Recent Graduates

Drake Andersen ’09 (Chicago, Ill.) is pursuing a master’s in composition at the Manhattan School of Music. He is also taking part in their new program in contemporary music performance. 

Caroline Ziegler ’09 (Milwaukee, Wis.), is working on  a master’s in speech pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 

Daniel Pickens-Jones ’08 (San Francisco, Calif.) is pursuing a master’s in vocal performance at the Eastman School of Music. 

Luis Gabriel Mesa-Martinez ’07 (Pasto, Colombia) is pursuing a PhD in musicology at the University of Granada, Spain, with a dissertation on the music of Colombia. 

Nick Grondin ’05 (Lee, N.H.) took a year to study in France before completing a master’s in jazz composition at the New England Conservatory. As a jazz composer, he has recently received national awards from both ASCAP and Downbeat magazine. 

Virginia Rogers ’04 (Green Lake, Wis.) completed a master’s in harp performance at the University of Arizona and a master’s in jazz at the New England Conservatory. 

Grant Loehnig ’03 (New York, N.Y.) completed the master’s program in collaborative piano at the Manhattan School of Music. He is now a vocal coach at the Houston Grand Opera Studio and a faculty member in the opera program at Rice University. 

Amanda Warner ’01 is a singer and songwriter living in Brooklyn, New York. In June 2010, her song “I Go Away” was selected by online music magazine Pitchfork as “best new music”. 

Mayim Alpert ’00 (Little Rock, Ark.) is a string instrument builder and repairer working in Prague.