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Daniel Dávila
Popular Music
Jonathan Feldman
Keyboard Studies
Victoria Kirsch
Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Andy Abad
Popular Music
Tara Aesquivel
Arts Leadership
Andrae Alexander
Music Industry
Christian Amonson
Music Technology; Screen Scoring
Helane Anderson
Arts Leadership
Amy Andersson
Screen Scoring
Pete Anthony
Screen Scoring
David Arnay
Piano
Jazz Studies
Michael Arrom
Popular Music
Camae Ayewa (Dennis)
Composition
Jonathan Azu
Music Industry
James Babor
Percussion
Winds & Percussion
Lina Bahn
Violin
Strings
Crystal Barron
Popular Music
Mark Batson
Popular Music
Steven Becknell
French Horn
Winds & Percussion
Amy Blackman
Music Industry
Bernadene Blaha
Keyboard Studies
Bobby Borg
Music Industry
Haleigh Bowers
Popular Music
Jeffrey Brabec
Music Industry
Todd Brabec
Music Industry
Benjamin Brecher
Vocal Arts & Opera
Jon Burlingame
Screen Scoring
Dan Caputo
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Lucinda Carver
Keyboard Studies; Early Music; Conducting
Ken Cazan
Vocal Arts & Opera
Martin Chalifour
Violin
Strings
Gerald Clayton
Piano
Jazz Studies
William Coppola
Music Teaching & Learning
León F. García Corona
Musicology
Angelica Cortez
Arts Leadership
Jeanine Cowen
Screen Scoring
Terry S. Cravens
Trombone
Winds & Percussion
Donald Crockett
Composition
Jane Davidson
Music Industry
Adam del Monte
Studio Guitar
Joanna Demers
Musicology
Lot Demeyer
Baroque oboe
Early Music
Neal Desby
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Glenn Dicterow
Violin
Strings
Karen Dreyfus
Viola
Strings
Maxine Eilander
Historical Harp
Early Music
Kevin Fitz-Gerald
Keyboard Studies; Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Bruce Forman
Studio Guitar; Jazz Guitar
Jeremy Frank
Vocal Arts & Opera
Michael Garcia, CVE
Music Industry
Yehuda Gilad
Clarinet
Winds & Percussion
Rotem Gilbert
Recorder, historical double reeds
Early Music; Musicology
Adam Knight Gilbert
Recorder, historical double reeds
Early Music; Musicology
Jason Goldman
Saxophone
Jazz Studies
Kathleen Grace
Vocal Arts
Jazz Studies
Cristian Grases
Choral Music; Conducting
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Tim Greiving
Musicology
Charles Gutierrez
Music Technology
Alex Hahn
Saxophone
Jazz Studies
Tom Hall
Music Technology
Jon Hatamiya
Trombone
Jazz Studies
Brian Head
Classical Guitar; Composition / Theory & Analysis
Ted Hearne
Composition
Lynn Helding
Vocal Arts & Opera
Sean Holt
Popular Music; Music Technology
Ben Hong
Cello
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Strings
Thomas Hooten
Trumpet
Winds & Percussion
David Howard
Clarinet
Winds & Percussion
Ashlin Hunter
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Elizabeth Hynes
Vocal Arts & Opera
Beatriz Ilari
Music Teaching & Learning
Lyndia Johnson
Popular Music
Jeffrey Kahane
Keyboard Studies
Michael Kaminsky
Music Industry
Jennifer Kampani
Early Music Performance
William Kanengiser
Classical Guitar
Catherine Karoly
Flute
Winds & Percussion
Will Kennedy
Popular Music, Jazz Studies
Jason King
Ralph Kirshbaum
Cello
Strings
Patrick Kirst
Screen Scoring
Tim Kobza
Popular Music; Studio Guitar
Veronika Krausas
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Marion Arthur Kuszyk
Oboe
Winds & Percussion
Julie Landsman
French Horn
Winds & Percussion
Sharon Lavery
Conducting
Derrick Lawrence
Vocal Arts & Opera
Yura Lee
Viola
Strings
Andrew Leff
Music Industry
Larry J. Livingston
Conducting
Edwin Livingston
Bass
Jazz Studies
Sal Lozano
Saxophone
Winds & Percussion
Kevin Lyman
Music Industry
Brian Malouf
Music Technology; Music Industry
Jennifer Marotta
Trumpet
Winds & Percussion
Candice D. Mattio
Music Teaching & Learning
Michael McCuistion
Screen Scoring
Ronald C. McCurdy
Trumpet
Jazz Studies
Brent McMunn
Vocal Arts & Opera
Ryan McWilliams
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Loren Medina
Music Industry
Vince Mendoza
Composition
Jazz Studies
Michael Mennell
Popular Music
Molly Miller
Studio Guitar; Popular Music
David Allen Moore
Bass
Strings
Heather Moore
Musicology
Leah Morrison
Musicology
Shawn Mouser
Bassoon
Winds & Percussion
Josh Nelson
Piano
Jazz Studies
Alex Nickson
Music Industry
Andrew Norman
Composition
Sean Nye
Musicology
Darek Oles
Bass
Jazz Studies
Sung-Hwa Park
Keyboard Studies
Natasha Pasternak
Popular Music
Clarence Penn
Percussion
Jazz Studies
Joseph Pereira
Percussion
Winds & Percussion
Antoinette Perry
Keyboard Studies
Doug Petty
Music Technology, Popular Music
Eric Pham
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Greg Phillinganes
Popular Music
Stephen Pierce
Keyboard Studies
Joe Poindexter
Music Industry
Daniel Pollack
Keyboard Studies
Troy Quinn
Conducting
Kevin Randolph
Popular Music
Sophie Reeves
Music Industry
Bob Reynolds
Saxophone
Jazz Studies
Cherry Rhodes
Organ Studies
Lolita Ritmanis
Screen Scoring
Pepe Romero
Classical Guitar
Chris Rozé
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Otmaro Ruiz
Piano
Jazz Studies
Rick Schmunk
Music Technology
Garry Schyman
Screen Scoring
Aarón Serfaty
Percussion
Jazz Studies
Lawrence Shragge
Screen Scoring
Andrew Shulman
Cello
Strings
Nate Sloan
Musicology
Richard Smith
Studio Guitar
Michael “Smidi” Smith
Music Technology
Luciana Souza
Jazz voice
Jazz Studies
Tram Sparks
Choral Music; Conducting
Scott Spencer
Musicology
Carl St.Clair
Conducting
Ken Stacey
Popular Music
Michael Stever
Trumpet
Jazz Studies
Nick Stoubis
Studio Guitar; Popular Music
Emily Sung
Choral Music
Jacob Sustaita
Conducting
Lisa Sylvester
Vocal Arts & Opera
Scott Tennant
Classical Guitar
Katie Thiroux
Bass, jazz voice
Jazz Studies
Ladd Thomas
Organ Studies
Doug Tornquist
Tuba
Winds & Percussion
Thanh Tran
Music Technology; Screen Scoring
Steve Trovato
Studio Guitar; Popular Music
Cynthia Tucker
Music Industry
JoAnn Turovsky
Harp
Strings
Wyann Vaughn
Music
Lisa Cooper Vest
Musicology
Jacob Vogel
Winds & Percussion; Music Teaching & Learning
Bing Wang
Violin
Strings
Mark Weiser
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Richard Wolf
Music Industry
Lindsay Wolfington
Music Industry
Seth Parker Woods
Cello
Strings
Jason Yoshida
Lutes, historical guitars
Early Music
Christopher Young
Screen Scoring
Marek Zebrowski
Polish Music Center

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