Faculty & Leadership

Margaret Lysy

Founder, Artistic Director, SOL-LA Music Academy

Lecturer, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Dean Schramm

Chair, SOL-LA Music Academy

Principal, The Schramm Group

Board Member, LA’s Best After School Program

John Stofko

Vice Chair, SOL-LA Music Academy

Healthcare Industry Executive

Community Volunteer

Banafsheh Bayati

Physician/Surgeon,
Private Practice

Parent and Community Volunteer

Paul Cummins

Chairman Emeritus, SOL-LA Music Academy

Educator and Author and Founder of New Visions

Katharina Leduc

Patron of the Arts

Parent and Community Volunteer

Antonio Lysy

International Cellist

Professor and String Area Chair, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Founder of Incontri in Terra di Siena

James Newton Howard

Composer and Pianist

Tate Rider

Division Vice President at DaVita Kidney Care

Mario Spanicciati

Chief Strategy Officer of Blackline – A Leader in Financial Close Solutions

Tracy Sykes

Trustee, University of Southern California

Sean Weber-Small

Board Member

Hans Zimmer

Composer