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

Flavio Araujo, Stage and Technical Director

Ruth Brittin, Program Director for Music Education

Kyle Bruckmann, Program Director of Chamber Music

Andrew Conklin, Program Director of Music Composition, Chair for Music Studies

Breanna Daley, Ensemble Librarian

Daniel Ebbers, Program Director for Voice

Kim Girardi, Admin. Assistant II

Sadie Glass, Program Director of Brass and Percussion

Veronica Henderson, Associate Director for Student Success

Fei-Lin Hsiao, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (on leave, fall 2026)

Yvette Khan, Assistant Dean for Development for the Conservatory of Music

Nicolasa Kuster, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Jonathan Latta, Program Director of Ensembles

Sylwia Lipiec-Qualls, Executive Assistant to Dean

Joe Mazzaferro, Interim Program Director for Jazz Studies

Andrew Mell, Director of Operations, Program Director for MIS/MMGT

Vu Nguyen, Chair for Music Performance Studies

Frederick Peterbark, Assistant Dean of Conservatory Admissions

Melissa Riley, Budget Manager

Kathryn Schulmeister, Program Director for Strings

Brittany Trotter, Program Director for Woodwinds

Eric Waldon, Program Director for Music Therapy

Sarah Waltz, Program Director for Music History & BA in Music

Peter Witte, Dean, Conservatory of Music

Faculty by area of study

Sadie Glass, program director/horn

Bruce Chrisp, trombone, euphonium

Brian Kemble, tuba

Alia Kuhnert, trumpet

Jonathan Latta, percussion

Kyle Bruckmann, program director of varied ensembles

Jonathan Latta, program director of ensembles

Eric Dudley, music director, opera/musical theatre

Brett Epperson, choirs

James Haffner, stage director, opera/musical theatre

Joe Mazzaferro, jazz ensembles

Vu Nguyen, wind bands

Kevin Suetterlin, orchestras

Tito Talamantes, Mariachi de Pacific

Peter Witte

Sean Britt, guitar

Jamie Dubberly, brass

Aaron Garner, piano

Brian Kendrick, percussion

Patrick Langham (on leave, fall 2026)

Joseph Mazzaferro, interim program director/trumpet

Andrew Mell, bass

Amanda Davis

Fei-Lin Hsiao, program director for the San Francisco Campus (on leave, fall 2026)

Karen Moran, San Francisco Campus

Vienna Sa

Eric Waldon, program director

Maya Zebley, San Francisco Campus

Monica Adams, collaborative pianist

Patricia Grimm, collaborative pianist

Sabine Klein, collaborative pianist

Margaret Perry

Aviva Hakanoglu, violin

DoYeon Kim, cello

Ann Miller, violin

Guy Powell, guitar

Kathryn Schulmeister, program director/double bass

Eric Dudley, music director, opera/musical theatre

Daniel Ebbers, program director

Brett Epperson, choirs

James Haffner, stage director, opera/musical theatre

Heidi Moss Erickson

Brittany Trotter, program director/flute

Kyle Bruckmann, oboe, English horn

Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon

Ricardo Martinez, saxophone

Brooke Miller, clarinet

 

Faculty in alphabetical order

Monica Adams

Assistant Professor of Practice
Collaborative Pianist
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Hendel Almetus

Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Sarah Almetus

Lecturer in Music Education
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Sean Britt

Lecturer in Jazz Guitar
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Ruth Brittin

Professor
Program Director for Music Education
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
  • Faculty
  • Benerd College
Stockton

Jelani Brown

Lecturer
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Kyle Bruckmann

Assistant Professor of Practice
Program Director of Chamber Music
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Bruce Chrisp

Associate Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Andrew Conklin

Associate Professor
Program Director for Music Composition
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Amanda Davis

Visiting Lecturer
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

James Dubberly

Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Eric Dudley

Associate Professor of Voice, Conductor/Coach
Coach/Conductor of Pacific’s Opera Theatre
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Daniel Ebbers

Professor
Program Director for Voice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Brett Epperson

Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Sonia Gaind-Krishnan

Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Aaron Garner

Lecturer, Jazz Studies
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Sadie Glass

Assistant Professor of Horn
Program Director of Brass and Percussion
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Eric Griffin

Lecturer in Music Management & Music Industry Studies
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Patricia Grimm

Assistant Professor of Practice
Collaborative Pianist
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

James Haffner

Professor
Director for Pacific Opera Theatre
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Aviva Hakanoglu

Assistant Professor of Violin
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Fei-Lin Hsiao

Associate Professor
Program Director for Music Therapy, San Francisco Campus
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Brian Kendrick

Associate Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Sabine Klein

Assistant Professor of Practice
Collaborative Pianist
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Alia Kuhnert

Assistant Professor of Practice in Trumpet
  • 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
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Jonathan Latta

Associate Professor of Practice in Percussion
Program Director of Ensembles
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Sylwia Lipiec-Qualls

Executive Assistant to Dean
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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

Assistant Professor of Practice in Jazz
Director of Operations
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Ann Miller

Professor
Program Director for Strings
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Karen Moran

Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
San Francisco

Heidi Moss Erickson

Assistant Professor of Voice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Vu Nguyen

Associate Professor of Music
Director of Bands
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Margaret Perry

Associate Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Benom Plumb

Associate Professor
Program Director for Music Industry Studies & Music Management
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Guy Powell

Lecturer in Guitar
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Vienna Sa

Lecturer in Music Therapy
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Kathryn Schulmeister

Assistant Professor of Practice in String Bass
Co-program Director for Strings
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Joshua Smotherman

Lecturer in Music Management & Music Industry Studies
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Luis Talamantes

Lecturer
Pacific Community Music School Instructor
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Brittany Trotter

Assistant Professor of Flute
Program Director of Woodwinds
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Eric Waldon

Professor
Program Director for Music Therapy
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
  • Faculty
Stockton

Nicolas Waldvogel

Professor
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Sarah Waltz

Professor
Program Director for Music History
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

Peter Witte

Dean, Conservatory of Music
Professor of Conducting
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
  • Faculty
Stockton

Eric Wood

Associate Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Maya Zebley

Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
San Francisco