Joseph Trench, MMus 2016, Miami University
  • Graduate Assistantship Recipient, Texas Tech University
  • Awarded Glick Travel Award for Summer Study
  • Accepted Rocky Ridge Summer Music Festival
  • Instructor, Blue Lake Summer Music Festival

Matt Van Vleet, BArts 2015, Miami University
  • Graduate Assistantship Recipient, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
  • Pursuing PhD in Musicology

Alex Boyer, Music Minor 2015, Miami University
  • Teaching English and American Cultural Studies in Shanghai, China
  • Featured Presenter at Undergraduate Research Forum: 2014, 2015


Molly Finkel MMus 2014, Miami University
  • Owns her own Start-up Reed Making Business
  • Accepted Orfeo International Chamber Music Festival (Italy)
  • Finalist, 2013-14 Miami University Concerto Competition
  • Awarded Glick Travel Award for Summer Study


Alex Price BMEd 2014, Miami University
  • Belle Haven PK-8 Music Teacher, Ohio
  • Assistant Marching Band Director - Butler High School, Vandalia OH
  • Administrative Assistant, Exhibits Hall - International Double Reed Society Annual Conference, 2014, New York City, NY
  • Administrative Assistant, Exhibits Hall - International Double Reed Society Annual Conference, 2013, Redlands, CA 


Benjamin Weaver BMEd 2013, Miami University
  • Director of Bands (5th & 6th Grades) and Assistant Director of Bands (HS), Mapleton Public Schools, Denver, CO
  • Selected by the 2012 IDRS Conference Artistic Committee to perform at a 2012 (Miami University) International Double Reed Society Conference Master Class
  • Virginia P. Glick Outstanding Music Education Student, Miami University, 2010-2011


Amanda VanWagenen BMEd 2013, Miami University
  • Music Educator, 7th and 8th Grades, Belmont High School, Dayton, OH
  • Site Manager, Bocal Majority Double Reed Camps: Summer 2015
  • Intern, Bocal Majority Double Reed Camps: Summer 2014
  • Coordinator, International Double Reed Society Teen Camp 2012


Raymundo Jacinto MMus 2012, Miami University
  • Started the "Readings from the Chamber Music Collection" at the Philadelphia Public Library
  • Accepted Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival & Fresh Inc. Chamber Music Festival   
  • Freelance Bassoonist in Philadelphia, PA and NYC, NY
  • Winner, 2011 Miami University Concerto Competition
  • Selected by the IDRS Conference Artistc Committee to perform at 2011 (Arizona State University) and 2012    (Miami University) International Double Reed Society Conference Master Classes.


Kate Mackenzie MMus 2012, Miami University
  • Adjunct Professor of Bassoon, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
  • DMA Bassoon performance, Arizona State University
  • Selected by the IDRS Conference Artistc Committee to perform at 2011 (Arizona State University) and 2012 (Miami University) International Double Reed Society Conference Master Classes
  • Awarded ‘Special Talent Music Tuition Scholarship,’ Arizona State University
  •  Awarded a Marjorie Post Farrington Award Scholarship from Miami University
  • Awarded College Teaching Certificate, Miami University 


Lisa Witek BMEd 2012, Miami University
  • Music teacher at Franklin R-1 School District, in Franklin, Missouri. 
  • Virginia P. Glick Outstanding Music Education Student Scholarship, Miami University, 2011-2012
  • Paul and Jane Nagel Scholarship, Miami University, 2008-2012


Wesley Pittman BMus 2012, Arizona State University
  • An active composer! Contact Dr. S if you are interested in commissioning a work from Mr. Pittman.


John Forrest Lentz BMEd 2011, Miami University
  • Accepted Vianden International Chamber Music Festival, 2013
  • MMus Student, Michigan State University
  • Selected by the 2012 IDRS Conference Artistic Committee to perform at a 2012 (Miami University) International Double Reed Society Conference Master Class
  • Awarded Scholarships for graduate study to Michigan State University


John Gormn BMEd 2010, Miami University
  • Second Bassoonist, New Albany Symphony Orchestra (Blind Audition)
  • Completed MMus Degree, Ohio State University
  • Recipient, Christopher Weait Bassoon Scholarship, Ohio State University (MMus) 
  • Finalist, 2009 Miami University Concerto Competition


Eric Fassbender MMus 2010, University of Nevada
  • Lecturer of Bassoon and Oboe, University of Nevada.
  • Second Bassoonist, Reno Philharmonic Orchestra (Blind Audition)
  • Substitute Bassoon, Reno Chamber Orchestra
  • Winner of 2009 University of Nevada Concerto Competition


EJ Foust MMus 2010, University of Nevada
  • Awarded Assistantship to Theory/Composition Program, University of Arizona
  • Completed DMA, University of Arizona
  • An active composer! Contact Dr. S if you are interested in commissioning a work from Mr. Foust!

Alix Frank BArts 2009, University of Nevada
  • Selected as College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Graduate, University of Nevada
  • Selected as School of the Arts Senior Scholar, University of Nevada
  • Studied Musicology at the University of Texas


K.C. Chai MMus 2008, University of Nevada 
  • Substitute Bassoon, Las Vegas Philharmonic
  • Winner of the 2008 University of Nevada Concerto Competition 
  • Selected by the 2011 IDRS Conference Artistic Committee to perform at a 2011 (Arizona State University) International Double Reed Society Conference Master Class
  • DMA Candidate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas


Ben Benson MMus 2007, University of Nevada
  • Susanville Symphony Orchestra
  • Tahoe Symphony (TOCCATA)
  • Ruby Mountain Symphony (and featured Concerto Soloist!!)
  • Benson Music Studio
  • Substitute Bassoon, Reno Philharmonic Orchestra


Joan Heupel BMus 2006, University of Nevada
  • MMus, University of Kansas
  • Finalist (Through Live Recording Submission), Couer d’Alene National Concerto Competition, Wind Division, Couer d’Alene, Idaho


Joanna Love MMus 2006, University of Nevada
  • Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Richmond
  • UCLA PhD, 2012: Musicology
  • Dissertation:  “The Choice of a New Generation’: ‘Pop’ Music, Advertising, and Meaning in the MTV Era and Beyond.”