Current Student Achievements

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2015

John Baker, Master Degree of Clarinet Performance

  • Head music director, Mountain View High School, Meridian, Idaho

Jake Hale, Senior, Music Education major,

  •  Principal Clarinet (CORE) position with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Shreveport, Louisiana
  • GRAND PRIZE, 2015 International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition and Orchestral Excerpts Competition, Madrid, Spain
  • Sublist, Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra, Midland-Odessa, TX
  • Full Scholarship, Round Top Music Festival, Round Top, TX
  •  Semifinalist, Senior Division, Coleman Chamber Music Competition,  Austin, TX

Iván Hernández, Graduate Student, Performance Major

  • Semifinalist, 2015 International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition and Orchestral Excerpts Competition, Madrid, Spain
  • Second Clarinetist, Waco Symphony

Laura Seal,  Senior, Music Education major

  • Assistant Band Director, Crosby ISD, Crosby, TX

Julie Yu, Freshman, Performance major,

  • Le Domaine Forget Music and Dance Academy Summer Program, Canada
  • Finalist, Clarinet Colloquium Young Artist Competition, College Division,  Dallas, TX

Taylor Gonzales, Freshman, Music Education major,

  • Third Prize Winner, Clarinet Colloquium Young Artist Competition, College Division,  Dallas, TX
  • Clarinetist,  American Wind Symphony Concert Tour

Luke Camarillo, Freshman, Music Education major,

  • Scholarship, ARIA International Summer Music Academy this July in Massachusetts.

Ben Quarles, Freshman, Performance major,

  • Bass Clarinet Second Prize Winner, Clarinet Colloquium Young Artist Competition, College Division,  Dallas, TX
  • Bass Clarinetist, Waco Symphony
  • Bass Clarinetist, Las Collinas Symphony
  • Principal clarinet, Dallas millennial choir and orchestra

Victor Garza, Music Education major

  • Band Director, Dr. Javier Saenz Middle School

 

2014

Jake Hale, Junior, Music Education Major, Finalist, 2014 International Clarinet Association Orchestral Excerpts Solo Competition
Elias Rodriguez, senior, music education, graduate program at University of Michigan

Garret Ray Jones, senior, music education, National Orchestral Institution Summer Training Program,  graduate program at University of Michigan

Laura Onwudinanti, graduate program at University of Michigan

Derek Novak, sophomore. music education, soloist with the Copperas Cove High School Band

Angelia Schulte, high school junior, the winner of the Waco Youth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition

2013

Daniel Malacon, Junior, Music Education Major, Second Place, 2013 International Clarinet Association Orchestral Excerpts Solo Competition

Jake Hale, Sophomore, Music Education Major, Finalist, 2013 International Clarinet Association Orchestral Excerpts Solo Competition; Semifinalist, 2013 International Clarinet Association Young Artist Solo Competition

Jack Stewart, freshman, Music Education major, concerto winner of GDYO Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart Clarinet Concerto