The Conservatory of Music administrative offices are located in Faye Spanos Concert Hall on the Stockton Campus.
Contact: 209.946.2415 or conservatory@pacific.edu
Conservatory leadership and staff
Ruth Brittin, Program Director for Music Education
Kyle Bruckmann, Program Director of Chamber Music
Andrew Conklin, Program Director of Music Composition
Breanna Daley, Ensemble Librarian
Daniel Ebbers, Program Director in Vocal Performance
Kim Girardi, Admin. Assistant II
Sadie Glass, Program Director of Brass and Percussion
James Haffner, Director for Pacific Opera Theatre
Veronica Henderson, Retention Specialist
Fei-Lin Hsiao, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Yvette Khan, Assistant Dean for Development for the Conservatory of Music
Nicolasa Kuster, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Patrick Langham, Program Director for Jazz Studies
Jonathan Latta, Program Director of Ensembles
Sonia Leong, Program Director of Piano
Sylwia Lipiec-Qualls, Executive Assistant to Dean
Andrew Mell, Director of Operations
Ann Miller, Program Director for Strings
Frederick Peterbark, Assistant Dean of Conservatory Admissions
Benom Plumb, Program Director for Music Industry Studies & Music Management
Katy Pruitt, Conservatory Embedded Therapist
Melissa Riley, Budget Manager
Brittany Trotter, Program Director of Woodwinds
Eric Waldon, Program Director for Music Therapy
Sarah Waltz, Program Director for Music History
Peter Witte, Dean, Conservatory of Music
Faculty by area of study
Sadie Glass, Program Director/horn
Bruce Chrisp, low brass
Jonathan Latta, percussion
Leonard Ott, trumpet
Kyle Bruckmann, Program Director of Varied Ensembles
Jonathan Latta, Program Director of Ensembles
Eric Dudley, voice and opera
James Haffner, opera theatre (fall 2024 sabbatical)
Patrick Langham, Jazz
Vu Nguyen, bands
Valérie Sainte-Agathe, 2024 choral director
Tito Talamantes, Mariachi de Pacific
Emma Wade, opera theatre
Ash Walker, 2024 choral director
Patrick Langham, Program Director/saxophone
Sean Britt, guitar
Jamie Dubberly, brass
Melissa Fulkerson, voice
Aaron Garner, piano
Brian Kendrick, percussion
Joseph Mazzaferro, Associate Director/trumpet
Andrew Mell, bass
Ruth V. Brittin, Program Director
Shane Kalbach (spring semester)
Eric Waldon, Program Director
Fei-Lin Hsiao, San Francisco Program Director
Karen Moran, San Francisco Campus
Maya Zebley, San Francisco Campus
Sonia Leong, Program Director
Patricia Grimm, Collaborative Pianist
Sabine Klein, Collaborative Pianist
Monica Adams, Collaborative Pianist
Ann Miller, Program Director/violin
Guy Powell, guitar
Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
Igor Veligan, violin/viola
Vicky Wang, cello
Daniel Ebbers, Program Director
James Haffner (fall 2024 sabbatical)
Brittany Trotter, Program Director/flute
Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Ricardo Martinez, saxophone
Patricia Shands, clarinet
Monica Adams
Assistant Professor of Practice
Collaborative Pianist
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Hendel Almetus
Assistant Professor of Practice
Coordinator of Pacific Community Music School
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Ruth Brittin
Professor
Program Director for Music Education
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- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Kyle Bruckmann
Assistant Professor of Practice
Program Director of Chamber Music
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Bruce Chrisp
Associate Professor of Practice
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Andrew Conklin
Associate Professor
Program Director of Music Composition
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- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Jeff Crawford
Assistant Professor of Practice
Studio Manager in Music Management & Music Industries Studies
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James Dubberly
Assistant Professor of Practice
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Eric Dudley
Associate Professor of Voice, Conductor/Coach
Coach/Conductor of Pacific’s Opera Theatre
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Daniel Ebbers
Professor
Program Director for Voice
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- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Sadie Glass
Assistant Professor of Practice, Horn
Program Director of Brass and Percussion
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- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Eric Griffin
Lecturer in Music Management & Music Industry Studies
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Patricia Grimm
Assistant Professor of Practice
Collaborative Pianist
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
Stockton
James Haffner
Professor
Director for Pacific Opera Theatre
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- Faculty
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton
Fei-Lin Hsiao
Associate Professor
Program Director for Music Therapy, San Francisco Campus
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- Faculty
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Sabine Klein
Assistant Professor of Practice
Collaborative Pianist
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
Stockton
Nicolasa Kuster
Professor
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
- Conservatory of Music
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
- Faculty
Stockton
Patrick Langham
Professor
Program Director for Jazz Studies
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- Faculty
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Jonathan Latta
Associate Professor of Practice in Percussion
Program Director of Ensembles
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- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Sonia Leong
Associate Professor of Practice
Program Director of Piano
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- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Sylwia Lipiec-Qualls
Executive Assistant to Dean
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton
Casie Little
Assistant Professor of Practice
Coordinator of Music Therapy and Experiential Learning
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
Stockton
Ricardo Martinez
Assistant Professor of Practice
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
Stockton
Joe Mazzaferro
Associate Professor of Practice in Jazz
Associate Director of Jazz Studies
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
Stockton
Andrew Mell
Director of Operations
Assistant Professor of Practice in Jazz and Music Industry Studies
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- Faculty
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Ann Miller
Professor
Program Director for Strings
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- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Karen Moran
Assistant Professor of Practice
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San Francisco
Vu Nguyen
Associate Professor of Music
Director of Bands
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Margaret Perry
Associate Professor of Practice
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- Faculty
Stockton
Benom Plumb
Associate Professor
Program Director for Music Industry Studies & Music Management
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- Faculty
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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Kathryn Schulmeister
Assistant Professor of Practice in String Bass
- Conservatory of Music
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Joshua Smotherman
Lecturer in Music Management & Music Industry Studies
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
Stockton
Luis Talamantes
Lecturer
Pacific Community Music School Instructor
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Stockton
Brittany Trotter
Assistant Professor of Flute
Program Director of Woodwinds
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- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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