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    Emily Barger

    Email: ebarger@ucsd.edu 

    M.M. in Vocal Performance, State University of New York at Buffalo

    B.A. State University College at Buffalo

    Emphasis: Performance - Voice

  • Marguerite Brown

    Marguerite Brown

    Email: mlb001@ucsd.edu 

    B.M. Cornish College of the Arts 

    M.A. University of California Santa Cruz 

    Emphasis: Composition

    Marguerite Brown (b. 1990) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist who explores new mediums, forms, and performance practices with an emphasis on unorthodox approaches to tuning and temperament. In her compositions, algorithms often provide a framework for indeterminate parameters to unfold, where freedom of performer interpretation can contribute to a shared sense of vision.

  • Emir Chacra

    Emir Chacra

    Email: echacra@ucsd.edu 

    MSc in Applied Mathematics, Universidad de Chile

    Emphasis: Computer Music 

    Electronic music production and mixing. Audio effects, virtual analog, and physical audio modeling.

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  • Anita Chandavarker

    Anita Chandavarker

    Email: achandavarkar@ucsd.edu

    Emphasis: Performance, Flute

  • Julia Anne Cordani

    Julia Anne Cordani

    Email: jcordani@ucsd.edu (She/Her/Hers)

    M.M. in Voice Performance, State University of New York at Buffalo

    B.A. in Linguistics, State University of New York at Buffalo

    B.M. in Voice Performance, State University of New York at Buffalo

    Emphasis: Performance - Voice

    Contemporary vocal trailblazer Julia Anne Cordani “creates an intense crossfire” in the artistic world (Frank Housh). Described as “a clear, sparkling delight” by Buffalo Rising and “dazzling and sweeping” by Cleveland Classical, she is a respected interpreter of new vocal music. Her scholarship is ingrained into her performance practice, and investigates the relationships between virtuosity, body/embodiment, and dramaturgy in recent vocal art music.

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  • Andrew Crapitto

    Andrew Crapitto

    Email: acrapitto@ucsd.edu

    Emphasis: Performance, Bass

  • Daniel Cui

    Daniel Cui

    Email: d1cui@ucsd.edu (He/Him/His)

    M.M. in Composition, Indiana University Bloomington

    B.M. in Composition, University of Sydney

    Emphasis: Composition

    My research interest is not really clear at the moment, but I do hope to research more about the history of politics, especially the ones evolving in the recent 100 years or so. I am also interested in researching the connection between food and sound. As a big foodie myself, it would be very fun to make music about food, but in a way that has some scientific foundations. 

     

  • Jordan Davidson

    Jordan Davidson

    Email: jedavidson@ucsd.edu

    Emphasis: Integrative Studies

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    Ana Diaz de Cossio

    Email: adiazdecossio@ucsd.edu

    M.M. in Compositions & Performance, Listaháskóli Íslands

    M.M. in Violin Performance, The Boston Conservatory

    B.M. in Violin Performance, Universidad Autonoma De Baja California

    Emphasis: Integrative Studies

     

     

     

  • Wesley Fowler

    Wesley Fowler

    Email: wfowler@ucsd.edu

    M.M. in Contempory Classical Music Performance, The Boston Conservatory

    B.M. in Percussion Performance, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

    Emphasis: Performance - Percussion

    Wesley Fowler is a percussionist driven by artistic husbandry. Through commission projects, music education, administrative tinkering, and audio/video production, his research and mission seeks to give generously to the community. He specializes in contemporary percussion education and performance, and is currently a doctoral student and instructional assistant at the University of California San Diego studying with Steve Schick. Now settled in San Diego, he is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He previously served as the Director of Music at Austin Preparatory School in Reading, MA, overseeing their instrumental and vocal music program, and as the manager of Performance Technology at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, producing audio/visual services for over 680 annual performances and events. Wesley teaches percussion, piano, music theory, filmmaking, technical theater production, and is an instructor at Belle Melodie Music Art School. He was a featured soloist with the Plymouth Philharmonic, and has performed alongside other ensembles such as the Bang on A Can All-Stars, Nief-Norf, Charles River Wind Ensemble, Boston New Music Initiative, Ensemble Knox, and more. When he’s not making music, he’s probably covered in flour in his kitchen working on a new recipe to share.



  • Timothy Gmeiner

    Timothy Gmeiner

    Email: tgmeiner@ucsd.edu (he/him/his)

    BA in ICAM-Music, UC-San Diego

    Emphasis: Computer Music

    Primary focus on audiovisual relationships in virtual and physical spaces. Current projects and collaborations explore correlations between synesthesia, imagination and memory through spatialized, interactive, narrative-based linear and non-linear compositions in virtual reality, audiovisual live performance and large-scale real-time reactive installations in two-dimensional projection and three-dimensional dome spaces. 

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  • Joy Guidry

    Joy Guidry

    Email: cguidry@ucsd.edu (they, them)

    B.M. Bassoon Performance, Peabody Conservatory 

    Emphasis: Integrative Studies

    I am researching the history of Black trauma globally and how it has influenced Black artistry through out time.

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  • Yifan Guo

    Yifan Guo

    Email: yig020@ucsd.edu

    B.M. in Composition, Mannes School of Music

    M.M. in Composition, New England Conservatory of Music

    Emphasis: Composition

    My recent interests lie in exploring multidimensional music perception experiences, employing both sonic and non-sonic elements in performance to convey profound artistic expressions. This has led me to focus on compositional practices in music theater, instrumental electronic music, intermedia performance, and other innovative stage works.

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  • Jose Hernandez Lopez

    Jose Hernandez Lopez

    Email: jhernnndezlpez@ucsd.edu 

    Emphasis: Composition 

  • Akari Komura

    Akari Komura

    Email: akomura@ucsd.edu (she/her)

    M.M. in Composition, University of Michigan

    B.A. in Vocal Arts, University of California Irvine

    Emphasis: Composition

    My works center around contemplative engagement with listening and soundmaking. I am interested in facilitating a participatory performance space that invites both musicians and listeners for a collective ritualistic experience. My compositional approach is oriented toward transforming the everyday perception of the sonic environment. Text-based scores are also integral to my practice informed by composers involved in Fluxus, Deep Listening, and acoustic ecology.

  • James Koo

    James Koo

    Email: yukoo@ucsd.edu (He/Him/His)

    M.M. in Percussion Performance, Chamber Music, Graduate Certificate in World Performance Studies, University of Michigan

    B.M. in Percussion Performance, The Boston Conservatory

    Emphasis: Performance - Percussion

    James Koo is a dedicated percussionist specializing in contemporary music through
    his background in Traditional Chinese percussion. His performances and recordings,
    recognized by PSNY, have received multiple awards. In 2023, he won the concerto
    competition at the University of Michigan and the Eugene Bossart Prize, showcasing
    the Chen Yi Percussion Concerto with the University Symphony Orchestra. That same
    year, he shared elements from his clinic 鼓樂 | Gǔ Yùe at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). His work includes award-winning recordings of Trans and Dialectal Percussions by composer Lei Liang, as well as performances with groups such as Ensemble Intercontemporain and The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. He has also worked alongside Grammy award-winning artist Kaoru Watanabe of the Silk Road Ensemble. More recent collaborations include performances with drummer Michael Gould and folk-contemporary dancer Jay Peng Zhang. In 2024, he is set to compete in this year's edition of the TROMP International music festival/competition along with a further collaboration with Chinese dance theorist and choreographer Dr. Fang Fei Miao.

    Originally from Hong Kong, James began studying traditional Chinese percussion at
    the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He graduated from The Boston Conservatory in 2022 with a Bachelors of Music in Percussion Performance. Recently, he earned his Master's degrees in Percussion Performance and Chamber Music, along with a Graduate Certificate in World Performance Studies, from the University of Michigan (SMTD).

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    William Kuo

    Email: w2kuo@ucsd.edu

    M.M. in Composition, Conservatoire de musique de Montreal

    B.M. in Composition, McGill University

    Emphasis: Inter-Area (Composition/Computer Music)

     

  • Alissa Liu

    Alissa Liu

    Email: all041@ucsd.edu (she, her)

    B.A. in Music Technology and Production, Oregon State University 

    B.A. in Managerial Economics, Oregon State University

    Emphasis: Integrative Studies

    East Asian/Asian American Studies, Transnationalism, critical race and gender theory, global popular music industries and production
  • Natalia Merlano Gómez

    Natalia Merlano Gómez

    Email: nmerlanogomez@ucsd.edu (she, her, ella)

    M.A. Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende; Kunst Stuttgart, Germany

    B.A. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas; Bogotá, Colombia

    Emphasis: Performance

    Experimental music, worldwide folk music, especially from Latin America, improvisation-creation, graphical notation, explorations with electronic devices, extended vocal sounds, relations between sounds and meaning, collaborative work with other artists, interdisciplinary practices; theatrical performance and explorations around video and photography.

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    Josh Mitchell

    Email: jom052@ucsd.edu

    M.A. Music, Science, and Technology, Stanford University

    B.S. in Physics, Santa Clara University

    B.A. in Music, Santa Clara University

    Empahsis: Computer Music

     

     

  • Lyra Montoya

    Lyra Montoya

    Email: l1montoya@ucsd.edu (she, her)

    M.M. in Contemporary Improvisation, New England Conservatory 

    B.A. in Music, University of Colorado Boulder

    Emphasis: Integrative Studies

    Lyra is a woodwinds specialist, composer and performer. Her work explores the intersections of identity and positionality through mixes of Music notation and improvisation, and how performance practice and musical concept reflect the priorities of the performance event.
  • Amir Norouz Nasseri

    Amir Norouz Nasseri

    Email: anorouznasseri@ucsd.edu 

    M.M. University of Maryland

    B.M. Tehran University 

    Emphasis: Performance 

    Just Intonation, Modular Model Compositional Technique, Marxist theory's implications for the music industry

     

  • Myles Ortiz-Green

    Myles Ortiz-Green

    Email: mortizgreen@ucsd.edu 

    Emphasis: Computer Music

  • Stefanie Quintin

    Stefanie Quintin

    Email: squintin@ucsd.edu

    Emphasis: Performance, Voice

  • Carlos F. Rosas Coronado

    Carlos F. Rosas Coronado

    Email: crosascoronado@ucsd.edu 

    M.M. Conservatorium van Amsterdam

    Emphasis: Performance, Oboe

    Sound in pictures

  • Rose (Qianyi) Sun

    Rose (Qianyi) Sun

    Email: qis003@ucsd.edu (She/Her/Hers)

    M.S. in Music Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology

    B.S. in Music Technology conc. ECE Signal Processing, Georgia Institute of Technology

    Emphasis: Computer Music

    Rose works at the intersection of computational musicology, music cognition, and artificial intelligence, with a mission to make creative practices more inclusive. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Music Technology from Georgia Tech. Her current research centers on developing interpretable evaluation metrics for AI-generated music, drawing from principles in music theory and perception. As a traditional Chinese Guqin player, Rose loves to explore how technology can facilitate the composition and consumption of understudied music traditions. She is also a flautist with a repertoire in classical, rock and pop, and  experimental music.

  • Yin Hsuan Tai (Heidi)

    Yin Hsuan Tai (Heidi)

    Email: ytai@ucsd.edu 

    Emphasis: Integrative Studies 

  • Brian Tice

    Brian Tice

    Email: btice@ucsd.edu

    Emphasis: Computer Music

  • Camilo Zamudio

    Camilo Zamudio

    Email: hzamudio@ucsd.edu

    Emphasis: Performance, Percussion

  • Yongyun Zhang

    Yongyun Zhang

    Email: yoz011@ucsd.edu

    M.M. University of Washington

    B.M. College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati 

    Emphasis: Performance, Percussion

    Percussion performance and cross-cultural musical expressions

     

  • Haihui Zhang

    Haihui Zhang

    Email: haz079@ucsd.edu

    Emphasis: Composition

  • Han Zhang

    Han Zhang

    Email: haz074@ucsd.edu

    Emphasis: Computer Music

  • Adam Zuckerman

    Adam Zuckerman

    Email: adzuckerman@ucsd.edu (he, him)

    M.F.A. Experimental Sound Practices, California Institute of the Arts

    B.M. Music Composition, Bard College and Conservatory of Music 

    B.A. Ancient Greek, Bard College and Conservatory of Music 

    Emphasis: Composition

    Adam is a musician engaged in the creation of scores, recordings, performances, and installations. He is interested in music’s capacity to shape experiences of time and memory, condition the perceptual limits of change and difference, shift the intangible atmosphere of a space, and reframe the incidental sounds and experiences of everyday life. His music attempts to explore these capacities as it also holds open an immersive space for listening, reflection, and imagination.

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