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Our Alumni Rock!

Here are just some snapshots of what our alumni are up to:

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Universities
Performed with
Career Tracks
Further Studies
Awards
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Our graduates have performed with such organizations as:
  • Annapolis Symphony
  • Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
  • California Philharmonic
  • Civic Orchestra of Chicago
  • Colorado Symphony
  • Columbia Symphony
  • Dallas Symphony
  • Eugene Symphony
  • Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
  • Houston Grand Opera
  • Illinois Symphony Orchestra
  • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  • Los Angeles Opera
  • Marine Band (The President’s Own)
  • Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  • New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
  • Oregon Symphony
  • Oregon Mozart Players
  • Phoenix Symphony
  • Sacramento Philharmonic
  • San Francisco Symphony
  • San Juan Symphony
  • Santa Barbara Symphony
  • Seattle Symphony
  • Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
  • Tucson Symphony
  • Washington Opera
  • West Virginia Symphony
  • Utah Symphony Orchestra

Our alumni teach privately, in public schools,
and at such institutions as:
  • City University of New York
  • Colorado College
  • Eastman School of Music
  • George Washington University
  • Indiana University
  • The Juilliard School
  • King's College, London
  • Moscow Conservatory, Russia
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Northwestern University
  • Oberlin Conservatory
  • Princeton University
  • Rice University
  • Royal College of Music
  • Smithsonian Institute
  • Stanford University
  • Tainan National University of the Arts
  • University of Alberta
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Denver
  • University of Hawaii
  • University of Houston
  • University of Idaho
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Massachusetts at Amherst
  • University of New Mexico
  • University of North Texas at Denton
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Vienna Conservatory, Austria
  • Virginia Tech

Our alumni have performed and collaborated with:
  • American Brass Quintet
  • Angelique Kidjo
  • Audrey Tautou
  • Beastie Boys
  • Béla Fleck
  • Björk
  • Bob Hope
  • Brian Bromberg
  • Chris Botti
  • David Foster
  • Dan Siegel
  • Danny Elfman
  • Elton John
  • Ernest Gold
  • Herbie Hancock
  • Itzhak Perlman
  • James Levine
  • Josh Groban
  • Kenny G.
  • KRONOS quartet
  • Kirk Whalum
  • Leonard Slatkin
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Lyle Lovett
  • Marc  Antoine
  • Marin Alsop
  • Natalie Merchant
  • Richard Elliot
  • Rick Braun
  • Seiji Ozawa at the Tanglewood and Edinburgh Music Festivals
  • Toyland Orchestra in Boston
  • Warren Hill
  • Ursula Le Guin

Career tracks:
  • Archivist for the New York City Ballet
  • Audio developer for Xbox
  • CEO of best-selling software entertainment company
  • Chair of the Department of Music at SUNY
  • Chief justice of the Oregon supreme court
  • Co-editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
  • Composer and Music Project Manager for Leapfrog Toys
  • Composer for and part owner of Project One Audio, a studio specializing in music for video and broadcasting (music  sound effects for 3d animation motion ride, 35 ESPN videos and theater trailers for DOLBY INC)
  • Composer with media work on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", "Saturday Night Live", and various films and commercials
  • Dance accompanist for the Alvin Ailey School and Martha Graham Co.
  • Dean of the College of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto
  • Drummer for Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum artist Josh Groban
  • Director of the Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore
  • Director of the Museum of the American Piano in NY
  • Executive Director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic
  • Film Music composer and orchestrator (film credits include: Men in Black, Skin Walkers, Spiderman and Spiderman II, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Charlotte’s Web, Planet of the Apes (2001), and Meet the Robinsons)
  • Founder and Hula instructor at the Hula school in Ewa Beach, Hawaii
  • Founder of American Voices, the first vis­it and teaching programs ever presented by Westerners in Kurdistan
  • Founder of Tiffany Mills Dance Company
  • General Manager of Fresno Philharmonic
  • International recording artists
  • Journal Editors of major music publications
  • Marketing and sales director for the San Diego Symphony
  • Member of the original Broadway cast of The Phantom of the Opera
  • Music and culture critic for Boston’s online magazine, ArtsEditor
  • Music Editor on Sony Pictures’ Dragon Wars; various commercials including for Samsung, Coca Cola, and special features music for CSI: NY
  • Music Editor, Kjos Music Publishers
  • Music Teacher position with the Peace Corps in Kenya
  • Orchestrator and Conductor of the ABC’s hit show Lost
  • Owner of a thriving private practice in New York specializing in the Alexander Technique
  • Personnel manager for the San Francisco Symphony
  • Published authors
  • Secretary of State for Nevada
  • Staff Artist for NBC
  • Video Game composer

Pursued further studies at:
  • Boston University
  • Florida State University
  • The Juilliard School
  • New England Conservatory
  • Northwestern University
  • Peabody Conservatory
  • Rice University
  • University of Arizona
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of California Los Angeles
  • University of Michigan
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of North Texas
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Southern California
  • USC’s graduate program “Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television”
  • Yale University

Awards:
  • 2nd place at the International Timpani Competition
  • 3rd prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition
  • Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship
  • American Music Center/NEA Grant (1993)
  • Artist’s International Winner
  • ASCAP Award for Popular Music
  • Barrymore Award
  • Best new artist (Radio and Records Magazine)
  • Bistro Award
  • BMI Composition Award
  • Dramalogue Critics Award
  • Emmy Award
  • Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
  • Fulbright Scholars
  • Grammy Award Winners
  • Great American Jazz Piano competition
  • Jazz Educator of the Year by Downbeat Magazine
  • MAC Award
  • Metropolitan Opera Competition
  • Nomination for Best Jazz Album of the Year (Ad Lib Magazine)
  • Premio Award (Spanish Tony)
  • Record of the Year (Tune Up Magazine)
  • San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award
  • Young Composer’s Award from the National Association of Composers
  • Youngest nominee for Best Orchestrator in the 2007 Academy of Film and TV

Performed in:
  • American Music Awards
  • Amsterdam's Concertgebouw
  • Avery Fisher Hall
  • Birdland
  • Carnegie’s Weill Hall
  • CBGB's Gallery
  • Ellen
  • Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, Austria
  • Good Morning America
  • Hollywood Bowl
  • Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brian
  • Minton's Playhouse
  • NPR's All Things Considered
  • Regis and Kelly
  • Symphony Space
  • The Living Room
  • The Today Show
  • Tonic
  • Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  • The View
  • Walt Disney Hall
  • Wigmore Hall in London
  • Williamsburg Jazz Festivals

Published in:
  • Coming Soon ...
 

Labels:
  • 8bells Records
  • Ambitus
  • Arsis
  • Bridge records
  • Capstone Records
  • CBS Masterworks records
  • Channel Classics
  • Deutsche Grammophon
  • ERMMedia
  • Innova Records
  • Koch
  • Mode Records
  • Novalis
  • Spectrum
  • Zerx Records

 


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