Andrew Ordonez
Events Manager - Department of Music

Andrew Ordonez serves as the event manager for the Department of Music (performance, education and composition), producing and supporting their extensive calendar of masterclasses, performances, and residencies. He is a tubist based in the greater Los Angeles area. With extensive experience as a performer, educator, and event producer, he has worked around the world, assuming roles ranging from orchestral tubist to private instructor to audio engineer in both academic and commercial settings.

A Southern California native, Andrew earned a bachelor’s in music performance from California State University Fullerton in 2019 before going on to complete his master’s at UCLA as part of the class of 2021. Outside of his professional endeavors, Andrew enjoys skating by the beach with friends, racing down mountain roads on his street luge, and unwinding with a good book in his Whittier home.

Gloria Cheng
Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor - Co-Area Head, Composition
Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Shahab Paranj
Gramian-Emrani Postdoctoral Fellow in Music and Lecturer - Composition, contemporary concert music
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Richard Danielpour
Distinguished Professor; Director of Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music
Dwayne Milburn
Lecturer - Conducting and Composition
Neal Stulberg
Professor - Conducting, Director of Orchestral Studies
Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Lindsey Beardsley
Manager - Department of Music
John Steinmetz
Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
Lucy Yates
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Joshua Ranz
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
James Darrah
Professor - Director of Opera UCLA
Jens Lindemann
Distinguished Professor - Trumpet Performance
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Travis J. Cross
Professor - Conducting, Director of Bands
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
Assistant Professor - Music Education
Sarah Koo Freeman
Visiting Professor - Cello Performance
Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Brendan McBrien
Lecturer - Music Education
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Chair in Piano Performance
Peter Golub
Lecturer - Composition, Music and Film
Camilo Cedeno
Assistant to the Chair - Department of Music
Wendy Richman
Lecturer - Performance Studies
Benjamin Smolen
Lecturer - Flute Performance
Ben Hong
Lecturer - Cello Performance
Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance, Principal Clarinet 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
Ryan Brown
Lecturer - Choral Studies and Music Education
James Bass
Professor and Chair of the Department of Music, Director of Choral Studies
Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance
Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
James Miller
Lecturer - Trombone Performance, Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano Performance
Melissa Bilal
The Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture, Director of Armenian Music Program
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
Noel Cano Hearn
Lecturer - Alexander Technique and Music Education
Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Ji Young An
Lecturer - Violin Performance
Movses Pogossian
Distinguished Professor of Violin; Founder and Advisor, Armenian Music Program - Music Performance
Mildred Yi
Lecturer - Music Education
Rakefet Hak
Continuing Lecturer - Opera UCLA
David Lefkowitz
Professor - Composition, Vice Chair of the Department of Music
Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance, Harp LA Philharmonic
Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Alison Deane
Associate Adjunct Professor
Dante De Silva
Lecturer - Composition and Music Theory
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Professor - Music Education, Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform
Noah Meites
Lecturer - Music Theory
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Nick DePinna
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Musicianship
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance, Violin LA Philharmonic
James Lent
Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Michael Dean
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William Kinderman
Distinguished Professor and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies
Hitomi Oba
Lecturer and Director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
Arturo O’Farrill
Director, UCLA Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Professor
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Kay Rhie
Assistant Professor - Composition

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