Faculty

Celia Hollander
Faculty, School of Music
Composition / Experimental Sound Practices
chollander@calarts.edu

Celia Hollander is a Los Angeles based composer and artist working with audio, scores, performance, installation and text. Her work critically engages ways that audio and the act of listening can shape temporal perception and question cultural infrastructures. Her work has been performed or... Continue reading »

Marijke Jorritsma
Faculty, School of Music
mjorritsma@calarts.edu

Marijke is a Senior User Experience Designer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. On-lab her projects include designing augmented reality tools for spacecraft engineering and Mars exploration, and designing processes and software to support spacecraft operations for the Europa Clipper mission;... Continue reading »

Eyvind Kang
Composition and Experimental Sound Practices, Performer-Composer
eyvindkang@calarts.edu
661-253-7816
B317

Eyvind Kang’s recent albums are Azure (with Jessika Kenney, 2023), Sonic Gnostic (2021) and Ajaeng Ajaeng (2020). They have performed with musicians including Bennie Maupin, Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson. They have studied with jazz violinist Michael White and Dr. N.... Continue reading »

Ajay Kapur
Director, Music Technology: Interaction, Intelligence and Design (MTIID)
Associate Provost for Creative Technologies
akapur@calarts.edu
661-255-1050 x2544
B300

Dr. Ajay Kapur is a “Musical Scientist.” The “Scientist” in him organizes experiments on how computer programming, electrical engineering, and digital signal processing can be used in artistic practices. The “Musician” in him gathers all the current technology... Continue reading »

Aashish Khan
Faculty, School of Music
World Music Performance: North Indian Music
akhan@calarts.edu
661-253-7816
B243

Aashish Khan was initiated into North Indian Classical Music at the age of five by his grandfather, the legendary Acharya Baba Allauddin Khan Sahib, exponent of the Senia Beenkar and Senia Rababiya Gharana founded in the 16th Century by Mian Tansen, court musician to Emperor Akbar. Also he has... Continue reading »

Amy Knoles
Associate Dean for Enrollment Management and Special Projects
Larry Levine Chair in Contemporary Music
aknoles@calarts.edu
661-253-7816
A407

Amy Knoles, Director of the Electronic Percussion Studios and Interim Head of Percussion at California Institute of the Arts, has headlined on major festivals throughout the world. Her music has been described as being of: "frightening beauty, fascinating, complex" by National Public Radio and... Continue reading »

Larry Koonse
Faculty, School of Music
Jazz: Guitar
lkoonse@calarts.edu
661-255-1050 x2055
B212

Born into a musical family, Larry has been playing the guitar since he was seven years old. In his early years he studied with legendary guitar master Jimmy Wyble, and at the age of fifteen he recorded an album with his father, guitarist Dave Koonse, entitled Dave and Larry Koonse; father and... Continue reading »

* Faculty Emeritus
Part-time Faculty
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