Faculty

Department: community-school

Humanities
Dr. Thabet has taught courses on the Civil Rights Movement, America in the 1960s, and 20th Century American History, most recently at Caltech in Pasadena, and U.C. Santa Barbara.
Katie Thiroux wearing a blouse, holding a bass, and smiling in front of a window.
Jazz Double Bass Faculty
Katie Thiroux has become a bold standard-bearer for the emerging generation of jazz singer/instrumentalists.
Tuba Faculty
Aaron Tindall is a frequent soloist, guest artist/clinician, and orchestral tubist throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has been featured at all of the International Tuba and Euphonium Conferences since 2006, performed in England with the National Champion Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band, and his solo playing has been heard on NPR’s Performance Today.
Tuba Faculty
Dr. Tornquist is a member of the Santa Barbara Symphony, New West Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, and Santa Monica Symphony. He performs regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera Orchestra, and on various film and television scores, including Edward Scissorhands, Wreck it Ralph, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and The Big Friendly Giant.
Harp Faculty
Winner of numerous awards and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Harp Society
Kate Vincent wearing a blouse and smiling in front of a window.
Chamber Faculty
Violist Kate Vincent's solo playing has been described as having “vivid color and palpable verve” (Fanfare Magazine).