Across the world, six UNT double bass alumni have recently been appointed to orchestras. Ian Grems (BM ’20, MM ‘22) was appointed to the Turku Philharmonic, Finland; Aaron Olguin (BM ‘16, MM ‘18) appointed to the NDR Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany; Ricardo Puche (MM ’23, GAC ‘25) appointed to New World Symphony; John Cleere (MM ‘19) appointed principal bass of Nova Scotia Symphony, Canada; Harry Dearman (BM ‘20) appointed to Vancouver Symphony, Canada and Josh Lambert (MM ’20, DMA-ABD) appointed to Helsinki Filharmonie, Finland.