Sungeun Kim, instructor at BW Community Arts School

Dr. Sungeun Kim

BW Community Arts School

A recipient of the BW Exemplary Teacher Award in 2017, Sungeun Kim is associate professor of piano at the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. Kim has given numerous concerts in the U.S., Canada, Russia, Spain, Korea and Italy. A first-prize winner of the Virginia …

Gayle Klaber, instructor at BW Community Arts School

Gayle Klaber

BW Community Arts School

Gayle Klaber holds her degrees in cello performance from The University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Mrs. Klaber is a faculty member of the Baldwin Wallace University Community Arts School and an active performing musician. She has performed with Cleveland Pops, and Blossom Festival …

Theresa Kloos

Yvonne LoPresto

Theresa Kloos is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University with a Bachelor of Music in Music Theatre. She has enjoyed mentoring young artists through Music Theatre Workshops, Improv Classes and one on one Acting and Singing Lessons. Most recently, she acted as the Resident Teaching …

Jeff Krill

Yvonne LoPresto

Jeff Krill has been the piano technician for the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music since 2019.  Prior to this appointment, he was the head piano technician at The Cleveland Institute of Music and the concert technician for The Cleveland Orchestra for over 30 years, …

Meredith Kurtz

BW Community Arts School

Meredith Kurtz is the assistant director of the Community Arts School and has more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, including positions at The Cleveland Play House and Lyric Opera Cleveland. In addition to this, Kurtz worked in the financial sector as …

Michelle Massouh Makhlouf

Yvonne LoPresto

Michelle is a Staff Accompanist with Baldwin Wallace. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Bowling Green State University and a Master’s degree in Piano Performance with an emphasis in  Accompanying from the University of Akron. Prior to earning her Master’s  degree, Michelle …

Lisa Hirzel

Laura Davies

Lisa brings with her experience as a music teacher and choral conductor in the City of Cleveland and, more recently Lakewood, for over 25 years. In her most recent role, Lisa wore many hats at St. Edward High School as the coordinator for substitute teachers, …

Lisa Manning

Lisa Manning

BW Community Arts School

Lisa Manning is the Professional Development Coordinator of the Institute for Music Teaching and Learning for the Community Arts School. She has held this position since she retired four years ago as a music educator. Manning taught a choral director, general music teacher and assisted …

Christine McBurney

Laura Davies

Christine McBurney is an actor, director, and educator who has been teaching acting, theatre, film, playwriting, and radio for more than 20 years. For 16 years she taught and chaired the Shaker Heights High School Theatre Arts Department, where she produced 100+ original one-act plays …

Keira Lea McDonald

Yvonne LoPresto

Keira McDonald is a self-producing theatre artist and associate professor in the theatre and dance department at Baldwin Wallace University. McDonald has worked professionally as an actor, director, playwright, solo performance artist, clown, producer, stagehand and stage manager with Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, …