Notable alumni

 

School of Music alumni include:

 

Gustavo Aguilar (MFA 98), percussionist; Phil Curtis (MFA 97), composer/electronics; and Nina Sun Eidsheim (MFA 01), mezzo-soprano—members of soNu

David Ake (MFA 87), jazz pianist, author, educator

Ralph Alessi (BFA 87, MFA 90), jazz trumpeter and electric bassist

James Carney (BFA 90), jazz pianist, composer

Gary Chang (MFA 77), film composer

Ravi Coltrane (BFA 90), saxophonist, composer, bandleader

Mark Coniglio (BFA 89), composer, multimedia artist

Kate Conklin (BFA 00, MFA 02), soprano

Pilar “Lady P.” Díaz (BFA 00), vocalist/songwriter

Dean Drummond (MFA 73), composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, instrument inventor

Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick (BFA 78, MFA 82), cellist; Amy Knoles (BFA 82), percussionist/composer; and Dorothy Stone (MFA 82), flutist—members of the California EAR Unit

Peter Epstein (BFA 92), saxophonist, composer, educator

Pedro Eustache (MFA 91), flutist, composer

Peter Garland (BFA 72), composer, author

Randy Gloss (MFA 97), Andrew Grueschow (BFA 96, MFA 99) and Austin Wrinkle (BFA 97, MFA 99), percussionists—members of Hands On’Semble

David Johnson (BFA 72), percussionist, and Pirayeh Pourafar (MFA 00), tar player, composer—members of Liän Ensemble

Brandon LaBelle (Music–Critical Studies MFA 98), sound artist, writer

Tom Lopez (MFA 93), composer, digital artist

Ani Maldijan (BFA 04), soprano

Arturo Marquez (MFA 90), composer

Peter Otto (MFA 83), music technologist, educator

Randall Packer (MFA 81), composer, media artist, author

Paula Rasmussen (BFA 87), mezzo-soprano

Douglas Repetto (MFA 97), composer, media and installation artist

Marina Rosenfeld (Music–Art MFA 94), composer, sound and installation artist

Adam Rudolph (MFA 88), composer, percussionist, bandleader

Sara Schoenbeck (MFA 99), bassoonist, improviser

Rand Steiger (MFA 82), composer, conductor, educator

John Steinmetz (BFA 72, MFA 74), bassoonist, author

Carl Stone (BFA 75), composer, computer music artist

Stephen Taylor (90), composer

Kubilay Üner (ACRT 91), film composer, multi-instrumentalist, instrument builder

Libby Van Cleve (MFA 84), oboist, author

Jack Vees (MFA 86), composer, bassist

Lois V Vierk (MFA 78), composer

Nedra Wheeler (BFA 87, MFA 89), bassist, educator

Todd Winkler (MFA 84), composer, multimedia artist

Marcelo Zarvos (BFA 92), pianist, composer

 

See more alumni and bios online at calarts.edu/music/alumni.