DMA Students & Alumni

Claudia Aizaga (flute)

MM-Louisiana State University
BM-University of Northern Iowa 

Member- Newphonia
Member- Diverge Trio

Carolyn Anderson (Soprano)

MM-Bowling Green State University
BM-Oberlin Conservatory

Member- PACEM

Jonathan Britt (trumpet)

MM-Bowling Green State University
BM-University of South Carolina

Rachel Constantino (horn)

MM-University of California Los Angeles
BM-Manhattan School of Music

Member- PACEM

Sandy Coursey (piano)

MM-Bowling Green State University
BM-Oklahoma City University

Member- Newphonia
Member- Diverge Trio

Kenneth Cox (flute)

MM-University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
BM-University of South Carolina

Shelly Du (harp)

Artist Diploma-Cleveland Institute of Music
MM-Cleveland Institute of Music
BM-Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Stephen Eckert (piano)

Artist Diploma-University of Ottawa
MM-University of Ottawa
BM-Memorial University of Newfoundland

Member- Ensemble Allure

Mickey Emch (Soprano)

MM-Louisiana State University
BM-University of Missouri - Columbia

Garrett Evans (saxophone)

MM-University of Hartford
BM-Lawrence University

Member- PACEM

Nick Fox (percussion)

Adjunct Instructor of Percussion-Bowling Green State University

MM-Northern Illinois University
BM-University of Wisconsin Whitewater

Member- Altered Sound Duo

Pablo Gómez-Estévez (composition)

MM-Bowling Green State University
BM-Luther College

Adam Har-zvi (composition)

MM-Bowling Green State University
MM-Cleveland Institute of Music
BM-University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Member- Newphonia
Member- Mezzo-Soprano and Double Bass Duo

Joshua Heaney (saxophone)

Adjunct Professor of Saxophone/Clarinet-Heidelberg University
Assistant to the Program Director-Snow Pond Music Festival

Artist Certificate-Georgia State University
MM-Georgia State University
BME-Susquehanna University

Anat Zapateado Kardontchik (violin)

MM-Carnegie Mellon
BM-Eastman School of Music

Otavio Manzano Kavakama (cello)

MM-Bowling Green State University
BM-University of Southern Mississippi

Fellowship-Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (2022-23)

Anthony Marchese (cello)

Adjunct Instructor of Cello-Bluffton University

MM-Bowling Green State University
BM-Eastern Michigan University

Member- PACEM

David Munro III (oboe)

MM-Bowling Green State University
BM-Virginia Commonwealth University

Member- Newphonia
Member- Diverge Trio

Katherine Pracht Phares (Mezzo-soprano)

MM-University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
BM-The University of Iowa

Member- Newphonia
Member- Mezzo-Soprano and Double Bass Duo

Keri Lee Pierson (Soprano)

MM-University of South Carolina
BM-University of Central Florida

Member- Deux Saisons
Member- PACEM

Alex Popovici (conducting)

MM-Kent State University
BA-Kent State University

Hila Zamir (clarinet)

Professional Studies Diploma-Brooklyn College
MM-Manhattan School of Music
BM-Tel Aviv University

 

Amanda DeBoer Bartlett (voice)

Member- Ensemble Dal Niente and Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Founder and director- Omaha Under the Radar

DMA Document: INGRESSIVE PHONATION IN CONTEMPORARY VOCAL MUSIC

Henrique Batista (percussion)

DMA Document: "AFRICA! AFRICA! AFRICA!" BLACK IDENTITY IN MARLOS NOBRE'S RHYTHMETRON

Curtis Biggs (trombone)

Adjunct Instructor-Snow College

Radium Duo

DMA Document: The Pedagogy of Norman Bolter as Examined through the Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection

Hong-Da Chin (composition)

Assistant Professor of Theory/Composition-Western Illinois University, Fall 2018

DMA Document: THE MUSIC OF MARC BATTIER, KEE YONG CHONG AND GENE COLEMAN: COMPOSITIONS FOR TRADITIONAL ASIAN INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRONICS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Mark Cook (percussion)

Adjunct Instructor- Bluffton University; Bowling Green State University

DMA Document: TELEMATIC MUSIC: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDIUM AND CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO PERFORMANCE

Ariel Magno da Costa (piano)

Freelance Pianist-Northwest OH/ Southeast MI

DMA Document: BASQUE AND MODERNIST INFLUENCES IN GABRIEL ERKOREKA'S WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO (1994-2019)

Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia (conducting)

Freelance Conductor-Munich, Germany

DMA Document: The Shaping of Time in Kaija Saariaho's Émilie: a Performer's Perspective

Derek Emch (clarinet)

Freelance Clarinetist-Northwest OH/ Southeast MI

DMA Document: PATHWAYS TO THE PRACTICE OF FREE IMPROVISATION

Noa Even (saxophone)

Lecturer and Head of Woodwinds-Rowan University
Co-Founder and Executive Director-Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP)
Member-Ogni Suono
Member-Patchwork

DMA Document: EXAMINING FRANÇOIS ROSSÉ’S JAPANESE-INFLUENCED CHAMBER MUSIC WITH SAXOPHONE: HYBRIDITY, ORALITY, AND PRIMITIVISM AS A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

James Fusik (saxophone)

Saxophone Lecturer and Director of Athletic Bands-Wayne State University

DMA Document: THE THEATRICAL SAXOPHONE: VISUAL AND NARRATIVE ELEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY SAXOPHONE MUSIC 

Humay Gasimzadeh (piano)

DMA Document: CONTEMPORARY PIANO WORKS BY THREE AZERBAIJANI COMPOSERS

Ioana Galu (violin)

Assistant Professor of Violin/Viola-University of South Dakota
Member-Rawlins Piano Trio

DMA Document: THE SOLO VIOLIN WORKS OF SAMUEL ADLER, CHEN YI, AND SHULAMIT RAN: A PERFORMER’S PERSPECTIVE 

Yen-Lin Goh (piano)

Senior Lecturer of Piano- Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
Graduate Coordinator- Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
International Coordinator/Pianist-Ge Gan-ru Ensemble
Youtube Channel
OneBeat 2018 Fellow

DMA Document: REIMAGINING THE STORY OF LU YOU AND TANG WAN: GE GAN-RU'S WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! AND HARD, HARD, HARD!

Jeffrey Heisler (saxophone)

Associate Professor of Saxophone-Oakland University
Assembly Quartet

DMA Document: ANATOMY AND EVOLUTION OF MORTON SUBOTNICK’S IN TWO WORLDS FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE AND INTERACTIVE COMPUTER

Gunnar Hirthe (clarinet)

Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet-College of Wooster
Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet-Cleveland State University

NO EXIT New Music Ensemble

DMA Document: IDENTITY IN THE CLARINET MUSIC OF MICHAEL FINNISSY AND EVAN ZIPORYN 

Isabelle Huang (percussion)

Freelance Percussionist

DMA Document: A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL PEKING OPERA AND CONTEMPORARY WESTERN PERCUSSION MUSIC IN MU KUEI-YIN IN PERCUSSION BY CHIEN-HUI HUNG

Aaron Hynds (tuba)

Lecturer of Music Business and New Media-University of Kentucky

DMA Document: The Composer's Guide to the Tuba: Creating a New Resource on the Capabilities of the Tuba Family

Cory Ryan Kasprzyk (composition)

Adjunct Instructor- CalState-Montery Bay
Adjunct Instructor- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Adjunct Instructor- Long Island University-Brooklyn

DMA Document: FOUND COMPOSITION: ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND ITS IMPACT ON COMPOSITIONAL AUTHORITY IN MUSIC EMPLOYING ELECTRONICS

Katherine Kilburn (conducting)

Assistant Director of Orchestras-Michigan State University

DMA Document: PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES TO CONDUCTING GESTURE IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Yeji Kim (flute)

Assistant Professor of Flute-Mokwon University
Principal Flute-Seoul Royal Symphony Orchestra
Founding member-Contemporary Ensemble Trois C

DMA Document: HYBRIDITY IN FLUTE MUSIC OF FOUR CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS

Garrett Krohn (horn)

Adjunct Instructor-University of Northwestern, St. Paul, MN

DMA Document: HORN AND LIVE ELECTRONICS A SURVEY OF AND PERFORMANCE GUIDE FOR A NEGLECTED REPERTOIRE

Jose Augusto Duarte Lacerda (percussion)

Professor of Percussion-Federal University of Mato Grosso (Brazil)
Freelaner Percussionist-Singapore
Youtube

DMA Document: SELF-ACTUALIZATION: TRANSCENDENTALIST DISCOURSE IN THE WORK OF STUART SAUNDERS SMITH

Karl Larson (piano)

Brooklyn-based Freelance Pianist (chamber, collaborative, solo)
Co-Founder and Pianist, Bearthoven
Co-Founder and NYC Curator, Permutations
Company Manager, Bang on a Can Summer Institute
Karl Larson and Ashley Bathgate EXCELcast: Making New Music in the Jungle
Youtube

DMA Document: THE SOLO PIANO MUSIC OF DAVID LANG

Hillary LaBonte (soprano)

New Voices Essay Contest First Place Winner

DMA Document: Analyzing Gender Inequality in Contemporary Opera

Jeff Manchur (piano)

Assistant Instructor of Piano-Heidelberg University

DMA Document: BUT WHY IS IT SO LONG?: ESCHATOLOGY AND TIME PERCEPTION AS AN INTERPRETATION OF MORTON FELDMAN’S ‘FOR PHILIP GUSTON’

Octavio Mas-Arocas (conducting)

Director of Orchestras-Michigan State University

DMA Document: FEARLESS PROGRAMMING: INVIGORATING THE AMERICAN ORCHESTRAL TRADITION THROUGH NEW MUSIC

Octavian Moldovean (flute)

Freelance Musician-Bucharest, Romania

DMA Document: Contextualizing Traditional Influences within Romanian Contemporary Music: Stylistic Elements in Selected Works for Solo Flute by Doina Rotaru, Violeta Dinescu, and Carmen Carneci

Chris Murphy (saxophone)

Member- Altered Sound Duo

Director of Bands-Maumee City Schools

DMA Document: MINDFULNESS AND METACOGNITION: A GUIDE TO IMPLEMENTING BENEFICIAL MENTAL HABITS IN MUSIC TEACHING

Zachary Nyce (piano)

Minister of Music-Faith United Church
Piano and Voice Faculty-5th Music Studio
Katz 22

DMA Document: Heartening Folk: Frederic Rzewski's North American Ballads as an Extension of Folk Culture

Jonathan Taylor de Oliveira (piano)

DMA Document: Student Perceptions of Contemporary Music: Learning and Performing Commissioned Piano Works

Liz Pearse (soprano)

Lecturer of Music-University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire
Adjunct Instructor of Voice-Winoa State University
Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Damselfly Trio

DMA Document: “BECAUSE THERE IS NO BASIS FOR COMPARISON”: THE SELF-ACCOMPANYING SINGER AND ROGER REYNOLDS’ SKETCHBOOK FOR THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING

Olman Piedra (percussion)

Associate Professor of Percussion/Jazz-University of Toledo

DMA Document: CREATIVE MUSICAL IMPROVISATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION OF NEXUS PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Mihai Popean (composition)

Vice-Dean of Research/
Director of the Music and Transdisciplinary Research Center-West University of Timisoara (Romania)

DMA Document: THE STILLNESS OF THE SILENT SOUND: A TANTRIC ANALYSIS OF KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN'S AUS DEN SIEBEN TAGEN

Spencer Prewitt (clarinet)

Assistant Professor of Clarinet-Austin Peay State University
Principal Clarinet-Gateway Chamber Orchestra
Clarinet-Nashville Scoring Orchestra
Substitute Clarinet- Nashville Symphony
Clarinet Faculty-Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

DMA Document: A COMPARISON OF TEACHER-GUIDED INSTRUCTION AND SELF-GUIDED STUDENT PRACTICE STRATEGIES

Michiko Saiki (piano)

Freelance pianist/artist- Leipzig, Germany
(con)temporary (in)sights
YouTube Performance

DMA Document: THE VOCALIZING PIANIST EMBODYING GENDERED PERFORMANCE

Andrew Martin Smith (composition)

Senior Adjunct Instructor-State University of New York at Fredonia
Instructor of Music Theory/Composition-Interlochen Summer Arts Camp
General Manager-Society of Compoers, Inc.
Co-owner-ADJ•ective New Music, LLC
Head of Institute Database Management-Institute for Composer Diversity

DMA Document: CONTINUITY, MOTION, AND ENERGY THROUGH THE SPECTRUM: AN ANALYSIS OF PHILIPPE LEROUX’S UN LIEU VERDOYANT - HOMMAGE À GÉRARD GRISEY

Timothy Stulman (composition)

Course Director of Topics in Music Theory
Department Chair of Music Composition-Full Sail University

DMA Document: A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF CHEN YI'S SI JI (FOUR SEASONS) FOR ORCHESTRA

Stephanie Titus (piano)

Adjunct Instructor of Piano and Music Theory-Bowling Green State University

DMA Document: JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: CULTURAL INFLUENCE AND IDENTITY

I-Chen Yeh (piano)

Applied Instructor-Oakland University
Adjunct Instructor-Bowling Green State University

DMA Document: THE PIANO ETUDES OF DAVID RAKOWSKI

Matthew Younglove (saxophone)

Assistant Professor of Saxophone- Tennessee Tech University
Member-Assembly Quartet

DMA Document: THE SAXOPHONE MUSIC OF ALEX MINCEK AND ERIC WUBBELS: USES OF FORM, REPETITION, AND EXTENDED TECHNIQUE

Nicholas Zoulek (saxophone)

Sole Proprietor-NZ Media

DMA Document: Analyzing the Intersections of Saxophone and Digital Media Through Media Theory