Administration
(contact information only)
AREA COORDINATORS
Brass & Percussion - Sycil Mathai
Classical Guitar - Douglas Lora Las Casas
Composition & Theory - Ken Walicki
Conducting - Robert Istad
Jazz Studies - Rodolfo Zuniga
Music in General Education - John Koegel
Music Education - Gregory X. Whitmore
Music History & Literature - John Koegel
Piano & Organ - Alison Edwards
Strings - Ernest Salem
Voice - Kerry Jennings
Woodwinds - Jean Ferrandis
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ADVISOR
Kimo Furumoto
GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISOR
John Koegel
ARTIST DIPLOMA STUDENT ADVISOR
Ernest Salem
MINOR IN MUSIC ADVISOR
Bongshin Ko
DIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE SCIENCE CENTRE LAB
Robert Watson
SCHOOL OF MUSIC LEADERSHIP
Randall Goldberg - School of Music director
Kimo Furumoto - School of Music assistant director
Bongshin Ko - School of Music assistant director
SCHOOL OF MUSIC ACCOMPANISTS
SCHOOL OF MUSIC OFFICE
Room: CPAC 220
Phone: (657) 278-3511
Fax: (657) 278-5956
Paul Shirts - School of Music Information
(657) 278-3511
Sue Winston - Office Coordinator
(657) 278-3512
Elizabeth Williams - Business Coordinator
(657) 278-5443
Michael August - Production Coordinator
(657) 278-4807
Chris Searight - Musical Instrument Services
(657) 278-3553
Jeff Lewis - Audio Engineer
(657) 278-8232
Eric Dries - Music Librarian
Faculty
(Including full time faculty biographies)
GUITAR
Douglas Lora Las Casas* (website) - classical guitar
Zachary Caplinger* - jazz guitar
Matthew Yeakley* - jazz guitar
CONDUCTING
Kimo Furumoto - orchestral
Robert Istad - choral
Dustin Barr -
wind band
JAZZ / COMMERCIAL MUSIC
Rodolfo Zuniga
- jazz studies, jazz percussion, music technology,
Fullerton Chamber Jazz Ensemble director
Bill Cunliffe - jazz piano; arranging; Fullerton Jazz Orchestra director
Zachary Caplinger* - Jazz Guitar (website
)
Eric Dries* - improvisation (website
)
Jeff Ellwood* - saxophone (website)
Ron Escheté* - guitar
TK Gardner* - guitar
Lemar Guillary* - jazz trombone
Luther Hughes* - bass (website
)
Paul Kreibich* - drum set (website)
Kye Palmer* - jazz trumpet
Teryn Ré* - Jazz Singers Director (website)
Charles Sharp* - jazz history (website
)
Francisco Torres* - trombone; Latin Ensemble director
Matthew Yeakley - jazz guitar (YouTube)
Damon Zick* - saxophone (YouTube
)
KEYBOARD, ORGAN, PEDAGOGY
Ning An - piano (on leave in 2023-2024)
Bill Cunliffe - jazz piano
Alison Edwards - piano, piano pedagogy, class piano
Robert Watson - piano
Ellen Kim* - class piano
Myong-Joo Lee* - piano (website)
Lynnette McGee* - organ
Masako Okamura-Klassen* - class piano, harpsichord
Rita Watson* - piano
MUSIC EDUCATION / TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHING CREDENTIAL
Marc R. Dickey - instrumental
Christopher Peterson - choral
TBA -
general
Gregory X. Whitmore - instrumental
Tammi Alderman* - Music Education
Linda Brown* - Music Education
Eric Dries * - Music Technology (website)
Brandon Elliott* - Music Education
Michael
Fleischmann* - Music Education
Jerome Healy* - Music Education
Kristopher Parish* - Music Education
Laura Taylor* - Music Education
MUSIC IN GENERAL EDUCATION
John Koegel - coordinator
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE
John Koegel - musicology
Katherine Powers - musicology
Katherine Reed - musicology
Vivianne Asturizaga
- musicology
Heather Moore
- musicology
Charles Sharp* - ethnomusicology
Matthew Thomas* - musicology
STRINGS
Kimo Furumoto - Director of Orchestral Studies; University Symphony Orchestra conductor
Bongshin Ko - cello
Ernest Salem - violin
Jonah Sirota* – viola (website)
Ellie Choate* - harp
Gary Hung* - strings
Brian Johnson* - double bass
Ben Ullery* - viola
THEORY AND COMPOSITION
Pamela Madsen - composition, theory
Ken Walicki - composition, theory
Aiyana Braun* - theory
Jason Callaghan* - theory
Eric Dries* - theory (website)
Füreya Ünal* - theory
VOCAL / CHORAL / OPERA
Robert Istad - Director of Choral Studies; University Singers
Kerry Jennings
- Director of Opera, academic voice courses
Christopher Peterson - CSUF Concert Choir and Singing Titans conductor
Joni Prado
- voice, academic voice courses
Dr. Kerry Jennings
-
Vocal Area Coordinator
Robert MacNeil* voice
Krystle Menendez* - voice
Kimberly Nason* - voice, choral and Titan Voices conductor
Mark Salters* - opera
Susan Montgomery* - voice
James Martin Schaefer* - voice (website
)
Courtney Taylor* - voice
WINDS / BRASS / PERCUSSION
Dustin Barr - Director of Wind Band Studies; University Wind Symphony, and University Band conductor
Gregory X. Whitmore -
University Symphonic Winds
conductor
Woodwinds
Jean Ferrandis - flute
Boris Allakhverdyan* - clarinet (website
)
John Hallberg* - saxophone
Rong‐Huey Liu* - oboe (website
)
Andrew Lowy * - Clarinet (website)
William May* - bassoon
Michael Yoshimi* Clarinet (website)
Damon Zick* - saxophone
(
YouTube
)
Brass
Sycil Mathai - trumpet
Warren Gref* - horn
Michael Hoffman* - trombone
David Holben* - tuba (website
)
Phil Keen* - trombone and euphonium
Steven Mahpar* - horn (YouTube
)
Robert Sanders* - trombone (website
)
Percussion
Rodolfo Zuniga - Drum-Set
Raymond Llewellyn* - percussion
Kenneth McGrath* - percussion (l.a. philharmonic website
)
Robert Slack* - percussion (website
)
*denotes part-time faculty
