Achievements of degree students:
Orchestral leadership:
#Beth Newdome - Concertmaster Iris Chamber Orchestra, Principal Aspen Festival Orchestra
Jeanne Bourgeois - Assistant Concertmaster Spokane Symphony Orchestra
David Brickman - Principal 2nd Violin Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Allyson Dawkins - Principal Viola San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Amy Christian - Principal 2nd Violin Binghamton Symphony Orchestra
John Fadial - Principal 2nd Eastern Music Festival
Samantha George - former Associate Concertmaster Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Kelly Hall - Concertmaster NY Pops
Erica Kiesewetter - Concertmaster American Symphony Orchestra, Long Island Philharmonic, Opera Orchestra of New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, the Stamford Symphony and the Solisti N.Y. Chamber Orchestra. She tours and records with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Na Jeung Kim - Principal 2nd Violin Bucheon Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Lees - Concertmaster Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Natalia Lopez - Assistant Principal 2nd Violin Santiago(Chile) Orchestra
Peter Matzka - Concertmaster Vienna Radio Orchestra
Laura Millman Knutson- Concertmaster Army Strings
Jin Hee Park - Principal 2nd Violin Korean Symphony Orchestra
Vali Phillips - former Principal 2nd Violin Minnesota Orchestra
Marisa Polesky - Assistant Concertmaster Memphis Symphony
Richard Rood - Associate Concertmaster Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Principal 2nd : Mostly Mozart, American Symphony, Solisti NY, Philarmonia Virtuosi, NY Chamber Symphony. He is a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Katherine Winterstein - Concertmaster Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Mary Ellen Woodside - former Principal 2nd Tonhalle Orchestra (Zurich,Switzerland).
Matthew Zerweck -Acting Assisant Concertmaster San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
University Faculty Positions:
#Mitchell Stern - Eastman, Manhattan School, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook
#Beth Newdome - Florida State University
Kathleen Tesar-Director Admissions Colburn School
Laura Bossert - Wellesley & Longy School
Karen Chapple - University California Berkeley
Cora Cooper - Kansas State
Judith Eissenberg - Brandeis
John Fadial - University Wyoming
Jane Fulcher - University Michigan
Samantha George - Lawrence
John Gilbert - Texas Tech
Jeffrey Irvine - Cleveland Institute of Music
Erica Kiesewetter - Columbia
James Lyon - Penn State
Peter Matzka - Vienna Hochschule
Diane Monroe - Temple
Jacob Murphy - University Indiana South Bend
Charles Nichols - University Montana
Margaret Nichols - University Montana
Melissa Ortega-Locati - Seton Hall University
Craig Purdy - Boise State
Keith Redpath - W Texas A & M
Nancy Schechter - Georgia State
Margaret Soper Gutierrez - University Colorado
Chamber Music:
#Mitchell Stern - American String Quartet
Keith Redpath - Harrington String Quartet
Judith Eissenberg- Lydian String Quartet
Kelly Hall - Mark OConnor String Quartet
Peter Matzka - former Vienna String Sextet
Jacob Murphy - Euclid String Quartet
Erica Kiesewetter- Perspectives Ensemble, Leonardo Trio, former Colorado String Quartet & Dakota String Quartet Violin 1
Paloma Griffin- former Pink Martini
Shannon Renard- Max Graham Band
Mary Ellen Woodside- Merel String Quartet
Prizes:
#Mitchell Stern - Leventritt Competition winner
Peter Matzka - multiple prizes Munich; Laureate Brussels Concours
Laura Bossert - Silver medalist Szeryng Competition
Kelly Hall - prizewinner Naumburg Competition
Miriam Kramer - London Jewish Musician of the year
Entertainment:
Martha Curtis-featured on "60 Minutes" and "Today", inspirational speaker
Julie Gigante-background soloist in TV and movies ("Star Trek", "Sneakers", China Beach"
Diane Monroe-jazz violinist ("Music from the Heart")
Sue Federman : Paramount Films Editor