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Contact Information
Email: [email protected]Phone: (626) 815-3848
Hours
Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location
Warren Music Center, Room 203Professor

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

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

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

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

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 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

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
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]



Adjunct Professor








Marcelo Soares
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5374
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 203


Kristof Van Grysperre, DMA
Adjunct Professor, Area Director of Opera and Vocal Studies

Jose Hernandez Vicente, MM
Adjunct Professor, Guitar Studies
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 209

Professor Emeritus

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




