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) 578-7692
    WB 111D

    Dr. Nathan Nabb is the Director of the Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music at 亚博官方网站. 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 degree is from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he studied with Professor Debra Richtmeyer.

    Dr. Nabb proudly endorses D鈥橝ddario and Selmer products and performs on D鈥橝ddario 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) 578-4280
    MU 110C

  • Director of Athletic Bands and Assistant Professor of Music

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

Brass

Name
Position

  • 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

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

  • Principal Lecturer of Jazz Studies and Jazz Guitar

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

Choirs

Name
Position

  • Interim Senior Associate Dean in the Robert S. Geer Family 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

Jazz

Name
Position

  • Director of Jazz Studies and Principal 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

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

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

  • Principal 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 Instructor of Music

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

Musicology

Name
Position

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor 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

  • Interim Special Assistant to the SACSCOC Liaison and Professor of Music

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

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

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

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

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

Strings

Name
Position

  • Professor of Violin</