Alumni

Jonathan Watkins

DMA, Euphonium Performance

Birthday: October 14th, 1986

Hometown: Palm City, FL

High School: South Fork High School 

Previous Degrees and Universities

     - Bachelor of Music Performance, Florida State University

     - Master of Music Performance, Florida State University

Goals: To have a meaningful career in music.

Hobbies and Interests: Home-Brewing

Irving Ray

DMA, Euphonium Performance, Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Euphonium - Brookhaven College

Birthday: March 18, 1987

Hometown:  Houston, TX

High School:  Cypress Falls High School

Member of The North Texas Euphonium Quartet:

Nate Plapinger

BM, Music Performance

Hometown:  Beaverton, OR

High School:  Westview High School, Portland, OR

Awards and Honors:

     -3rd Place, Oregon State Solo Contest, 2011

     -2nd Place, Oregon State Solo Contest, 2012

     -Oregon All-State Wind Symphony Member

Goals: To make a living playing the euphonium.

Hobbies and Interests: Starcraft, Drum and Bugle Corps (Santa Clara Vanguard), Band

Alison Miserendino

MM, Euphonium Performance and Music Education

Hometown:  Burke, VA

High School:  Lake Braddock High School

Awards and Honors:

     - IWBC mock audition 2014

     - honorable mention, IWBC Susan slaughter solo competition 2014

     - alternate, Falcone student competition 2011

     -Winner, George S. Howard Young Artist Competition (US Air Force Band), 2010

Goals: To win a job in a military band, or teach middle school band.

Nathan Meyers

BM, Music Education

Hometown:  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

High School:  Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12

Awards and Honors:  

     -PMEA All-State Concert Band 2013

     -PMEA All-State Concert Band 2014

     -The Sound of America Honor Band and Chorus

     -North Eastern Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference 3rd Place High School Division 2013

Goals: To play in a Military Band and teach at the high school level

Michael Mendoza

BM, Music Education

Birthday: March 12, 1997

Hometown: Frisco, Texas

High School: Lone Star High School

Awards and Honors:

     -Patrick S. Gilmore Band Award
 

Goals: To be a band director/private teacher and earn a doctorate.

Hobbies and Interests: Reading books and news articles, spendng time with friends and family, helping with technology problems/issues, learning new things.

Andrew Lyster

BM, Music Education

Birthday: July 20, 1994

Hometown:  Fort Worth, TX

High School:  Paschal High School

Awards and Honors:

     -TMEA 5A Symphonic Band Member

     -John Phillip Sousa Award Recipient

     -Superior Rating at TMEA State Solo and Ensemble

Goals: To play euphonium in the Black Dyke Band and teach at a university.

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, Running, Star Wars, and Monty Python

Erik Lundquist

MM, Music Performance

Birthday: September 10, 1990

Hometown:  Jamestown, NY

High School:  Jamestown High School

Awards and Honors:

     -Semi-Finalist, United States Air Force Band Euphonium Audition, 2012

     -3.5 Honor roll, Fall 2009, 2011, Spring 2010, 2011, 2012

     -4.0 Honor Roll, Fall 2010

     -Semi-Finalist, United States Air Force Band of the Golden West Euphonium Audition, 2010

     -Member, MENC All-Eastern Band, 2009

Vince Kenney

DMA, Euphonium Performance, Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass - East Central University, Adjunct Instructor of Music - North Central Texas College

Hometown:  Bloomington/Normal, Illinois

Member of The North Texas Euphonium Quartet:

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