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UNC Music Alumni

Creative. Innovative. Leaders. 

As educators, performers, academics, and leaders in the music industry, UNC music alumni are finding success. UNC School of Music graduates can be found across the globe, all over the country, and are teaching, performing, and providing art, education, and culture to our region.

ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS

Zachary Wilson

Zachary Wilson, Baritone with Theater Heidelberg

Angela Parrish

Angela Parrish (MM '12), Singer/Songwriter
Featured in the film La La Land

Bruce Pearson

Bruce Pearson, Composer, Neil A. Kjos Company

 

Additional Alumni & Current Students

Arts Professionals

Kristen Dye - Executive Director, Boston New Music Initiative

Caroline Greenberg - Digital Associate, League of American Orchestras

Matt Selby -  Associate Music Director, Disneyland Resort

Education
Coming Soon!
Composition 

Bruce Pearson - Neil A. Kjos Company

Strings

Gina Buzzelli - Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, violin

Derek Hensler - Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, viola

Tyler McKisson - Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, viola

Romina Monsanto - Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, cello

Brass
 Coming Soon!
Woodwinds

Adele Demi - Eb Clarinet, United States Navy Band

Luci Disano - Clarinet, President's Own Marine Band

Jack Howell - Bass Clarinet, Pittsburgh Symphony

Lauren Jacobson - Clarinet, President's Own Marine Band

Mark Nuccio - Principal Clarinet, Houston Symphony

Erin Douglas Voellinger - Principal Clarinet, Ballet West Utah Chamber Orchestra

Tygar Worosello - Clarinet, United States Navy Band

Percussion

Neal Titus - Director of Percussion, Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis  

Voice

Greg Gerbrandt - Baritone, Piedmont Opera

Vail Rideout - Tenor, White Snake Projects

Rose Sawvel - Lyric Coloratura Soprano, Amarillo Opera

Zachary Wilson - Baritone, Theater Heidelberg

Jazz

Sherry Alves - Instructor of Vocal Jazz, Portland State University

Michael Conrad - Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies & Music Education, University of Northern Iowa

Braun Khan - Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Utah State University

Connaitre Miller - Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Howard University in Washington D.C.

Brian Rodesch - Visiting Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies, Simpson College

Academics

Dr. Marie Sumner Lott - Associate Professor of Music, History, and Literature, Georgia State University

Stephan Macaluso - Librarian, SUNY New Paltz

Dr. Timothy Sullivan - Associate Professor and Chair of Music Theory, History, and Composition, Crane School of Music

Keyboard

Karin Buer - Instructor of Music Theory, University of Colorado

Meng-ni Lin - Assistant Professor, Tainan University, Taiwan

Jordan Ortman - Young Artist Pianist and Coach, Opera Colorado

Larissa Paggioli - Professor, Universidade de Brasília.

Eunyoung Suh - Former Chair of the Piano Department, Mahido University, Thailand

Conducting

Germán Augusto Gutiérrez - Director of Orchestras, Texas Christian University