The Conducting & Ensembles department boasts many accomplished alumni, and prepares students for careers in performing, teaching, academia, and many other fields.
Eastman Conducting Graduates
Choral Conducting
From the studio of William Weinert:
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- Daniel Bara (DMA01)
Director of Choral Activities, University of Georgia - David Chin (MM12, DMA17)
Artistic Director, Bachfest Malaysia
Senior Research Fellow, Bach-Archiv, Leipzig - David Hahn (MM ’16)
Director of Choral Activities, Columbus State University - Allen Hightower (MM90)
Director of Choral Activities, University of North Texas - Caleb Hopkins, (DMA ’21)
Director of Choral Activities, Bucknell University - Harris Ipock (DMA18)
Director of Choral Activities, Denison University - James John (DMA01)
Director of Choral Activities, Aaron Copland School of Music, CUNY Queens College; Artistic Director, Cerddorian Ensemble (New York City) - Deanna Joseph (MM05, DMA11)
Director of Choral Activities, Georgia State University - Kuan-Fen Liu (MM99)
Music Director, Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra, and Channel Islands Choral Association; Director of Choral Activities, California State University, Channel Islands - Malcolm Merriweather, (MM10)
Music Director, The Dessoff Choirs (New York City); Director of Choral Activities, Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music - Rayvon Moore (DMA20)
Director of Choral Activities, Friends University; Music Director, Wichita Chamber Chorale - Gregory Ristow (MM09, DMA11)
Director of Choral Activities, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
- Daniel Bara (DMA01)
Contemporary Ensembles Conducting
From the studio of Brad Lubman:
- Edo Frenkel (BM12, MM16, DMA20)
Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artist; Assistant conductor to the Royal Ballet, London - Oliver Hagen (BM 08, MM10, DMA17)
Director of Orchestras, Newark Academy (Livingston, NJ); Faculty at Juilliard Preparatory Division; Assistant Conductor (2010-12), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris - Alan Pierson (DMA06)
Artistic Director and Conductor, Alarm Will Sound; Co-director of the Contemporary Ensemble, Northwester Bienen School of Music; Principal Conductor, The Crash Ensemble, Dublin - Geoffrey Pope (MA12, MM12)
Music Director and Conductor, Beach Cities Symphony; Interim Conductor, UC Irvine Symphony and Opera - Mark Powell (DMA19)
Associate Professor, Director of Orchestral Studies, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, City University of New York - Vicky Shin (MM18)
Music Director/Artistic Director, Ensemble Traversée; Associate Conductor, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Orchestral Conducting
From the studio of Neil Varon:
- Austin Chanu (MM21)
Conducting Fellow, Philadelphia Orchestra - Maurice Cohn (MM20)
Assistant Conductor, Dallas Symphony - Conner Covington (MM12)
Associate Conductor, Utah Symphony - Peter Folliard (DMA17)
Dean and Music Director, Augustana University - Jonathan Girard (DMA12)
Director of Orchestras, UBC Vancouver - Matilda Hofman (MM09)
Music Director, Diablo Symphony - Jerry Hou (DMA15)
Associate Conductor, Atlanta Symphony - David Jacobs (DMA11)
Director of Orchestras, University of Oregon - Jungho Kim (DMA15)
Music Director, Kent State University; Music Director, Tuscawaras Symphony - Johannes Mueller-Stosch (DMA08)
Music Director, California State Long Beach; Music Director, Holland Symphony Michigan - Chaowen Ting (DMA14)
Conductor, Georgia Tech symphony orchestra; Conductor, Peabody Conservatory’s youth orchestra
Wind Ensembles Conducting
From the studio of Mark Scatterday:
- Lindsay Bronnenkant (DMA22)
Associate Conductor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Reed Chamberlin (DMA14)
Conductor, University of Nevada, Reno - Kevin Holzman (DMA16)
Conductor, Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music - David Jacobs (DMA11)
Conductor, University of Oregon - Eric Laprade (BM08, DMA18)
Conductor, College of New Jersey - Martin Seggelke (DMA06)
Professor, University of South Florida, St. Peterburg - Paul Shewan (MM83, DMA04)
Conductor, Roberts Wesleyan College - Will Talley (DMA20)
Conductor, Ohio University - Cynthia Johnston Turner (DMA04)
Dean, Wilford Laureate University - Christopher Unger (DMA13)
Conductor, Augustana College
Emeritus Faculty Conducting Alumni
From the studio of Don Hunsberger:
- Evan Feldman (DMA03)
Conductor, University of North Carolina - Lois Ferrari (DMA97)
Conductor, Southwestern University - James Ripley (DMA99)
Conductor, Carthage College - Mallory Thompson (DMA85)
Conductor, Northwestern University - Michael Votta (DMA86)
Conductor, University of Maryland - David Wallace (DMA89)
Administrator, Western Washington University