The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music

Dr. Grutzmacher is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at Kent State University. She is the founder and conductor of the Kent State Stark Concert Band. From 1983- 2009 she was the Coordinator of the Music Department and Director of Instrumental Music at Kent State University Stark Campus where she taught courses in music education, world music, music history, applied oboe, and directed chamber ensembles.  She is a Diplomate of the Sudler Order of Merit presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation to recognize her contributions to the excellence of bands and band music performance.  Her biography is included in the 1998, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. In April 2001 she was presented an award by the American Association of University Women for her achievements in programming and promoting university diversity events. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Akron, a master’s degree from the Ohio State University and a doctor of philosophy degree from Kent State University. Prior to her work at Kent State University, she was the assistant director of bands and taught elementary general and instrumental music in the Wooster City Schools. She is a past recipient of the Kent State University Stark Campus Distinguished Teaching Award.  Grutzmacher has presented general music clinic sessions for the Ohio Music Education Association Districts V, VI, and VIII, for the Cleveland, Ohio parochial schools, and at state and national conferences. She has conducted high school honor bands for the Ohio Music Education Association District VIII, in Wayne, Medina, and Tuscarawas Counties of Ohio, in Twinsburg, Ohio, and has guest conducted at OMEA conferences.  She has directed arts integration projects in numerous school systems in a four county area and has made presentations of curricular arts integration at national, regional, and state professional conferences.  She is currently the curriculum director for a summer arts-focused English language camp in Zalecze Wielkie, Poland.