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
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
Fei-Lin Hsiao, program director for the San Francisco Campus (on leave, fall 2026)
Karen Moran, San Francisco Campus
Eric Waldon, program director
Maya Zebley, San Francisco Campus
Monica Adams, collaborative pianist
Patricia Grimm, collaborative pianist
Sabine Klein, collaborative pianist
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
Brittany Trotter, program director/flute
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe, English horn
Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon
Ricardo Martinez, saxophone
Brooke Miller, clarinet
Monica Adams
Assistant Professor of Practice
Collaborative Pianist
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
Stockton
Hendel Almetus
Assistant Professor of Practice
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
Stockton
Ruth Brittin
Professor
Program Director for Music Education
- Conservatory of Music
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
- Faculty
- Benerd College
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
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
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
Fei-Lin Hsiao
Associate Professor
Program Director for Music Therapy, San Francisco Campus
- Conservatory of Music
- Faculty
- Conservatory Leadership & Staff
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
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
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
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
