School of Music

Portrayed in The New Yorker as “an admired West Coast experimentalist, who is an innovative performer on the harp as well as an unusually inventive composer,” Anne LeBaron’s compositions have been performed around the globe at venues in Italy, Mexico, Sydney, Vienna,... Continue reading »

Thomas Leeb, BFA CalArts 2003 David Gilmour (Pink Floyd): “Jolly good.” Guthrie Govan: “what Thomas does on an acoustic guitar probably shouldn’t be legal” Jon Gomm awarded Thomas “10/10 Gomms” Leeb is a frequent performer at concerts and... Continue reading »

Described as “a state-of-the-art musical thinker” and a "dazzling saxophonist,” by The New York Times, Steve Lehman (b. New York City, 1978) is a composer, performer, educator, and scholar who works across a broad spectrum of experimental musical idioms. Lehman’s... Continue reading »

Mike Leisz is a Los Angeles based visual artist who's work revolves around the perceptual systems of computing technology. His work has been exhibited internationally at Tate Modern Britain, Ars Electronica, and the Artec Adressaparken research park in Trondheim, Norway. Continue reading »

Bassist/Composer/Educator He has performed and/or recorded with: Elvin Jones, Ellis, Delfeayo, and Jason Marsalis, The Headhunters, Los Hombres Calientes (Grammy nominated Latin Jazz album), Bill Summers, Munyungo Jackson, Donald Harrison, Jr., Alvin Batiste, Ronnie Laws, D.J. Logic, John... Continue reading »

Marc has taught at CalArts since 1996, and teaches courses centered around a humanistic approach to Music Theory and composition. He has a CalArts Coursera Class called ‘Approaching Music Theory’ and loves talking about Music Theory and the fact that it doesn’t really exist.... Continue reading »

Guitarist, composer, arranger and musical director Lily Maase was born in Corrales, New Mexico and educated at the University of North Texas and  California Institute of the Arts.  She is the daughter of session guitarist and educator Steve Maase (1946-2016), whose roots in the... Continue reading »