... Read My Story

Students

• Tim Mauthe, Composition
      ... pushing your imagination
  
  
• Richard Ollarsaba, Opera
      ... preparing for professional life
  
  
• Josue Gonzalez, Cello
      ... friendly faces in the hallways
  
  
• Michelle Cann, Piano
      ... being moved to tears
  
  
• Domenico Boyagian, Conducting
      ... the moment of connection
  
  
• Ariel Clayton, Violin
      ... impacting students' lives
  
  
• David Stute, Cello/Philosophy
      ... learning more than music
  
  

Faculty

• Steven Mark Kohn, Electronic Music Studio
      ... Scrabble, scuba, comedy and The Beatles
  
  
• Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Piano
      ... driving without a destination
  
  
• Jason Vieaux, Guitar
      ... Bach, rock, and hip-hop
  
  
• Carl Topilow, Conducting
      ... funny in several languages
  
  
• David Bamberger, Opera
      ... history texts and Willie Mays
  
  
• Michael Sachs & Yolanda Kondonassis, Trumpet & Harp
      ... marriage, classic rock, and the sinking of the Titanic
  
  
• Marshall Griffith, Theory
      ... a low golf handicap and the Dead Sea Scrolls
  
  
• Peter Salaff, Chamber Music
      ... the Peace Corps and a fashionable family