RECENT ORCHESTRAL, ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- Drew Banzhaf (MM '14) - Double Bass section (one-year position), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Kayla Burggraf (BM '14) - Principal Flute, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
- Conrad Cornelison (MM '14) - Adjunct Professor of Bassoon, University of North Florida
- Hannah Hammel (MM '17) - Principal Flute, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- Jordan Koransky (MM '16) - Second Violin section, Houston Symphony Orchestra
- Bryan Parkhurst (BM '07) - Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Aural Skills, Oberlin College and Conservatory
- Ivy Ringel (current Master's student) - Principal Bassoon, The Atlanta Opera
- Carey Skinner (BM '15) - Campaign Associate in the Philanthropy & Advancement Department, The Cleveland Orchestra
- Anastasia Sukhopara (MM '14) - Second Violin section, Houston Symphony Orchestra
- Ernie Tovar (current Master's student) - Fourth Horn, The Philadelphia Orchestra
COMPETITIONS, AWARDS, PERFORMANCES AND PREMIERES
Double bassist Drew Banzhaf (MM '14), oboist Margaret Butler (MM '93) and clarinetist Elizandro Garcia-Montoya (MM '03) participated in the 27th annual Midsummer's Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin, featuring multiple chamber music programs including works by Eastern European composers.
Current Doctoral student Michael Clark was awarded the Music Teachers National Association Professional Certification. Michael currently studies piano performance with Professor of Piano Dr. Robert Roux.
The Dover String Quartet (MM '13) released their second album called "Voice of Defiance." The CD includes Czech composer Viktor Ullmann's String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46, Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68 and Polish composer Szymon Laks's String Quartet No. 3.
Alumnus Thomas Glass (MM '16) is the newest addition to the IMG Artists New York Vocal roster. Baritone Thomas is a 2017-2018 Studio Artist at Houston Grand Opera, where he debuted as Baron Duphol in La Traviata.
The inauguration of alumnus Cristle Collins Judd (BM & MM '83) as Sarah Lawrence College's 11th president took place on Friday, October 2, 2017.
Alumna Meghan Kasanders (MM '16) won first place at The Mildred Miller International Voice Competition with the Pittsburgh Festival Opera. Meghan is currently a Young Artist at Opera Saratoga.
Alumnus Joseph Kingma (MM '13) was the first prize winner of the 2017 Franz Liszt Festival and International Piano Competition.
Pianist Dr. Andreas Klein (DMA '89) performed the opening concert of the 2017-2018 Brookings-Harbor Friends of Music season. He also opened the 2017-2018 Crooked Tree Arts Center Performing Arts Series in October.
Composer Benjamin Krause's (DMA '14) new work String Quartet No. 1 "Cascades" was premiered by the Delgani String Quartet as part of their Cascade Quartet Project; connecting music and landscape through composition, performance, and documentation.
Cellist Francesca McNeeley (MM '14) and composer Andrew Schneider (BM '13) are among the roster of Seven Eight Artists, a Houston based Artist Management.
The New York Youth Symphony premiered composer Hilary Purrington's (BM '13) composition Daylight at Carnegie Hall in New York this past November.
Alumnus Ricardo Rivera-Soto (MM '17) was accepted into the Ryan Opera Center, the professional artist-development program for Lyric Opera of Chicago, for the 2018-2019 season.
The Rolston String Quartet (MM '17) was showcased at the Five Boroughs Music 2017-18 Festival.
Soprano Clara Rottsolk (MM '02) was among other soloists who performed Mozart's choral masterpiece Mass in C Minor with the American Classical Orchestra at the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center.
Maestro Alastair Willis (MM '99) conducted his first performance as the music director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.
Violist Rachel Kuipers Yonan (BM '08) joined the Ciompi Quartet for two performances this fall in Baldwin Auditorium located at Duke University.
Violinist Jude Ziliak (MM '11) is the 2018 recipient of the Jeffrey Thomas Award from the American Bach Soloists. The Jeffrey Thomas Award is given annually to a young musician who demonstrates extraordinary promise and accomplishments in the field of early music.