Office Phone: 724-847-6749
dbk@geneva.edu

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Music Education
• Band Programs
• Chair, Department of Music

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 - Class Strings I
• MUA 155 - Class Brass I
• MUA 157 - Class Woodwinds I
• 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 335 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting
• 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.

• National Association for Music Education
• 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