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    Kerry Anne Kendall
    Visual and Performing Arts
    Head of Visual and Performing Arts Department, Director of Art Galleries, Annual Gund Event Coordinator
    Year Appointed: 2015
    (860) 408-3765
    Schuster Family Chair for Visual and Performing Arts
    University of New Mexico - B.A.F.A.
    Bio
     
    Kerry brings experience as an artist and art educator to her responsibilities teaching art at Westminster. She previously taught art for five years at Eaglebrook School, where she maintained a working studio on campus, served as a dormitory parent, coached, taught yoga, created the yearbook, and organized and led camping and hiking trips for students. Before that, she was an artist-in-residence at Eaglebrook and a mural artist at the Brick House Community Resource Center in Turner Falls, Mass. She has studied yoga; written, directed and co-produced an independent digital movie; served as a museum aide and general manager of a gallery; owned a gallery; and directed and produced plays at a summer youth theater program. 

    Kerry and her husband, Paul, who is an English teacher and form dean at Westminster, live in a faculty home with their children, Avalon and Malakai. Kerry enjoys creative endeavors with people of all ages. Her interests include being a mom, gardening, traveling, hiking, camping, swimming, doing yoga and being immersed in nature while painting.
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    Daniel Aber
    Mathematics, Visual and Performing Arts
    Mathematics, Computer Science, Visual and Performing Arts, String Ensemble Coordinator
    Year Appointed: 1983
    (860) 408-3728
    Computer Science
    Walter Edge Jr. ’35 Master Chair
    Swayze Award 1992
    Cornell University - B.A.
    Wesleyan University - M.A.L.S.
    Bio
     
    After graduating from Cornell, Dan worked for IBM for two years as a programmer in the nascent years of the personal computer. He left to begin phase one of his career at Westminster, teaching math and computer science, coaching soccer and directing the jazz ensemble. After a four-year stint at Kingswood Oxford School, where he was head of the Math Department, he returned to Westminster. In addition to teaching math and AP® Computer Science, he directs the string ensemble. He spent three summers at the University of Iowa’s Writers Institute, taking courses in fiction, poetry and comedy writing and, more recently, has immersed himself in MasterClass courses ranging from jazz to the art of magic. Five years ago, he initiated the Westminster Arts Collective, whereby members of the faculty meet monthly to share their creative and artistic endeavors in poetry, prose, music, art and architecture. 

    Dan was on sabbatical for the 2020-2021 academic year, during which time he furthered his interests in music, writing and mathematics. He lives on campus in McCullough House and has three children, Leo ’16, Simon ’18, and Annabelle ’20.
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    Taylor Casey
    Visual and Performing Arts
    Associate Art/Photography Teacher
    Year Appointed: 2025
    University of Hartford - B.F.A.
    Bio
     
    Taylor Casey joins the Visual Arts Department with a strong background in fine arts, arts education, and community engagement. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Hartford’s Hartford Art School, she has exhibited her work throughout the Greater Hartford area and earned numerous accolades, including the REDUX Exhibition Visitors Choice Award. Taylor has experience as an independent artist and a gallery professional at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. At Westminster, she looks forward to inspiring creativity, exploration, and confidence in her students through studio practice and visual expression.
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    David Chrzanowski
    History, Visual and Performing Arts
    Director of Music, Chapel Organist
    Year Appointed: 2001
    (860) 408-3094
    Soccer
    O'Brien Award 2019
    Bucknell University - B.Mus.
    Yale University School of Music - M.Mus.
    Bio
     
    David serves as the director of music at Westminster and is the conductor of the Chamber Choir and the Chorale. He teaches several courses that cover music history, music theory (including the Advanced Placement® course), and a songwriting course. In the history department, David teaches new Third Form students in the Global History course. David is also the school organist and is the musical director for the Winter Musical and the Spring Cabaret. 
    While earning his master’s degree at Yale, he studied with internationally known organists Thomas Murray, Charles Krigbaum, and Gere Hancock. He came to Westminster after six years at Choate Rosemary Hall, where he served in a variety of roles. His love of music has been cultivated through positions in several professional musical organizations, including the American Guild of Organists, the Connecticut Music Educators Association, and the American Choral Directors Association.
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    Andrew Marco
    History, Visual and Performing Arts
    Technical Director of Werner Centennial Center
    Year Appointed: 2021
    (860) 408-3904
    Connecticut College - B.A.
    Bio
     
    A graduate of the Class of 2011, Andrew’s passion for theater blossomed at Westminster and a good percentage of his four years on the Hill were spent working both as a technician, actor, and once as a puppeteer, on the school’s Dramat productions. He was a two-time recipient of the Frances Laurel Hopkins Award for Theater, a Williams Hill Player, and served as Dramat President during his senior year.
     
    Following his graduation from Westminster, Andrew attended Connecticut College, where he earned a B.A. in theater and music, and studied Shakespeare abroad at the British-American Drama Academy. Early in his career, Andrew worked in amateur theatrical licensing and customer service at both Concord Theatricals and Dramatists Play Service, working with schools and community organizations nationwide to support their theatrical seasons. He also worked as a freelance music copyist (essentially a graphic designer for sheet music) on several professional theatrical productions.
     
    As an educator, Andrew has previously taught at the Fessenden School, Ghostlight Theater Camp and Hyde School. Andrew returned to Westminster in 2021, working in the advancement office for two years before returning to the classroom.
     
    Andrew and his wife, Collins, live in Edge House with their Maine Coon cat, Lazenby. In his free time, Andrew enjoys cycling, hiking, spending time in Maine, and writing music and plays. 

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    A-men Rasheed
    Visual and Performing Arts, Administration
    Dean of Residential Life, Director of Theater & Dramat Productions
    Year Appointed: 2010
    (860) 408-3097
    Swayze Award 2014
    O'Brien Award 2018
    Central Connecticut State University
    New York University
    City College of New York
    Bio
     
    A-men held a variety of teaching and theater positions before becoming director of theater at Westminster. He served as a director and dramaturg at Fordham University; a master acting teacher at the Harlem School of the Arts, the Hedgerow Theater School and Neumann College Center Stage Productions; a drama literacy teacher at Harvey Milk School in New York City; a residential counselor and teaching assistant at The Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan University; and an assistant teacher at P.S.125’s Theater Arts After School Program in Harlem, N.Y. A-men has also worked as a theater instructor with elementary school children from the Hartford Public School System at Trinity College and with Covenant Prep as part of the Summer Academy at Westminster School. A-men served as program director for Hartford Partnerships and Horizons at Westminster.
     
    As an actor, A-men has worked at The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, the Hedgerow Theater in Wallingford, Pa., The Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C., and several shows off-Broadway. He received the New York Innovative Theater Award for Best Ensemble, Pulling the Lever, in 2004 and was a cast member of the 2003 Obie Award-winning production of “The Blacks: A Clown Show” by Jean Genet. As a sound designer, he designed for new plays with the Rising Circle Theater Collective in New York City. He has done a variety of on-air voice-overs as well.
     
    A-men holds a Master of Fine Arts in acting from New York University and a Master of Science in Education with a major in educational theater from the City College of New York. He is also a former board member for the Simsbury Performing Arts Center. At Westminster, A-men was a longtime dorm parent, Form Dean for the Class of 2021 and currently lives in a faculty home with his wife, Jessica, and their sons, Kareum and Malcolm.
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    Rachel Russell
    Visual and Performing Arts
    Director of Dance
    Year Appointed: 2022
    (860) 408-3072
    Photography
    Dance
    The Hartt School, The University of Hartford - B.F.A.
    Bio
     
    While growing up in Houston, Texas, Rachel trained as a professional ballet dancer and attend the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts until moving to Hartford to attend The Hartt School at the University of Hartford, for her BFA. Before coming to Westminster, Rachel danced with Ballet Hartford and ran her professional photography business, Rachel A. Photography. In recent years, Rachel’s photographic work has been published in both “Dance Magazine” and “Hartford Style.” In the fall of 2021, she started working as a dance teacher and choreographer at Westminster before being named a faculty member for the 2022-2023 academic year. 
     
    As of Fall 2024, Rachel is the Director of Dance. She teaches dance as an academic class as well as coordinate the Dance Afternoon Program. As a member of the visual arts faculty, Rachel teaches Introduction to Photography, Advanced Photography, AP 2D Art & Design (Photography). 
     
    In her free time, Rachel enjoys playing with her doodle Maisie, hiking, biking, [Solidcore] (a type of Pilates) classes, and traveling — always with a camera in hand!
  • Caroline Schroer
    Visual and Performing Arts
    Dance Teacher
    Year Appointed: 2025
  • Photo of Rebeccah Tuscano-Moss
    Rebeccah Tuscano-Moss
    Visual and Performing Arts
    Architecture
    Year Appointed: 2016
    (860) 408-3766
    Community Service
    University of Arkansas - B.Arch.
    Bio
     
    Rebeccah brings experience serving eight years as an adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Hartford to her teaching responsibilities at Westminster. While at the University of Hartford, she founded the Department of Architecture’s design/build program; expanded and managed the 3D printing, digital fabrication and laser lab; and curated accreditation gallery exhibits. In 2013, she received the university’s Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award. She has also been the managing partner of Rebeccah Tuscano-Moss Design/Build in East Haddam, Conn., for 20 years, where she is responsible for the design and production of custom housing projects. Prior to that, she was the managing partner with Tuscano-Moss and Abate LLC in New Britain, Conn., for three years, where she managed the design and production of custom-designed projects. She has served as job captain with Barry Svigals and Associates, Herbert Newman and Partners, both of New Haven, Conn., and the Maguire Group of New Britain. 
     
    In the last several years, Rebeccah has traveled extensively, delivering papers and lecturing on her continued research and writing in the areas of “beginning design,” the pedagogy of how young architecture students process artistic concepts and the significance of “design build” education in the architectural studio.
     
    Rebeccah enjoys experimental gardening at her home in East Haddam and spending time with her husband, Todd, and her two children, Turner, a construction manager living in Boston and Abigail ’20, a freshman at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. 

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