Faculty/Staff
Administration
Dr. Richard Kennell
Dean
Richard Kennell serves as dean and professor of Music Performance Studies of the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwestern University and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before coming to Bowling Green, he taught high school instrumental music at Rolling Meadows High School in Illinois, studio saxophone at William Rainey Harper College, performed with the Chicago Saxophone Quartet and served as Coordinator of Music Admissions at DePaul University in Chicago.
Kennell’s electronic composition Fantasia and Fugue for Electronic Tape won third prize in the first International Competition of Electronic Music in Bourge, France. At BGSU, he is a member of the performance studies department where he specializes in the theoretical-practical interface in music studio pedagogy. He has presented his research at national and international conferences and has published widely in pedagogy research.
As Dean of the CMA, Kennell oversees the academic, fiscal, community engagement and development activities of the College of Musical Arts.
Dr. Kenneth Thompson
Assistant Dean
College Staff
Chris Aftoora
Recording Services Manager
Mark Bunce
MACCM Electronic/Recording Engineer, Director of Recording Services
Tina Bunce
Publicity/Publications Manager
Laura Charland
Secretary, Department of Music Education
Theresa Clickner
Coordinator of the Creative Arts Program, Box Office Manager
Ellen Dalton
Budget Coordinator
Kurt Doles
MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music Coordinator
Patricia Evans
Secretary, Bands, Choral and Orchestra Activities
Michael Fisher
Piano Technician
Keith Hofacker
Technical Director
Susan Knapp
Director of Public Events
Dr. Mikel Kuehn
Director of the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
Shirley Mercer
Secretary,
Department of Music Performance Studies
Dr. Kathleen Moss
Coordinator of Music Admissions
Dr. Robert Satterlee
Coordinator of Graduate Admissions
Linda Szych
Administrative Secretary