Faculty

Department: community-school

Assistant Director, Big Band; Jazz Trumpet Faculty
From the small clubs of Los Angeles, to the recording studios, to the Hollywood Bowl, and even the grass at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Dr. Simonsen’s trumpet and music can be heard pleasing audiences of every size and demographic.
Chair, Voice Department, Voice Faculty, Musical Theater Faculty
Mr. Stevens teaches at the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts, where he has been Chair of the Voice Department since 2008.
Elizabeth Stoyanovich
Director of Bands
Hailed as a charismatic and outstanding conductor, Elizabeth Stoyanovich served for 12 seasons as Music/Artistic Director of the Orchestra of Saint Cecilia.
Ted Sugata holding an oboe and smiling in front of a window. He is wearing glasses.
Oboe Faculty
A native of Southern California, Ted Sugata is currently second oboist with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Previously, he was a member of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida, and principal oboist with the Lyrique-en-Mer Opera Festival in Belle-Ile, France.
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Trombone Faculty
As an active freelance musician in Southern California, Ms. Suminski has performed with many local orchestras and musical theater companies in the region and with the Macao Orchestra in China.
Flute Faculty
Dr. Chelsea Tanner maintains an active career as an enthusiastic performer, teacher, and mindset coach. She is currently Head of Flute and a teaching artist at tonebase.co as well as a Flute Faculty member at the Colburn Community School in Los Angeles.