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 (effective July 2025)
Ruth Brittin, Program Director for Music Education
Kyle Bruckmann, Program Director of Chamber Music
Andrew Conklin, Program Director of Music Composition
Breanna Daley, Ensemble Librarian
Daniel Ebbers, Program Director for Voice
Kim Girardi, Admin. Assistant II
Sadie Glass, Program Director of Brass and Percussion
James Haffner, Director for 91³ÉÈ˵¼º½ Opera Theatre
Veronica Henderson, Associate Director for Student Success
Fei-Lin Hsiao, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Yvette Khan, Assistant Dean for Development for the Conservatory of Music
Nicolasa Kuster, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Patrick Langham, Program Director for Jazz Studies
Jonathan Latta, Program Director of Ensembles
Sonia Leong, Program Director of Piano
Sylwia Lipiec-Qualls, Executive Assistant to Dean
Andrew Mell, Director of Operations
Ann Miller, Program Director for Strings
Frederick Peterbark, Assistant Dean of Conservatory Admissions
Benom Plumb, Program Director for Music Industry Studies & Music Management
Katy Pruitt, Conservatory Embedded Therapist
Melissa Riley, Budget Manager
Brittany Trotter, Program Director of Woodwinds
Eric Waldon, Program Director for Music Therapy
Sarah Waltz, Program Director for Music History
Peter Witte, Dean, Conservatory of Music
Faculty by area of study
Sadie Glass, Program Director/horn
Bruce Chrisp, low brass
Alia Kuhnert, trumpet (effective July 2025)
Jonathan Latta, percussion
Jonathan Seiberlich, tuba
Kyle Bruckmann, Program Director of Varied Ensembles
Jonathan Latta, Program Director of Ensembles
Eric Dudley, voice and opera
Brett Epperson, choral director (effective July 2025)
Melissa Fulkerson, vocal jazz ensemble
James Haffner, opera theatre
Patrick Langham, jazz ensemble
Vu Nguyen, wind bands
Sebastián Serrano-Ayala, orchestra (effective fall 2025)
Tito Talamantes, Mariachi de 91³ÉÈ˵¼º½
Patrick Langham, Program Director/saxophone
Sean Britt, guitar
Jamie Dubberly, brass
Melissa Fulkerson, voice
Aaron Garner, piano
Brian Kendrick, percussion
Joseph Mazzaferro, Associate Director/trumpet
Andrew Mell, bass
Ruth V. Brittin, Program Director
Shane Kalbach (spring semester)
Sarah Waltz, Program Director (sabbatical, 2025-26)
Eric Waldon, Program Director (sabbatical, fall 2025)
Fei-Lin Hsiao, San Francisco Program Director
Karen Moran, San Francisco Campus
Maya Zebley, San Francisco Campus
Sonia Leong, Program Director
Patricia Grimm, Collaborative Pianist
Sabine Klein, Collaborative Pianist
Monica Adams, Collaborative Pianist
Ann Miller, Program Director/violin
Guy Powell, guitar
Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
Igor Veligan, violin/viola
Vicky Wang, cello
Brittany Trotter, Program Director/flute
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe, English horn
Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon
Ricardo Martinez, saxophone
Patricia Shands, clarinet
Igor Veligan
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