Beginning in 1992, when his group New Klezmer Trio “kicked open the door for radical experiments with Ashkenazi roots music” (SF Chronicle), clarinetist Ben Goldberg has established himself as “one of the most vibrant, flexible, and inventive clarinetists in jazz and improvised music” (...Read more about Ben Goldberg
Carla Shapreau is the Curator of the Ansley K. Salz Collection of Stringed Instruments. She brings to this position a background of violin making, restoration, and service as a member of the non-profit American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, the Violin Society of America, the International...Read more about Carla Shapreau
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
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,
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.
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...Read more about Jeremy Wagner
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...Read more about Jon Yu
Lecturer: Musicianship, Teacher Special Program: Oboe
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Juliana is an oboist, chamber and orchestra musician, and improviser. She has performed with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de Colombia, and the Ópera al Parque Festival in Colombia. Since moving to the US, she has performed with...Read more about Juliana Gaona Villamizar
Lecturer, Teacher Special Program, Balinese Gamelan
Lisa Gold teaches ethnomusicology lecture courses and directs the Balinese Gamelan program in the department where she earned her Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, with a specialization in Balinese music in ritual & theater, gamelan gender wayang, and shadow puppetry. Her research...Read more about Lisa Gold
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...Read more about Melanie Acosta
Renowned Central Javanese musician and puppet master (dhalang) Ki Midiyanto, teaches and performs as Lecturer and Co-Director of Gamelan Sari Raras at University of California, Berkeley, and also as guest artist and instructor throughout the U.S., Indonesia, and internationally.
Born and raised in Mexico City, where he started playing professionally in 1990. He moved to Boston Mass. in 1995 and attended the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in the summer of 1999, with a major in Performance. Some of his teachers included Oscar Stagnaro, Rich Appleman,...Read more about Saul Sierra-Alonso