2026
Omri Barak ('22) – St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Associate Principal Trumpet
Kayla Burggraf ('14) – Houston Symphony, Principal Flute
Annie Kuan-Yu Chen ('15) – Houston Symphony, First Violin
Sienna Cho ('22) – Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Violin
Hyeonjeong Choi ('25) – Syracuse Symphony, Principal Flute
Kunjing Dai ('21) – Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Viola
Jake Darnell ('23) – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal Timpani
Wesley Ducote ('16, '18) – Houston Symphony, Principal Keyboard
Noah Dugan ('22) – The Phoenix Symphony, Principal Trumpet
Abraham Feder ('16) – Minnesota Orchestra, Cello
Nicholas Garcia-Hettinger ('26) – North Carolina Symphony, Second Violin
Mika Gibbs (BM student) – The Philadelphia Orchestra, Second Violin
Jake Glaser ('26) – "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band, Clarinet
Ben Goodly ('26) – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Paul J. Ross Fellowship (Clarinet)
Aalia Hanif ('26) – New World Symphony, Flute Fellow
Ellen Hayashi (former MM student) – Utah Symphony, Violin
Eli Hilborn ('26) – New World Symphony, Bass Fellow
Eunseo Lee ('25) – Houston Symphony, Associate Principal Second Violin
Jasmine Lin (former DMA student) – Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Second Violin
Rachel Martin ('22, '24) – Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Bass
Philip Marten ('15) – Cleveland Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster
Kipras Mazeika ('22) – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Contrabassoon
Liam McManus (MM student) – Austin Symphony, Percussion
Elijah Nice (former MM student) – New World Symphony, Percussion Fellow
Sean O-Hara ('20) – San Diego Symphony, Bass
Ruoying Pan ('22) – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Concertmaster
Aidan Pasquale ('26) – New World Symphony, Bass Fellow
Samuel Sykes ('26) – North Carolina Symphony, Cello
William Vasquez (former MM student) – U.S. Naval Academy Band, Percussion
Felix Veser ('26) – The Syracuse Orchestra, Assistant Principal Viola
Jing Wang ('10) – National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Concertmaster
Samantha Washecka (BM student) – Houston Symphony, First Violin
Zachary Wuorinen ('26) – Charleston Symphony, Principal Bass
Kahlan Yenney ('26) – Arkansas Symphony, Principal Bassoon
Michael Zogaib ('24) – Kansas City Symphony, Bass
2025
Omri Barak ('22) – Kansas City Symphony, Associate Principal & Second Trumpet
Rebecca Benjamin (DMA student) – Richmond Symphony, Principal Viola
Justin Bruns ('04) – North Carolina Symphony, Concertmaster
Emma Cary ('25) – North Carolina Symphony, Cello
Connor Chaikowsky ('23) – Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Violin
Paolo Dara ('22) – Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Viola
Jeremy Davis ('25) – LA Phil, Percussion Fellow
Alyssa Estrella ('25) – Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Clarinet Fellow
Brooks Fisher ('19) – San Francisco Symphony, Second Oboe
Maximus Gurath ('25) – San Diego Symphony, Cello
Christian Harvey ('25) – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bass Fellow
Simon Housner ('24) – Buffalo Philharmonic, Cello
Samuel Huss ('18) – Philadelphia Orchestra, 4th/Utility Trumpet
Kayleigh Kim ('26) – Washington National Opera Orchestra, Violin
Elizabeth Kleiber ('25) – Minnesota Opera Orchestra, Second Flute and Piccolo
Ariel Lee (current DMA student) – Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Violin Fellow
Joel Link ('13) – The Cleveland Orchestra, Concertmaster
Yu-Ming Ma ('19) – Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Violin
Zane Mallett ('23) – Hawaii Symphony, Principal Harp
Brandon Mason ('15) – The Cleveland Orchestra, Bass
John Mietus ('22) – Auckland Philharmonia, Associate Principal Bass
Jalayne Mitchell ('25) – Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Cello Fellow
Caleb Quillen ('16) – Boston Symphony Orchestra, Principal Bass
Tim Rinehart ('24) – Oregon Symphony, Principal Double Bass
Triniti Rives ('25) – Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Clarinet Fellow
Angela Ryu ('24) – Minnesota Orchestra, First Violin
Augusta Schubert ('24) – New World Symphony, Violin Fellow
Allison Smith ('22, '24) – U.S. Army Strings, Violin
Sebastian Stoger ('25) – Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Cello
Julia Su ('25) – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Second Violin
Jin Wook Suk ('24) – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, First Violin
Quincey Trojanowski ('25) – Colorado Symphony, Principal Bassoon
Andres Vela ('22) – Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, 2nd Principal Double Bass
Lucas Vogelman ('23) – Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Percussion
