Alumni
Brice Burton (MM ’17)
- Principal Percussion, Charlotte Symphony
- Grand Prize Winner, Atlanta Symphony Modern Snare Drum Competition, 2014
- Runner up: Atlanta Snare Drum Competition 2012
Sidney Hopson (’08, GCRT ’10, MM ’12)
- Percussionist for TV Show “Glee”, The Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium
Matthew Howard (’12)
- Principal Percussion, Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Percussion: New World Symphony
Eddie Meneses (’05, GCRT ’11)
- Principal Percussion: Santa Barbara Symphony
- Percussion: IRIS at Cirque du Soleil
Shane Nickels (GCRT ’13)
- Snare Drum Instrumentalist at The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
Andres Pichardo-Rosenthal (MM ’12)
- Assistant Principal Percussion, Detroit Symphony
- Percussion: New World Symphony
Alex Singer (DMA ’11)
- Assistant Professor of Percussion at Soochow University in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Tyler Stell (MM ’12, GCRT ’14)
- Principal Timpani, Tuscon Symphony
Nicholas Terry (DMA ’10)
- Director of Percussion Studies, Chapman University
- Founder: Ensemble XII
- Member, Los Angeles Percussion Quartet
Student Accomplishments
Ethan Ahmad
- Winner, 2013 Kerope Zildjian Scholarship
Mike Daley
- Principal Timpani with the NY Philharmonic as part of Music Academy of the West’s Global Academy audition
- Finalist New World Symphony Percussion
- Finalist New World Symphony Timpani
- Finalist: Detroit Symphony Assistant Principal Timpani, Section Percussion
Jeff Grant
- Finalist, New World Symphony Percussion
Matthew Howard
- Finalist, New World Symphony Timpani
Emily Liu
- Semi Finalist, Midwest Marimba Competition
- Winner, Southern California Marimba Competition, 2011
Summer Festivals Attended:
- Spoleto, Tanglewood, National Reperatory Orchestra, Texas Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, AIMS, Round Top, Eastern Music Festival, Marrowstone, NOI, Opera in the Ozarks
Masterclasses & Residencies:
- Ted Atkatz
- Bob Becker
- Micheal Burritt
- Wade Culbreath
- Perry Dreiman
- Frank Epstein
- Tim Genis
- Matthew Howard
- Ji Hye Jung
- Frederic Macarez
- Adrien Perruchon
- Tyler Stell
- Svet Stoyanov
- Naoka Takada
- Michael Udow
- Richard Weiner