Wendy Richman
Lecturer - Performance Studies

Violist Wendy Richman has been celebrated internationally for her compelling sound and “absorbing,” “fresh and idiomatic” interpretations with “a brawny vitality” (The New York Times, The Washington Post). As soloist and chamber musician, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Royce Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mostly Mozart Festival, and international festivals in Berlin, Darmstadt, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Karlsruhe, Morelia, and Vienna.

Richman is a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), with whom she performs regularly in New York City and around the world. She collaborates with a wide range of composers, including commissions of works in which she sings and plays simultaneously. Her debut solo album, vox/viola, was released on New Focus Recordings (2020). She frequently performs with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and she has been a regular guest with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the orchestral viola sections of Atlanta, Minnesota, and St. Louis.

Also a distinguished educator, Dr. Richman serves as an academic lecturer at UCLA and as the viola instructor at California State University at Northridge (CSUN). She is a sought-after clinician at universities and conservatories across the country, offering classes on viola repertoire and technique, lectures on string instrument notation, and workshops on contemporary string techniques. She holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory (BM), New England Conservatory (MM), and Eastman School of Music (DMA with Diploma in Ethnomusicology).

Dr. Richman’s research interests address musicians’ communities, stemming from her own experiences with composer-performer relationships, gender-based discrimination, and disability. Her own compositions link her love of unconventional string sounds with reflections on nature, physical trauma, and invisible disability.

Camilo Cedeno
Assistant to the Chair - Department of Music Performance, Education and Composition
James Darrah
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Gloria Cheng
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Peter Golub
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Theresa Dimond
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Noah Meites
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Neal Stulberg
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Joshua Ranz
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Shahab Paranj
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Movses Pogossian
Distinguished Professor of Violin; Founder and Advisor, Armenian Music Program - Music Performance
Kay Rhie
Assistant Professor - Composition
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance, Violin LA Philharmonic
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Professor - Music Education, Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Chair in Piano Performance
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Travis J. Cross
Professor - Conducting, Director of Bands
Ryan Brown
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Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Alison Deane
Associate Adjunct Professor
Richard Danielpour
Distinguished Professor; Director of Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music
Ben Hong
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Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Iris Malkin
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Andrew Ordonez
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James Bass
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Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Michael Dean
Professor - Voice Performance
William Kinderman
Distinguished Professor and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies
Lucy Yates
Lecturer - Vocal Diction and Vocal Coaching
Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Dante De Silva
Lecturer - Composition and Music Theory
Ji Young An
Lecturer - Violin Performance
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor - Voice Performance
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
Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance, Harp LA Philharmonic
James Lent
Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance, Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic
Nick DePinna
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Benjamin Smolen
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Arturo O’Farrill
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Jan Berry Baker
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David Lefkowitz
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Brendan McBrien
Lecturer - Music Education
Lindsey Beardsley
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Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Vladimir Chernov
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Inna Faliks
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Gregory Goodall
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Rakefet Hak
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Sarah Koo Freeman
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Jens Lindemann
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Dwayne Milburn
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Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
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Mildred Yi
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John Steinmetz
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