DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

RECENT GRADUATE SCHOOL PLACEMENT:

JORDAN FAJARDO BIRD (New England Conservatory, MM Performance)

NICK MONTOYA (Florida State University, Ethnomusicology)

BRANDON WILLIAMS (Carnegie Mellon University, MM Performance)

RECENT CAREER PLACEMENTS:

PRESTON GILBERT: U.S. Army Hellcats, West Point Band

TAYLOR KEOWN: Percussionist, Air Force Band of the West

WACHIRA STONE: Faculty, University of Utah Dance Department

OLIVIA TORGERSEN ALLRED: Houston Symphony, Education and Outreach Coordinator

CHRIS BRADFORD: Composer (TapSpace, C. Alan, https://www.christopherbradfordcomposer.com/)

MONAH VALENTINE FISCHER: Elementary Music Specialist, Jordan School District

TY EXCELL: Percussion Director, Park City High School

BRET HUGHES: Fine Arts Coordinator, Park City School District

NICHOLAS JACKSON: Percussion Director, Maple Mountain High School, Golden Spike Percussion (WGI), Battalion Drum and Bugle Corps

ASHTON ALLEN, Percussion Director, Farmington High School

JEREMY MEGGINSON: Percussion Director, Westlake HS

CRIS STILES: Instrumental Music Director, Mountain Ridge High School

RON TOTMAN: “The Parallel”, drumset, Featured article in Modern Drummer Magazine, Dynamic Talent International

STEPHEN HUGHES: Freelance Musician / Private Teacher, Extra Percussion: Utah Symphony, Ballet West, Pioneer Theater

MICHAEL POLLARD: GEMS American Academy, Abu Dhabi - Music Director

ALUMNI CONTINUED:

JARED ANDERSEN: Percussionist, Utah National Guard Band

ALAN BLACK: Associate Director of Bands, Midwestern State University, Principal Percussionist, Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra

PAT CAMPBELL (deceased): Touring Musician, Recording Artist, Freelance Percussionist and Drummer with the Salt Lake Alternative Jazz Orchestra and many others

DAN CHAMBERLAND: Instrumental Music Director, Juan Diego High School and private teacher

JARED CRAGUN: Percussionist, Orchestra at Temple Square

CHASE CULP: Studio musician and drummer, Owner, Syndicate 17 Music Management Co.

SPENCER FROHM: Conductor / Percussionist, Utah National Guard Band

JEREMY GRIMSHAW: Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Brigham Young University, Director of Gamelon Bintang Wahyu, BYU

ERIC JANNERS: Director of Bands, Marquette University

RYAN LOUIE: Principal Timpanist, South Dakota Symphony, Former Timpanist, USAF Heartland of America Band, Percussion Instructor, Medina and Wadsworth School Districts

MIKE MONTOYA: Drummer/Percussionist, Walt Disney World (Orlando)

MATT NICKLE: Percussionist, Orchestra at Temple Square

CAYENNA PONCHIONE: Conductor, Binghamton Community Orchestra, Conductor, Ithaca Community Orchestra, 1st Place Winner, 2003 PAS Composition Contest

JASON ROBERTS: Drummer/Percussionist, Walt Disney World (Tokyo)

DANNY SOULIER: Timpanist, Orchestra at Temple Square, Utah Symphony, Sub Percussionist, University of Utah, Percussion Faculty

MIRANDA STICHT: Orchestra Director, Clearfield High School

KELLY WALLIS: University of Utah, Percussion Faculty, Author of The Rhythm Concept for drum set, Studio musician and freelance percussionist

ROB WILSON (deceased): Former Instrumental Music Director, Murray High School

GLENN WEBB: Music Department Chair and Professor of Percussion, Dixie College, Former Principal Percussionist, Ballet West Orchestra

ANGEL WILLIAMS: Broadway Percussionist, Crazy for You, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Cats, Deschler Mallet Percussion Co.

HEATH WOLF: Principal Percussionist, Ballet West Orchestra, Instrumental Music Director, Farmington Jr. High, Past-President, Utah Chapter - Percussive Arts Society.