ALUMNI ACCOLADES
• Victoria
Chang (07) Admitted to graduate program in Piano Performance,
Carnegie-Mellon University
• Stevie Garza (07) Admitted to graduate program in
Musicology, University of Iowa
• Travis Jeffords (07) Admitted to graduate program
in Composition, University of Texas at Austin
• Walter 'Gus' Sterneman (07) Admitted to graduate
program in Conducting, Butler University
• Aaron Carter-Cohn (06) Graduate studies in music composition,
Texas
State University/San
Marcos
• Kevin High (06) Graduate Studies in cello performance, University
of Houston
• Megan
Arnold (05) Private voice instructor, Houston public
schools.
• Estee (Carel) Valendy(04) Seminary student, Texas Christian
University.
• Amanda Ortiz (04) orchestra director, Southmore Intermediate
School,
Pasadena, TX
• Catherine Warlick (04) Graduate student in Music and Human Learning,
University of Texas at Austin.
• Joshua Keltner (04) completed
Master of Music program in cello performance, University of
Massachusetts
at Amherst.
• Jennifer Marie Henderson (03) Middle school music instructor,
Surprise
School District, Arizona.
• Amy Louise (Werst) Cox (03) orchestra director, Johnston Middle School,
Houston,
TX
• Matthew Brown (02) MM Peabody Conservatory, Recently
appointed Assistant Conductor of Canton (OH) Symphony
• John Branch (00) Freelance guitarist, Austin, TX; has his own
band, The Other
Lebowski
•
Yasu Suzuki (00) Completed graduate studies at University of Massachusetts/Amherst.
Now a bass instructor at Amherst College and freelance musician
• Cristina Gonzalez (00) Orchestra director,
Economides HS, Edinburg, TX
• Weston Hurt (99) Graduate studies in vocal performance, Indiana University
and summer apprentice artist at The Santa Fe Opera Company. Now under professional
management, Columbia Artists
• Jed Ragsdale (98) Choral Director, Langham Creek High School, Houston, TX
• Jason Schayot (97) Director of Bands, Georgetown Independent
School District
• Christopher Frerichs (97) Completed MA in arts administration and MBA from
the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Currently, working
for Jazz at Lincoln Center, NY.
• Melissa Melancon (97) Completed graduate studies in vocal performance at University
of Houston. Currently a voice teacher at Klein Oak High School, Spring, TX
• Adrienne (Meza) Grove (97) Completed graduate studies in vocal performance at Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• Christine Carlisle (97) Elementary music teacher in Spring Branch ISD, Houston,
TX
• Michelle (Mizell) Corazao (96) Graduate studies in Sacred Music,
Southern Methodist University
• Jo Ann Elliott (95) Completed Master of Music in Choral Conducting at Ithaca
College, Ithaca, NY. Currently a junior high choir director in Richardson, TX
• Claire Smith (95) Graduate studies at Boston Conservatory.
Now freelance musician in New York, instructor at Opus 118 Center for Strings
• Robert
Phillips (94) Choral director at Dobie High School,
Pasadena, TX
• Jason Geistweidt (93) Ph.D., Queen's
University, Belfast, Ireland in music composition; currently
freelance composer
based in Chicago
• Michelle Weselman (93) Junior High School Choral
Director, Spring, TX
• Susan Busch-Eisenhower (92) Junior High Choral Director,
Georgetown, TX
• Catharine Degnan Lysinger (91) Master's and Doctorate
in
Piano Performance, University of Houston; currently Director of Piano Preparatory
Department, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University
• Michael Lysinger (89) Currently director of the
Choral program, J.J. Pearce High School, Richardson, TX
• Marc Erck (89) Minister of Music, University United
Methodist Church, Austin;
Chorus Master, Austin Lyric Opera.
• Scott Carrell (87) Associate Professor of Music, Harding University, Searcy,
AR
• Sam Smith (85) completed MS in stage direction for
opera at Indiana University, Bloomington. Currently Director of Resource
Development for Indianapolis Opera.
• Michael Alexander (82) Completed DMA at the University
of Houston; past President of Orchestra Division,
Texas Music Educators' Association; currently Music Education faculty member,
Baylor University
• Don McAvoy (87) Minister of Music, Coker United
Methodist Church, San Antonio, TX
• Dr. Ann Stutes (84) Instructor of Music Theory and
Chair of Music Department, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX
• Dr. Rebecca Burkhardt, Orchestra Director, University
of Northern Iowa
• Andre Garcia (81) Choral Director and Chair of Music
Department, New Mexico Highlands University
• Charlotte (Reed) Moellering (80) Orchestra director, Blalack Middle School,
Carrollton, TX. Master's degree, University of North Texas
• Kathy Lincoln (74) completed MA in Violin Pedagogy
at Texas Women's University, and Master of Music in violin performance at
Florida State University. Performer
in various professional orchestras in Florida.
• Susan Youens (68) Musicology faculty, Notre Dame University, South Bend,
IN; leading authority on the music of Franz Schubert
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