Elizabeth Alexander, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition with Jack Gallagher. D.M.A., Cornell University; composition with Steven Stucky, Yehudi Wyner, Karel Husa. Grants, awards, fellowships: the Jerome Foundation, New York Council on the Arts, Wisconsin Arts Board, National Orchestral Association, Meet the Composer, numerous prizes. Composer of 35+ commissioned works; founder of Seafarer Press. Performances: Charleston Symphony, Elmer Iseler Singers, Gregg Smith Singers.
	Amanda Bekeny, B.M.E., The College of Wooster; trumpet with Jack Gallagher, Geoffrey Hardcastle. M.M., University of Wisconsin; trumpet with John Aley, Alan Campbell. D.M.A., Ohio State; trumpet with Timothy Leasure; recipient, A. Peter Constanza Award for Most Distinguished D.M.A. Document. San Francisco Conservatory; trumpet with David Burkhart. Trumpet instructor, Ashland University, since 2006, College of Wooster, 2008-09. Performances with Akron, Canton Symphonies, Columbus Bach Ensemble.
	Jessica Berry, B.M.E., The College of Wooster; trumpet with Jack Gallagher, Geoffrey Hardcastle. M.M., University of Akron; trumpet with Scott Johnston. Graduate Assistant, University of Akron Symphonic Band. Performances with Ohio Light Opera Orchestra, University of Akron Symphony, and Principal Trumpet, Wooster Symphony.
	Brian Biddle, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, counterpoint with Jack Gallagher. M.M., Butler University; composition with Michael Schelle. D.M.A. in progress, Hartt School of Music; composition with Robert Carl, Stephen Gryc. Performances: Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Wooster Symphony; Butler Wind Ensemble; Scot Symphonic Band.
	Douglas Buchanan, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, counterpoint, 20th century theory, orchestration with Jack Gallagher; composition with Peter Mowrey. M.M., Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University; composition with Nicholas Maw, Michael Hersch. D.M.A. in progress, Peabody Institute.
	Matthew Carson, pre-college trumpet with David Larson. B.A., The College of Wooster; trumpet with Jack Gallagher, Gary Davis. M.M., Hartt School of Music; trumpet with Chris Gekker. Former Director of Publications, Empire Brass Quintet Sheet Music. Recording: Mozart for Brass with Empire Brass Quintet; performance with New World Symphony; music typography for Michael Tilson Thomas.
	Chelsea Conover, B.A., The College of Wooster; trumpet with Jack Gallagher, Geoffrey Hardcastle. M.E.M., Duke University; trumpet with Don Eagle. Performances: Principal Trumpet, Scot Symphonic Band; lead trumpet, Duke University and College of Wooster Jazz Ensembles.
	Timothy Cummings, B.M.E., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, 20th-century theory with Jack Gallagher. B.A., Honours, ethnomusicology; M.A. musicology, Victoria University, Wellington, N.Z. Pre-doctoral study, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, Scotland. Study at the Piping Center, Glasgow. Arranger, Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band, N.Z. Artist-in-Residence, College of Celtic and Performing Arts, Canada (Summerside, PEI). Broadcasts: WGDR-FM, Radio New Zealand. Publication by G.I.A.; founder, Beithe Publishing; adjunct faculty, Middlebury College. Author, An Appalachian Collection: Mountain Music for Scottish Pipes.
	Amy Doerfler, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, counterpoint, 20th-century theory with Jack Gallagher. M.M. and Bomhard Fellow, University of Louisville; composition with Steve Rouse. D.M.A. Candidate, Kent State University; composition with Frank Wiley, Thomas Janson. Second Place winner, Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Young Composers Contest. Performances in Poland and by University of Louisville Orchestra.
	Mark Frazier, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, counterpoint, music theory with Jack Gallagher. M.M., organ performance, University of Iowa. Adjunct faculty at UNC Pembroke and Plymouth State University. Former Dean, Cape Fear Chapter, American Guild of Organists. Winner, national Anthem Composition Contest, Fairfax, Virginia; publication by G.I.A. Currently Director of Music, South Congregational Church, Concord, New Hampshire.
	Ryan Gallagher, pre-college trumpet, composition, orchestration, counterpoint with Jack Gallagher; music theory with Daniel Adams. Performed two years, Ohio All-State Orchestra; two years, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra; three years, Principal Trumpet, Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Cleveland. B.M., Juilliard; composition with Christopher Rouse. D.M.A. candidate, Cornell University; composition with Steven Stucky, Roberto Sierra. Additional composition with Richard Cornell, Samuel Adler, George Tsontakis, Martin Bresnick, Stephen Jaffe. Arthur Friedman Award for outstanding orchestral composition at Juilliard. Four-time winner, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. Winner, Collage New Music Young Composers Competition; New York Federation of Music Clubs Brian Israel Award. Performances by New Juilliard Ensemble, New York Youth Symphony, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Juilliard Orchestra, eighth blackbird, Nevsky and Rimbaud String Quartets.
	Karl Henning, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, counterpoint, music theory with Jack Gallagher; composition with Paul Schwartz. M.A., University of Virginia; composition with Judith Shatin, Walter Ross, Douglas Hargrave. Ph.D., University of Buffalo; composition with Charles Wuorinen, Louis Andriessen. Published by Lux Nova Press. Performances by Clemson University Orchestra, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Wooster Symphony Orchestra, Tapestry. Currently Composer-in-Residence, Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, Boston. Critic for www.GoodMusicGuide.com and www.NewBerkshire.com.
	Matthew Herman, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, counterpoint with Jack Gallagher; composition with Donald Sloan. M.M., Bowling Green State University; composition with Samuel Adler, Burton Beerman, Wallace DePue, Marilyn Shrude. D.M.A., Temple University; composition with Maurice Wright, Matthew Greenbaum, Richard Brodhead. Recipient, Outstanding Faculty Award, West Chester University. Adjunct faculty at West Chester University, Montgomery County Community College; faculty, Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary.
	Peter Hoopes, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, 20th-century theory with Jack Gallagher. M.M., University of Miami, composition with Dennis Kam; graduate assistant in music technology. Engineer, producer, arranger, music preparation, Michael Whalen studios, New York City. Director of technology, music and film since 1998, St. Andrew's School, Delaware.
	Kevin James, B.M.E., The College of Wooster; trumpet, theory with Jack Gallagher; trumpet with John Schuesselin. M.M., University of Akron, trumpet with Scott Johnston. Former lead trumpet, University of Akron Jazz Ensemble; co-lead, Ohio All-State College Jazz Ensemble.
	Rachel Kincaid, pre-college trumpet, composition with Jack Gallagher; B.M., Eastman School of Music; trumpet with James Thompson. Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg, 2006-2007; trumpet, composition with Anthony Plog. Marshall Scholar, Master's candidate, trumpet, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. Performances by Eastman Wind Orchestra, Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Cleveland, and Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony. Published by Editions Bim.
	Eric Knorr, pre-college trumpet with Jack Gallagher. B.M., The College of Wooster; trumpet with Jack Gallagher, Gary Davis. M.M., University of Akron, trumpet with Scott Johnston. ABD, Cincinnati Conservatory; trumpet with Alan Siebert, Marie Speziale. Principal Trumpet, USAF Heartland of America Band, Omaha. Current member, AF Band of Flight, Wright-Patterson AFB. Performances with Dayton Philharmonic, Bach Society of Dayton, Omaha Symphony, Akron Symphony, Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra, Ohio Light Opera Orchestra. Recordings with CCM Wind Symphony and Heartland of America Band and Brass Quintet.
	Christopher Koenig, B.M.E., The College of Wooster; trumpet, orchestration, music history with Jack Gallagher. M.M., Ohio University; trumpet with John Schlabach. Additional trumpet study with John Brndiar, Baldwin-Wallace College. Performances with OU Faculty Brass Quintet, Principal Trumpet, OU Wind Ensemble. Directed high school band programs in Ohio and New York. Currently music teacher, Georgetown Independent School District, Hutto, TX.
	Stephen Lett, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, counterpoint, form and analysis, 20th-century theory with Jack Gallagher. Physics at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. M.M. candidate, composition, University of Illinois; composition with Erik Lund; electroacoustic music with Scott Wyatt; algorhythmic composition with Rick Taube. Performances by Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Scot Symphonic Band.
	Zachary Lyman, pre-college trumpet with Daniel D'Addio. B.M., The College of Wooster; trumpet, 20th-century theory with Jack Gallagher; trumpet with John Schuesselin. M.M., New England Conservatory; trumpet with Charles Schlueter. D.M.A., University of Iowa; trumpet with David Greenhoe. Principal Trumpet, New England Philharmonic, 2000-2003; Principal Trumpet, University of Iowa Orchestra, 2003-2006; Director of Music, Pingree School, MA, 2000-2003. Performances under Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Gunther Schuller, Benjamin Zander, Sergiu Commissiona, Keith Lockhart. Currently Assistant Professor, Trumpet and Music Theory, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.
	Timothy McCoul, B.M., The College of Wooster; trumpet, theory with Jack Gallagher; trumpet with Gary Davis. M.M., Illinois State University, trumpet with Amy Gilreath. A.B.D., University of Southern Mississippi; trumpet with Joel Treybig. Visiting Instructor of Trumpet, Assistant Professor of Trumpet, Wichita State University; Principal Trumpet, Wichita Symphony, 1996 -1998. Awarded Second Place, Category One, 1997 International Women's Brass Congress Solo Competition; winner, Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra Young Artists’ Competition.
	Brian McCreath, B.M., The College of Wooster; trumpet with Jack Gallagher. M.M., New England Conservatory; trumpet with Charles Schlueter. Additional trumpet study with Manny Laureano. Formerly Principal Trumpet, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra; second trumpet, Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico. Since 2006, producer and host, Classical Weekend, WGBH, 89.7 FM, Boston.
	Eric Merten, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, counterpoint, 20th-century theory with Jack Gallagher. M.M. in progress, Syracuse University; composition with Daniel Godfrey. Second Place winner, Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Young Composers Contest.
	Susan Sievert Messersmith, pre-college trumpet with Jack Gallagher. B.M., Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory; trumpet with James Darling, Mary Squire; M.M., Eastman School of Music; trumpet with Barbara Butler. Cleveland Institute of Music; trumpet with Michael Sachs. Former second trumpet, Charleston Symphony; adjunct faculty, College of Charleston, Charleston Southern University.
	Christopher Palestrant, B.A., The College of Wooster; composition with Jack Gallagher, Adrienne Elisha. M.A., New York University; M.M., D.M.A., Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University; composition with Nicholas Maw, Morris Cotel, Thomas Benjamin. Private composition study with Adolphus Hailstork. Winner, Third Biennial Michael Hennagin Composition Prize. Currently Associate Professor, composition and theory, Elizabeth City State University of the University of North Carolina.
	Jane Rackley, pre-college trumpet with Jim Botti. B.A., The College of Wooster; trumpet with Jack Gallagher, Geoffrey Hardcastle. Artist Diploma, Duquesne University; trumpet with George Vosburgh; additional study with Timothy Leasure. Performer: Pittsburgh Brass Project; substitute list, Canton Symphony Orchestra.
	S. Alexander Reed, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, form and analysis with Jack Gallagher; composition with Peter Mowrey. Ph. D., University of Pittsburgh; theory with Mathew Rosenblum, Eric Moe, Andrew Weintraub. Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory, College of William & Mary, 2005-06; Executive Director, Relache (Philadelphia), 2006-07. Presently Assistant Professor of Music Theory, University of Florida.
	Don Rice, B. A., B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, theory with Jack Gallagher. Former band leader, arranger, Holiday Cruise Lines; designer, Golden Age Finale Font; co-owner, Anixter-Rice Music Services, New York. Finale music typography for Broadway shows The Producers, Beauty and the Beast, Wicked, The Little Mermaid, Titanic, Young Frankenstein, Jersey Boys.
	John Richey, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, counterpoint with Jack Gallagher; composition with Paul Schwarz. Graduate study, Indiana University; composition with Donald Erb, Eugene O'Brien. M.M., University of Michigan; composition with William Albright, Leslie Basset; electroacoustic music with George Wilson. D.M.A. University of Illinois; composition with Salvatore Martirano, Paul Zonn. Works published on Innova and Capstone labels. Reviewer for Computer Music Journal.
	John Schuesselin, pre-college trumpet with Jack Gallagher. B.M., Eastman; trumpet with Barbara Butler; M.M., Kent State University; trumpet with Michael Chunn; D.M.A., Louisiana State University; trumpet with James West. Recordings with Eastman Wind Ensemble, Ohio Light Opera. Performances with Cleveland Opera Orchestra, New World Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, Charleston Symphony. Principal Trumpet, Acadiana Symphony. Principal Trumpet, personnel manager, Ohio Light Opera. Presently Associate Professor of Trumpet, University of Mississippi.
	Matthew Walker, B.M., The College of Wooster; composition, orchestration, counterpoint, form and analysis, 20th-century theory with Jack Gallagher; electroacoustic music with Peter Mowrey, Linda Antas; M.M. in progress and Bomhard Fellow, University of Louisville; composition with Steve Rouse; electroacoustic music with John Ritz. Third Place winner, Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Young Composers Contest. Performances by Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Greater Cleveland Flute Society.

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