Lindsey Beardsley
Manager - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
Lindsey joined The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in the Fall of 2023. She has over 10 years experience working in higher education, including in positions at the University of South Dakota and the American Musical and the Dramatic Academy Los Angeles. Her professional work has always centered on supporting artists in an academic setting, anchored by a strong belief in the importance of arts education.
Outside of work, Lindsey enjoys baking, shopping for vintage finds, and spending time with her family and friends.
Noah Meites
Lecturer - Music Theory
Peter Golub
Lecturer - Composition, Music and Film
Joshua Ranz
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
Michael Dean
Professor - Voice Performance
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Chair in Piano Performance
Hitomi Oba
Lecturer and Director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
Shahab Paranj
Gramian-Emrani Postdoctoral Fellow in Music and Lecturer - Composition, contemporary concert music
James Bass
Professor and Chair of the Department of Music, Director of Choral Studies
Regina Carter-Garnett
Professor
John Steinmetz
Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
James Miller
Lecturer - Trombone Performance, Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Dwayne Milburn
Lecturer - Conducting and Composition
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Mildred Yi
Lecturer - Music Education
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano
Rakefet Hak
Continuing Lecturer - Opera UCLA
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance
Sarah Koo Freeman
Visiting Professor - Cello Performance
Wendy Richman
Lecturer - Performance Studies
Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor - Co-Area Head, Composition
Neal Stulberg
Professor - Conducting, Director of Orchestral Studies
Ryan Brown
Lecturer - Choral Studies and Music Education
Camilo Cedeno
Assistant to the Chair - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
Herbie Hancock
Adjunct Professor
Brendan McBrien
Lecturer - Music Education
Ji Young An
Lecturer - Violin Performance
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
James Darrah
Professor - Director of Opera UCLA
William Kinderman
Distinguished Professor and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies
Melissa Bilal
The Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture, Director of Armenian Music Program
Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Alison Deane
Associate Adjunct Professor
Adam Gilberti
Instrument Curator
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Professor - Music Education, Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform
Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance, Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic
Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Movses Pogossian
Distinguished Professor of Violin; Founder and Advisor, Armenian Music Program - Music Performance
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
David Lefkowitz
Professor - Composition, Vice Chair of the Department of Music
Arturo O’Farrill
Director, UCLA Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Professor
Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Lucy Yates
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Gloria Cheng
Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Travis J. Cross
Professor - Conducting, Director of Bands
Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Noel Cano Hearn
Lecturer - Alexander Technique and Music Education
Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance, Harp LA Philharmonic
Benjamin Smolen
Lecturer - Flute Performance
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance, Violin LA Philharmonic
Jan Berry Baker
Professor - Saxophone, Head of Woodwinds, Vice Chair of the Department of Music, Special Assistant to the Dean for Faculty Mentoring
Richard Danielpour
Distinguished Professor; Director of Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music
Andrew Ordonez
Events Manager - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
James Lent
Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Dante De Silva
Lecturer - Composition and Music Theory
Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Elisabeth Le Guin
Emerita
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
Jens Lindemann
Distinguished Professor - Trumpet Performance
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
Assistant Professor - Music Education
Nick DePinna
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Musicianship
Sean McLaughlin
Piano Technician
Mircea Gogoncea
Lecturer - Guitar
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