Fine Arts Organizations
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
President: Mary Platz (mplatz09@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Robert Vance (rvance@bw.edu)
ACDA, which is open to any member of the BW community, is a non-profit music education organization that promotes excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research and teaching. For more information contact acda@bw.edu.
American String Teachers' Association (A.S.T.A.)
Advisor: Dr. Julian Ross (jross@bw.edu)
The purpose of A.S.T.A., open to any student interested in playing or teaching string instruments, is to promote string instruments in the college and community by sponsoring and participating in workshops and performances. For more information contact asta@bw.edu.
Ars Nova
President: Genna Kanago (gkanago11@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Scott Plate (splate@bw.edu)
Ars Nova is a welcoming music theatre community that fosters the relationship between the professional theatrical community and Baldwin Wallace University pre-professional students through education provided by guest artists from the professional field.
Art Attack Club
President: Christian Wentland (cwentlan09@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Steven Ziebarth (sziebart@bw.edu)
The purpose of Art Attack club is to attract and orient students to the area of studio and visual arts and to facilitate knowledge in the field, which will be advantageous to future goals relating to a career in the visual arts or further study.
Arts Management Association (AMA)
President: Katie Talstein (ktalstei09@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Bryan Bowser (bbowser@bw.edu)
The Arts Management Association (AMA) at Baldwin Wallace University provides professional development opportunities for its members in all areas of the arts (art, dance, music, theatre) as well as both not-for-profit and for-profit arts management topics.
Cleveland Student Music Therapists (CSMT)
President: Melissa Paulsen (mpaulsen09@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Lalene Kay (lkay@bw.edu)
The purpose of CSMT, open to all music therapy majors within the Cleveland Music Therapy Consortium, is to provide a forum in which students may share their ideas about music therapy and to promote unity among the students. For more information contact musictherapy@yahoo.com.
Conservatory Student Council
President: Noah Hamrick (nhamrick10@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Susan Van Vorst (svanvors@bw.edu)
This organization serves as a liaison between the Conservatory student body and the Conservatory faculty and administration and also sponsors events that introduce music and musicians to the College community.
Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association (OCMEA)
President: Jacob Donofrio (jdonofri11@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Laura Joss (ljoss@bw.edu)
The Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association (OCMEA), Chapter 141, believes that every person is entitled to an education in music. Our mission is to prepare pre-service teachers to be holistic educators by arranging professional development, leadership, and networking opportunities necessary to be successful.
Theatre Arts and Performance (TAP)
President: Kirsten Chervenak (kcherven09@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Adam Heffernan (aheffern@bw.edu)
The purpose of TAP is to support student theatre artists and those interested in theatre on the Baldwin Wallace University campus; to inform students of events and opportunities in theatre; to maintain an open forum for student ideas and projects; and to raise awareness of theatrical events both on and off campus.
United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
President: Christopher Meyers (cmeyers11@mail.bw.edu)
Advisor: Charlotte Yetman (cyetman@bw.edu)
The BW student chapter of USITT is committed to strengthening the skills of our technical theatre students while carrying out the mission of the national organization. The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. connects performing arts design and technology communities to ensure a vibrant dialogue among practitioners, educators, and students.