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Contact Information
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (626) 815-4600
Fax: (626) 815-3809
Hours
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location
Associate Dean

Lyrica Taylor, PhD
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Arts; Professor, Department of Art
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5989
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 235
Professor

William Catling, MFA
Professor, Chair, Department of Art, Interim Chair, Department of Design

Stephen Childs, MFA
Professor, Department of Art; Exhibitions Director
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5835
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 505

Terry Dobson, MFA
Professor, Department of Design

Claire Fedoruk, DMA
Professor of Musicology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3573
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 219

Chuck Grieb, MFA
Director, BA in Animation and Visual Effects, and Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-3856
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Hugh and Hazel Darling Library, Room 167

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: Warren Music Center, Room 231

Tim Samoff, MFA
Program Director, BA in Games and Interactive Media, and Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6007
Email: [email protected]

John Sutton, DMA
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3581
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 201
Associate Professor

Jill Brennan-Lincoln, MA
Chair, Department of Theater Arts; Associate Professor, Theater Arts

John Burdett, EdD
Assistant Professor; Director of Music Education, Wind Ensemble Conductor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2029
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 211


Angela S. George, PhD
Program Director, MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History; Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art

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: Warren Music Center, Room 209

Christopher Keene, MFA
Associate Professor of Technical Theater, Department of Theater Arts

Nery Lemus, MFA
Program Director, MFA in Visual Art; Associate Professor, Department of Art

Kirsten Lundin Humer, MFA
Program Director, BFA in Acting for the Stage and Screen; Associate Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5865
Fax: (626) 387-5747
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Department of Theater Arts, West Campus, Darling - Building Three, THTR Office Suite, Room 164

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: Warren Music Center, Room 233

Marek Szpakiewicz, DMA
Associate Professor; Cello Studies; Director of String Studies and Chamber Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3206
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 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: Warren Music Center, Room 225

Michelle Jensen, MM
Assistant Professor; Director of Choral Activities, Conductor of Chamber Singers; Choral Conducting
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3202
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 118

Laurie Leinonen, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 387-5875
Email: [email protected]

Greg Michael, MFA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6014
Email: [email protected]

Jesse Negron, MFA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5114
Email: [email protected]

Andrew Park, DMA
Assistant Professor, Piano Studies
Phone: (323) 810-3777
Alternative Phone: (626) 815-3205
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 215

Jonathan Vermeer, MPW
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (310) 951-3921
Email: [email protected]
Instructor

Coaching Faculty

Kyungmi Kim, MMA
Staff Accompanist, Department of Music Performance
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4600
Email: [email protected]

Applied Instructor


Brian Barany, DMA
Applied Instructor, Classical Guitar Studies
Phone: (805) 218-3589
Email: [email protected]




Mark Converse, BM
Applied Instructor, Drumset

Paul Curtis, MM
Applied Instructor, Bassoon and Contrabassoon
Phone: (626) 815-3834
Email: [email protected]


David B. “Rusty” Higgins
Applied Instructor, Saxophone Studies
Phone: (562) 547-7717
Email: [email protected]











Stephanie J. Thomas, BM
Applied Instructor: French Horn
Phone: (626) 664-3330
Email: [email protected]



Professor Emerita


Professor Emeritus

David Beatty, MM, MBA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 229








