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We recently updated our alumni page with current information received in the last few months from our alumni.  The old information on this page has been archived as a lot of it was over 10 years old and may no longer be accurate.  If you are an alum of the department and would like to be included here, please send us an email at musicalumni AT_TOWSON and let us know what you're doing now.  Please include your graduation year.  Thanks!

Zachary Al-Radiedeh (2019) - Euphonium player, US Army Bands currently assigned to US Army Europe and Africa Band & Chorus.

Peter Ariano (2023 Music Education) - Band Director of Quince Orchard High School in Montgomery County. Started Masters of Music Education at the University of Maryland.

Sheldon Bair - Founder and Music Director of the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra. Visit his website.

Gosia Baker (formerly Piechocka) (2005) - Busy raising two kids and working in the Honor College at CCBC.

Patricia Bales (2008 Music Education) - Assistant Principal at Harford County Public Schools.

Tania Bindhoff (2010) - HIPAA Privacy Specialist/EMS Billing Assistant at Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue Services and cantoring at St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church. Company Stage Manager for Opera AACC since 2007/2008.

Elizabeth Borowsky (BM 2005) - Continues to perform world-wide while educating young pianists in the Greater Baltimore area. Recent tours have taken her to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Cuba, Poland, Germany, and China (www.ElizabethBorowsky.com). She is a published and commissioned composer. Her private studio, Piano Prodigies, focuses on an inter-disciplinary approach to learning, assisting students in becoming more expressive and communicative persons and performers. Since 2011, she has been Executive Director of the International Music Institute and Festival USA.

Erin Wegner Brooks - After graduating with a degree focussing on music industry and vocal performance, Erin Brooks moved to New York City to continue training. She has performed off-Broadway, in Las Vegas, on national tours, with Walt Disney nationally and internationally, and has worked in television and film. She recently appeared in the 1st national tour of the Mel Brooks musical "Young Frankenstein." ERin can be seen online co-hosting the new web series, "The Frugalicious Show." Visit her website.

Reuben Burrows (2007 Music Education) - Vocal/general music teacher for 18 years (10 in Prince George's County and 8 in Howard County). Composed and arranged four pieces which have been published internationally.

Michael "Mac" Calvaresi (2006 BS Music - Interdisciplinary Studies Music & Business) - Orchestra Director and Drumline Instructor at Roosevelt High School in Long Island. Previously, he toured as the drummer for Plunge, a rock band he co-founded in high school which was later rebranded as Cinder Road.  He also taught in Baltimore County and Westchester, New York.

Ellis Carroll (2021 BM Voice Performance and 2022 Post Bacc Certificate Voice Performance) - Earned Master of Music in Voice Performance from the University of South Carolina in 2024.  Currently Undergraduate Academic Advisor in the University of South Carolina School of Music. Active in the Columbia, SC music scene and collaborates frequently with local opera companies and regional recital series.

Brennan Colson (2020 Guitar Performance and Spanish) - Teaching Spanish at Baltimore School for the Arts and performs occasionally. Recently featured in a Baltimore Classical Guitar Society concert.

Erin Connelly (2016) - Store Manager at Menchey Music in Timonium, MD since 2019. Trumpet instructor in the Baltimore area since 2015. Active performing artist on trumpet and cornet and released her debut album, Fruitful, in 2019. Visit her website.

Nicole Connelly (2016 Jazz and Commerical Music) - Playing trombone professionally in Brooklyn, NY and workng in Beer Sales at Union Beer dist. First album. Stamp in Time, released in 2024.

Maria Costa (2021 Music Education) - Entering fifth year of teaching Elementary/Vocal General Music in Prince George's County. Currently at Colin Powell Academy in Fort Washington helping to pioneer a brand new music program.

Gabrielle David (2025 Music Education) - General music teacher in Montgomery County Public Schools and also working at School of Rock Pikesville as a piano instructor along with teaching group music classes for young children.

Eddie DeGrange (2021 Music Education) - Elementary Instrumental Music Teacher with Baltimore County Public Schools.

Kelly DeGrange (formally Beauchamp) (2021 Music Education & 2023 MS Music Education) - Elementary Vocal Music Teacher with Baltimore County Public Schools and teaching private piano and voice lessons with Glen Music Arts. Soprano section leader and Central Presbyterian Church and a rotating cantor at St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

Amanda Dumm (2019 Music Education) - Teaching instrumental music at Linden Hall in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Ellery Eskelin - Eskelin's twenty recordings as a leader and co-leader have been named in Best of the Year critics' polls in the New York Times, the Village Voice and major jazz magazines in the U.S. and abroad. He also appears on over fifty recordings as a side person. DownBeat magazine named Eskelin as one of the 25 Rising Stars for the future.

Stephanie Evans (2020) - Teaching middle school choir at Holabird STEM/Middle School in Baltimore County and is a member of the TU Choral Society.

Kyle Flens (2014) - Percussionist in the experimental music group Ensemble Dal Niente and one half of the music group Flannau Duo. Freelance musician in Chicago, IL and adjunct faculty at Trinton College in River Grove, IL. Visit his website.

Brian Folus (1985 Music Education) - Adjunct professor at Towson University teaching string techniques and supervising interns. Music Director of the Harford Youth Orchestra. Retired Instrumental Music Teacher for Harford County Public Schools. Adjudicator and guest clinician and conductor in multiple school systems in Maryland.

Christopher Fotis (2018) - Build a career in operatic performance and voice teaching. Runs a successful TikTok platform where he explores a wide range of topics related to singing. Recently completed his first full adaptation of a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta which will mark his directorial debut.

Emily Gerow - Director of Bands and Department Chair at Ridgely Middle School in Baltimore County.

William (Billy) Georg (2009 Music Education) - Began his career in education teaching instrumental and vocal/general music in public schools and earned a graduate degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Nova Southeastern Univeristy. He was an instructor and administrator for the CASE-ACCESS program at the Community College of Baltimore County, serving adults with developmental and other disabilities. He is currently a Program Manager with the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS). A percussionist, Billy continues to perform frequently as a theatre musician across the state. He is also a staff musician at the Church of the Redeemer, in Baltimore.

Benjamin Graf (2008 Music Education) - Principal Lecture in Music Theory and Coordinator of Czech Music Initiatives at the University of North Texas.

Edward Graves (2013 BM Voice Performance) - Tenor Edward Graves has recently made company and role debuts as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at Anchorage Opera, Rodolfo in La Bohème at Opera Baltimore and OperaDelaware, and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera in Williamsburg. Last season, he made is Metropolitan Opera debut as First Guard in The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation. In the 2025/2026 season, he makes additional debuts at Opera Omaha as the tenor soloist in their Opera Outdoors concert, Houston Grand Opera as Robbins in Porgy and Bess, the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah at Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Wilson in Jake Heggie’s newest opera, Intelligence at Virginia Opera, and the tenor soloist in Haydn’s Thereisenmesseat Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra. He will also return to Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera as Alfredo in La Traviata and the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. He was recently invited back to TU to be an artist in residence where he gave two master classes and a recital. Visit his website.

Haley Harbaugh (2022 Music Education) - Going into 4th year teaching and 2nd year teaching general music in Montgomery County Public Schools.

Allen Hicks - Taught orchestra at Rising Sun Elementary, Middle, and High School in North East, MD for three years.  Just finished year one as an international flight attendant.

Rebecca Hying (formally Moorman) (2018 Music Education) - Spent last 7 years teaching elementary general, vocal, and instrumental music as well as middle school instrumental music. Currently signs as a worship leader for church and is involved with a local community band. Taking a year off to pursue a job as a new mom.

Theresa (Terri) Iacarino (formally Collins) (2005 BS Music Education & 2012 MS Music Education) - Teaching in Baltimore County Public Schools for the past 20 years and is currently as Cromwell Valley Elementary Magnet School in Towson.  A 2025 recipient of the Music Teachers of Excellence award from the Country Music Association Foundation.

Jay Karolenko (2012 Music Education) - Just finished 13 years as a Maryland high school choral director. Also teaches piano, guitar, and music technology.

Allen Kessell (2005 Bachelor's & 2007 Masters) - Currently the Director of Instrumental Music at Franklin High School in Baltimore County and the assistant percussion instructor/snare line section leader in Baltimore's Marching Ravens.

Michael Kessler (2006 Bachelor's and 2013 Masters) - Elementary Instrumental Music Teacher in Prince George's County.

Angel Soriano Lara (2025) - Instrumental Music Teacher and Director of Bands and Orchestras at Gaithersburg Middle School in Montgomery County, MD. Member of the TU Wind Symphony and founding member and Tenor Saxophonist of the JAMZ Saxophone Quartet.

Grace Larsen (2019) - Orchestra teacher in Calvert County Public Schools, Music Librarian/Ensemble Manager with L'Opera Comique de Washington, and a free lance music contractor in the DC/Maryland area.

Anna Lentz (2009 Music Education) - Teaching orchestra in Howard County at Patuxent Valley Middle School.

Christina Donall Lebovitz (2019 Music Education & 2022 Masters in Instructional Technology) - High School Music Teacher at Dulaney High School.

Zachery Lockwood (2020 B.M. in Vocal Performance & B.S. in Music Education & 2022 M.M. in Music Pedagogy) - Active performer, music educator, and arts administrator in the upper-Maryland area and the state of Delaware. Currently Company Manager of OperaDelaware. Former Adjunct Professor of Voice at Harford Community College and Vocal/General Music Teacher at MOT Charter K-8 Academy.

Kaitlyn Wose Maltese (2013 Music Education) - Currently teaching 3rd-5th grade band and strings at Hilltop and Annapolis elementary schools in Anne Arundel County.

Patrick McAvinue (2011) - Featured Baltimore Magazine's August 2019 issue.

Richard McCready (1994 M.M.) - Currently the Instructional Team Leader of Fine Arts, PE & Health at River Hill High School in Clarksville, MD. Richard teaches classes in Music Technology, Guitar, and Piano. In 2013, he was recognized as the TI:ME (Technology in Music Education) Teacher of the Year as well as the Howard County Music Teacher of the Year. In 2014, he received the Distinguished Music Educator Award from the Maryland Music Educators Association. Richard is also the Music Minister at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Columbia, MD.

Jeannine Webb Nelson (2019 B.S. Music) - Worship & Music Director at an ELCA Church in Arlington, Texas. M.M. Vocal Chamber Music from the University of Redlands, CA. Soprano with Orpheus Chamber Ensemble.

Aleesha Noel (2015 Music Education) - Teaches choir/general music/adaptive music at a middle school in Cecil County.

Stephanie Oeur (formerly Herdoiza) (2016 Music Education) - Going into tenth year of teaching elementary instrumental music for Montgomery County Public Schools.

Keira Prather (2012) - Earned a Masters in Music Education from Arizona State Univeristy and taught in Arizona for nine years.  Moved on to international music teaching, teaching three years in İstanbul, Türkiye and just finished year one in Jarkarta, Indonesia.

Jessica Price (2013) - Band and Orcheatra Director at Earle B. Wood Middle School and Assistant Marching Band Director at Rockville High School in Montgomery County, MD.

Jae Rahim (2022) - Currently a tenured Instrumental Music Teacher in Baltimore County and an active adjudicator for MMEA.

Jacob Ratledge (2024) - Director of Bands and Orchestras at Henry E. Lackey High School in Charles County. Composer/Arranger at T.U.X. People's Music Publishing Company.

Phillip Ravita (2001) - Dr. Ravita has just released his second album Alice Blue. It has received very positive reviews and has risen to No. 14 in the Roots ZMusic Review.  It has placed No. 1 in Mainstream Jazz for 7 consecutive weeks and has had No. 1 singles for 7 consecutive weeks.  A university and college music professor, Dr. Ravita is a popular clinician who holds a master's degree in jazz performance from the University of Maryland, College Park and a doctorate in music education from Boston University. 

Martha Requard (1975 Music Education) - Retired after 37 years teaching vocal music. Currently Director of Music at St. John's Lutheran in Parkville, MD and also leads sing alongs with independent, assisted and memory care residents at senior living facilities.

Jennifer Retterer (formerly Larsen) (2008 Music Education) - Currently teaching orchestra at Lime Kiln Middle School in Howard County.

Melodia Mae Rinaldi (Mimi) (2018 Music Education) - After graduating from TU, went immediately to Ithaca College for a masters in conducting. A frequest performer and music director of theatre companies in the DMV, artist in residence at Barbra Ingram School for the Arts, Music Director of the Gaithersburg Chorus and Music Makers, and a lead teaching artist for the Gaithersburg Arts Barn Theatre. Also performs with the professional group "Lux Choir" and serves on the music ministry with St. Francis Episcopal Church in Potomac, Maryland.

Julie Riser (2014 B.S. Music Education & 2023 M.S. Music Education) - Year 11 of teaching band at Patterson Mill Middle School.

Katherine Ruff (2024) - Currently pursuing Masters degree on a full scholarship plus stipend at Georgia State University in Midtown Atlanta. Recently performed the role of Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus and in a masterclass with Grammy award winning bass Morris Robinson. Also performed the role of Alice in Falstaff with the Harrower summer Opera program for their 40th anniversary and performed in a masterclass with Soprano Jennifer Rowley and performed alongside her for the Harrower 40th anniversary Gala recital. Currently work as a staff singer with Haygood United Methodist and teaches piano and voice.

WIlliam Selway (1974 Music Education) - Retired from Anne Arundel County Public Schools after 35 years.

Zachary Taylor (2020) - Been a two time Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera, a Studio Artist with Pensacola Opera, Emerging Artist with Nashville Opera, and currently a Baumgartner Studio Artist with The Florentine Opera. Has also sung with Opera Carolina, the Greensboro Symphony, and the Charlotte Symphony.

Gregory L. Thompkins (1989 Jazz/Commercial Music) - Currently a private saxophone instructor and Music Director of the Baltimore Jazz Education Project since 2007. Performing saxophonist with Lafayette Gilchrist, Carl Filipiak, Olde Skool, and The Greg Thompkins Jazz Quartet.

Alex Way (2022 Jazz/Commercial Music) - Earned a Masters degree in Emerging Media at Loyola University. Currently working full-time at 100.7 The Bay, a major market radio station in Baltimore as assistant produer of the morning show and Director of Social Media. Substitute bass teacher at The Music Space in Towson teaching private bass lessons. Often plays in the RBM Trio and Close Call. Recently awarded the Medal for Academic Excellence in Emerging Media from Loyola for their academic research for their social media capstone project.

Scott Winter (2015 B.M. Piano Performance and 2017 M.M. Piano Performance) - Currently working full-time as the Worship Director at Rosedale Baptist Church where he plans services, plays the piano, and leads the adult choir and band. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Christian Worship from Liberty University and maintains a large private piano studio.

Emily Wise (formerly Shevell) (2011 Music Education) - Manager of Training.

Kandi Wong (2017) - Supporting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as a Major Gift Officer and the Towson Wind Symphony as Treasurer.

Dobrochna Zubek (2005 B.A. Cello Performance & 2007 M.M. Cello Performance) - Currently holds a cello position with Quartetto Gelato and is a Royal Conservatory of Music certified teacher and a string examiner. Received a Prix de Perfectionnement from Conservstoire de Versailles in 2008 and a Doctorate in Cello Performance from the University of Toronto in 2016.