachtyll@kenyon.edu

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Luis Biava

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Cello

Contact Information:
biaval@kenyon.edu

Charles Lawson

Adjunct Instructor of Bass

Contact Information:
lawsonc@kenyon.edu

Matthew Paetsch

Adjunct Instructor of Electric/Jazz Bass

Contact Information:
paetschm@kenyon.edu

Vanessa Ripley

Adjunct Instructor of Viola

Contact Information:
ripleyv@kenyon.edu

Ariane Sletner

Adjunct Instructor of Violin

Contact Information:
sletnera@kenyon.edu

Janet Thompson

Adjunct Instructor of Harp and Piano

Contact Information:
thompsonj@kenyon.edu

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Kelley Hart

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Nancy Jantsch

Adjunct Instructor of Voice and Opera Workshop Director

Areas of Expertise: Vocal performance instruction and direction in art song, musical theater, and operatic literature

Contact Information:
jantschn@kenyon.edu

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Cynthia Mahaney

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Contact Information:
mahaneyc@kenyon.edu

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Jennifer Marcellana

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Areas of Expertise: Vocal performance instruction in classical, operatic, and music theatre literature

Contact Information:
marcellanaj@kenyon.edu

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Carolyn Redman

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Contact Information:
redmanc@kenyon.edu

Tamara Seckel

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Areas of Expertise: Art Song, French, early music, 20th Century

Contact Information:
seckelt@kenyon.edu

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Sharon L. Stohrer

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Contact Information:
Lower Rosse 22
740-427-5197
stohrers@kenyon.edu

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Antoine Clark

Adjunct Instructor of Woodwinds

Contact Information:
clarkat@kenyon.edu

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Bailey Sorton

Adjunct Instructor of Oboe

Contact Information:
sortonb@kenyon.edu

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Ann Stimson

Adjunct Instructor of Flute

Contact Information:
stimsona@kenyon.edu