Jesús Guzmán
Continuing Lecturer, Ethnomusicology
Director, Music of Mexico Ensemble; Director, Jazz Combo
Jesús “Chuy” Guzmán is widely recognized as arranger, director, instructor, and musician in the genre of Mexican mariachi music.
Guzmán is the musical director of Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano, and master of numerous traditional mariachi instruments: trumpet, vihuela, guitarron, guitar, and violin.
For over nearly 20 years, Guzmán has served as head instructor for numerous international mariachi festivals in the United States and Mexico. Career highlights include collaboration on the orchestration and musical arrangements for the Symphony Orchestra of Jalisco and recording as a guest artist with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan.
Mr. Guzmán also toured and recorded with Linda Ronstadt on her Grammy Award-winning album, Canciones de Mi Padre (Songs of My Father) and has appeared in several Hollywood motion pictures. Mr. Guzmán’s production for Mariachi Los Camperos titled Llegaron Los Camperos was nominated in 2006 for a Grammy Award under the Mexican-American category.
Most recently, his production for Mariachi Los Camperos, Amor, Dolor, y Lagrimas was awarded a Grammy for 2008 Best Regional Mexican Album. Guzmán has been a faculty member in the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology since 2000.
Supeena Adler
Adjunct Associate Professor - Ethnomusicology, World Music Instrument Curator and Conservator, Director, Music of Thailand Ensemble;
Anna Morcom
Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music, Professor - Ethnomusicology
Mark Kligman
Mickey Katz Chair of Jewish Music and Professor - Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Humanities, Director of Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
Guangming Li
Lecturer
Nick DePinna
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Musicianship
Miles Shrewsbery
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Music of India Ensemble
Maureen Russell
Adjunct Professor
Pejman Hadadi
Lecturer
Timothy D. Taylor
Professor - Ethnomusicology (Popular musics, world music, cultural theory)
Soheil Nadimi
Lecturer
Roger Savage
Professor and Chair of Ethnomusicology
David Bragger
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Old-Time String Band Ensemble
Janice Mautner Markham
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Klezmer Music Ensemble
I Nyoman Wenten
Adjunct Associate Professor - Ethnomusicology, Director of Music of Bali Ensemble
Münir Beken
Associate Professor - Ethnomusicology (world music theory and composition), Director of Music of Turkey Ensemble
Francis Kofi Akotuah
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Music and Dance of Ghana Ensemble
Behzad Nadimi
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Amy Catlin- Jairazbhoy
Adjunct Professor
Diane White-Clayton
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Melissa Bilal
The Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture, Director of Armenian Music Program
Cheryl L. Keyes
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Helen Rees
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Joko Sutrisno
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Steven Loza
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Gamin Kang
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Mohsen Mohammadi
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Rahul Neuman
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Co-Director of Music of India Ensemble
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