Faculty
Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty
Shanna Lorenz, chair
Associate Professor
B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., New York University
Desiree La Vertu, co-chair
Resident Professor; Director of Choral and Vocal Activities
B.Mus., California State University, Fullerton; M.M. University of Nevada, Reno
Stephen S. Hudson
Assistant Professor
B.A., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Northwestern University
David Kasunic
Associate Professor
B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Adam Schoenberg
Associate Professor
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Joe Addington
Visiting Instructor; Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble
Jongnic Bontemps
Stephen Cabell
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.M., The Curtis Institute; M.M., The Juilliard School
Anthony Cardella
B.A., Lawrence University; doctoral candidate, University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
César Castro
Visiting Instructor
Max Foreman
Resident Assistant Professor; Director of the Choi Family Music Production Center
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Ramona Gonzalez
Visiting Instructor
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Julia Holter
Visiting Assistant Professor
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Edmond Johnson
Visiting Assistant Professor; Director of Advising
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Chris Kim
Resident Professor; Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music
B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Daniela Smolov Levy
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Daniel Ryan Long
Visiting Instructor
B.A., University of Virginia
Celka Ojakangas
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Drury University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Southern California
Fabio Paolizzo
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Audio/Music/Sound Engineering
B.A., M.A., Tor Vergata University of Rome; Ph.D., University of Kent
Angela Park
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.M., University of Texas at Austin; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., University of Southern California
G. Simeon Pillich
Resident Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan Richards
Visiting Assistant Professor; Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble
B.A., University of Southern California; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Mia Doi Todd
Visiting Instructor; Johnston-Fix Professor of the Practice in Songwriting
Alexander Zhu
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.M., New England Conservatory; M.M., DMA, University of Southern California
Other faculty associated with the Music department can be viewed here.