Lily Chen-Hafteck
Professor - Music Education, Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform

Lily Chen-Hafteck is currently Professor and Chair of Music Education at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. She has also served as Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform and Chair of Faculty. She is a Fulbright Scholar who holds Ph.D. in music education from the University of Reading, U.K. and received postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and University of Surrey Roehampton, U.K. Previously, she also taught at Kean University, NJ, University of Pretoria, Hong Kong Baptist University, and University of Hong Kong.

She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, and is featured in Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Oxford Handbook of Children’s Musical Cultures and Sage Handbook of School Music Education. She has served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Music Education, Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education, Music Education Research International, Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF), Perspectives: Journal of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association, Media Journal in Music Education, International Journal of Music in Early Childhood and Malaysian Journal of Music. She has held leadership positions of International Society for Music Education (ISME) as member of its Board of Directors, chair of its Young Professionals Focus Group and Early Childhood Commission, and is currently chairing its Music in Schools and Teacher Education Commission (MISTEC). She has also served as the Eastern Division Representative of the Early Childhood Special Research Interest Group, National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the World Music Representative of California Music Educators Association (CMEA) State Council. She was the founder and director of the Educating the Creative Mind project, funded by National Endowment for the Arts; and a co-investigator and team leader of Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS) project, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada.

The Joint Music Education Program at UCLA Center X
Professor Lily Chen-Hafteck explains how The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is helping educate the next generation of music educators.
Jacob Collier Talks Contemporary Musicianship at Schoenberg Hall
Photos by Erica Hou On Tuesday night, February 6, the line that had formed several hours earlier snaked out of Schoenberg Hall and down the steps. Those who braved the
Professor Explores Different Cultures through Traditional Music in Fiat Lux Seminar
Lily Chen-Hafteck believes music can create harmonious feelings in people of all cultural backgrounds. The professor of music education explores how music is a form of cultural expression inher Fiat Lux
Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Chair in Piano Performance
Ji Young An
Lecturer - Violin Performance
William Kinderman
Distinguished Professor and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies
Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance
Arturo O’Farrill
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Hitomi Oba
Lecturer and Director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
John Steinmetz
Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
Benjamin Smolen
Lecturer - Flute Performance
Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance, Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic
Michael Dean
Professor - Voice Performance
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor - Co-Area Head, Composition
Andrew Ordonez
Events Manager - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Melissa Bilal
The Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture, Director of Armenian Music Program
Lindsey Beardsley
Manager - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
Neal Stulberg
Professor - Conducting, Director of Orchestral Studies
Noel Cano Hearn
Lecturer - Alexander Technique and Music Education
Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance, Harp LA Philharmonic
Dwayne Milburn
Lecturer - Conducting and Composition
Kay Rhie
Assistant Professor - Composition
Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Lucy Yates
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
James Lent
Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Dante De Silva
Lecturer - Composition and Music Theory
Travis J. Cross
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Ben Hong
Lecturer - Cello Performance
Shahab Paranj
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Richard Danielpour
Distinguished Professor; Director of Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music
David Lefkowitz
Professor - Composition, Vice Chair of the Department of Music
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance, Violin LA Philharmonic
Sarah Koo Freeman
Visiting Professor - Cello Performance
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Wendy Richman
Lecturer - Performance Studies
James Darrah
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Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
James Miller
Lecturer - Trombone Performance, Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Mildred Yi
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Peter Golub
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Jan Berry Baker
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Inna Faliks
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Rakefet Hak
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Gloria Cheng
Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Nick DePinna
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Jens Lindemann
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Joshua Ranz
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Camilo Cedeno
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Alison Deane
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Movses Pogossian
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