Congratulations to Dr. Shayna Tayloe (MM Vocal Performance ’17)! Back in August, Tayloe accepted the position of Lecturer of Voice and Lyric Diction at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. […]
Category: Alumni News
Alumni Spotlight: Jamie Balter (MM ’20)
Congratulations to Jamie Balter (MM Vocal Performance ’20). Starting this spring semester, she will be an Adjunct Voice Instructor at Carroll Community College in Maryland. We love to hear from our […]
Salvation is Created – In Memory of Jim Duren
The University of Alabama School of Music mourns the loss of one of our most revered graduates, Jim Duren, class of 1973. In celebration of his life, please enjoy this […]
Alumni Spotlight: Two UA Flute Performance Grads Featured in National Flute Association Summer Series
Congratulations to Kim Scott and Akilah Bryant Kidd who both appeared recently as panelists and featured soloists for the National Flute Association Summer Series. The panel discussion was titled “Let’s […]
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Whitney O’Neal Promoted to Assistant Chair in Music at UNA
Congratulations to Dr. Whitney O’Neal on being promoted to Assistant Chair in Music at the University of North Alabama! O’Neal is currently Assistant Professor of Flute at UNA and principal […]
UA School of Music Establishes “IDEA” Committee
Professor and Director, Skip Snead, has established a new standing committee that will exist (ongoing) in our School of Music. It is named the “IDEA” committee; the “Inclusion”, “Diversity”, “Equity”, […]
Alumni News: Dr. Jonathan Ledger Publishes “Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon and the Manticore – A Study in Artistic Integrity and Sexual Identity”
Dr. Jonathan Ledger (DMA Choral Conducting ’15) is an Assistant Professor of Music & Choral Director at University of the Ozarks, a private liberal arts university in Arkansas. His first peer-reviewed […]
#AlumniSpotlight: Tyler Jones Made His Carnegie Hall Debut
Tyler Jones (B.M. Music Theory, 2016; M.M. Composition, 2019) made his Carnegie Hall debut on February 2, 2020. Tyler’s composition “Reflections.” was performed by the Carnegie Honors Performance Series Concert […]
Alumni Spotlight: Jill Pocius (BM, Music Therapy, 2017)
“I am working in Dallas, Texas as a board certified music therapist at Children’s Health. I am humbled every day to walk alongside these children and families as they navigate […]
Alumni News: Norman Huynh selected for 2020 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview
Congratulations to Norman Huynh on being selected as one of The League of American Orchestras 2020 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview; a very highly prestigious group. Hyuhn graduated with a Bachelor of […]