Tana Barajas

World Music

Interests include trumpet, piano, sewing, reading, watching movies, and salsa dancing

Tana's website

Veronica Bianqui

World Music

Singer/songwriter studying world music, focusing on sitar

Veronica's website

Andrew Cedar

Jazz Studies

Jazz piano (main focus at UCLA), Pop/Rock guitar. I am also interested in the business and marketing aspects of todays popular music acts and artists.

Lai Yee Chan

World Music

East Asian cultures: Japanese and Chinese

Melissa Charsette

Jazz Studies

Derek Ganong

Jazz Studies

Contemporary trumpet performance and Media Technology specialist including contemporary improvisation, electronic music performance and production, classical, jazz, fusion, and eastern musics.  I have a broad array of skills in computer based media, audio and video engineering, and technical-creative outlets.  I am VERY interested in multidisciplinary  avenues that combine audio/visual/computer based media technology, and music.

Jake Jamieson

World Music

Drumset and multi-percussionist. Funk, Hop-hop, West African drumming, multitude of Afro-diaspora (Afro-Venezuelan, Afro-Cuban), Brazilian, and anything that grooves.

Jon MacLennan

Jazz Studies

Jazz studies and current popular music

Jon's website
Jon's myspace

Jazmin Morales

World Music

I am very much interested in performance and scholarly research of Mexican music with an emphasis on the Son Huasteco and  Son Jarocho (specifically gender roles and commodification in these genres). Also interested in curatorial work of music related exhibits and events. I am a classically trained violinist, but also a professional mariachi (member of all female mariachi, Mujer 2000). I also play huasteco style violin and jarana jarocha. 

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Tu Nguyen

World Music

Western classical/Far East Asian music; video game and film music composition

Tu's website

Parviz Rahmanpanah

World Music

Research and composition

Parviz' website

Sean Roderick

World Music

American musical theatre, particularly its musical origins and its recent usage of current popular genres as rock, hip hop and world music.

Tim Silva

World Music

Teaching, traveling

Tim's website

Rachel Woods-Robinson

Jazz Studies

Jazz, Latin jazz, reggae, ska, funk, R&B, folk, indie, and I'm always open to learning new genres. Also interested in environmental sustainability, astronomy, and cake baking.

Iris Yellum

World Music

North Indian classical music, music cognition, women and music, philosophy and aesthetics of music, religion and music, especially in the Middle East and South Asia.