Music
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Brett O’Mara Campbell '01 – touring with Kanye West.

Dan Cantrell '96 – performing with Tom Waits on his new album Orphans, composed music that was featured in the movie Mean Girls.

Claire Chase '96 – executive director of ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble).

Jubel Chen '94 – performing with the National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan).

Evan Christopher '87 – performing at the JVC Jazz Festival, Jazz in the Pines.

Graham Dechter '04 – playing with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.

Dennis Doubin '97 – Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Opera.

Alejandro Duque '07 – finalist in the Junior Division of the Sphinx Competition.

Michal Emanovsky '97 – Associate Principal Horn at the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (South Korea).

Rachel Fine '88 – Executive Director of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus.

Andy Fraga '97 – performing the music with the Broadway production of Oklahoma, performing at Jazz in the Pines.

Vesselin Gellev '95 – assistant concertmaster, London Symphony Orchestra.

Julia Gondek Summer – her CD The Complete Songs of Koral Szymanowski won the 2004 Fryderyk prize.

Trevor Hall '05 – four-record deal with Geffen Records, touring with The Wailers and Matisyahu.

Jimil-Anne Hilman summer – a clarinet player with the Navy’s Seventh Fleet Band and a saxophone player with the Seventh Fleet Big Band.

Grace Huang '94 – principal violist with the National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan).

Jason Jackson '89 – performing with the Broadway musical The Color Purple.

Jennifer Johnson '96 – Composer (Opera – Leaving Santa Monica).

Denitza Kostova Kucera '93 – substitute Concertmistress, Basel Symphony (Switzerland).

Nickolai Kurganov '92 – performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Liana Koteva '97 – music faculty, Kanack School of Music and performing with the Rochester Philharmonic.

Joseph Kwon '98 – band Big Pretty and the Red Rockets opened for The Dave Matthews Band.

Paz Lechantin '92 – former member of A Perfect Circle, member of Zwan with former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.

Scott Lee '95 – faculty at Kansas University Conservatory of Music.

Wei-Yang Andy Lin '02 – performed with Itzhak Perlman.

Long Lou '96 – performing with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.

Hristo Popov '96 – Concertmaster for Opera Circle, Cleveland: Assistant Professor at Kent State University: Teaches violin at Western Reserve Academy, Hudson OH.

Todor Popstoyanov '03 – 2nd horn in Lorin Maazel’s orchestra: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia.

Hallie Pridham '05 – performing with the Reno Pops.

Carol Andrews Schmiedecke summer– Director of Vocal Music for Allendale Public Schools in New Jersey.

Benjamin Schwartz '97 – Assistant Conductor at the San Francisco Symphony, Conductor of the San Francisco Youth Orchestra.

Richard Sheldon summer – Director of Opera a la Carte.

Simeon Simeonov '00 – Concertmaster, Summer Festival Orchestra in Japan.

Michael Singer '98 – principal timpanist in the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (Japan).

Michael Tilson Thomas summer – Director of the San Francisco Symphony.

Jassen Todorov '94 – Professor of violin and Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra at San Francisco State University.

Rebecca Tomlinson '93 - voice professor at Cal State San Bernardino and member of the Los Angeles Opera Chorus.

Angel Valchinov '99 – concertmaster, Aspen Music Festival Concert Orchestra.

Liang Wang '99 – principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic.

Yao Zhao '95 – associate cello principal at the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.

Bei Zhu '99 – Co-Concertmistress, Hong Kong Philharmonic

Linda Zoolalian summer – piano faculty at Pasadena City College.



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