Department of
Music Performance, Education, and Composition
Faculty
Our Faculty
Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance, Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic
Ji Young An
Lecturer - Violin Performance
Jan Berry Baker
Professor - Saxophone, Head of Woodwinds, Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education, and Composition, Special Assistant to the Dean for Faculty Mentoring
James Bass
Professor and Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education, and Composition, Director of Choral Studies
Melissa Bilal
The Promise Professor in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture; Director of Armenian Music Program
Ryan Brown
Lecturer - Choral Studies and Music Education
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Noel Cano Hearn
Lecturer - Alexander Technique and Music Education
Regina Carter-Garnett
Professor
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 - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Travis J. Cross
Professor - Conducting, Director of Bands
Richard Danielpour
Distinguished Professor; Director of Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music
James Darrah
Professor - Director of Opera UCLA
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Dante De Silva
Lecturer - Composition and Music Theory
Michael Dean
Professor - Voice Performance
Nick DePinna
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Musicianship
Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano Performance
Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
Assistant Professor - Music Education
Mircea Gogoncea
Lecturer - Guitar
Peter Golub
Lecturer - Composition, Music and Film
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Rakefet Hak
Continuing Lecturer - Opera UCLA
Herbie Hancock
Adjunct Professor
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Professor in Piano Performance
William Kinderman
Distinguished Professor and Elaine Krown Klein Professor in Performance Studies
Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Sarah Koo Freeman
Visiting Professor - Cello Performance
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor - Co-Area Head, Composition
Elisabeth Le Guin
Emerita
David Lefkowitz
Professor - Composition, Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education, and Composition
James Lent
Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Jens Lindemann
Distinguished Professor - Trumpet Performance
Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance, Violin LA Philharmonic
Brendan McBrien
Lecturer - Music Education
Noah Meites
Lecturer - Music Theory
Dwayne Milburn
Lecturer - Conducting and Composition
James Miller
Lecturer - Trombone Performance, Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance, Harp LA Philharmonic
Hitomi Oba
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
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
Wendy Richman
Lecturer - Performance Studies
Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Benjamin Smolen
Lecturer - Flute Performance
John Steinmetz
Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
Neal Stulberg
Professor - Conducting, Director of Orchestral Studies
Lucy Yates
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Mildred Yi
Lecturer - Music Education
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Music Partnership Program Connects Students with the Community
Founded in 1994, the Music Partnership Program has brought music lessons to young students in the Los Angeles area. The program is supported entirely through generous philanthropy, including from the
Justin McManus to Lead UCLA Marching Band
On July 1, the Solid Gold Sound welcomes a new leader. Justin McManus, most recently the director of athletic bands at the University of Connecticut, will join The UCLA Herb
Kay Rhie's "H'on" Receives its World Premiere by the LA Philharmonic
(San Francisco Classical Voice): Kay Rhie’s piece is called H’on, which “means ‘spirit’ or ‘soul’ in Korean,” she explained. “For me, it’s [asking the question] ‘What does the spirit of Korean sound