*Jamie Andrews, Percussion
BME 1998 |
Community Education Director for The Minnesota Opera |
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*Margaret Bailey, Percussion
BA 2005 |
Operations Coordinator for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, 2005 |
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*Andrew Classen,
Trumpet
BME 1987
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University of Tennessee, 1992 |
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M.M. in Trumpet Performance |
| Drake University, 1992-Present |
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Professor of Trumpet, Director of Jazz Studies
2008, Fred Turner, former CEO of McDonald's, donated $1 million to Drake creating the Fred and Patty Turner Professorship of Jazz Studies.
Drake Jazz Ensemble One, winner of the UWEC Jazz Festival College Big Band division 5 times.
Principal Trumpet, Cedar Rapids Symphony
Conn/Selmer Artist |
| Ben Covi, Trombone |
MENC National College Honors Jazz Ensemble, Washington DC, 2000 (Arturo Sandoval, Director) |
*Aaron Doty, Double Bass
BME 1997 |
Orchestra Personnel & Operations Manager for the Washington National Opera Orchestra, 2005
Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from Ohio University |
Matt Franko, Trombone
BA 1999 |
Music career as a Los Angeles area composer, arranger, copyist and performer, 2006 (Link to alumni article.) |
| Andy Frisinger, Saxophone |
Down Beat Award for Best R&B Performance, 2000 |
| MENC National College Honors Jazz Ensemble, Washington DC, 2000 (Arturo Sandoval, Director) |
| Matt Hall, Trombone |
MENC National College Honors Jazz Ensemble, Washington DC, 2000 (Arturo Sandoval, Director) |
*Andy Jaeger, Bass Trombone
BME 1999 |
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2000-2001 |
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Bass Trombone, Philharmonic Orchestra, Indiana University |
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Bass Trombone, Top Jazz Ensemble, Indiana University |
*Stacy Kern, Bari Saxophone
BME 2004 |
Alternate for the Mancini Institute Bari Sax/Woodwinds, Los Angeles, CA, 2003 |
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See their web page at: www.manciniinstitute.org |
*Kevin Kjos, Trumpet
BM 1989
MM 1991 |
Kutztown State University, Kutztown, PA, 1998-2000 |
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Director of Jazz Studies
Associate Professor of Trumpet |
| Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN 1997 |
| Tom Krochock, Trumpet |
Down Beat Award for Best Classical Trumpet Performance, 2003 |
| Mancini Institute Trumpet Section, Los Angeles, CA, 2001, 2002 |
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See their web page at: www.manciniinstitute.org |
| Performance at IAJE Convention, Long Beach, CA, 2002 |
*Dylan Kruziki, Trumpet
BM 2004 |
Lead Trumpet for Broadway Show Losrumbaleros, March-May 2001 |
| Great American History Theatre, St. Paul, MN |
*Larry Lelli, Percussion
BME 1990 
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Lead Percussionist for Broadway Show The Producers, 2004; also played for Broadway productions of Miss Saigon and Beauty and the Beast. (Link to alumni article.) |
*Tom Luer, Saxophone
BM 1997 |
Guest Artist for Bethel Jazz Festival with North Texas State Jazz Trumpeter Mike Steinel, Dec. 2005, Bethel College |
*Matt Mealey, Trumpet
BME 1999 |
University of Colorado, Boulder, 2001 |
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Full Tuition Scholarship and Stipend |
| Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 1999-2000 |
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Full Tuition Scholarship
Lead Trumpet, Eastman Jazz Ensemble, 2000 |
| University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1999-2000 |
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Director of Jazz Ensemble |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout, 1997-1999 |
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Director of Jazz Ensemble |
*Jeremy Miloszewicz, Trumpet
BME 1996 |
Lead Trumpet for "Ragtime," Touring National Broadway Show, 2000-2001 |
| Mancini Institute Trumpet Section, Los Angeles, CA, 1999, 2001 |
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Full Tuition Scholarship
See their web page at: www.manciniinstitute.org |
| Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, 1997-98, 1998-99 |
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Full Scholarship for Master's Program in Commercial and Jazz Music
Lead Trumpet, Eastman Jazz Ensemble, 1997 |
*Amy Minor Schendel, Trumpet
BM 1998 |
Fulbright Award, 2003-2004 (Link to alumni article.) |
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Scholarship to Study Music in Germany |
| Member of the Presidents Own Marine Band, August 2001 |
| Principal Trumpet, Chicago Civic Orchestra, 2000 Season |
| Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1999, 2000 |
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Principal Trumpet, Philharmonic Orchestra, Indiana University, 1999
Concerto Competition Winner, Indiana University, February 2001 |
*Ed Mudrak, Trumpet
BME 2000 |
Holland America Cruise Lines, 2001, 2002 |
*Andy Neesley, Trumpet
BM 2003 |
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award, 2004 (Link to alumni article.) |
| Down Beat Award for Engineered Studio Recording, 2002 |
| Recipient of the Betty Carter "Jazz Ahead" Workshop, Washington DC 2001 |
| Winner of the National Trumpet Competition, Jazz Division, Washington DC, 1999 |
| Third Place, International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, 1999 |
*Kyle Newmaster, Trumpet
BME 1999 |
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 2000, 2001 |
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Full Tuition Scholarship
Second Trumpet, Eastman Jazz Ensemble, 2000 |
| Mancini Institute Trumpet Section, Los Angeles, CA, 2000, 2001 |
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See their web page at: www.manciniinstitute.org |
*Bill Olson, Saxophone & Clarinet
BM 2001 |
Eastman School of Music, 2002 |
| Down Beat Award for Best College Classical Soloist, 2002 |
| Mancini Institute Saxophone Section, Los Angeles, CA, 2001, 2002 |
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See their web page at: www.manciniinstitute.org |
*Scott Pingel, Double Bass
BM 1996
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Principal Bassist for the San Francisco Symphony, 2004 (Link to San Francisco Chronicle article about Scott's debut performance.) |
| Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, 1997-98, 1998-99 |
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Full Scholarship for Master's Program in Orchestral Performance
Orchestra; Master's Degree in Orchestral Performance, 1999 |
| Down Beat Award for Classical Instrumental Soloist-Double Bass, 1997 |
| Finalist for Minnesota Orchestra Bass Position while still a student, 1997 |
*Matt Pivec, Saxophone
BME 2001 |
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 2003-04, pursuing Doctor of Musical Arts |
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Graduate Assistantship |
| Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 2001, MM 2003 |
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Full Tuition Scholarship |
| Disney Collegiate Jazz Ensemble, Florida and California, 1998, 1999 |
*Max Robinson, Saxophone
BA 2003 |
Lead Alto, Disney Collegiate Jazz Ensemble, 2002 |
| Valleyfair Amusement Park, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
*Todd Schendel, Trombone
BM 1998 |
Fulbright Award, 2003-2004 (Link to alumni article.) |
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Scholarship to Study Music in Germany |
| Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2000-2001 |
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Principal Trombone, Philharmonic Orchestra, Indiana University |
*Jamey Simmons, Trumpet
BM 1994
BME 1999 |
First Prize ($5000) Winner in the Brussels Jazz Composition Contest, Brussels, Belgium, 2003 |
| Down Beat Award for Best Jazz Arrangement, 2002 |
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(Eastman School of Music) |
| Down Beat Award for Best Jazz Composition, 2001 |
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(Eastman School of Music) |
| University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2001 |
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Director of Jazz Ensemble |
| Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 2000 |
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Full Tuition Scholarship
Graduate Assistant in Composition and Arranging, 2000
M.M. in Jazz and Contemporary Media, 2002 |
*Jesse Stacken, Piano
BME 2001 |
Manhattan School of Music, 2002 |
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M.M. in Jazz Studies/Piano Performance |
| Assistant Director, Pianist and Bass Drummer of Disney All-American College Band, Summer 2002 |
| Clinician for Wisconsin School Music Association at Wisconsin Music Educators Conference, Oct. 2001 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout, 1999-2001 |
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Director of Jazz Ensemble |
| Pianist, Disney Collegiate All Star Jazz Ensemble, Disneyland, CA and Disney World, FL, 2000, 2001 |
| Pianist with "5 by Design" for performance with the Northwest Pennsylvania Philharmonic Orchestra, April 2001; LaCrosse, WI, performance Sept. 2001; Southbend, IN, performance Nov. 2001 |
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See their web page at: www.fivebydesign.com |
| Adrian Suarez, Drums |
Down Beat Award for Jazz Instrumental Soloist-Percussion, 2001 |
| Aspen Music Festival and School, 2001 |
| Performance with "Evidence" at Dakota Jazz Club, St. Paul, 2001; Artists Quarter Jazz Club, Minneapolis, 2001 |
| MENC National Collegiate Honors Jazz Ensemble, Washington DC, 2000 |
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(Director, Arturo Sandoval) |
*John Timmers, Saxophone
Music Minor 2004 |
MENC National Collegiate Honors Jazz Ensemble, Washington DC, 2000 |
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(Director, Arturo Sandoval) |
*Dan Urness, Trumpet
BME 2004 |
Co-lead Trumpet, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Summer 2002 |
| Allegro Simphonia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Trumpet, Wayzata, MN 2001 |
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Performance of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, April 2001 |
*Jeff Walk, Trumpet
BM 2002 |
Manhattan School of Music, 2002 |
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Full Scholarship |
| Brevard Music Institute, S. Carolina, Summer 2002 |
| Mancini Institute Trumpet Section, Los Angeles, CA, 2000, 2001 |
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See their web page at: www.manciniinstitute.org |
| Down Beat Winner for Jazz Instrumental Soloist-Trumpet, 2000 |
| Dave Whitman, Percussion |
Valleyfair Family Amusement Park, 2000, 2001 |
| Suite E Studios Recording, Atlanta, with John Horesco of So So Def, 2003 |
| Performance at Pro Skate Exhibition, Lexington, KY, 2003 |
| Abstract Visions Recording, Atlanta, 2003 |
| Marching Band Compositions Performed in Competition at BOA National Championships, Indianapolis |
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