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

Lily Chen-Hafteck is currently Professor of Music Education at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Herb Alpert School of Music, USA. She is the Head of Music Education and Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform. 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. She also taught at Kean University, USA, Hong Kong Baptist University, University of Hong Kong, and at preschool, elementary and secondary schools in Hong Kong and Mozambique.

She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, and is featured in Oxford Handbook of Music Educationand Oxford Handbook of Children’s Musical Cultures. 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. 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 is 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.

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
Leading the Way in Music Education
The California All State Music Education Conference (CASMEC) is a huge affair, attracting California’s educators and all-state secondary and middle school musicians. Student performers mingle with professional musicians and the
School of Music faculty and staff receive Chancellor’s Arts Initiative Grants
Three faculty from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music were among 12 recipients of arts research grants awarded by the Chancellor’s Council on the Arts (CCoA) and the university’s Office
Kay Rhie
Assistant Professor
James Miller
Lecturer - Trombone Performance; Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Brendan McBrien
Lecturer--Music Education
Movses Pogossian
Distinguished Professor of Violin; Founder and Advisor, Armenian Music Program - Music Performance
Gloria Cheng
Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Nick DePinna
Lecturer--Introduction to Musicianship
Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Alison Deane
Associate Adjunct Professor
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance; Violin LA Phil
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance
Michael Dean
Professor, Voice Performance
Hitomi Oba
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Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor
Ji Young An
Lecturer - Violin Performance
Herbie Hancock
Adjunct Professor; LA Phil Guest Artist
Lucy Yates
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Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction, Vocal Coaching
James Bass
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Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
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Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance; Harp LA Phil
Jens Lindemann
Distinguished Professor of Trumpet
Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Arturo O’Farrill
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Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance; Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic
Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Denis Bouriakov
Lecturer - Flute Performance; Principal Flute LA Philharmonic
Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Antonio Lysy
Professor - Cello Performance and Strings Area Head
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Rakefet Hak
Lecturer - Music Director of the UCLA Opera Workshop
Jan Berry Baker
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David Kaplan
Assistant Professor - Piano Performance
David Lefkowitz
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Adam Gilberti
Lecturer - Music Education/Woodwinds
Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Erin Bouriakov
Lecturer - Flute Performance
John Steinmetz
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Peter Kazaras
Distinguished Professor - Director of Opera UCLA
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor, Voice Performance
Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Joshua Ranz
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
William Kinderman
Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies, Professor

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