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
