JERRY AND CAROL GOLDSMITH SCHOLARSHIP Ruby Vasquez Los Angeles City College
LESLIE P. CLAUSEN PERFORMER & COMPOSER AWARD Department of Music Joshua Miller
LENORE SAUNDERS GUITAR AWARD presents Pedro Bautista
LENORE SAUNDERS SINGER/SONGWRITER AWARD Carleen Williams 2014 Spring
LENORE SAUNDERS STRINGS AWARD Honors Ceremony Marza Panther (Jill James)
LENORE SAUNDERS PIANO AWARD Awards & Scholarships Mei Kato
DAVID A. ALPERT SCHOLAR AWARD Anna Grigoryan
DAVID A. ALPERT SCHOLARSHIP Joshua Miller, Mei Kato, Luna Achiary, Ramya Mukund ***
Los Angeles Junior College was established on September 9, 1929 by the Los Angeles Board of Education. The first Associ- ate in Arts degrees were conferred June 19, 1931. Leslie P. Clausen, member of the Music Department from 1931-1972 and Department Chair for the last 26 years of his career, organized the weekly concert series in 1932, a series still in existence as Music 152. He also helped establish the commercial music curriculum. The Music Department inhabits the building that honors his name. With the establishment of its Commercial Music curriculum in 1946, LA City College became the first college in the nation to offer a degree in jazz. Numerous important jazz musicians attended the program, including Chet Baker, Irving Bush, Eric Dolphy, Bob Florence, Herb Geller, Jerry Goldsmith, Les McCann, Charlie Mingus, Lennie Niehaus, Tommy Oliver, Jack Sheldon, Julius Wechter and Hal Owen. Many talented musicians have studied at LACC, including David Alpert, Jean Fenn, Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, George London, Odetta, Leonard Slatkin and John Williams. In addition to the AA degree, the Music Department currently offers vocational certificates in Instrumental Performer (Brass, Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Strings or Woodwinds), Vocal Performer, Orchestrator/Arranger, and Music Tech- nology. The Music Department currently serves over 1,200 music students per semester. Faculty members are dedicated professors who are active in the music industry as solo performers, arrangers, singer/songwriters, composers, theorists, and recording/sound engineers. Our mission is to offer the highest quality music courses designed for students seeking a variety of educational goals, including applied music program, general education, vocational experience, and the Associate of Arts degree and preparation to transfer to four-year undergraduate schools.
Department of Music
FULL-TIME FACULTY Christine Park, Chair; Dr. Marc Blake, Dr. Christine Gengaro, Dr. Luther Henderson III, Dr. Kevin Kelly, Dr. Irene Kim, Charles Suovanen, Dr. Daniel Wanner ADJUNCT FACULTY Wesley Abbott, Dr. Ron Anderson, Dr. David Arbury, Jon Armstrong, Erin Armstrong, Alisha Bauer, Terry Carter, Jimmy Cheesman, Douglas Dutton, Dr. Patricia Hannifan, Eileen Holt, Richard Kahn, Michael Kozubek, Brian Kwon, Barbara Laronga, Joseph Mitchell III, Dr. Susannah Murray, Lori Musicant, Dr. Gregory Newton, Dr. Steven Niles, John Nunez, Dr. Michael Powers, Dr. Jackie Petitto, Tina Raymond, Henry Shin, David Stahl, Lori Stinson, Dr. Lori Stuntz, Diana Tash, Dr. Page Williams ACCOMPANISTS Tom Gerhold, Leigh Anne Gillespie, David Stahl, Christian Stendel INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS James Grude, Lori Musicant * * * Los Angeles City College Administration Renee Martinez, President; Dr. Dan Walden, Vice President; Dr. Lawrence Bradford, Vice President; Anil Jain, Acting Vice President; Dr. Randy Anderson, Dr. Todd Scott, Dr. Thelma Day, Allison Jones, William Marmolejo, Dr. Edward Pai, Dr. Alex Davis, Deans; Corey Rodgers, Jeremy Villar, Associate Deans, Shayna Campbell, Acting Associate Dean; Christi O’Connor, Bookstore Manager Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Miguel Santiago, President; Scott J Svonkin, Vice President; Mike Eng, Mona Field, Ernest H. Moreno, Nancy Pearlman, Steve Veres, Michael J. Griggs; Student Trustee Los Angeles Community College District Administration Dr. Adriana D. Barrera, Interim Chancellor; Dr. Yasmin Delahoussaye, Vice Chancellor for Educational Programs & Institutional Effectiveness; Camille A. Goulet, General Counsel; Jeanette Gordon, CFO/Treasurer; Felicito Cajayon, Vice Chancellor for Economic and Workforce Development, James D. O’Reilly, Chief Facilities Executive WELCOME DAN RAYMOND AWARD Christine Park, Department Chair Terena Williams, Elizaveta Boldyreva Renée Martinez, LACC President Allison Jones, Dean of Academic Affairs SERVICE AWARDS
Dr. John al-Amin, Vice President of Administrative Services Dr. Randy Anderson, Interim Vice President of Student Services ABBOTT AWARD Elaine Guest OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
David Chung, Jeffrey Rocco Harris, Lenin Lugo, Yoonsun Lee, OUTSTANDING MUSIC PERFORMANCE SERVICE AWARDS Jose Martinez, Josh Sanders, Kangmin Shin Vahan Bznuni, Owen Flannagan, Sean Rzewnicki, Kangmin Shin
COMPLETION OF LACC APPLIED MUSIC PROGRAM WILLIAM D. KEVANY SCHOLARSHIP Abigail Hernandez, Lyndraice Papa, Rebeca Rodriguez, Ruby Vasquez Nancy Crisostomo
HONORS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD CHEROKEE DE WILLIAMS JAZZ BAND AWARD Ruby Vasquez, Mei Kato, Marza Panther (Jill James) Owen Flannagan
COMMERCIAL MUSIC SKILLS CERTIFICATES JOSEPH DYER PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIP Aristides Alvarez: Vocal Performer Level 1 Julia Carrillo, Jose Martinez Lisette Alvarez: Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 2, Instrumental Performer/Percussion Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano ROBERT E. WILKINSON PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP Level 2, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1, Orchestrator/Arranger Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 1 Nicholas Eskow, Sean Jones
Jordan Brodie: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Technology Level 2 ELIZABETH R. MAYER BOOK AWARDS Luna Achiary, Stephanie Aragon, Pedro Bautista, Julia Carrillo, Julia Carrillo: Instrumental Performer/Woodwinds Level 1 Nancy Crisostomo, Tirsa Cueva, Nicholas Eskow, Elaine Guest, Ozeli Harrison,
Abigail Hernandez, Andres Hernandez, Matthew Irwin, Marza Panther (Jill James), Saehoon Jang, Vladimir Chicas: Instrumental Performer/Percussion Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Technology Level 2, Orchestrator/Arranger Level 1 Sean Jones, Mei Kato, Alexander Kupelian, Woo Lee Lee, Joshua Miller, Mayuko Miyata, Ramya Mukund, Lyndraice Papa, Tarhea Ray, Maritza Ruiz, Edward Sanders, Jr., Jakob Sandmeier, Julio Espinoza: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1 Kangsuk Seo, Benjamin Shirley, Ruby Vasquez, Carleen Williams
Sylvia Hernandez: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Woodwinds Level 1, *HONORS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE by Mei Kato* Orchestrator/Arranger Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 1 ELIZABETH R. MAYER PIANO & CHAMBER MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP Mei Kato: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Copyist Level 2, Music Technology Level 1, Music Technology Level 2 Luna Achiary, Saehoon Jang
Eric Latham: Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 3, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 3 PAUL PARK MOST IMPROVED PIANO AWARD Woo Lee Lee, Matthew Irwin Enma Morataya: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 3, Music Copyist Level 2, Music Technology Level 2 LACC CHORAL COMPOSITION WINNER Mariela Ochoa: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1 David Yon Wook Chung Carmen Perez: Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Technology Level 2, Vocal Performer Level 2 AMERICAN GUITAR SOCIETY AWARD Jakob Sandmeier Marcia Robertson: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Technology Level 2 ABE ROBYN GUITAR SCHOLARSHIP Rebeca Rodriguez: Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Andres Hernandez Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 3, Instrumental Performer/Woodwinds Level 1, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 2, Vocal Performer Level 3 MARION SUOVANEN CLASSICAL GUITAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Evan Sanders: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1, Jakob Sandmeier Vocal Performer Level 2, Vocal Performer Level 3 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Benjamin Shirley: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Luna Achiary, Pedro Bautista, Elaine Guest, Matthew Irwin, Mei Kato, Joshua Miller, Instrumental Performer/Strings Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Strings Level 2, Music Copyist Level 1, Ramya Mukund, Kangsuk Seo, Ruby Vasquez, Carleen Williams Music Technology Level 1, Music Technology Level 2, Music Technology Level 3, Music Technology Level 4
OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD COMPLETION OF LACC MUSIC TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATE Joshua Miller Benjamin Shirley
*HONORS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE by Ruby Vasquez* *HONORS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE by Marza Panther (Jill James)*