Faculty and Staff

The Bailey School of Music is comprised of over 80 faculty and professional staff members devoted to the development of music education, performance, and scholarship within our students and community. Our faculty is well represented on the rosters of the region's top performing arts organizations, including many in principal and leadership positions with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and The Atlanta Opera.

faculty

Director of bands, David Kehler, with students during Collage dress rehearsal

 

Director

Name
Position

  • Nathan Nabb

    Director of the Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and Professor of Music

    nnabb@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

    Dr. Nathan Nabb is the Director of the Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University. Previously, he was the Director of the School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University and has held teaching positions at Chongqing Normal University, Stephen F. Austin State University, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Morehead State University, and the University of Illinois. Dr. Nabb’s students have won competitions both in solo and chamber music settings and have been featured in performances and master classes at North American Saxophone Alliance regional and national conferences. They are now successful performers and educators in high school and university programs around the country.

    Dr. Nabb maintains an active and multifaceted concert schedule with performances in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, including numerous international engagements at music festivals and conservatories throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. As an orchestral musician, Nathan regularly performs with the St. Louis Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony, and has also performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, New World Symphony, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, and more.

    Dr. Nabb was featured as a concerto soloist at the Region IV North American Saxophone Alliance conference and has performed at the World Saxophone Congress, North American Saxophone Alliance, Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, as well as prominent schools of music and saxophone studios throughout the United States, France, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, Greece, Norway, Canada and China.  

    Dr. Nabb received his Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Saxophone Performance from Northwestern University, where he studied with Dr. Frederick Hemke and was a two-time winner of the Northwestern University Chamber Music competition.  His bachelor’s degree is from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he studied with Professor Debra Richtmeyer.

    Dr. Nabb proudly endorses D’Addario and Selmer products and performs on D’Addario reeds and Selmer Paris Saxophones.

Bands

Name
Position

  • Director of Bands and Professor of Music

    dkehler1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2488
    MU 110

  • Lecturer of Bands and Assistant Director of Bands and Lecturer of Music

    droush2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Director of Athletic Bands and Assistant Professor of Music

    bmeeks12@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6426
    Brand 101

Brass

Name
Position

  • Artist in Residence in Euphonium/Tuba and Part-Time Instructor of Euphonium/Tuba

    jcasano3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    mdesousa@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Lecturer of Low Brass

    pdickins@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Trumpet

    rmoser6@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    mnewel11@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Assistant Professor of Trumpet

    swadsack@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Artist-in-Residence and Part-Time Instructor of Horn

    rwill419@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Chamber Music

Name
Position

  • Artist in Residence - Cello and Senior Lecturer of Cello

    ckruege1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WA 2100

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    jcoucher@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Professor of Clarinet

    jwarre35@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2870
    WA 2230

  • Senior Lecturer of Jazz Studies and Jazz Guitar

    cwright1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2872
    WA 1100

Choirs

Name
Position

  • Interim Senior Associate Dean in the College of the Arts, Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music & Music Education

    lblackwe@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2006
    WB 205

  • Professor Emeritus of Music

    omoses@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2489
    WA 1092

  • Assistant Professor of Music

    dpetite@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 104

  • Interim Director of Choral Activities and Limited Term Assistant Professor of Music

    rfellman@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Composition and Technology

Name
Position

Jazz

Name
Position

  • Director of Jazz Studies and Senior Lecturer of Saxophone

    sskelton@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7762
    WA 1110

  • Senior Lecturer of Jazz Studies and Jazz Piano

    tjacks80@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Artist in Residence and Part-Time Instructor of Jazz Trumpet

    ropitz@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    jchesare@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Artisit in Residence in Vocal Jazz and Part-Time Instructor of Vocal Jazz

    kharr276@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    MU 107

  • Senior Lecturer of Jazz Studies and Jazz Guitar

    cwright1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2872
    WA 1100

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    wfunderb@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Artist in Residence and Part-Time Instructor of Music

    lweathin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    mmill132@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Music Education

Name
Position

  • Associate Professor of Music Education

    nconley2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    MU 112

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music & Music Education

    kcreasy@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Assistant Professor of Music

    dpetite@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 104

  • Assistant Professor of Music Education

    rsorenso@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music Education

    pthomasl@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music Education

    ctighe1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    aweldons@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Musicology

Name
Position

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    bcoski@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Professor of Music History

    eeanes@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3302
    WA 2150

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    cmacgre1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Professor of Music

    jcastrob@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2141
    MU 115

Orchestras

Name
Position

  • Director of Orchestral Studies and Associate Professor of Music

    nparke22@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7692
    WB 111B

  • Associate Professor of Music Education

    nconley2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    MU 112

Percussion

Name
Position

  • Senior Lecturer of Percussion Studies

    jlawless@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6152
    WA 2200

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    ckenney5@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Piano

Name
Position

  • Coordinator of Piano Studies and Associate Professor of Music

    rhenry@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6270
    WA 2120

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    jcoucher@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Staff Accompanist

    ejenki39@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WA 2130

  • Artist in Residence in Piano and Part-Time Instructor of Piano

    hmai8@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    MU 106J

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    jmarsh42@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    M 106

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    edorozhk@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Strings

Name
Position

  • Professor of Violin

    hkim14@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6798
    WA 2100

  • Assistant Director of Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music and Professor of Music

    jbulla28@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111B

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    afederi2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    ykong@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Artist in Residence - Cello and Senior Lecturer of Cello

    ckruege1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WA 2100

  • Artist in Residence Guitar and Part-Time Instructor of Guitar

    sthrowe2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Violin

    kwagne11@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Dual Appointment - UGA - Part Time Faculty

    llourenc@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Theory

Name
Position

  • Professor of Music Theory

    bwadswo2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4375
    MU 119

  • Associate Dean of College of the Arts and Professor of Music

    pfieldin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5064
    WB 215

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    kfranc10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    chunt61@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Senior Lecturer of Jazz Studies and Jazz Piano

    tjacks80@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Associate Professor of Music Theory

    jyunek@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4542
    MU 110B

  • Limited Term Instructor of Music Theory

    mnabb@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Voice

Name
Position

  • Associate Professor of Music

    jyoung56@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2013
    WA 2170

  • Professor Emeritus of Music

    omoses@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2489
    WA 1092

  • Associate Professor of Music

    twedge@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    wodle@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Assistant Professor of Voice

    jzink2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7958
    WA 2210

Woodwinds

Name
Position

  • Professor of Clarinet

    jwarre35@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2870
    WA 2230

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    zboeding@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music

    kbryan88@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Artist in Residence -- Bassoon and Part-Time Instructor of Bassoon Performance

    ageorg50@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Director of Jazz Studies and Senior Lecturer of Saxophone

    sskelton@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7762
    WA 1110

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

    jstanl53@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

  • Artist in Residence and Part-Time Instructor of Music

    lweathin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WB 111

Staff

Name
Position

  • school of music operations manger audra boyd

    Operations Manager, SOM

    aboyd62@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3072
    PH 112

    Audra Boyd joined the Bailey School of Music as Operations Manager in January 2021. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education where she studied violin with Dr. Michael Heald. She has a Master of Instructional Design and Technology degree from Georgia State University. She previously taught orchestra in public and private schools in the metro Atlanta area before coming to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University. Audra has been at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ since 2015 and has previously worked for UITS and the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

  • Office Manager

    bcauthe2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5571
    WB 111

  • school of music tchnical manager collin derrick

    Technical Manager, School of Music

    cderric3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2556
    PH 112B

    Collin Derrick has been writing, recording and performing music for over 20 years. From humble beginnings of layering tracks with a dual-tape-deck boombox in his bedroom to playing hundreds of shows across the Southeast to recording/mixing/producing/song writing with independent and major label artists in a variety of genres, Collin has always brought passion and excellence to his work in the music industry. In addition to his work as an engineer, Collin is an accomplished songwriter, producer and educator.

    Collin has a BM from Anderson University and an MFA in Recording Arts Technologies from MTSU. Before assuming the role of Technical Manager for the Bailey Performance Center, he was a professor of audio production for 11 years and built a reputation as a hard but fair instructor who is committed to helping his students achieve success. In his role as professor he oversaw the design and build-out of several studios and classrooms in Atlanta and Houston;  launched an annual Beat Battle competition with multi-platinum and Grammy-winning judges and sponsors like Ableton, Universal Audio and Waves; and developed and designed innovative advising and grading tools.

    Collin lives in Decatur, GA with his wife Amy their two children  Mac and Eveleen.

  • school of music office manager lynn kunkel

    Office Manager

    lkunkel@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2468
    WB 111C

    Lynn Kunkel joined the staff of the Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music in June of 2021. She graduated from ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music (Voice), in 2007. Lynn has served the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ community since 2009 in various operational roles in both AV and IT. She is currently working toward a Master of Business Administration degree through the Coles College of Business.

  • communications and outreach manager brooke marier

    Communications and Outreach Manager

    bdorris2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2557
    PH 112

    Brooke Marier joined the Bailey School of Music as the Communications and Outreach Manager in September 2021. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and New Media with a Minor in Music. She has held several Communications and Marketing roles in the Metro Atlanta area and has a passion for singing. 

  • Assistant Director, Production and Technology

    msouther@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2294
    PH 112

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