Soheil Nadimi started his journey as a musician at the age of 3. He began by learning the tombak, a traditional Persian percussion, and later in his teens expanded his musical knowledge by learning melodic Persian fiddle instrument, the kamanche. At the age of 17, he immigrated to the United States and focused solely on the percussive elements of Persian music. Since then, he has performed in numerous concerts and held many workshops, teaching the percussive elements of Persian musics to a diverse audience of Iranians and non-Iranians. He has also been teaching the tombak since he moved to California. He is currently working on incorporating Electronic Dance Music with Persian musical elements in live performances. This new experience is to achieve a congruous and yet innovative fusion set and a way of connecting music to other performative arts.
Timothy D. Taylor
Professor - Ethnomusicology (Popular musics, world music, cultural theory)
Pejman Hadadi
Lecturer
Nick DePinna
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Hermann Hudde
Lecturer
Maureen Russell
Adjunct Professor
Anna Morcom
Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music, Professor - Ethnomusicology
Behzad Nadimi
Lecturer
Tara Browner
Professor
Francis Kofi Akotuah
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David Bragger
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Old-Time String Band Ensemble
Diane White-Clayton
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of African American Music Ensemble
Miles Shrewsbery
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Music of India Ensemble
Armen Adamian
Instructor of Armenian Woodwinds; Ph.D. Student in Ethnomusicology
Helen Rees
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Marc Bolin
Lecturer
Janice Mautner Markham
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Klezmer Music Ensemble
Melissa Bilal
The Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture, Director of Armenian Music Program
Joko Sutrisno
Lecturer - Ethnomusicology, Director of Music of Java Ensemble
Jesús Guzmán
Continuing Lecturer
Steven Loza
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Supeena Adler
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Cheryl L. Keyes
Professor - Global Jazz Studies and Ethnomusicology (Contemporary Jazz, Hip Hop)
Abhiman Kaushal
Adjunct Professor
Mohsen Mohammadi
Director of Indo-Persian Music
Gamin Kang
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Robert F. Reigle
Lecturer
Rahul Neuman
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Roger Savage
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Guangming Li
Lecturer
I Nyoman Wenten
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Münir Beken
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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
Amy Catlin- Jairazbhoy
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