The Bachelor of Music in Music Performance combines intensive applied study of Western classical music with the superb academics of a major research university situated in a global cultural capital. Students in the performance concentration study individually with world-class performers and teachers, participate fully in a range of large and small ensembles, and pursue rigorous coursework in music theory, history, and analysis. Across the major, frequent performance opportunities, open to students regardless of class standing, ensure that each student gains extensive experience in a wide variety of performance contexts. The small, collaborative nature of the program guarantees students tailored individual attention from faculty throughout the Music Department.
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Music Performance Faculty
Boris Allakhverdyan
Continuing Lecturer - Clarinet Performance, Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic...
Ji Young An
Continuing Lecturer - Violin Performance...
Jan Berry Baker
Associate Dean of 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...
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...
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance...
Gloria Cheng
Distinguished Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies...
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance...
Travis J. Cross
Professor - Conducting, Director of Bands...
James Darrah Black
Professor - Director of Opera UCLA...
Jonathan Davis
Senior Continuing Lecturer - Oboe Performance...
Michael Dean
Professor - Voice Performance...
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...
Mircea Gogoncea
Lecturer - Guitar...
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...
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil...
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Professor in Piano Performance, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition...
William Kinderman
Distinguished Professor and Elaine Krown Klein Professor in Performance Studies...
Victoria Kirsch
Continuing Lecturer - Vocal Coaching...
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...
Justin McManus
Assistant Professor - Director of Athletic Bands and Associate Director of Bands...
James Miller
Continuing Lecturer - Trombone Performance, Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil...
Lou Anne Neill
Continuing Lecturer - Harp Performance, Harp LA Philharmonic...
Movses Pogossian
Distinguished Professor of Violin; Founder and Advisor, Armenian Music Program - Music Performance...
Joshua Ranz
Continuing Lecturer - Clarinet Performance...
Amy Sanchez
Continuing Lecturer - Horn Performance...
Benjamin Smolen
Lecturer - Flute Performance...
John Steinmetz
Continuing Lecturer - Bassoon Performance...
Lucy Yates
Continuing Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching...
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