Department of
Music Performance, Education & Composition
Faculty
Our Faculty
Boris Allakhverdyan
Continuing Lecturer - Clarinet Performance, Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic
Ji Young An
Continuing Lecturer - Violin Performance
Jan Berry Baker
Associate Dean for Faculty Mentoring and Community Relations, Professor - Saxophone, Head of Woodwinds, Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition
James Bass
Professor and Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition, Director of Choral Studies
Jonathan Beard
Continuing Lecturer - Music Industry (Electronic Music) and Composition
Melissa Bilal
Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture and Director of Armenian Music Program
John Buffett
Lecturer - Choral Studies, Voice
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Wendy Caldwell
Continuing Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Noel Cano Hearn
Lecturer - Alexander Technique and Music Education
Regina Carter-Garnett
Professor - Music Performance and Global Jazz Studies
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Professor - Music Education, Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform
Gloria Cheng
Adjunct Professor Emerita - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Travis J. Cross
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Director of Bands, Professor - Conducting
Richard Danielpour
Distinguished Professor; Division Head Composition; Director of Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music
James Darrah Black
Professor - Director of Opera UCLA
Jonathan Davis
Senior Continuing Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Dante De Silva
Continuing Lecturer - Composition and Music Theory
Michael Dean
Professor - Voice Performance
Nick DePinna
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Musicianship
Theresa Dimond
Continuing Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano Performance
Cheryl Lin Fielding
Continuing Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Aubrey Foard
Continuing Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
Assistant Professor - Music Education
Mircea Gogoncea
Lecturer - Guitar
Peter Golub
Continuing Lecturer - Composition, Music and Film
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Gregory Goodall
Continuing Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Catherine Gregory
Lecturer - Flute Performance, Woodwind Chamber Music, Director of the Gluck Fellowship Program
Rakefet Hak
Senior Continuing Lecturer - Opera UCLA
Herbie Hancock
Adjunct Professor
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
David Kaplan
Associate Professor - Piano Performance
William Kinderman
Distinguished Professor and Elaine Krown Klein Professor in Performance Studies
Victoria Kirsch
Continuing Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor - Composition
Elisabeth Le Guin
Emerita
David Lefkowitz
Professor - Composition, Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition
James Lent
Continuing Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Jens Lindemann
Distinguished Professor - Trumpet Performance
Iris Malkin
Continuing Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Varty Manouelian
Continuing Lecturer - Violin Performance, Violin LA Philharmonic
Brendan McBrien
Lecturer - Music Education
Justin McManus
Assistant Professor - Director of Athletic Bands and Associate Director of Bands
Noah Meites
Continuing Lecturer - Music Theory
Dwayne Milburn
Continuing Lecturer - Conducting and Composition
James Miller
Continuing Lecturer - Trombone Performance, Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Lou Anne Neill
Continuing Lecturer - Harp Performance, Harp LA Philharmonic
Hitomi Oba
Continuing Lecturer and Director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
Shahab Paranj
Gramian-Emrani Postdoctoral Fellow in Music and Lecturer - Composition, Contemporary Concert Music
Movses Pogossian
Distinguished Professor of Violin; Founder and Advisor, Armenian Music Program - Music Performance
Joshua Ranz
Continuing Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
Wendy Richman
Lecturer - Performance Studies
Amy Sanchez
Continuing Lecturer - Horn Performance
Benjamin Smolen
Lecturer - Flute Performance
John Steinmetz
Continuing Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
Neal Stulberg
Distinguished Professor - Conducting, Director of Orchestral Studies, Artistic Director Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
Lucy Yates
Continuing Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
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Dean Beckerman's New Book Asks Whether Meaning in Art Can Ever Be Shared
OUT NOW: Dean Michael Beckerman’s new book, “The Doctrine of One: Personal Encounters with Film, Art and Music,” explores one of the most intriguing questions in the humanities: Can meaning
Album Drop: Inna Faliks, "Stranger Things"
Inna Faliks, professor of piano performance, had just released her new CD “Stranger Things: Piano Works From a Young Refugee’s Backpack” with Navona Records. A highly personal collage of musical
In Memoriam Mitchell Morris
By Robert Fink UCLA Professor Emeritus Mitchell Morris (64), of Cathedral City, California, passed away peacefully on August 17, 2026 after a long illness. Following appointments at McGill and the