Faculty | B.M. in Music Composition
Robert Denham
- Associate Professor, Music Theory and Composition
- Interim Chair, Conservatory of Music
- Director, Composition
- D.M.A. in Composition, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
- M.A. in Composition, University of California, Los Angeles
- B.M. in Trumpet Performance, Biola University
Robert Denham’s music includes works of every genre and has been performed to great acclaim across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. He has worked closely with Carl St. Clair and the Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra, who recently premiered his 65-minute oratorio, Under the Shadow with the Biola University Chorale. Other recent premiers include his three-movement Concerto for Flute...
Cliff Hulling
- Professor, Percussion and Composition and Jazz Director
- Director, Winds and Percussion
- Director, Jazz Ensemble
- M.A., California State University, Fullerton
- B.A., California State University, Fullerton
- Doctoral Equivalency in Percussion Performance, Biola University
Cliff Hulling received his bachelor's degree in percussion performance and his master’s degree in theory and composition from California State University, Fullerton. He has worked as a principal percussionist for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Chorale, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, and many other performing groups. He freelances extensively and has...
Elliott Bark
- Applied Lesson Instructor, Composition
- D.M.A., Composition, Indiana University
Described by the New York Times as “…yearning melody in a rapturous surge,” music by Elliott Bark (b.1980) has been performed in many venues, such as Stern Auditorium, Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Seoul Arts Center, Sejong Center, the Aspen Music Festival, the Bowdoin International Music Festival and the Korean Composers Festival....
Courses
MUSC 153 Sight-Singing and Dictation I
MUSC 145, 445 Applied Music: Composition
Lawrence Mumford
- Applied Lesson Instructor, Composition
- D.M.A., Composition, University of Southern California
- M.M., Composition, Peabody Conservatory, John Hopkins University
- B.A., Music Theory, George Washington University
- Teaching credential received from Indiana University
- Additional studies pursued at Indiana University and Catholic University of America
Lawrence Mumford has had music published by eight different companies. His music has been performed from New York to Los Angeles as well as in Europe by orchestras, chamber ensembles, bands, and choral groups. He has been a finalist or semifinalist 6 times for The American Prize in Composition, has composed for producers at 20th-21st Century Fox in Hollywood, and has presented music and papers...
Jonathan Neal
- Applied Lesson Instructor, Composition
Jonathan David Neal is a composer and orchestrator with 25+ years for experience in composing music for film, TV and record projects in LA, Nashville, London and Budapest as well as composing for and working with ethnic instruments and musicians in Indonesia, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He has recently composed music for the feature film "Film Maker's Son" and a documentary...
Michael Watts
- Adjunct Professor, New Media Composition
With over 30 years of musical experience, Mike Watts has worked primarily in the movie, television, and record industries. His many collaborators include film composers John Williams, James Horner, and James Newton Howard and recording artists Christina Aguilera, Garth Brooks, Toni Braxton, Trisha Yearwood and Whitney Houston.
Chris Wills
- Adjunct Professor, Composition
- M.M., Music Composition, California State University, Long Beach
- B.M. Music Composition, California State University, Northridge
- Kodály Method certification from OAKE, ASCI and C-BEST certification
Christopher J. Wills has performed and recorded for film and television productions including Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man 2, toured in concert with singer and actress Lorna Luft (daughter of Judy Garland) and Jim Curry with the Pacific Symphony, Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Pops and other orchestras at major venues such as Colorado’s Red Rocks and Irvine’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Wills...