Timpanist and percussionist Gregory Goodall, lecturer in percussion, is principal timpanist of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and a founding member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. A founding member of the Prima Trio (Grand Prize and Gold Medal winner of the 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition), he previously taught at the Peabody Conservatory. His performances have been called “superlative” and “inspired” by the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times praised his “energetic, vibrant solos.” Prior to joining the LA Phil, he served as principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the associate principal clarinet of the Kansas City Symphony. 113 for Viola and Pianoīoris Allakhverdyan, lecturer in clarinet, has served as principal clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2016. Before joining UCLA, Chen served on the faculty of USC Thornton School of Music, Indiana University South Bend, University of California, San Diego San Diego State University, California State University Fullerton, and McGill University. Chen has served as principal violist of the San Diego Symphony and Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and he has appeared as guest principal with Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. His recordings with the Formosa Quartet can be found on EMI, Delos, and New World Records, and the quartet’s current project, From Hungary to Taiwan, will be released with Bridge Records in the 2018-19 season. He is the first-prize winner of the 2003 Primrose International Viola Competition, and he has been described as an artist whose “most impressive aspect of his playing was his ability to find not just the subtle emotion, but the humanity hidden in the music” (San Diego Tribune). A highly sought-after soloist, educator, chamber and orchestral musician, Chen is a founding member of the critically acclaimed Formosa Quartet.
“It also advances our mission to connect our students with the broader Los Angeles music scene through our relationship with principal artists from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and others.”Īmong the school of music’s new ladder faculty is Taiwanese-Amercian violist Che-Yen Chen, who joins the Department of Music as professor of viola. “The addition of these four exemplary artist-teachers to our faculty will add range to the music department’s studio teaching,” said Travis Cross, music department chair. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is pleased to announce that four exemplary artists have accepted their offer of an appointment in the Department of Music, including award-winning violist Che-Yen Chen, professor of viola, and new lecturers Boris Allakhverdyan, principal clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Georgy Goodall, principal timpanist for the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Joshua Ranz, principal clarinet of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and utility/bass clarinet for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
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