Meet the Faculty
Professor
Claire Fedoruk, DMA
Professor of Musicology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3573
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 219
Michael Lee, MM
Professor; Director of Music Technology; Director of Commercial Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3860
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 231
John Sutton, DMA
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3581
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 201
Associate Professor
John Burdett, EdD
Associate Professor; Director of Music Education, Wind Ensemble Conductor
Phone: (626) 815-3848
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 211
Thomas Hynes, MA
Director of Theory and Composition, Guitar Studies and Jazz Combos; Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 209
Christopher Russell, MM
Chair and Associate Professor Department of Music; Conductor, Symphony Orchestra; Instrumental Conducting
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2003
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 233
Marek Szpakiewicz, DMA
Associate Professor; Cello Studies; Director of String Studies and Chamber Music
Phone: (626) 815-3848
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Warren Music Building #227
Assistant Professor
Henry Alonzo, MBA
Assistant Professor, Department of Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3575
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 105
Patricia Edwards, DMA
Assistant Professor, Vocal Studies
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3588
Alternative Phone: (626) 358-3339
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 225
Michelle Jensen, DMA
Assistant Professor; Director of Choral Activities, Conductor of Chamber Singers; Choral Conducting
Andrew Park, DMA
Assistant Professor, Piano Studies
Phone: (323) 810-3777
Alternative Phone: (626) 815-3205
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 215
Instructor
Coaching Faculty
Kyungmi Kim, MM
Staff Accompanist, Department of Music Performance
Applied Instructor
Brian Barany, DMA
Applied Instructor, Classical Guitar Studies
Phone: (805) 218-3589
Email: [email protected]
Mark Converse, BM
Applied Instructor, Drumset
Phone: (661) 297-5670
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 121
Paul Curtis, MM
Applied Instructor, Bassoon and Contrabassoon
Phone: (626) 815-3834
Email: [email protected]
Nathan Farrington, BM
Applied Instructor: Double Bass
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center
David B. “Rusty” Higgins
Applied Instructor, Saxophone Studies
Phone: (562) 547-7717
Email: [email protected]
David Joyce, MA
Applied Instructor, Commercial Voice
David Kress, MM
Applied Instructor
Michele Patzakis, DMA, MM, BM
Applied Instructor, Voice
Jessica Sandidge
Independent Contractor, Applied Voice
Robert Slack, MM
Applied Instructor, Trumpet; Director of Jazz Ensemble
Ted Sugata, DMA
Applied Instructor, Oboe
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center
Stephanie J. Thomas, BM
Applied Instructor: French Horn
Phone: (626) 815-3848
Email: [email protected]
Gary Woodward, MM
Applied Instructor, Flute
Adjunct Professor
Brandon DiNoto, MM
Adjunct Professor, Department of Music
Isaias Elpes, MM
Applied Instructor; Adjunct Professor
Phone: (626) 815-3848
Email: [email protected]
Darkson Magrinelli Rocha
Adjunct Professor; Director of Woodwinds and Clarinet Instructor
Ashley Ng Conner, MM
Adjunct Professor
Marcelo Soares
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5374
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 203
Samuel Thompson, BM
Adjunct Professor
Kristof Van Grysperre, DMA
Adjunct Professor, Area Director of Opera and Vocal Studies
Phone: (626) 815-3848
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 225
Jose Hernandez Vicente, MM
Adjunct Professor, Guitar Studies
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 209
Professor Emeritus
David Beatty, MM, MBA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 229
Phil Shackleton, DMA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center