Rahul Neuman
Continuing Lecturer, Ethnomusicology

Rahul Neuman has been a student of Hindustani music since he was a child. He began studying sitar at age 12 with his aunt, Sharmistha Sen, and Jeff Lewis, a disciple of the late Z.M. Dagar. In 1992, Neuman began intensive training under his guru, Ustad Shujaat Khan, in Seattle, where he was a visiting artist at the University of Washington.

Neuman made several subsequent trips to New Delhi, India, where he continued training under the guidance of his guru.

Neuman has performed at a variety of venues in Delhi, Chicago, and Southern California. In Chicago, he performed at the Silk Road Oasis, the University of Chicago, the Old Town School of Folk Music, and on Chicago NPR station WBEZ-FM. He also performed for MTV’s Aerosmith icon show in front of a live audience. Currently, Rahul is an Artist-Teacher in Residence for the Center for World Music in San Diego.

Katherine In–Young Lee
Associate Professor (On leave 2022-2023)
Lorry Black
Academic Administrator
Armen Adamian
Instructor of Armenian Music Ensemble
Roger Savage
Chair of Ethnomusicology; Professor
I Nyoman Wenten
Adjunct Assoc. Professor
Steven Loza
Chair of Global Jazz Studies; Professor
Melissa Bilal
Associate Director of Armenian Music Program and Lecturer
Chi Li
Adjunct Professor
Mohsen Mohammadi
Director of Indo-Persian Music
Mark Kligman
Professor of Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Humanities Mickey Katz Chair of Jewish Music Director of Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience

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