MACCC 2026 Conference Overview & Sessions

November 19–21, 2026 | San Diego, California

The 2026 MACCC Conference brings together music faculty, students, clinicians, and colleagues from across California for three days of professional development, collaboration, and music-making.

Explore some of this year's featured sessions and masterclasses below.

Andrew Maz
Preparing Students for a World with AI

Eleanor Nuñez
Movement Theory for Conductors

Christine Gengaro
OER/ZTC Remix

David Betancourt
Thriving Unbalanced

Jenny Amaya
New in Music Industry Studies

John Gerhold
Hot Topics: Legislative Update

CalSTRS
Retirement Session

Dr. Michelle Samura & Dr. Grant Linsell
Deans in Jeans

Piano Masterclass

Dr. Li-Shan Hung | Biola University

An active soloist and chamber musician, Dr. Li-Shan Hung has appeared in major venues worldwide, including Salle Gaveau in Paris, Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow, the Shriver Hall Concert Series in Baltimore, the Orpheus Classical Music Series in Chicago, Sejong Cultural Arts Center in Seoul, and the National Concert Hall in Taipei.

She has also performed with orchestras including the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Stockton Symphony, MasterWorks Festival Orchestra, Palo Alto Philharmonic, Sheboygan Symphony, and Hunan Symphony Orchestra in China.

Dr. Hung earned her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Ann Schein. During the summer, she serves as artist faculty at both the MasterWorks Festival in Virginia and the Cremona International Music Academy in Italy.

Jazz Improvisation Masterclass

Jimmy Emerzian | CSU Long Beach

As a professional educator, Jimmy Emerzian has taught from the elementary through collegiate level and has maintained a private lesson studio working with children and adults for many years.

Previously Jazz Director at Bullard High School in Fresno, Jimmy currently teaches courses in jazz improvisation, theory, arranging, and jazz combos at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU Long Beach, where he also received a Master's Degree in Music (Jazz Studies).

Jimmy earned his B.A. in Music (Jazz Studies) from UCLA and his A.A. from Fresno City College. He has studied with Gary Foster, Billy Higgins, Harold Land, Kenny Burrell, Tom Ranier, Bobby Rodriguez, Jeff Clayton, Jeff Jarvis, Sal Lozano, Bill Liston, Mike Dana, Paul Shaghoian, Mark Ribera, and Larry Honda.

Composition Masterclass & Competition

Dr. Hesam Abedini | CSU Fullerton

Educated at the Tehran Music Conservatory, the Yerevan State Conservatory, UC San Diego (B.A.), and UC Irvine (Ph.D. in Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology), Dr. Hesam Abedini studied with Lei Liang, Chinary Ung, Anthony Davis, Mark Dresser, Christopher Dobrian, Michael Dessen, Kojiro Umezaki, and Hossein Omoumi.

He has taught at UC Irvine, Saddleback College, Soka University of America, and Butte College. In 2025, he joined the School of Music at California State University, Fullerton as Assistant Professor of Composition–Music Theory, where he also serves as Assistant Director of the CSUF New Music Series.

Join Us in San Diego!

Registration for the 2026 MACCC Conference is now open. Visit our Conference Registration page for registration, hotel information, and everything you need to get started.

REGISTER FOR THE 2026 CONFERENCE