Recent Graduates
See what Music Education students are doing now!
Rhonda Dinwiddie – Graduated May 2008
Assistant Band Director at Livingston High School (Livingston, TX)
Kristin Staniszewski - Graduated May 2008
Assistant Director of Bands at Crownover Middle School (Denton, TX)
Leah Gray – Graduated May 2008
Middle School Band Director at Troy Middle School & Assistant Band Director at Troy High School (Troy, TX)
Justin Mathis – Graduated May 2008
Assistant Director of Bands (beginning, middle & high school band) at Decatur ISD (Decatur, TX)
Matt Buller – Graduated May 2008
Private instrumental lesson instructor and substitute teacher in Frisco ISD (Frisco, TX)
Adriana Olivan – Graduated May 2008
Assistant High School Orchestra Director & Mariachi Director at PSJA High School (San Juan, TX)
Ashley Haynes – Graduated May 2008
Percussion Director at Krum Middle School & Krum High School (Krum, TX)
Sara Bollinger – Graduated May 2008
Orchestra Director at Calhoun Middle School (Denton, TX)
Laura Patschke – Graduated May 2008
Assistant Director of Bands (6th-12th Grades) at Lago Vista ISD (Lago Vista, TX)
Benjamin Kelly – Graduated May 2008
Assistant Band Director at Stafford Middle School (Frisco, TX)
Brooke Grall – Graduated December 2007
Elementary Music Teacher at Thomas Elementary School (Plano, TX)
Ted Talbott – Graduated December 2007
Elementary Music Teacher at Haslet Elementary School (Haslet, TX)
Ryan Ransom – Graduated December 2007
Choir Director at Forbes Middle School (Georgetown, TX)
Victor Lozada – Graduated December 2007
Music Teacher at Blanton Elementary School (Denton ISD - Argyle, TX)
Emmanuel Espiritu (Graduated December 2007)
Attending The Boston Conservatory, studying for his Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting
Dawn Myers – Graduated December 2007
Music Specialist (Kindergarten-4th Grade) at Tomball Elementary School (Tomball, TX)
PHD Graduates
Beatriz Aguilar: Edgewood College
Jennifer Cahill-Clark: University of Texas – San Antonio
Al Corley: Mars Hill College, North Carolina
Dru Davison: Fine Arts Director, Memphis City Schools
Ryan Fisher: University of Central Arkansas
Fredna Grimland: Southern Oregon University
Pete Jutras: University of Georgia, Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Sibel Karakelle: Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey
Natalie Steele: Iowa State University
Lynette Vincent: University of Minnesota – Duluth
Ray Wheeler: University of Cincinnati
Stuart Younse: University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music