Meet the Faculty
Professor
Claire Fedoruk, DMA
Professor of Musicology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3573
Fax: (626) 969-7419
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
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 231
John Sutton, DMA
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3581
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 201
Associate Professor
John Burdett, EdD
Assistant Professor; Director of Music Education, Wind Ensemble Conductor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2029
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
Fax: (626) 969-7419
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
Fax: (626) 969-7419
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
Phone: (626) 815-3848
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center
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, MMA
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
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) 664-3330
Email: [email protected]
Gary Woodward, MM
Applied Instructor, Flute
Michele Zukovsky
Applied Instructor, Clarinet
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center
Adjunct Professor
Brandon DiNoto, MM
Adjunct Professor, Department of Music
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
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