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Current Placements

The Following is a small sample of placements of alumni from the clarinet studio at the Butler School of Music.

Nico Chona (M.M. ‘18)
Bass Clarinet
Vanguard Reed Quintet

Robert Durie (A.D. ‘19)
Clarinet
United States Coast Guard Band

Brendan Fairleigh (M.M. ‘22)
Eb Clarinet
Dallas Winds

Paul Hafley (M.M. ‘22)
Clarinet
United States Navy Band

Associate Principal/Eb clarinet
Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Ben Hughes (B.M. ‘19)
Clarinet
USAF Band of the West

Jessica Treffer (B.M. ‘18)
Clarinet
USAF Band of the West

Hank Landrum (M.M. ‘22, D.M.A. ‘25)
Utility Clarinet
Chicago Sinfonietta

Second Clarinet
Charleston Symphony

Chanse Morris (B.M. ‘17)
Clarinet
United States Navy Band

Miranda Schultz (M.M. ‘19)
Former Leadership Giving Coordinator
Austin Opera

Evan Schnurr (M.M. ‘23)
Clarinet
Dallas Winds

Ryan Stockhausen (M.M. ‘20)
Bass Clarinet
Austin Symphony Orchestra

Ivan Valbuena (D.M.A. ‘18)
Assistant Principal/Eb Clarinet
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Tyler Webster (A.D. ‘17, D.M.A. ‘21)
Eb Clarinet
Midland-Odessa Symphony 

Second/Eb clarinet
Abilene Philharmonic

Assistant Professor of Clarinet
Texas Luther University

Lecturer of Clarinet
University of Incarnate Word

Tim Yung (M.M. ‘18, D.M.A. ‘21)
Principal Clarinet
Nova Scotia Symphony

Abbey Young (M.M. ‘20, D.M.A. ‘23)
Clarinet
United States West Point Band

Josh Pruett (B.M. ‘23)
Clarinet
Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band

Destiny Lerma (M.M. ‘25)
Clarinet
USAF Band of the West