Faculty & Staff

Music Office Contact Information
- Location: MUS 127
- Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
- Phone: (323) 343-4060
- Fax: (323) 343-4063
- Email: [email protected]
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Chair and Associate Chair

Dr. Michael Caldwell
Music Department Chair
- Office: MUS 128
- Phone: (323) 343 4060
- [email protected]

Dr. Christopher Gravis
Associate Chair
- Office: MUS 122
- [email protected]
Music Faculty

Natalie Buickians
Assistant Professor of Music in Voice
- Office: MUS 14
- Email: [email protected]

Uziel Colón
Assistant Professor of Music in Afro Latin Music, Jazz and Commercial Piano
- Office: MUS 123
- Email: [email protected]
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Paul De Castro
Professor of Music in Afro Latin Music, Jazz Studies (FERP)
- Office: MUS 12
- Phone: (323) 343-4079
- Email:
[email protected]

James Ford
Professor of Music in Trumpet, Jazz Studies
- Office: MUS 70
- Phone: (323) 343-4081
- Email: [email protected]
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Sara Graef
Professor of Music in Composition and Theory
- Office: MUS 235
- Phone: (323) 343-4073
- Email: [email protected]
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Christopher Gravis
Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities
- Office: MUS 122
- Phone: (323) 343-4068
- Email: [email protected]

John M. Kennedy
Professor of Music in Composition and Theory
- Office: MUS 236
- Phone: (323) 343-4084
- Email: [email protected]

Patti Kilroy
Assistant Professor of Music in Strings and Music Education
- Office: MUS 132
- Phone: (323) 343-4086
- Email: [email protected]
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Ross Levinson
Professor of Music in Commercial Music and Music Technology (FERP)
- Office: MUS 14
- Phone: (323) 343-5448
- Email: [email protected]

Emily Moss
Professor of Music and Director of Bands/Director of Instrumental Music Education
Graduate Advisor
- Office: MUS 132
- Phone: (323)-343-4062
- Email: [email protected]

J.P. Marcondes Mourão
Assistant Professor of Music in Commercial Music and Guitar
- Office: MUS 123
- Phone: (323)-343-4060
- Email: [email protected]

Adam Snow
Assistant Professor of Music, Percussion
- Office: MUS 53
- Phone: (323)-343-4060
- Email: [email protected]

Beverly Stein
Professor of Music in Music History
- Office: MUS 130
- Phone: (323) 343-4077
- Email: [email protected]
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Steve Wight
Professor of Music in Commercial Music and Recording Arts (FERP)
- Office: MUS 14
- Phone: (323) 343-5447
- Email: [email protected]
Music Faculty - Lecturers

Diane Alancraig
Flute

Satik Andriassian
Classical Guitar

Marcia Armstead-Ivy
Music Education

David Askren
Jazz Guitar

John Ballinger
Guitar and Commercial Music Composition

Antonio Esteban Castro
Music Education

Joshua Davis
Bassoon

Zachary Deak
Piano

Cynthia Reifler Flores
Mariachi Ensemble

Helen Goode-Castro
Clarinet

Carla Hassett
Voice

Linda-Rose Hembreiker
Harp

Edgar Hernandez
Electric Bass

Deborah Holland
Music History

Marta Honer
Viola

Jenny Kim
French Horn

Greg McFall
Electric Bass

Dillon MacIntyre
Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba

Robert MacNeil
Voice

Dwayne Milburn
Wind Ensemble, Music Education

Hitomi Oba
Jazz Saxophone

Harvey Pittel
Saxophone

Michelle Elliott Rearick
Cello

Ken Rosser
Jazz Guitar

Robert Sanders
Trombone

Scott Worthington
Double Bass
Teaching Associates and Graduate Teaching Assistants
Melissa Blain
Michael Eisenstein
Spurgeon Rice
Daniel Richardson
Yousef Al-Shomaimri
Amanda Muse
Julio Sanchez
River Sprague
Juan Zuniga
Music Department Staff

Denia Bradshaw
Department Coordinator
- Office: MUS 127
- Phone: (323) 343-4060
- Email: [email protected]

Mitsuko Morikawa
Accompanist
- Office: MUS 8
- Phone: (323) 343-4078
- Email: [email protected]

Rico Garcia
Music Sound Technician

Armando Rosales
Music Instrument Coordinator

Eileen Soto
Student Office Assistant