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 for Voice

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

Monica Adams, choral director

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

Peter Witte

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

Eric Waldon, Program Director

Fei-Lin Hsiao, San Francisco Program Director

Casie Little

Karen Moran, San Francisco Campus

Vienna Sa

Maya Zebley, San Francisco Campus

Sonia Leong, Program Director

Natsuki Fukasawa

Patricia Grimm, Collaborative Pianist 

Sabine Klein, Collaborative Pianist

Margaret Perry

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

Eric Dudley

James Haffner (fall 2024 sabbatical)

Heidi Moss Erickson

Emma Wade

Brittany Trotter, Program Director/flute

Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon

Kyle Bruckmann, oboe

Ricardo Martinez, saxophone

Patricia Shands, clarinet

 

Faculty in alphabetical order

Monica Adams

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

Sarah Almetus

Lecturer in Music Education
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Hendel Almetus

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

Jeff Crawford

Assistant Professor of Practice
Studio Manager in Music Management & Music Industries Studies
  • 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

Natsuki Fukasawa

Lecturer, Piano
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Melissa Fulkerson

Lecturer, Jazz Studies
  • 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 Practice, 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

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

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

Sonia Leong

Associate Professor of Practice
Program Director of Piano
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
  • Conservatory Leadership & Staff
Stockton

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
  • 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

Leonard Ott

Associate Professor of Practice
  • 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

Alexander Reyes

  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Vienna Sa

Lecturer in Music Therapy
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Valerie Sainte-Agathe

Visiting Lecturer
Choral Conductor
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
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Kathryn Schulmeister

Assistant Professor of Practice in String Bass
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton

Patricia Shands

Professor
  • 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

Kumi Uyeda

Lecturer in Music History
  • Conservatory of Music
  • Faculty
Stockton