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2024 Alumni News Archive

December '24 Alumni Spotlight - Nové Deypalan

Nové Deypalan (Doctor of Musical Arts in Instrumental/Orchestral Conducting) is Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Conducting Workshop & Competition and Music Director of St. Nicholas Church in Laguna Woods, CA.

November '24 Alumni Spotlight - Bianca Raso '09

Bianca Raso (Bachelor of Music in voice performance) is a chorister with the Seattle Opera. We recently caught up with Bianca to ask her some questions about her time at the USC School of Music.

October '24 Alumni Spotlight - Clay Mettens '13

Clay Mettens is a composer and the Executive Coordinator of External Affairs at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. He has composed a new work in celebration of the School of Music's 100th anniversary that will premiere at the Freeman Sundays @3 concert on October 27, 2024.

September '24 Alumni Spotlight - Baljinder Singh Sekhon, II, '02

We recently caught up with USC School of Music Alumni Baljinder Singh Sekhon, II to ask him some questions about his time at the USC School of Music.

May 2024 Alumni Spotlight - Robert Rearden, '03

Robert Rearden (Bachelor of Music, horn performance) is a member of the National Symphony Orchestra and he serves on the horn faculty and is the brass coordinator at the Peabody Institute. We recently caught up with Bob to ask him some questions about his time at the USC School of Music.

April 2024 Alumni Spotlight

Blair Francis Paponiu (Bachelor of Music, flute performance) is the Associate Principal Flute with the San Francisco Symphony. We recently caught up with Blair to ask her some questions about her time at the USC School of Music.

March '24 Alumni Spotlight - Jeffrey Penn Johnson, '15

Jeffrey Penn Johnson (Bachelor of Music, composition) is a full time composer working in film for such companies as DreamWorks, Cartoon Network and Disney. He is also a visual artist whose current works can be viewed at the Messengers Gallery in Santa Monica, CA.

February '24 Alumni Spotlight - Jessica Robinson Stinson, '07

Jessica Robinson Stinson (Bachelor of Music, violin performance) is professor of violin at Georgia State University. She also serves as acting assistant principal second violin with the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, and is violinist and founding member of the Mosaic Quartet.

January '24 Alumni Spotlight - Philip Snyder, '15 & '18

Philip Snyder (Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts, flute) is Instructor of Flute at the University of Mississippi and Associate Producer at Spoleto Festival USA.

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