YOUNG COMPOSERS MENTORING PROGRAM
This video features music by our composers
Jayleen Montoya, Chris Lee, Matteo Orenlas and Koa Fujimoto.
TECTONIC MERGERS: FRICTIONS IN MUSIC EDUCATION
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Formal music education remains regressive, focused on replication rather than innovation. Non-profits had stepped into the gap, embracing modern music-making and industry readiness. The pandemic’s tectonic shift to virtual creative technologies has disrupted both traditional and non-traditional teaching. Will virtual and non-traditional strategies connect these worlds post-pandemic? Will these disruptive additions help us merge into more pluralist instructional approaches?
Akira Nakano (Los Angeles Inception Orchestra)
David Sears (Grammy Foundation)
Frank Heuser (UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music)
Gigi Johnson (Maremel Institute, Center for Creative Futures)
MENTORS
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KEVORK ANDONIAN
Piano/Composer
August 17, 2020
November 7th Event
JACK ARON
Trumpet/Composer
Vice President
Music Education &
Music Technology
RIC BECKER
Trombones/Tuba
November 7th Event
November 14, 2020
January 30, 2021
AERALIE BRIGHTON
Vocals
October 10, 2020
LUCAS BROOKER
Guitar/Composer
Vice President
Jazz Studies &
Student Engagement
BRAD DUTZ
Percussion/Composer
December 12, 2020
February 6, 2021
Master Teacher
KAREN ELAINE
Viola
Executive Vice President
Master Teacher
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CHARLES FERNANDEZ
Composer
ASMAC
February 20, 2021
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MB GORDY
Percussion/Composer
February 13, 2021
Master Teacher
TOM HIEL
Piano/Composer
Film Scoring
May 18, 2019
2019 Concert
June 20, 2020
November 7th Event
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ASHLEY JARMACK
Flute/Oboe
August 29, 2020
September 26, 2020
EMER KINSELLA
Violin/Composer
July 20, 2019
2019 Concert
July 11, 2020
VAN-ANH NGUYEN &
MARK OLSEN
Piano/Percussion
Composer/Arrangers
November 7th Event
JAVIER OVIEDO
Classical Saxophone Project
Inception Director
June 6, 2020
November 7th Event
KIM RICHMOND
Composer/Arranger
January 16, 2021
ASMAC
JONATHAN SACDALAN
Clarinet
August 17, 2019
2019 Concert
September 19, 2020
