Faculty
Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty
David Kasunic, chair
Associate Professor
B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Stephen S. Hudson
Assistant Professor
B.A., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Northwestern 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
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Joe Addington
Visiting Instructor
Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble
Stephen Cabell
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.M., The Curtis Institute; M.M., The Juilliard School
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
Johnston-Fix Professor of the Practice in Songwriting
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
Desiree La Vertu
Resident Professor
Director of Choral and Vocal Activities
B.Mus., California State University, Fullerton; M.M. University of Nevada, Reno
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
Dina Ormenyi
Visiting Assistant Professor
Piano Instructor
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
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
G. Simeon Pillich
Resident Full 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
Daniel Wohl
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Bard College; M.A., University of Michigan School of Music; Ph.D., Yale School of Music
Other faculty associated with the Music department can be viewed here.