Staff
Brian Wiebe, Executive Director
Brian has been at Goshen College since 2001, applying his extensive background in music to the college’s new music center project. Prior to joining the Goshen College faculty, Brian directed orchestra and chamber music, founded Suzuki violin programs, and taught jazz band and private viola lessons at Bethel College (Newton, Kan.) from 1995-2001. He also taught at Central Christian High School (Kidron, Ohio) from 1987-1995.
Brian graduated from Bethel College (Newton, Kan.) with a bachelor’s degree in music. He earned a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) in viola performance.
Contact Brian at briancw@goshen.edu or at 574-535-7793.
Debra Kauffman, Associate Director, Music Center; Director, Community School of the Arts
Debra began teaching Suzuki violin in the GC Strings Preparatory Program in 1982. From 1990-1997, Debra served as the program’s director. She took on the position of music office manager in 2000, and in 2003 accepted the role of Associate Director of Community School of the Arts.
Debra graduated from Goshen College with a bachelor’s degree in music, studying piano pedagogy.
Contact Debra at deblk@goshen.edu or 574-535-7361.
Dustin T. George-Miller, Office Coordinator
Dustin has worked for the Music Center in August, 2004. Previously, Dustin served as Publicity Director for the University of Notre Dame Department of Music from 2001-2004.
Dustin graduated from Goshen College in 1998 with a B.A. in Music, studying flute performance and music education. He has also studied graduate level musicology coursework at the University of Notre Dame.
Contact Dustin at dustingm@goshen.edu or at 574-535-7999.
Matthias C. Stegmann, Music Center Audio Engineer and Instructor of Music
Matthias joined the Goshen College faculty in 1994. He had previously taught in Germany and in the United States.
Matthias has an undergraduate degree from Musikhochschule (Cologne, Germany) and earned a master’s degree in guitar performance from the University of Cinncinati’s College Conservatory of Music. He has also done graduate study in music history and theory at Ohio University.
Contact Matthias at matthiass@goshen.edu or 574-535-7750.