Life after Oberlin


Photo by Scott Shaw

Symphony

  • Kennedy Center Orchestra - Greg Akagi ’99
  • Colorado Springs Symphony - Peter Cooper ’82
  • Delaware Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra- Zach Crystal ’07
  • South Florida Symphony - Issac Fernandez-Hernandez ’11
  • Beijing Philharmonic - Liu Gang ’99
  • Jacksonville (FL) Symphony - Kevin Garry ’88
  • San Francisco Symphony - Tom Hemphill ’73
  • Liverpool Symphony (England) - Graham Johns ’82
  • Dayton Symphony, Columbus Symphony - Michael LaMattina ’99
  • Cleveland Orchestra - Don Miller ’72
  • North Carolina Symphony - Rick Motylinski ’74
  • San Antonio Symphony (retired) - Marilyn Rife ’76
  • San Diego Symphony - Graham Thompson ’04
  • Stockholm Symphony (Sweden) - Rolf Thunander ’77
  • Minnesota Symphony - Kevin Watkins ’96
  • Des Moines Symphony - Aaron Williams ’07
  • Phoenix Symphony - Steve Fitch '80
  • Honolulu Symphony - Chris Cabrera ’16
  • U.S.Marine Band - Ken Wolin '89

Contemporary Music Ensembles

  • Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble - Matt Cook ’08
  • Percussion Group Cincinnati - Jim Culley ’77
  • 8th Blackbird Ensemble - Matthew Duvall ’95
  • Director of New Music Monday (LA) - Jonathan Hepfer ’09
  • Director of ICE Ensemble - Ross Karre ’05
  • Director of Spoleto Festival - John Kennedy ’82
  • Ensemble Sospresso, Ethos Percussion Ensemble - David Shively ’94
  • So Percussion - Adam Sliwinski ’01

Teaching Positions

  • North Carolina School of the Arts - John R. Beck ’82
  • Georgia State (Atlanta) - Stu Gerber ’96
  • Kent State - Zach Mathes ’10
  • Bard College - Adam Sliwinski
  • Stanford (Calfornia) - Loren Mach ’92
  • University of Cincinnati - Al Otte ’72
    • Yale, Peabody, Curtis - Bob Van Sice
  • University of Washington - Bonnie Whiting-Smith ’04
  • Teacher at Berkeley(Boston) - Carolyn Wilkins ’73
  • Teaches Electronic Music in Germany - Ben Bacon ’11

Miscellaneous

  • Freelance Musician in San Francisco - Chris Anthony ’88
  • Broadway Actor - Will Chase ’92
  • Dean of Creative Arts at TriC, Cleveland - Paul Cox ’92
  • Freelance Musician in San Francisco - David Dieni ’88
  • Conductor - Kosio Dobroykov ’08
  • Composer in New York - Evan Hause ’90
  • Outreach Concerts for NY Philharmonic - Justin Hines ’95
  • Composer - Kyle MacLowry ’91
  • Percussionist/ Percussion Coordinator Lion King and Frozen - David Mancuso ’93
  • Plays Broadway Shows in New York - Kerry Meads ’87
  • Director of Artists at Chautauqua - Debbie Moore ’94
  • Plays with Rivercity Brass Band - Carol Nelson Colwell ’91
  • New Music Freelancer in Chicago - Ryan Packard ’08
  • Drummer with Blue Man Group - Peter Pollack ’84
  • Hand Drummer/ Freelancer in New York - Adam Rudolph ’76
  • Freelance Musician in Toronto - David Schotzko ’00
  • Professor of Ethnomusicology at University of Oklahoma - Zoe Sherinian ’01
  • Facebook - Jon Simon ’00
  • Freelance Musician in Amsterdam, Holland - Christian Smith ’10
  • Research Grant in New Music in Norway - Jennifer Torrence ’06
  • Director of Computing Center at Rutgers - Galen Work ’79
  • Netflix - Nate Cavilieri ’00
  • Pandeiro Specialist- Brian Rice '89