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Faculty & Staff Music Department

Dean Anderson Department Chair

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • DMA University of California, Los Angeles
  • MM University of Missouri, Columbia

Director of Orchestral Studies

David Kendall Associate Chair

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • PhD University of California, Riverside

Musicology, Research Methods, Low Brass

Raejin Lee Associate Chair

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • DMA Rutgers University

Director of Opera and Vocal Studies

Kenneth Narducci

  • Professor of Music
  • DMA University of Oregon

Theory, Musicianship, Composition

Ariel Quintana

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • DMA in Choral Conducting, University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music

Director of Choral Studies, Choral Conducting, Music Education

Giovanni Santos

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • MM University of Southern California, Los Angeles
  • PhD Music Ed/Instrumental Conducting, Florida State University 

Director of Bands, Music Education

Kimo Smith

  • Professor of Music
  • DMA University of California, Los Angeles

Director of Keyboard Studies and Collaborative Arts

Jason J. Uyeyama

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • MMus The Juilliard School

Director of String Studies; Violin, Viola, Chamber Music

Adjunct Faculty

Ken Aiso  Viola and Violin
  • MM Royal Academy of Music, London, UK
Andrew Bain  Horn
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
Spencer Baldwin  Double Bass
  • MM Azusa Pacific University
David Brennan  Saxophone
  • DMA University of California, Los Angeles
Cody Breyer  Guitar
  • MM University of Southern California
Adrian Dunker  Horn
 
Martin Glicklich  Flute
  • DMA University of Southern California

M.B. Gordy  Percussion
  • MM California Institute of the Arts
Rong-Huey Liu Oboe
  • DMA University of Southern California
Elizabeth Low-Atwater Bassoon
  • MM University of California Los Angeles
Valeria Morgovskaya Collaborative Piano
  • MM Kyiv Conservatory
Elvin S. Rodríguez Piano
  • EdD Teachers College of Columbia University
Robert Schaer Trumpet
  • DMA University of Southern California

Marek Szpakiewicz Cello
  • DMA University of Southern California
Pin-Fei Tang Cello and Chamber Music
  • MM University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Celia Chan Valerio Harp
  • DMA Indiana University
William Wellwood Clarinet
  • DMA University of Southern California

Contact and Location

music@lasierra.edu
(951) 785-2036
Hole Memorial Auditorium, Room 101

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