Woodwind Student Success

Graduates are/or have been employed: as music teachers and band directors in public schools and as private teachers throughout the state and in other areas of the country.

As University Teachers at:

• Arkansas State University
• Berry College
• California State University, Fresno
• Capitol University
• Central Connecticut College
• Coe College
• Concordia College
• Converse College
• Dallas Baptist College
• DePaul University
• Eastern Michigan University
• Eastern New
• Mexico University
• Eastman School of Music
• East Texas State University
• Fresno State
• Houghton College
• Howard Payne University
• Glendale Community College
• Grinnell College
• James Madison University
• James Mason University
• Manhattan School of Music
• McLennan Community College
• Memphis State University
• Michigan State University
• Millikin University
• New Mexico State University
• Northeast Missouri State University
• Northwest Oklahoma State University
• Oberlin Conservatory
• Penn State University
• Rice University
• Sam Houston State University
• Southwest Baptist College
• Southwest Oklahoma State University
• St. Olaf
• Temple Junior College
• Texas A&M University, Commerce
• Texas Christian University
• Texas State University
• University of Akron
• University of California-Bakersfield
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Illinois
• University of Michigan
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• University of Oregon
• University of Southern Mississippi
• University of Texas, Brownsville
• University of Toledo
• University of Virginia
• University of Wisconsin, Madison
• University of Wisconsin, Steven's Point
• University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
• Valdosta State University
• West Virginia State University
• Wichita State University
• Yale University

As Professional Performers:

• Abilene Philharmonic
• Air Force Band, Washington, D.C.
• Air Force Band of the West, S. A.
• American Sinfonietta
• American Wind Symphony Quintet
• Army Field Band, Washington, D.C.
• The Army Band, Washington, D.C.
• Atlanta Symphony
• Austin Symphony
• Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
• Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
• Beijing Central Philharmonic
• Birmingham Symphony
• Burbank Chamber Orchestra
• Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
• Chicago Civic Orchestra
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Cimarron Woodwind Quintet
• Cincinnati Chamber/Ballet Orchestra
• Cleveland Orchestra
• Corpus Christi Symphony
• Dallas Ballet Orchestra
• Dallas Opera Orchestra
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• Dallas Wind Symphony
• Detroit Chamber Winds
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Elgin Symphony Orchestra
• El Paso Symphony Orchestra
• Ensemble Recherché,
• Freiburg, Germany
• Evanston Symphony Orchestra
• Fargo-­Morehead Symphony
• Florida Philharmonic
• Fort Worth Opera Orchestra
• Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
• Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra
• Galveston Symphony Orchestra
• Garland Symphony Orchestra
• Geoffrey Ballet
• Gulfport Symphony Orchestra
• Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra
• Houston Ballet Orchestra
• Houston Flute Quartet
• Houston Symphony Orchestra
• Huntsville, Alabama Symphony
• Irving Symphony Orchestra
• Jackson Symphony
• Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
• Lansing Symphony Orchestra
• Lieurance Woodwind Quintet
• Louisiana Philharmonic (New Orleans)
• Louisville Symphony Orchestra
• Los Angeles Camerata
• Marina del Rey Symphony Orchestra
• Meinz Orchestra, Germany
• Memphis Symphony Orchestra
• Meridian Symphony Orchestra
• Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
• Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony
• Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
• Mobile Symphony
• Mobile Opera Orchestra
• National Symphony of Mexico, Toluca
• National Symphony
• New World Symphony Orchestra
• Northwest Symphony Orchestra
• Orchestra Sinfonica di Galicia
• Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado
• De Mexico, Tovca, Mexico
• Pacific Chamber Players
• Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra
• Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra
• Princeton Pro Musica
• Rochester Philharmonic
• San Angelo Symphony Orchestra
• San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
• San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
• Shanghai Philharmonic
• Texas Chamber Orchestra
• Texas Little Symphony Orchestra
• The Flute Troupe
• Toledo Symphony Orchestra
• U.S. Marine Band (D.C.)
• Virginia Symphony
• Waco Symphony Orchestra
• West Los Angeles Symphony
• Wichita Symphony Orchestra

Graduates Have Received Grants for Graduate Study and/or Have Been Accepted At:

• Boston University
• Brooklyn University
• California State University, Northridge
• Cincinnati Conservatory
• Colorado State University
• East Carolina University
• Florida State University
• Golden Gate Seminary
• Louisiana State University
• Mannes College of Music
• Michigan State University
• New England Conservatory
• Northwestern University
• Notre Dame
• Oklahoma University
• Queens College
• Rice University
• Shepherd School of Music
• Southern Methodist University
• Texas Christian University
• Texas Women's University
• The Cleveland Institute
• The Eastman School of Music
• The Flute Studio of Trevor Wye
• The Guildhall, London, England
• Truit Seminary
• University of Houston
• University of Illinois
• University of Iowa
• University of Louisville
• University of Maryland
• University of Michigan
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, Conservatory
• University of North Texas
• University of Oregon
• University of Southern California
• University of Southern Mississippi
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Wisconsin
• Yale University

Recognition of Students in Performances at Convent:

• College Band Directors National Association
• International Clarinet Society
• International Double Reed Society
• Music Educators National Conference
• Music Teachers National Association
• National Flute Association
• North American Saxophone Alliance
• Texas Music Educators Association

Recognition of Students in Performances at Summer Festivals:

• American Institute of Musical Studies
• American Waterways Wind Orchestra
• Amor Artists - Greece
• Apple Hill
• Aspen
• Bellingham
• Blossom
• Blue Lake
• Bowdoin
• Breckenridge
• Chautauqua
• Clarinetistas Venezolanos
• Cultural Artists ­ Spain
• Domaine Forget
• Inspiration Point
• Johannesen International School
• Luzerne Summer Music Center
• Marlboro
• Masterworks
• New Hampshire
• Norfolk Summer Chamber Music
• National Orchestra Institute
• National Repertory Orchestra
• New College
• Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo, Japan
• Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet Seminar
• SMU Summer Orchestra Institute
• Piccolo Spoletto
• Rome Festival
• Round Top
• Russian/American Symphony Orchestra
• Sarasota
• Spoletto
• St. Barth's, French West Indies
• Sunflower
• Tanglewood
• Texas Music Festival
• University of Houston
• UNLV
• Utah

Recognition of Students in Off Campus Master Classes:

 

Flute

• Eva Amsler
• Julius Baker
• William Bennett
• Tadeu Coehlo
• Zart Dombourian-Eby
• Michel Debost
• Robert Dick
• Bradley Garner
• Geoffrey Gilbert
• Walfrid Kujala
• Maxence Larrieu
• Goran Marcusson
• Alain Marion
• Susan Milan
• Louis Moyse
• Marcel Moyse
• Thomas Nyfinger
• Stephen Preston
• Paula Robison
• Fenwick Smith
• Keith Underwood
• Ransom Wilson
• Carol Wincenc
• Trevor Wye

 

Saxophone

• Griffin Campbell
• Frederick Hemke
• Eugene Rousseau
• John Sampen
• Donald Sinta

 

Bassoon

• Norman Herzberg
• Towson, MD Symposium
• John Miller
• Arthur Weisberg

 

Oboe

• Robert Bloom
• Peter Bowman
• Ralph Gomberg
• Bert Lucarelli
• John Mack
• Joseph Robinson
• Thomas Stacey
• Ray Still
• Liviu Varcol
• Rudolph Vrbsky
• Richard Woodhams

 

Clarinet

• J. Lawrie Bloom
• Franklin Cohen
• Larry Combs
• Eddie Daniels
• Stanley Hasty
• Theodore Johnson
• Loren Kitt
• Robert Marcellus
• Sabine Meyer
• Greg Smith
• Harold Wright
• John Bruce Yeh

Recognition of Students in National /International Competitions:

• Artists International
• Austrian Radio Orchestra Competition
• Corpus Christi Young Artists Competition
• Fernand Gillet Double Reed Competition
• Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
• Flute Talk Young Artist Competition
• Fulbright Scholarship Program
• International Clarinet Society Competition
• Kingsville Young Performers’ Concerto Competition
• Midland / Odessa Young Artists Competition
• M.T.N.A. Collegiate Performance Competition
• Mu Phi Epsilon Sterling Staff Competition
• Myrna Brown Flute Competition
• National Flute Association Performance Competition
• North American Clarinet Competition
• Seventeen Magazine National Concerto Competition
• Shreveport Young Artist Competition
• Solti Orchestral Competition
• Spain - Dos Hermanos Clarinet Competition
• Tuesday Music Club Young Artist Competition
• Venezuela - Concurso Nacional de Flauta Yamaha
• Wells-Sorantin Young Artists Competition
• Young Texas Artist Music Competition