We are delighted to announce that HASOM has hired Cheri Quinto as Assistant to Professor Tim Rice, the Director of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Her office is in Room 2554, across from the Music and Ethnomusicology Department offices. Please drop in and introduce yourself when you have a chance.

Cheri’s duties will include not only helping the Director with scheduling and with School functions but also accounting and order processing for Ethnomusicology; facilities requests and purchasing; chair-assistant support for Music and Ethnomusicology; and special projects assigned by MSO Martha Rider.

Before taking this position Cheri was Assistant to the Director of the UCLA/Getty Master’s Program in Conservation. During her college days at Cal State Northridge (CSUN) she majored in music (piano, harpsichord, and voice with a special interest in electronic music).

We are very happy to announce that we have hired Kathy Nixon as our new Technical Services Manager.

Kathy has worked professionally in arts education for over 25 years. At Cal State, L.A., she managed the operations for all of the music libraries which included selecting, training, and supervising all staff for the library and for music performances. Other experience includes managing box office operations, supervising house management staff, serving on departmental committees for budget, performance policies, fiscal affairs and acquisitions, and recommending modifications in programs and procedures. She also served as event coordinator for the performance organizations and had full responsibility for event planning and tour management.

In her last position, Kathy was Operations Manager for the Plaza del Sol Performance Hall at Cal State, Northridge, a hall that, like ours, was used for both classes and performances. She was responsible for event scheduling and licensee contracting for all events in the Performance Hall, accounting for 300 use days per year. She also developed and implemented policy specific to a State of California Theatrical Venue and developed programs for in-house ticketing and an application procedure to streamline the booking and contracting processes.

Kathy has also been a Communications Specialist for publications and a Human Resource Manager.

Last, but not least, Kathy also loves music and has been involved primarily in choral music. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors, Los Angeles Chapter, American Guild of Organists and editor of the chapter newsletter, LA Pipeline.

Kathy is anxious to meet faculty, staff and students in the music departments, so please stop by the Technical Services office and introduce yourself to her. Her contact information is X63600 and knixon@arts.ucla.edu.

[Photograph by Roger Bourland]