Lindsey Beardsley
Manager - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
Lindsey joined The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in the Fall of 2023. She has over 10 years experience working in higher education, including in positions at the University of South Dakota and the American Musical and the Dramatic Academy Los Angeles. Her professional work has always centered on supporting artists in an academic setting, anchored by a strong belief in the importance of arts education.
Outside of work, Lindsey enjoys baking, shopping for vintage finds, and spending time with her family and friends.
Movses Pogossian
Distinguished Professor of Violin; Founder and Advisor, Armenian Music Program - Music Performance
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Chair in Piano Performance
David Lefkowitz
Professor - Composition, Vice Chair of the Department of Music
Elisabeth Le Guin
Emerita
Arturo O’Farrill
Director, UCLA Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Professor
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
Assistant Professor - Music Education
Benjamin Smolen
Lecturer - Flute Performance
Brendan McBrien
Lecturer - Music Education
Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance, Harp LA Philharmonic
Dwayne Milburn
Lecturer - Conducting and Composition
Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Wendy Richman
Lecturer - Performance Studies
Sean McLaughlin
Piano Technician
Gloria Cheng
Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Mildred Yi
Lecturer - Music Education
James Miller
Lecturer - Trombone Performance, Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Richard Danielpour
Distinguished Professor; Director of Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano Performance
Mircea Gogoncea
Lecturer - Guitar
Michael Dean
Professor - Voice Performance
Travis J. Cross
Professor - Conducting, Director of Bands
Ji Young An
Lecturer - Violin Performance
Adam Gilberti
Instrument Curator
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance
Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Jan Berry Baker
Professor - Saxophone, Head of Woodwinds, Vice Chair of the Department of Music, Special Assistant to the Dean for Faculty Mentoring
Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Noel Cano Hearn
Lecturer - Alexander Technique and Music Education
William Kinderman
Distinguished Professor and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies
Vladimir Chernov
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
Hitomi Oba
Lecturer and Director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
James Bass
Professor and Chair of the Department of Music, Director of Choral Studies
Neal Stulberg
Professor - Conducting, Director of Orchestral Studies
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor - Co-Area Head, Composition
John Steinmetz
Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
Sarah Koo Freeman
Visiting Professor - Cello Performance
Andrew Ordonez
Events Manager - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Professor - Music Education, Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform
Rakefet Hak
Continuing Lecturer - Opera UCLA
Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Dante De Silva
Lecturer - Composition and Music Theory
Herbie Hancock
Adjunct Professor
James Darrah
Professor - Director of Opera UCLA
Joshua Ranz
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
Lucy Yates
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance, Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic
Noah Meites
Lecturer - Music Theory
Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Melissa Bilal
The Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture, Director of Armenian Music Program
Camilo Cedeno
Assistant to the Chair - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
Shahab Paranj
Gramian-Emrani Postdoctoral Fellow in Music and Lecturer - Composition, contemporary concert music
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Nick DePinna
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Musicianship
Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Alison Deane
Associate Adjunct Professor
Peter Golub
Lecturer - Composition, Music and Film
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance, Violin LA Philharmonic
James Lent
Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Ryan Brown
Lecturer - Choral Studies and Music Education
Jens Lindemann
Distinguished Professor - Trumpet Performance
Regina Carter-Garnett
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