Meet the Faculty
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Dean
Stephen P. Johnson, DMA
Dean, College of the Arts
- Phone: (626) 804-2550
- Email: stephenjohnson@apu.edu
Associate Dean
John E. Simons, DMA
Associate Dean, College of the Arts; Professor
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3795
- Email: jesimons@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 237
Professors
Joel Clifft, DMA
Professor; Director of Keyboard Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3592
- Email: jclifft@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 217
Claire Fedoruk, DMA
Professor of Musicology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3573
- Email: cfedoruk@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 219
Michael Lee, M.M.
Professor; Director of Music Technology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3860
- Email: mlee@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 231
Phil Shackleton, DMA
Professor, Department of Music Studies; Director of Music Theory & Composition
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3577
- Email: pshackleton@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
John Sutton, DMA
Professor; Director of Choral Activities; Conductor of Choral Scholars; Conductor of University Choir; Choral Conducting
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3581
- Email: jsutton@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 201
Associate Professors
David Beatty, M.M., M.B.A.
Chair, Department of Commercial Music; Director, Jazz Ensemble
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3580
- Email: dbeatty@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 229
Melanie Galloway, DMA
Associate Professor, Vocal Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3587
- Email: mgalloway@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 213
Alexander Koops, DMA
Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Music Education; Conductor of Symphonic Band; Director of Azusa Conservatory of Music Community Music School
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3583
- Email: akoops@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 136B
Donald Neufeld, M.A.
Associate Professor, Department of Music Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3575
- Email: dneufeld@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 105
Christopher Russell, M.M.
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Music Performance; Conductor, Symphony Orchestra; Instrumental Conducting
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2003
- Email: cprussell@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 233
Assistant Professors
Henry Alonzo, M.B.A.
Director, M.A. in Music Entrepreneurial Studies, and Assistant Professor, School of Music
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3575
- Email: halonzo@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 105
Angela Blasi, M.A.
Director of Vocal Studies; Applied Instructor, Voice
- Phone: (646) 737-4397
- Email: ablasi@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 225
John Burdett, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor; Director of Instrumental Studies; Director of Bands
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2029
- Email: jburdett@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 211
Galen Clark, DMA
Assistant Professor; Conductor of Men's Chorale, Driven, and Undone
- Phone: (626) 969-3434
- Email: gclark@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 213
Patricia Edwards, DMA
Assistant Professor, Vocal Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3588
- Email: pedwards@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 225
David Hughes, DMA
Assistant Professor; Conductor of Bel Canto Women's Choir; Choral Conducting; Vocal Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3108
- Email: dhughes@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 205
Thomas Hynes, M.A.
Assistant Professor; Commercial Guitar Studies; Music Theory
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
- Email: thynes@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 209
Michelle Jensen, M.M.
Assistant Professor; Conductor of Chamber Singers; Music Education
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3202
- Email: mjensen@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 118
Stephen Martin, DCM
Assistant Professor; Director of Music and Worship
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3109
- Email: smartin@apu.edu
- Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 136B
Andrew Park, DMA
Assistant Professor, Piano Studies
- Phone: (323) 810-3777
- Email: uscpianoart@hotmail.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 215
Éva Polgár, DMA
Assistant Professor, Piano Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3204
- Email: epolgar@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 215
Crystal Rivette, M.M.
Director, Artist Certificate Program; Assistant Professor of Keyboard
- Phone: (626) 812-3022
- Email: crivette@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 205
Alex Russell, DMA
Assistant Professor, Violin Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3198
- Email: arussell@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 227
Marek Szpakiewicz, DMA
Assistant Professor; Cello Studies; Director of String Studies and Chamber Music
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3206
- Email: marek@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 227
Coaching Faculty
Kyungmi Kim, MMA
Staff Accompanist, Department of Music Performance
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4600
- Email: kykim@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
Vivian I-Miao Liu
Staff Accompanist
- Phone: (626) 815-4600
- Email: vliu@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
Lecturer
Eniko St. Clair, DMA
Lecturer, Practical Musicianship
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3574
- Email: eastclair@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 241
Applied Instructors
Allison Allport, DMA
Applied Instructor, Harp
- Email: allisonallport@me.com
- Office Location: East Campus
Brian Barany, DMA
Applied Instructor, Classical Guitar Studies
- Phone: (805) 218-3589
- Email: bbarany@apu.edu
William Boocock, M.A.
Applied Instructor, Vocal Studies
- Email: bboocock@gmail.com
Richard Bullock
Applied Instructor, Bass Trombone
- Phone: (310) 569-6782
- Email: rich@bassbonevoice.com
William Cantos
Applied Instructor
- Phone: (626) 815-4600
- Email: gicprod@aol.com
Ingrid Chun, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Violin
- Phone: (626) 815-3848
- Email: violink@ingridchun.com
Gina Coletti, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Viola
- Phone: (626) 815-3848
- Email: ginacoletti@gmail.com
Mark Converse, B.M.
Applied Instructor, Drumset
- Phone: (661) 297-5670
- Email: mconverse@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 121
Nathan Farrington, B.M.
Applied Instructor, Double Bass
- Email: nate.students@gmail.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
David B. “Rusty” Higgins
Applied Instructor, Saxophone Studies; Director of Jazz Workshop
- Phone: (562) 547-7717
- Email: rustyhiggins@aol.com
Xika Huang, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Violin
- Phone: (213) 271-7902
- Email: huangxika713@hotmail.com
- Office Location: School of Music
David Joyce, M.A.
Applied Instructor, Commercial Voice
- Phone: (818) 522-3530
- Email: david@rejoycemusic.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Sara Leib, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Commercial Voice
- Phone: (310) 869-6509
- Email: saraleib@yahoo.com
Yuki Mori, B.M.
Applied Instructor, Violin
- Phone: (818) 484-8402
- Email: moriparkviolin@gmail.com
Min Jung Park, B.M.
Applied Instructor, Violin
- Phone: (818) 484-8402
- Email: moriparkviolin@gmail.com
Paul Radke, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Trombone
- Email: pradke7@gmail.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Jennifer Showalter, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Clarinet
- Phone: (626) 201-1815
- Email: jshowalter1@aol.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Robert Slack, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Trumpet
- Email: robertslack6@gmail.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Stephanie J. Stetson, B.A.
Applied Instructor, French Horn
- Phone: (626) 664-3330
- Email: sshornmom@msn.com
- Office Location: School of Music
Ted Sugata, DMA
Applied Instructor, Oboe
- Email: tcsugata@gmail.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Pin Fei Tang, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Cello
- Phone: (626) 815-3834
- Email: tangcello@gmail.com
John Van Houten Jr., M.M.
Applied Instructor, Tuba; Brass Chamber Music Coach
- Phone: (818) 331-6910
- Email: thndrlips@aol.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 122a
David Washburn, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Trumpet
- Phone: (626) 815-3848
Scott Whitfield, M.M.
Applied Instructor, Trombone
- Phone: (818) 577-8676
- Email: scott@bicoastalmusic.net
Suli Xue
Artist in Residence, Violin
- Phone: (626) 815-3848
- Email: suliviolin@gmail.com
Michele Zukovsky
Applied Instructor, Clarinet
- Email: michelezukovsky@gmail.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Adjunct Professors
Lavone Barnett-Seetal, M.A.
Adjunct Professor; Director of Gospel Choir
- Email: lseetal@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Sean Barrett, M.M.
Adjunct Professor, Commercial Music
- Phone: (909) 223-9773
- Email: sbarrett@apu.edu
Steven Brooks, DWS
Adjunct Professor, Music and Worship
- Email: sdbrooks@apu.edu
Natalie Buickians, DMA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Music Studies
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4600
- Email: lbuickians@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
Mari Falcone Cantos, M.M.
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: mcantos@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
Sharon Cathey, M.A.Ed.
Adjunct Professor, Music Education
- Phone: (626) 222-5829
- Email: sscathey@apu.edu
Gabriel Dávila-Luciano, M.B.A.
Adjunct Professor, Commercial Music
- Phone: (626) 815-4600
- Email: gluciano@apu.edu
- Office Location: College of the Arts
Michael Thomas Geiger, M.F.A.
Adjunct Professor, Voice, and Introductory and Advanced Vocal Pedagogy
- Phone: (714) 658-6888
- Email: mgeiger@apu.edu
Rebecca Genzink, M.M.
Adjunct Professor, Vocal Studies
- Phone: (626) 812-3020
- Email: rgenzink@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Catherine Hackworth, M.M.
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: chackworth@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
Dianne Harmel, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Vocal Studies
- Phone: (626) 824-1505
- Email: dharmel@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Maurice Limon, M.A.
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: mlimon@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
Matthew Limones, M.M.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Commercial Music
- Phone: (626) 387-5725
- Email: mlimones@apu.edu
Huston Pullen
Adjunct Professor, Commercial Music
- Phone: (626) 815-3848
- Email: hpullen@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
William Schlitt, B.A.
Adjunct Professor, Percussion
- Phone: (626) 533- 0565
- Email: billschlitt@icloud.com
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Percussion Studio, Room 119
Aretha Scruggs, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Commercial Music
- Email: ascruggs@apu.edu
Douglas Shabe, DMA (Cand.)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Music Studies
- Phone: (562) 212-8062
- Email: dshabe@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
Sam Wei-Chih Sun, M.M.
Adjunct Professor, Piano Studies
- Phone: (626) 991-5109
- Email: wsun@apu.edu
Gary Woodward, M.M.
Adjunct Professor, Flute; Director of Woodwind Studies
- Phone: (818) 371-6678
- Email: garyw@usc.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Professors Emeriti
Michael Kozubek, M.M.
Professor Emeritus
- Email: mkozubek@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Dennis Royse, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
- Email: droyse@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center
Note: This information is current for the 2020-21 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.