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Jon Yu

Jon Yu is a Taiwanese-American composer whose works explore notions of ritual, utility, and excess. His music has been performed internationally by ensembles and soloists such as Mivos Quartet, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Wet Ink Ensemble, AuditivVokal Dresden, Eco Ensemble, Earplay, AsianArt Ensemble, haegeum player Soo Yeon Lyuh, and percussionist Oded Geizhals. His music has been … Continue Reading »

David H. Miller

I am a musicologist and performing musician, and I teach in the Department of Music as well as the American Studies program. I hold a B.A. in music from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in musicology from Cornell University. My research focuses on modernist music, particularly that of Anton Webern, and its performance and reception … Continue Reading »

Melanie Acosta

Melanie Acosta is a Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Arts degree in Music Therapy from New York University. Clinically, Melanie has provided Music Therapy in a variety of different settings including work with individuals with various neurodevelopmental and communication disorders, … Continue Reading »

Brian Bond

Brian Bond received his PhD in ethnomusicology from The Graduate Center, City University of New York. His current ethnographic monograph project Singing Islam: Sindhi Sufi Music, Affect, and Interreligious Relations in the India-Pakistan Borderlands builds on a year and a half of research with performers of Sindhi-language Sufi music in Kachchh, Gujarat between 2014-2018, including vocal … Continue Reading »

Jeremy Wagner

Jeremy Wagner is a composer, performer and sound designer based in the Bay Area.  Since 2016 he has served on the staff of the Center for New Music & Audio Technologies (CNMAT) at UC Berkeley, where he currently serves as Research Composer and Technical Director.  He supports CNMAT’s research, pedagogy and performances, maintains CNMAT’s software legacy, mentors graduate … Continue Reading »

Matthew Sadowski

Matthew Sadowski has served as Director of Bands at UC Berkeley since 2018. In this capacity, he directs and conducts the University of California Marching Band and Wind Ensemble programs, teaches leadership and arts administration skills, and serves on the Music Department’s Undergraduate Committee. He is proud to have mentored and premiered the works of … Continue Reading »

Jean Ahn

Born in Korea, Jean Ahn finished her B.A. and M.M. at Seoul National University and Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. Her creative output includes works ranging from solo instruments to full orchestra, as well as choral, dance and electroacoustic music. She received First Prize at the Renée Fisher Competition and the Sejong Korean Music Competition as … Continue Reading »

Christine Brandes

Following a distinguished international singing career during which she was acclaimed for her radiant, crystalline voice and superb musicianship across a broad repertoire, Christine Brandes takes to the podium as conductor and garners praise for performances in the opera house and on the symphony stage. A 2021-22 fellow of the Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors, Christine … Continue Reading »

Edmund Mendelssohn

Edmund Mendelssohn’s research focuses on music and philosophy in Europe and the United States from 1800 to the present, with particular emphasis on modernism and French poststructuralism. His first book, White Musical Mythologies: Sonic Presence in Modernism (Stanford University Press, 2023) is a study of four twentieth-century composers (Satie, Varèse, Boulez, and Cage) alongside contemporaneous philosophies of “presence” … Continue Reading »