The faculty of the Department of Music comprises nineteen full-time members and nineteen part-time members, who mostly offer instruction in applied music. This large group encompasses creative artists and active scholars from nearly every area of concentration within the field of music. Composers, theorists, musicologists, and performers collaborate in providing a wide-ranging course curriculum and diverse schedule of musical events. All members of the faculty are highly active in their fields, as publishing scholars, concert and recording artists, and well-known composers. Many of the instrumental instructors are drawn from the ranks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, and other orchestras in Southern California.