George Gomez-Wheeler
Professor of Music
M.M. Candidate, (Music Composition) California State University Long Beach
B.M. (Music Composition) California State University Long Beach

  George is anAdjunct Faculty Member at Cypress College, teaching Studio Recording II. At California State University Long Beach, he is an instructor of Basic Music Theory, Harmony I and Musicianship I.  At Orange County High School of the Arts, he teaches AP Music Theory and Computer Notation with Finale and Illustrator. George Gomez-Wheeler's compositions combine diverse instruments and genres, as well as musical interactivity between performer and computer, concepts of spatialization, and video processing.  The desire to embrace his own multicultural heritage as a Mexican Anglo American has led his interest in postmodern thought and how it relates to music - concerns of blending high and low culture, and diversity.  His Master's thesis explores the duality of Aztec religion and Spanish Catholicism inherent in Dias de los Muertos.  Additionally, he has composed original music and sound design for Body Talk Dance Company, and several Theater Productions including, "Equis", and "Roosters" for the Rio Hondo College Theater Department.   He is the Saxophonist and Technical Director of the Liquid Skin Ensemble, a seven-member group comprised of classical, jazz and rock musicians, which has performed at major venues in Los Angeles such as the Japan America Theater, the Getty Museum, as well as at the LG Arts Complex in Seoul, Korea. As a professional sound engineer, he has worked with many local groups like Poncho Sanchez, No Doubt, Sublime and Korn, was the Theater Technician for Rio Hondo College for nine years, which allowed him to instruct students in Lighting and Sound Design, Live Concert Sound and Studio Recording.

Loren Norell
Professor of Music
Education
M.A. (Ethnomusicology) - UCLA
B.S. - Cal Poly Pomona

   Loren worked at Oberheim Electronics as a Sound designer/Music technician and as a Recording/Mastering engineer.Loren composed music for film/theater/dance and interactive multi-media. She performed with the Kronos Quartet and has made guest appearances on...
- Steve Roach's Artifacts
- Paul Haslinger's World Without Rules
- L. Subramaniam's Global Fusion Contact Information


Andrew Zacharias
Professor of Music
Education
B.A. (Music) - Cal State Long Beach

Andrew Zacharias received his Bachelors of Music from Cal State Long Beach. While there, Andrew studied music performance, composition, and electronics. Andrew's focus was in the area of interaction between acoustic instruments and electronic instruments, and how they can serve to extend the others limitations. Andrew has also worked as a professional bass player, guitar player, and pianist, performing a wide variety of genres including jazz, blues, gospel, classical, rock, and avant-garde. As a part time faculty member of Cypress College Andy also teaches applied music lessons on acoustic bass.