Faculty
Regular Faculty
David Kasunic, chair
Associate Professor
B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Irene Girton
Professor
B.Mus., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Shanna Lorenz
Associate Professor
B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., New York University
Adam Schoenberg
Associate Professor
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School
On Special Appointment
Joe Addington
Non-Tenure Track Afro-Cuban Drumming Instructor
Director of the Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble
Jongnic Bontemps
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music Production
B.A., Yale University
Jongnic Bontemps
Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Music Production
B.A., Yale University
Stephen Cabell
Non-Tenure Track Instructor
B.M., The Curtis Institute; M.M., The Juilliard School
Shawn Costantino
Non-Tenure Track Instructor
Director of the Occidental Jazz Ensemble
B.Mus., Studio Music and Jazz, University of Miami; M.M., Jazz Studies, De Paul University
Max Foreman
Andrew G. Mellon Professor of the Practice in Music
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Edmond Johnson
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Director of Advising
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Chris Kim
Director of Instrumental Activities
B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Desiree La Vertu
Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor
Director of Choral and Vocal Activities
B.Mus., California State University, Fullerton; M.M. University of Nevada, Reno
Dina Ormenyi
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Piano Instructor
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Fabio Paolizzo
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Audio/Music/Sound Engineering
B.A., M.A., Tor Vergata University of Rome; Ph.D., University of Kent
G. Simeon Pillich
Non-Tenure Track Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles