Music Faculty | Bethel University

Merrin Guice Gill

Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities and Department Chair | meg25835@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019

Associate Professor of Music Director of Choral Activities

Brent Adams

Associate Professor of Music and Theatre Emeritus | brent-adams@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999

Acting, drama ministry, development of original works, directing, and playwriting.

Leigh Anne Adams

Assistant Professor Theatre, adjunct | l-adams@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2007

Leigh Anne Adams, Assist Professor of Theatre: directs plays, teaches acting, improvisation, directing, theatre appreciation, college writing and research. She is an Academic Counselor in the AESC Office, and an Early Alert Academic Coordinator with BEACON.

Trudi Anderson

Private Lesson Instructor in Flute | tja59526@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002

Anderson is an active freelance flutist in the Twin Cities and has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minneapolis Civic Orchestra, the St. Cloud Symphony, and the Orquesta Filarmonica de Merida (Venezuela).

Brad Beale

Adjunct Instructor of Music | beale@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023

Director of Royal Register (TTBB ensemble)

John Benham

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Theatre | benjoh@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Theatre

David Crittenden

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music | d-crittenden@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988

Crittenden is a classical guitarist and composer. He has published work through Amoriello Guitar Publications and Alfred Music Publishing and was a member of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet for ten years.

Gary Crowe

Private Lesson Instructor in Saxophone | gwc57224@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1982

Crowe teaches private saxophone lessons and is an active performer in the Twin Cities area.

Mary Fall

Associate Professor of Music Emerita | wkfall@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 1979

Associate Professor of Music Emerita

Ann Fredrickson

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music | a-fredrickson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Zachary Gingerich

Private Lesson Instructor in trombone | zlg33377@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022

Private Lesson Instructor in trombone

Weily Grina-Shay

Private Lesson Instructor of Music | whs68972@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2018

Weily Grina-Shay is a freelance clarinetist in the Twin Cities area and performs frequently with her two chamber ensembles, Chione Woodwind Quintet and 10th Wave Chamber Collective.

Emily Hagen

Private Lesson Instructor in Viola | emh86475@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015

Hagen teaches private viola lessons and is an active performer in the Twin Cities area.

Angela Hanson

Private Lesson Instructor in Violin | adh68496@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008

Hanson teaches violin lessons and performs frequently around the Twin Cities and is in the Minnesota Opera Orchestra, the Minnesota Sinfonia, and is concertmaster of the Saint Paul Civic Symphony. In addition to teaching at Bethel, she teaches at the Free Lutheran Bible School and Seminary and at home.

Jason Harms

Adjunct Instructor of Music | j-harms@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006

Adjunct Instructor of Music; Director of Jazz Orchestras

Herbert Johnson

Professor of Music | herbert-johnson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008

Johnson teaches piano, piano theory, and piano pedagogy. He is an active solo and collaborative pianist in the Twin Cities and participates in numerous musical activities in the metropolitan area including chamber music recitals, worship services, and sacred concerts.

Mark Kausch

Private Lesson Instructor in Double Bass | mkausch@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1991

Kausch teaches private double bass lessons with research interest in historically-informed performance.

Merilee Klemp

Private Lesson Instructor in Oboe | music@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016

Private Lesson Instructor in Oboe

Nicole Lambrecht

Adjunct Instructor of Music | nmm43326@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021

Nicole Lambrecht is the Director of Lucia Chorum (SSAA ensemble) and teaches private voice and music education courses.

Ju Young Lee

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Keyboard Activities | jul45673@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023

Co-Director of Keyboard Activities, Instructor in Organ

Carole Mason Smith

Private Lesson Instructor in Music and Theatre | cms87444@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017

Private Lesson Instructor in Music and Theatre

Zachary Miller

Private Lesson Instructor in Jazz Percussion | millerdrum@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2015

Private Lesson Instructor in Jazz Percussion

Natasha Montzka

Adjunct Instructor of Music | nam22349@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023

Director of Orchestras

Cheryl Oie

Adjunct Instructor of Voice | coie@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999

Adjunct Instructor of Voice and Coordinator of Music Organizations

Tina Park

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music and Private Lesson Instructor in Piano | l-juan@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006

Tina Juan Park teaches private and group piano lessons at Bethel University as well as maintaining an active private studio. In addition to teaching, Dr. Park is an accomplished performer.

Allyson Partin

Private Lesson Instructor of French Horn | alf73447@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023

Private Lesson Instructor of French Horn

Dennis Port

Professor of Music Emeritus | porden@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1995

Professor of Music Emeritus

John Povolny

Adjunct Instructor of Music | jgp72794@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011

Adjunct Instructor in Percussion

Rick Rees

Professor of Theatre Arts Emeritus | reeric@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980

Technical theatre, stage design, costume design, light design, directing, and children's theatre.

Mark Rhoads

Professor of Music Emeritus | rhomar@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988

Rhoads teaches courses in church music, music education, and gen. ed. arts courses. He is a member of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada and is active in discussions on music and worship, with current research in American hymnody, especially the reform movement in the American Protestant church in the early 19th century. Rhoads is active in church music as director, hymn and tune writer, and worship planner. He also writes and publishes poetry.. . . read more.

Sommer Schaap

Director of Spring Theatre Production | sommer-schaap@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024

Theatre artist with a love for telling stories and an emphasis on acting and directing.

Lindsay Schlemmer

Private Lesson Instructor in Cello | lis79882@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021

Schlemmer teaches private cello lessons and is an active performer in the Twin Cities area.

Kevin Shull

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Director of the Handbell Ensemble and Manager of Music Organizations | kevin-shull@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1997

Shull oversees the management of all activity of the music department's performance ensembles including the planning, organization, and promotion of all music tours, performances on campus, as well as the production of Bethel's annual Festival of Christmas. He conducts the Bethel Handbell Ensemble and coaches smaller handbell ensembles and soloists.

Justin Staebell

Private Lesson Instructor in Voice | jas84242@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023

Private Lesson Instructor in Voice

Steven Thompson

Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Activities | s-thompson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002

Thompson teaches courses in instrumental conducting, instrumental pedagogies, private trumpet instruction, and conducts the Bethel Wind Symphony. Thompson maintains an active performing schedule as a trumpeter in the Upper Midwest and the Eastern United States. He is sought after as a clinician and as an adjudicator for numerous contest events.

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