Faculty

Regular Faculty

David Kasunic, chair

Associate Professor, Music

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

Irene Girton

Professor, Music

B. Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Shanna Lorenz

Associate Professor, Music

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

Adam Schoenberg

Assistant Professor, Music

B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School

On Special Appointment

Joe Addington

Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble; Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music

Dean Anderson

Director of Instrumental Activities; Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

B.M., M.M., University of Missouri at Columbia; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles

Cesar Castro

Director of the Son Jarocho Ensemble; Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

Shawn Costantino

Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble, Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Instructor, Music

B.Mus., Studio Music and Jazz, University of Miami; M.M., Jazz Studies, De Paul University

Desiree La Vertu

Director of Choral and Vocal Activities; Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, Music

B.Mus., C.S.U. Fullerton; M.M. University of Nevada, Reno

Jennifer Logan

Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., M.A., C.S.U. Fresno; Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara

Dina Ormenyi

Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., U.C. Santa Barbara; M.F.A., U.C. Los Angeles

G. Simeon Pillich

Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Professor, Music

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles

Glenn Price

Director of the Caltech-Occidental Concert Band

B.Mus., University of Toronto; M.M., Ph.D., Eastman School of Music

Daniel Wohl

Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Music

B.A., Bard College; M.M., University of Michigan, School of Music; D.M.A., Yale School of Music