Faculty
Regular Faculty
David Kasunic, chair
Associate Professor
B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Irene Girton
Professor
B.Mus., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Shanna Lorenz
Associate Professor
B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., New York University
Adam Schoenberg
Assistant Professor
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School
On Special Appointment
Joe Addington
Non-Tenure Track Afro-Cuban Drumming Instructor
Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble
Jongnic Bontemps
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music Production
B.A., Yale University
Cesar Castro
Non-Tenure Track Instructor
Director of the Son Jarocho Ensemble
Shawn Costantino
Non-Tenure Track Instructor
Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble
B.Mus., Studio Music and Jazz, University of Miami; M.M., Jazz Studies, De Paul University
Ramona Gonzalez
Johnston-Fix Professor of the Practice of Songwriting
A.B., Occidental College
Edmond Johnson
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Director of Advising
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Chris Kim
Director of Instrumental Activities
B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Desiree La Vertu
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor
Director of Choral and Vocal Activities
B.Mus., California State University, Fullerton; M.M. University of Nevada, Reno
Dina Ormenyi
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Piano Instructor
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
G. Simeon Pillich
Non-Tenure Track Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Glenn Price
Director of the Caltech-Occidental Wind Orchestra
B.Mus., University of Toronto; M.M., Ph.D., Eastman School of Music