Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction, Vocal Coaching, Music Performance

“Warm, grand, and rich”, Cheryl Lin Fielding’s pianism has been praised by the New York Sun, and throughout the world. Her performances have taken her to major venues including Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Recital Hall, Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Juilliard Theater, the Mark Morris Dance Group, and the Getty Museum.

Fielding has been honored with the Grace B. Jackson Prize in Excellence by the Tanglewood Music Festival, recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, and three times received the distinguished Gwendolyn Koldofsky Award in Keyboard Collaborative Arts.

Her musical studies began at the age of three in Taiwan, first on the piano and later the violin. She continued through dual master’s degrees at the Juilliard School (Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano) and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Keyboard Collaborative Arts at the University of Southern California, with extended emphasis in Vocal performance.

Fielding has served as music director and vocal coach for Opera Chapman at the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, Operafestival di Roma, an adjunct professor at California State University at Northridge, Azusa Pacific University, and Chapman University. She was an adjudicator for NATS and Spotlight Awards, and served as a pianist for the Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, the Juilliard School, Los Angeles Opera, Operalia, and OperaWorks. Dr. Fielding also served as vocal coach and pianist for USC Thornton Opera, Operafestival di Roma, Opera Pacific, and as the Principal Coach at Opera San Jose and Opera Santa Barbara. She is currently on the music staff as a coach and pianist for Dolora Zajick’s Institute of Young Dramatic Voices, and as a Lecturer and opera coach for UCLA Opera at the Herb Alpert School of Music.

Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor
Lucy Yates
Lecturer - Vocal Diction, Vocal Coaching
Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance; Principal Clarinet LA Phil
Travis J. Cross
Chair of Music; Professor
Maria Fortuna Dean
Lecturer - Voice Performance
Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance; Harp LA Phil
Jocelyn Ho
Assistant Professor - Performance Studies
Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Katherine Syer
Adjunct Associate Professor
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for curricular reform; Professor
Alison Deane
Associate Adjunct Professor
Peter Yates
Adjunct Professor - Guitar Performance
Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Wayne Shorter
Adjunct Professor; Star-Studded Tribute LA Phil (April 2020)
Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Michael Dean
Professor, Voice Performance
Gloria Cheng
Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance; Violin LA Phil
James Bass
Professor - Director of Choral Studies
Adam Gilberti
Lecturer--Music Education/Woodwinds
Jens Lindemann
Distinguished Professor - Trumpet Performance and Brass Area Head
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
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Peter Kazaras
Distinguished Professor - Director of Opera UCLA
James Miller
Lecturer - Trombone Performance; Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Kay Rhie
Assistant Professor
Arturo O’Farrill
Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; Professor
Denis Bouriakov
Lecturer - Flute Performance; Principal Flute LA Phil
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor, Voice Performance
John Steinmetz
Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
David Kaplan
Assistant Professor - Piano Performance
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano
Joshua Ranz
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Herbie Hancock
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Movses Pogossian
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Ji Young An
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William Kinderman
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Erin Bouriakov
Lecturer - Flute Performance
Rakefet Hak
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Antonio Lysy
Professor - Cello Performance and Strings Area Head
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
Terri Richter
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