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- Music Education Major: Vocal K-12 Emphasis
- Media and Performing Arts Minor
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Our professors are distinguished scholars, active researchers, published writers, and faithful Christians who demonstrate what it means to be both Christ-followers and leaders in their academic fields. As mentors and role models, they play a huge role in the integration of faith and learning at Bethel.
Department chair

Merrin Guice Gill
Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities | meg25835@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Bethel Choir (SATB), Festival Choir (SATB), Choral Conducting, Music History, Opera, Musical Theatre, Ethnomusicology
Faculty

Ben Blasko
Associate Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Activities | blasko@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Wind Symphony (Band)Instrumental Conducting, Instrumental Music Education, Composition, Orchestration, Film Music, Recording Engineering

Brad Cawyer
Assistant Professor of Music and Director of String Activities | b-cawyer@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2025
Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Theory, Orchestral Conducting, Opera Conducting, Interdisciplinary Arts, Music Cognition

Emily Urban
Staff Accompanist | e-urban@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
Collaborative Keyboard, Musical Theatre
Adjunct faculty
Elizabeth Allison
Instructor in Piano and Director of Keyboard Activities | ela56638@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Piano Performance, Private Piano Lessons, Keyboard Theory, Piano Proficiency
Brad Beale
Adjunct Instructor of Music | beale@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Royal Register (TTBB), Lucia Chorum (SSAA), Vocal Music Education, Introduction to the Creative Arts

David Crittenden
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music and Instructor in Guitar | d-crittenden@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Guitar Performance, Classical Guitar, Composition
Debra Garvey
Adjunct Instructor of Music | deg45454@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Handbell Ensemble
Zach Gingerich
Private Lesson Instructor in Low Brass | gingerich.z.j@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2022
Low Brass Performance


Angela Hanson
Private Lesson Instructor in Violin | adh68496@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Violin Performance, String Methods, Chamber Ensembles

Jason Harms
Adjunct Instructor of Music | j-harms@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006
Jazz Orchestra, Songcraft, Composition
Julia Heinen
Private Lesson Instructor in Clarinet | julia.heinen@csun.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Clarinet Performance, Chamber Music, Community Engagement

Mark Kausch
Private Lesson Instructor in Double Bass | mark.kausch@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2000
Double Bass Performance, Viola Da Gama, Historical Performance

Merilee Klemp
Private Lesson Instructor in Oboe | klemp@augsburg.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Oboe Performance

Tina Park
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music and Instructor in Piano | juanli32@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2006
Piano Performance, Beginning Piano, Summer Piano Academy

Allyson Partin
Private Lesson Instructor in French Horn | allysonpartin@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2023
French Horn Performance

John Povolny
Adjunct Instructor of Music and Instructor in Percussion | jgp72794@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2011
Percussion Performance, Percussion Methods

Lindsay Schlemmer
Private Lesson Instructor in Cello | lis79882@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2021
Cello Performance, String Methods
Justin Staebell
Private Lesson Instructor in Voice | jas84242@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Vocal Performance, Opera, Musical Theatre

Marshall Urban
Adjunct Instructor of Music and Instructor in Voice | m-urban@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Vocal Performance, Vocal Pedagogy, Vocal Literature, Vocal Diction

Catherine Victorsen
Private Lesson Instructor in Harp | cathy.victorsen@gmail.com | Started at Bethel: 1992
Harp Performance

Mindy Way-Johnson
Private Lesson Instructor in Pipe Organ | mwayjay@hotmail.com | Started at Bethel: 2024
Pipe Organ Performance, Sacred Music
Emeritus/emerita faculty

Brent Adams
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Emeritus | brent-adams@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1999
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Emeritus

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

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

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

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

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.

Steven Thompson
Professor of Music Emeritus | s-thompson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Professor of Music Emeritus

Jonathan Veenker
Associate Professor of Music Emeritus | j-veenker@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Associate Professor of Music Emeritus

Meg Zauner
Associate Professor of Theatre Emerita | mzauner@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1997
Associate Professor of Theatre Emerita