Chamber Music and Mixed Chamber Ensembles

Each semester, several Mixed Chamber Ensemble groups form as part of a small ensemble course and receive instruction from faculty members throughout the semester. Mixed Chamber Ensembles student groups perform a final concert at the end of each semester featuring selections from a various composers.

The chamber music area also awards John and Lynda Cooke string quartet scholarships to 16 talented students who will participate in the string quartet intensive program. The quartet intensive includes with a full concert each semester dedicated to string quartet performances and a masterclass series with artists such as the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet, members of the Ying, Pacifica and Vega string quartets, the Aspen String Trio and Atlanta Symphony Concertmaster David Coucheron. In addition, there are opportunities to perform with faculty and guest artists as well as featured performances on and off campus throughout the semester.

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Woodwinds

The mixed chamber music program at the Bailey School of Music provides woodwind students with the opportunity to collaborate with other instrumental families including strings and piano, as well as perform in traditional groupings such as woodwind quintet and reed trio.

Recent opportunities to play in masterclass settings for members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Maestro Robert Spano, of the Atlanta Symphony enhance the weekly coaching participants receive from KSU faculty mentors. Students perform in formal concerts each semester and engage in musical outreach throughout the community.

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Percussion

Using traditional and non-traditional instruments and compositions, the Percussion Ensemble affords KSU percussionists the opportunity to explore repertoire written chiefly for percussion instruments.

The KSU Percussion Ensemble is directed by John Lawless, Senior Lecturer and Director of Percussion Studies.

Brass

As a brass music major, you will get to work one-on-one with our outstanding faculty each week. In addition to your weekly lessons, each of the instrumental areas has devoted time to chamber ensembles, solo classes, masterclasses, and various warm-up class opportunities. 

You will have many ensembles playing opportunities with many concerts scheduled regularly both on and off campus.  Our brass area students have travelled across the United States to perform at conferences, competitions, and ceremonies.

Brass
Violin and Cello

Strings

The string chamber music area at ÈâÈ⴫ý State is a carefully curated program designed to maximize every student’s potential. Our faculty are leading practitioners with a deep commitment to teaching and mentoring students.

As a string student, you will experience a highly personalized education and a wide range of opportunities on stage and in the classroom that will give you the knowledge, experiences, and skills for a lifetime of rewarding music-making.

Our classes range from music entrepreneurship and music technology courses to Survey of African American Music, The Blues, and Music and the Holocaust.

Faculty

Name
Position
  • John Warren

    Professor of Clarinet

    jwarre35@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2870
    WA 2230

    Professor of clarinet John Warren joined the ÈâÈ⴫ý faculty in 2006. His previous university affiliations include Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He was the principal clarinetist of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra for 15 years and prior to that position, the principal clarinetist of the Omaha Symphony. He also served as principal clarinetist of the Des Moines Metro Opera. At KSU, Warren teaches studio clarinet, wind chamber music, and coordinates the woodwind performance area. Warren is a member of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, the IRIS Orchestra of Memphis, Tennessee, and performs and records frequently with the Atlanta Symphony. He is a performing artist for Yamaha, playing their CSVR instruments, and an endorsing artist for Legere, performing exclusively on their synthetic reeds. Warren holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

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  • Charae Krueger

    Artist in Residence - Cello and Senior Lecturer of Cello

    ckruege1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6151
    WA 2100

    Charae Krueger is principal cellist for the Atlanta Opera Orchestra and the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. She is senior lecturer and artist-in-residence in cello at ÈâÈ⴫ý State University and performs with the Summit Piano Trio at KSU, the Serafin Ensemble of Wilmington, Delaware, and the Atlanta Chamber Players. Krueger enjoys chamber music and solo recital work and plays throughout the Southeastern U.S. She is a regular featured artist at The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival in North Carolina and the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming. Her solo and chamber music recitals have often been featured on WABE Radio Atlanta. Krueger received her early cello training in Canada at the Regina Conservatory of Music. She went on to study at Brandon University and received her Bachelor of Music in performance from New England Conservatory in Boston. She also holds an artist diploma from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • John Lawless

    Senior Lecturer of Percussion Studies

    jlawless@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6152
    WA 2200

    John Lawless joined the music faculty of ÈâÈ⴫ý in 1998 and became the director of percussion studies in 2004. Principal timpanist of The Atlanta Opera orchestra since 1979, Lawless held the same position with the Chattanooga Symphony for 21 years. Since 1978, Lawless has performed, toured, and recorded with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra while maintaining a thriving freelance career as a studio and pit percussionist. A graduate of Georgia State University, Lawless’ teachers include Tom Float, Jack Bell, Cloyd Duff, Paul Yancich, Bill Wilder, and Mark Yancich. Previous faculty appointments include those at Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, and West Georgia State University.

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