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LARGE ENSEMBLES

East Bay Singers

Buddy James

Department Chair, Vocal / Choral Area Coordinator, Vocal Ensembles Director

• E-mail: buddy.james@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3128
• Office: MB 2084

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East Bay Wind Ensemble

East Bay Jazz Orchestra

Keith Johnson

Wind Ensemble Director

• E-mail: keith.johnson@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3285
• Office: MB 2116

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CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Piano Ensemble, Chamber Ensemble

Omri Shimron

Piano Area Coordinator, Piano Ensemble Director, Chamber Ensemble Director

• E-mail: omri.shimron@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3127
• Office: MB 2038

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East Bay Rock Band

Jason Eckl

• E-mail: jason.eckl@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2110

Chamber Orchestra

Rebecca Roudman

• E-mail: rebecca.roudman@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2110

Electronic Music Ensemble

Inés Thiebaut

Composition / Music Production Area Coordinator, Music Theory Area Coordinator, Graduate Studies Coordinator, Electronic Music Ensemble Director

• E-mail: ines.thiebaut@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3126
• Office: MB 2012

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Buddy James

Department Chair, Vocal / Choral Area Coordinator, Vocal Ensembles Director

• E-mail: buddy.james@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3128
• Office: MB 2084

Christine Abraham

Voice

• E-mail: christine.abraham@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3144
• Office: MB 2076

Omri Shimron

Piano Area Coordinator, Piano Ensemble Director, Chamber Ensemble Director, Musicianship Coordinator

• E-mail: omri.shimron@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3127
• Office: MB 2038

Joseph Hébert

Cello

• E-mail: joseph.hebert@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2529

Philip Santos

Violin / Viola

• E-mail: philip.santos@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2529

Aaron Shaul

Double Bass, Jazz Bass

• E-mail: aaron.shaul@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2527

Marc Teicholz

Acoustic Guitar

• E-mail: marc.teicholz@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3570
• Office: MB 2002

Jimmy Chan

Percussion, Drum Set

• E-mail: jimmy.chan@csueastbay.edu
  
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
  
• Office: MB 1016

Diane Maltester

Clarinet

• E-mail: diane.maltester@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3303
• Office: MB 2506

Emily Kupitz

Oboe

• E-mail: emily.kupitz@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2529

Grant Leimbach

Multi-Instrumental Woodwinds (Flute, Saxophone)

• E-mail: grant.leimbach@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2118

Jonathan Knight

Trumpet

• E-mail: jonathan.knight@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 1016

Colin Hogan

Jazz Piano

• E-mail: colin.hogan@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2036

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Kai Lyons-Kuster

Jazz / Electric Guitar

• E-mail: kai.lyonskuster@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2094

Aaron Shaul

Double Bass / Jazz Bass

• E-mail: aaron.shaul@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 2527

Inés Thiebaut

Composition / Music Production Area Coordinator, Music Theory Area Coordinator, Graduate Studies Coordinator, Electronic Music Ensemble Director

• E-mail: ines.thiebaut@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3126
• Office: MB 2012

John D. Eros

Music Education Coordinator, Music Theory, Credential Program Advisor

• E-mail: John.eros@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3149
• Office: MB 2078

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Omri Shimron

Piano Area Coordinator, Piano Ensemble Director, Chamber Ensemble Director, Musicianship Coordinator

• E-mail: omri.shimron@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3127
• Office: MB 2038

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Inés Thiebaut

Composition / Music Production Area Coordinator, Music Theory Area Coordinator, Graduate Studies Coordinator, Electronic Music Ensemble Director

• E-mail: ines.thiebaut@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3126
• Office: MB 2012

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Peter Marsh

Musicology, Ethnomusicology

• E-mail: peter.marsh@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3132
• Office: MB 2000

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Kathleen Rountree

• E-mail: kathleen.rountree@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135

John D. Eros

Music Education Coordinator, Music Theory, Credential Program Advisor

• E-mail: John.eros@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3149
• Office: MB 2078

Bill Harrington

Music Education

Director of East Bay Youth Orchestra 

• E-mail: william.harrington@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 1016

Jonathan Knight

Music Education (Conducting, Brass)

• E-mail: jonathan.knight@csueastbay.edu
• Phone: (510) 885-3135
• Office: MB 1016

Rachael Denny

Rachael Denny (MAME) began serving as a fieldwork supervisor in 2023.  Ms. Denny is a 30+ year veteran teacher with a specialty in Music Education, particularly General Music and Early Childhood Music.  She holds certifications in Orff Schulwerk from the Orff Institut in Salzburg, Austria, CSU Los Angeles, and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She also has experience with Kodaly pedagogy from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse..  In addition to her work with CSU East Bay, Ms. Denny is the Department Chair for Young Musicians at Pasadena Conservatory of Music, the course director for the Los Angeles Orff Teacher Education Course, and a musicianship teacher for the Los Angeles Children's Chorus.

Zack Pitt-Smith

Zack Pitt-Smith studied woodwind and jazz performance at Eastman School of Music, Berklee College of Music. He earned a B.A in Ethnomusicology from Brown University and a M.A. in Music Education from San Francisco State University. Zack has been the director of bands at Edna Brewer Middle School in Oakland for fifteen years. He directs the Oakland Eastside All-Star Ensemble (OEASE) and serves on the local and state boards of directors for California Music Educators Association (CMEA) as Multicultural Representative and Urban Schools Programs Representative. He was recognized as the Oakland Teacher of the Year in 2013 and is a semifinalist for the 2022 Music Educator Grammy Award. Zack is an active performer throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, most frequently with his Brazilian instrumental choro ensemble and Oakland Samba Revue.