Faculty

Regular Faculty

David Kasunic, chair

Associate Professor

B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University 

Shanna Lorenz

Associate Professor

B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., New York University

Adam Schoenberg

Associate 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 

Stephen Cabell

Non-Tenure Track Instructor

B.M., The Curtis Institute; M.M., The Juilliard School

David Claude McKenna

Non-Tenure Track Instructor

B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

Max Foreman

Andrew G. Mellon Professor of the Practice in Music

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

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

Choi Family Director of Instrumental Music

B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Desiree La Vertu

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

G. Simeon Pillich

Non-Tenure Track Professor

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Jonathan Richards

Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble

B.A., University of Southern California; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts