Alumni : Study 2013
A history of Success
Since 1961, the Eastern Music Festival and School has had many students go on to achieve great success. The list of alumni is impressive. Several, like Wynton Marsalis, are sought after soloists, others are successful educators, and many are affiliated with America's top ensembles.
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Distinguished Alumni
Violin
- Eliot Chapo
- FSU, former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic
- Rebecca Boyer Hall
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Anne Donaldson
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra
- Anikó Kovácks
- Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra
- Scott Mozlin
- Assistant Principal Violin - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- Jeffrey Multer
- Concertmaster - The Florida Orchestra
- Bruce Patti
- Dallas Symphony
- Angie Smart
- Saint Louis Symphony
- Diana Tsaliovich
- Jerusalem Symphony
Viola
- Geraldine Walther
- Takás String Quartet
- Rachel Fagerburg
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Eliesha Nelson
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Chauncey Patterson
- former member of the Miami String Quartet
Cello
- Jennifer Combs
- Hartford Symphony Orchestra
- David Hardy
- Principal - National Symphony Orchestra
- Robert deMaine
- Principal - Detroit Symphony Orchestr
- Bryan Dumm
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Anne Fagerbur
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- David Kim
- Saint Louis Symphony
- Alvin McCall
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Marc Moskovitz
- ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
- Christopher Rex
- Principal - Atlanta Symphony
Double Bass
- Lawrence Epstein
- Associate Principal - San Francisco Symphony
- John Moore
- Pittsburgh Symphony
Flute
- David Cramer
- Associate Principal - The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Elizabeth Ostling
- Associate Principal - Boston Symphony
Oboe
- Colin Gatwood
- Houston Symphony
- Laura Griffiths
- Principal - San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Clarinet
- Richard Hawley
- Principal - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- Tom LeGrande
- Associate Principal - Houston Symphony
- Ricardo Morales
- Principal - The Philadelphia Orchestra
Bassoon
- Holly Blake
- Contrabassoon - The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Sue Heineman
- Principal - National Symphony Orchestra
- Patrick Johnson-Whitty
- San Francisco Ballet
Horn
- Julie Beckel Yager
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Charles Bell
- Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- Nicholas Caluori
- West Point Band
- Nicole (de la Cal) Caluori
- West Point Band
- Oliver de Clercq
- Principal - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Kristin Joham
- Eastern Washington University, Spokane Symphony
- Charles Putnam
- American Horn Quartet
- Hunter Sholar
- Nashville Symphony
- Zachary Smith
- Assistant Principal - Pittsburgh Symphony
- Michal Emanovsky
- Associate Principal Horn - Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Trumpet
- Karin Bliznik
- Associate Principal - Atlanta Symphony
- Thomas Booth
- Assistant Principal - Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Josef Burgstaller
- Peabody Institute/former member of the Canadian Brass
- Kevin Finamore
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Manny Laureano
- Principal - Minnesota Orchestra
- Wynton Marsalis
- Soloist and recording artist
- Brandon Ridenour
- Canadian Brass
Trombone
- James Box
- Principal - Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Delfeayo Marsalis
- Composer, Producer
- Nicholas Schwartz
- Bass Trombone - New York City Ballet
- Ward Stare
- Conductor - Saint Louis Symphony
Tuba
- Ja'Ttik Clark
- Oregon Symphony
- Kevin Harrison
- Axiom Brass
Percussion
- Christopher Allen
- Associate Principal Timpani - Pittsburgh Symphony
- Keith Carrick
- Sarasota Orchestra
- Kristopher Keeton
- University of North Carolina-Greensboro
- Jason Marsalis
- Soloist and recording artist
- Rolando Morales-Matos
- Grammy winner, Broadway, Curtis
Harp
- Bridget Kibbey
- New York University, Juilliard Pre-College
- Anna Kate Mackle
- The Florida Orchestra
- Paula Page
- Houston Symphony
Piano
- Michael Chertock
- Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
- James Giles
- Northwestern University
- Christopher Guzman
- Penn State University
- Randall Hodgkinson
- New England Conservatory
- Chu-Fang Huang
- 2011 Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient
- Gustavo Romero
- University of North Texas
- Gideon Rubin
- Los Angeles Music and Art School
- Sylvie Wang
- Northwestern University