Ben Goldberg
Lecturer, Jazz Studies
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
Candace Johnson
Director, Gospel Chorus; Vocal Instructor - Vocal Works of African American Composers
Carla Brunet
Musicianship & Music Therapy
Carla Shapreau
Specialist - Curator
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
CK Ladzekpo
Lecturer, African Music Ensemble
David H. Miller
Assistant Professor of Practice
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
...Read more about David H. MillerDavid Pereira
Senior Lecturer, Theory
Edmund Mendelssohn
Lecturer
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,
...Read more about Edmund MendelssohnFrancesco Spagnolo
Associate Adjunct Professor
Francesco Spagnolo is a multidisciplinary scholar focusing on Jewish studies, music and digital media. At the University of California, Berkeley, he is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of...Read more about Francesco Spagnolo
Jean Ahn
Lecturer
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...Read more about Jean Ahn
Jeremy Wagner
Music Perception & Cognition
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
Lecturer
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
Juliana Gaona Villamizar
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
Lisa Gold
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
Matthew Sadowski
Band and Wind Ensemble
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...Read more about Matthew Sadowski
Melanie Acosta
Music Therapist
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
Midiyanto
Lecturer, Indonesian Gamelan
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 in...Read more about Midiyanto
Robert Yamasato
Lecturer, Theory
Saul Sierra-Alonso
Latin American Music Ensemble
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
Sharon Lee Kim
Staff Pianist/Piano Coordinator/Choral Accompanist