Alumni
Where Are They Now?
Many students continue their study of the arts after they leave The University of Montana and some begin to teach, sharing what they have learned with their own students. If you have ever wondered what has happened to some of our past graduates take a look below.
Graduate Studies
- Mikhail Abraham - Accepted to CalArts.
- Kevin Berg - Accepted into the graduate program at The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
- Emily Burr - Accepted into the graduate voice programs at both The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and The New England Conservatory.
- Derek Crosier - Accepted as a graduate student in trombone performance at The Mannes College of Music.
- Dan Darrah - Currently completing his D.M.A. in percussion performance at The University of North Texas.
- Katie O'Toole - Accepted to The Berklee School of Music.
- Angela Wilkes - Accepted into the graduate program at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, Great Britain.
- Emily Murdock - Accepted into the graduate voice programs at both The University of Colorado and The New England Conservatory.
- Kathleen Regan - Accepted into the graduate voice program at The New England Conservatory.
- Avery Williams - Accepted into the graduate voice program at The University of Montana.
- Elise Dye - Accepted for graduate work at The Manchester Conservatory of Music.
- Adam Fangsrud - Accepted into the M.F.A. program in Sound Design at The Savannah College of Art and Design.
- Peter Haberman - Accepted into the D.M.A. of Conducting program at The University of Minnesota.
- Juli Ann Herbert - Accepted into the M.M. of flute performance program at The University of Oregon.
- Gillian Menichino - Accepted into the M.M. of composition program at The Royal Northern College of Music Conservatoire.
- Ashley Miller - Accepted into the M.M. of clarinet performance program at The University of New Mexico.
- Karl Ortman - Accepted into the M.M. of tuba performance at The University of Nebraska.
- Jason Rabb - Accepted into the M.M. of composition program at The University of Utah.
- Matthew Setzer - Accepted into the M.F.A. Composition and Experimental Sound Practices program at CalArts.
- Chris Stark - Accepted into the D.M.A of composition program at Cornell University.
Employment
- Chris Bianco - Director of Bands at The Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.
- Jenny Bright - Working as the general music teacher at Washington Middle School.
- Dave Brimhall - Third horn and associate principal with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra.
- Tor Dahl - Currently working as a teacher's aide in Port Protection, Alaska.
- Andrew Eastman - Working for the Phillip Morris agency in Hollywood, CA.
- Stacy Gordon - Working with the Virginia City Players theater.
- Christian Gutierez - Music teacher at Hellgate Middle/Elementary School.
- Tony Hammond - Band and choir director in Red Lodge, MT.
- Amy Logan - Choir director at Billings Skyview.
- Kristy Ann Loveridge - Currently teaching 6th through 12th grade music in Driggs, Idaho.
- Sarah Ochsner - Choral music teacher at Stevensville High School.
- Josphine Pond - Choir director at Valley Christian School.
- Angela Roberts - Teaches secondary music in Germany.
- Nicole Sanford - Choir director in Shelby, MT.
- Kinnerly Smith - Spanish and music teacher at a preschool in St. Joseph, Ill.
- Miyuki Tokuhashi - Has accepted a position with an international consulting firm in Tokyo, Towers Perrin, and is second clarinet with the Setagaya Philharmonic, Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan.
- Jaymes Tribble - Currently working as a wedding singer in Japan.
- Lindsay Wilkerson - Choral teacher in Corvallis.
- Randy Zschaechner - Band director at C. S. Porter Middle School.