Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance, Music Performance

Timpanist and percussionist Gregory Goodall has performed on over 800 Hollywood motion pictures for such notable composers as John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Alan Silvestri, James Newton Howard, Randy Newman, David Newman, John Debney, Christophe Beck, Joel McNeely, and Hans Zimmer. His list of film credits includes the popular scores to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, La La Land, Cars 3, The Secret Life of Pets, Frozen, Monsters Inc., Ice Age, Life of Pi, Avatar, Toy Story, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Air Force One, and Jurassic Park.

Goodall serves as Principal Timpani for the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra under James Conlon, Music Director, and Placido Domingo, General Director, and he is a founding member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He frequently performs as Principal Timpanist for major ballet companies, such as American Ballet Theater and Joffrey Ballet, and he has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Pasadena Symphony. He has also participated in the St. Bart’s Music Festival in the Caribbean.

Goodall was featured at a Percussive Arts Society Convention, and he has performed chamber music with Pierre Boulez. He received a BA in Music and a MFA in Music Performance Practices from UCLA. His teachers include William Kraft, Mitchell Peters, and Charles DeLancey. He has taught previously at CSULB, UCSB, and CSUN.

Department of Music Welcomes Four Exceptional Studio Faculty
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is pleased to announce that four exemplary artists have accepted their offer of an appointment in the Department of Music, including award-winning violist
Herbie Hancock
Adjunct Professor; LA Phil Guest Artist
Kay Rhie
Assistant Professor
Alison Deane
Associate Adjunct Professor
Nick DePinna
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Chris Hanulik
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Christoph Bull
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Lucy Yates
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Vladimir Chernov
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Antonio Lysy
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Victoria Kirsch
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Denis Bouriakov
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Lily Chen-Hafteck
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Peter Kazaras
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Wendy Caldwell
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Arturo O’Farrill
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Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Movses Pogossian
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James Miller
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Rakefet Hak
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Brendan McBrien
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Ji Young An
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Jens Lindemann
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Juliana Gondek
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John Steinmetz
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Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
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James Bass
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Boris Allakhverdyan
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David Kaplan
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Jonathan Davis
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Michael Dean
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Gloria Cheng
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Hitomi Oba
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Jan Berry Baker
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Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction, Vocal Coaching
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor
Erin Bouriakov
Lecturer - Flute Performance
Aubrey Foard
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Inna Faliks
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Joshua Ranz
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
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Varty Manouelian
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William Kinderman
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Lou Anne Neill
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Adam Gilberti
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Theresa Dimond
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Amy Sanchez
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