Department of Music at California State University, Northridge

Department of Music

Mike Curb College of Arts, Media and Communication
Type	Conservatory
Parent institution	California State University, Northridge
Director	Dr. John Roscigno
Location	Los Angeles , California , United States
Website	www.csun.edu/music
Location in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

The Department of Music at California State University is a conservatory in Los Angeles, California. There are more than 500 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in music.

The Music Department at the California State University, Northridge offers studying and performing opportunities in connection with the leading educational institutions and cultural venues of the Los Angeles area.

Faculty

• Gregg Bissonette, drums
• John Dearman, guitar
• Scott Glasgow, film and media composition
• Liviu Marinescu, composition
• Bob McChesney, jazz trombone
• John Pisano, jazz guitar
• Ron Purcell, guitar
• Andrew Surmani, music industry studies
• Steven Thachuk guitar

Areas of study

Bachelor of Arts

• Music Industry Studies
• Music Therapy
• Breadth Studies in Music
• Music Education

Bachelor of Music

• Commercial & Media Composition
• Composition
• Strings
• Woodwinds
• Brass
• Percussion
• Piano
• Voice
• Jazz Performance
• Classical Guitar

Master of Arts

• Music education
• Music industry administration

Master of Music

• Conducting
• Composition
• Strings
• Woodwinds
• Brass
• Percussion
• Piano
• Organ
• Voice
• Classical Guitar

Notable alumni

Brass

• Ronnie Blake trumpet
• Tony Clements tuba
• Jeff Purtle trumpet

Composition

• Beverly Grigsby composer
• Kentaro Sato Media and Commercial Music / Conducting (MA)
• George Stone (composer) composer
• Jeannie G. Pool composer
• Garrett Byrnes composer
• Stephen Cohn composer
• John Coda composer

Percussion

• Kalani percussion
• Alphonse Mouzon percussion

Piano

• Gordon Goodwin piano

Strings

• Ron Purcell classical guitar
• Robert Lipsett violin
• John Doan guitar
• Bruce Bransby bass

Voice

• Michelle DeYoung voice
• James Fortune voice
• Maia Sharp voice
• Nicole Cabell voice

Woodwinds

• Vicki Boeckman recorder, flute
• D. Scott Rogo oboe

Jazz

• Alphonso Johnson bass
• Kim Pensyl keyboard
• Richard Campbell bass guitar
• John Densmore jazz studies
• Michael Glenn Williams composer, pianist
• Masauko Chipembere Jr jazz studies

Other

• Toshiyuki Shimada conductor
• Paul Roessler singer
• Sebu Simonian singer-songwriter
• Leland Sklar singer, film composer
• James Lee Stanley singer-songwriter
• Tigran Arakelyan conductor

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20111007161637/http://amc.csun.edu/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110819093714/http://www.csunmusictherapy.org/index.htm
• http://www.kcsn.org/

External links

• http://www.csun.edu/music/