The #CPPMusicCouches Podcast is a student internship program with goals of reviving the art of listening and providing a close-up look at members of the department community including faculty, staff, alumni, students, and guest composers and performers. It’s like sitting on the famous music couches and talking with friends!
Welcome to the season finale of #CPPMusicCouches! This week’s guest is our very own podcast editor, Sarah Wallin Huff! Sarah is a composer and violinist. At Cal Poly Pomona, she is the lecturer of th…
Tom Luer is an adjunct professor of jazz and saxophone studies at Cal Poly Pomona. He is the director the jazz band and woodwind ensembles. In this episode of #CPPMusicCouches, we catch up on how lif…
Kevin Lyman is the founder of the Kevin Lyman Group, an event production and brand strategy firm. His most notable productions include the Vans Warped Tour and Lollapalooza. Kevin is a CPP alumni, ha…
With the 63rd GRAMMY Awards® show coming up, you might be wondering how does an artist win an award. In this episode of #CPPMusicCouches, we’re sitting down with Dr. Shpachenko, the Department of Mus…
Dr. Jessie M. Vallejo is a musicologist, violinist, and mariachi musician. Dr. Vallejo is the Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology and Director of Mariachi Ensembles (Los Broncos y Los Caballeros) …
Don’t fret! Go fretless with Buzz!
Dr. Darren “Buzz” Gravelle is a fretless guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. At Cal Poly Pomona, Buzz is a music theory professor and coordinator of the…
Goodbye, Dr. Yates!
Dr. Peter Yates is a chamber guitarist, composer, and a multi-media artist. Yates is formerly a music educator and the chair of the Cal Poly Pomona Department of Music. In this ep…