Faculty

David Kasunic, chair

Associate Professor, Music

B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Irene Girton

Professor, Music

B.Mus., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Shanna Lorenz

Associate Professor, Music

B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., New York University

Adam Schoenberg

Assistant Professor, Music

B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School

Joe Addington

Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble; Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music

Dean Anderson

Director of Instrumental Activities; Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

B.M., M.M., University of Missouri at Columbia; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Jongnic Bontemps

Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music Production

B.A., Yale University

Cesar Castro

Director of the Son Jarocho Ensemble; Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

Shawn Costantino

Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble, Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Instructor, Music

B.Mus., Studio Music and Jazz, University of Miami; M.M., Jazz Studies, De Paul University

Desiree La Vertu

Director of Choral and Vocal Activities; Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Music

B.Mus., California State University, Fullerton; M.M. University of Nevada, Reno

Jennifer Logan

Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., M.A., California State University, Fresno; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Dina Ormenyi

Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles

G. Simeon Pillich

Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Professor, Music

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Glenn Price

Director of the Caltech-Occidental Concert Band

B.Mus., University of Toronto; M.M., Ph.D., Eastman School of Music