Alumni Spotlights

Alexandre Dossin's (D.M.A., Piano, 2001) 'Schirmer Performance Editions of the Complete Mozart Sonatas,' in 2 volumes, has been released

January 18, 2024 | Hal Leonard

The performance was released by Hal Leonard in December/2023. The editions include complete new fingering, performance and historical notes, and Dossin's recordings of all sonatas.

Yutaka Kono looking down at his conductor's table

Yutaka Kono (D.M.A., Tuba Performance, 2002) appointed as the Music Director of Orchestra of Central Tokyo

November 17, 2023

Kono has also been appointed as the Associate Director/Head of Program in Music of the School of the Arts at the University of Vermont. He has been the Orchestra Director and the Head of String Area at the university since 2011.

Lee Kohlenberg, Jr. (B.M., Organ, 1966) played a recital for the Anderson SC AGO

October 18, 2023

Kohlenberg, Jr. also played on L'Organo series of Piccolo Spoleto in June, which was his sixth time performing.

Lecolion Washington (B.M., Music Studies, 1999) talks about balancing performing and administrating

October 12, 2023 | Arts Journal

Andrew Sigler (D.M.A., Music Composition, 2014) promoted to Associate Professor of Music Composition at the University of Tennessee College of Music

October 5, 2023

Sigler is the area coordinator of the Theory, Composition, Technology and is president of the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA).

Kyle Jones (A.D., Woodwinds, 2020) selected as a recipient of a 2023 Rocket Grant

September 11, 2023 | Charlotte Street

Jones's project, entitled Seasons and Cycles, he will be partnering with composer Paul Berlinsky to envision a public concert that will take place in February 2024 at the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium in Kansas City's Union Station. Featuring baritone saxophone and electronics, the new work centers our relationship to nature as human beings, as well as the importance of cyclical change.