Student Achievements
Honors and Awards
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Percussion Ensemble - Received Second Prize at the 2014 ENKOR Chamber Music Competition. Received 2nd Place finishes at the 2014 and 2015 Percussive Arts Society Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition.
Ian Jones - Recipient of the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Department of Music Laidlaw Scholarship 2014-2015. Runner-up of the Larry Spivack International Solo Vibraphone Competition for his performance of Spivack's Soliloquy (January 2014). Awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistantship at Ithaca College (May 2015).
Ryan Boehme - Recipient of the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ John and Coralie Toomey Percussion Scholarship for 2014-2015. Received 3rd Place at the 2015 Percussive Arts Society Individual Marching Snare Competition in San Antonio, Texas. Awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistantship at the University of Central Florida (April 2017).
Steven Davidson - Winner of the Larry Spivack International Solo Vibraphone Competition for his performance of Spivack's Ragtime. $1000 Cash Prize and invited to perform at the Local 802 Music Union in Manhattan (January 2014).
Luke Smith - Winner of a Global Music Award of Merit for his percussion ensemble work Benjamin
Seeing Tessellations, scored for six marimbas and one vibraphone (September 2014).
Recipient of the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Bartels Percussion Scholarship AND John W. Laidlaw Scholarship
for 2013-2014.
Jeremy Megginson - Awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistantship at the University of Utah (May 2013).
Ben Ivey - Winner of the Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition, sponsored by the Symphony of the Mountains, performing Ney Rosauro's Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (January 2010).
Alumni
Alex White, 2017 - Graduated with a BME, currently the Band Director at Escambia County Middle School and Assistant Band Director at Escambia County High School.
Ryan Boehme, 2017 - Graduated with a BME, currently pursuing a Master's in Percussion Performance at the University of Central Florida.
Luke Smith, 2016 - Graduated with a BM in Music Performance, currently pursuing a Master's in Music Composition at the University of Oregon.
Soren Odom, 2016 - Graduated with a BME, currently pursuing a Master's in Film Composition at the Seattle Film Institute.
Ben Ivey, 2016 - Graduated with a BME, currently the percussion instructor and Assistant Band Director at Theodore High School.
Bryant Ramey, 2016 - Graduated with a BME, currently pursuing a Master's in Music Education at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, and is the Assistant Band Director at Robertsdale High School.
Steven Davidson, 2015 - Graduated with a BM with Elective Studies in Business, currently working as a live sound engineer in downtown Mobile.
Jessica Foster, 2015 - Graduated with a BME, currently a music educator in western New York.
Ian Jones, 2015 - Graduated with a BM in Music Performance, graduated with a Master's in Percussion Performance from Ithaca College (2017).
Jeremy Megginson, 2013 - Graduated with a BME, graduated with a Master's in Percussion Performance from the University of Utah ('15), currently the Assistant Band Director/Director of Percussion at Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs, UT.
Chase Davidson, 2013 - Graduated with a BME, currently an assistant band director and percussion instructor at Saraland High School.
Zach Webb, 2011 - Graduated with a BM with Elective Studies in Business, graduated with a Master's in Percussion Performance from The Hartt School ('14), currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.
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