Office Phone: 724-847-6749
dbk@geneva.edu
Disciplines/Field of Instruction
- Music Education
- Band Programs
Degrees Received
- B.M., 1978, Grove City College
- M.M., 1986, Youngstown State University
Courses Taught
- MUA 121-422 - Private Brass Lessons
- MUA 153 - Class Percussion
- MUA 154, 254 - Class Strings I & II
- MUA 155, 255 - Class Brass I & II
- MUA 157, 257 - Class Woodwinds I & II
- MUS 212 - Marching Band
- MUS 213 - Symphonic Concert Band
- MUS 214 - Jazz Band
- MUS 214 - Brass Quintet
- MUS 231, 232 - Fundamentals of Conducting I & II
- MUS 320 - Literature of Brass Instruments
- MUS 251 - Secondary School Music
- MUS 420 - Pedagogy of Brass Instruments
Presentation/Publications
- Served as guest conductor of numerous honor's band programs throughout Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio
Awards & Distinctions Received
- Citation of Excellence for Music Education - PMEA 2007
- Geneva College Excellence in Teaching Award - 2005
- Who's Who Among America's Teachers - 1998-present
- Outstanding Young Men in America - 1986
Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.
- Music Educators National Conference
- Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
- College Band Directors National Association
- Phi Beta Mu, National band Directors Organization
- The Conductors' Guild
- Christian Instrumental Directors Association
Miscellaneous
- Director of Music - Chippewa United Methodist Church
- Married - Wife, Tammie
Sons - Nate and Adam
