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Keyboard Alumni

Bassin, David (2008, Teaching Certificate - Vocal Ed.) Music Teacher/Church Musician
Brodie, Catherine (1973, B.S. Music Ed M.A. Music) Adjunct Professor EMU / Monroe Community College
Buckmaster, Liz (1989, Bachelor of Music Therapy) Music Therapist
Coakley, Ed (1979, BME-V) Software developer
Fisher, Jennifer (2007, MA-Piano Pedagogy) Music Instructor - birth to adult
Fuller, Matthew (2004, BS Music) Billing, customer service, purchasing
Hauck, Thomas ( , BS) Software Developer
McDonald, Ronn Gene (1993, Bachelor of Music/Piano Performance) Information Technology Systems Administrator (enrolled in Ph.D. program and working)/Music Teacher
Mijal, Jennifer (2002, BMEI) Mom
Nichols, Norma (2000, Bachelor of Music Therapy) Church Music Program Director/Choir Director/Organist/Pianist
Pinkevicius, Vidas (2003, Master of Arts (Music)) Organist
Rinke, Marsha (2005, MA Piano Pedagogy) Communications and Events Coordinator/Adjunct Faculty at Eastern Michigan University
Robison, Gini (1967 and 1989, Master of Arts-Voice and Master of Arts-Organ) Director of Music at a Church - Teach in my own music studio - Artist – Performer
Rovano, Monica (1983, Bachelor of Music Therapy) Private Teacher/Art Gallery
Ruszczynski, Michael (1986, BM)
Skidmore, Margaret (2002, MA) Music Educator
Tabone, Sheila M. (2009, MA Music) Church Organist/Choir Accompanist
Warren, Janelle (2002, Bachelor of Music Therapy) Music Therapist
Wieringa, Lynnann (2008, Bachelor of Music), Graduate Student in Music Theory at Eastman School of Music
Wiitala, Rebecca (2008, BA) Private piano teacher

Recent grads:

Scott Elsholz, (BM '00, MPRF '02)

Scott writes:

It is with great excitement that Melissa and I are about to embark on a new journey in our personal and professional lives. As most of you know, I have accepted the position of Canon Organist/Choirmaster at St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, and I am now happy to report that Melissa has been offered a job as a general music teacher (with a focus on Orff) at one of the finest public elementary schools in the city! Further, we have just closed on our first home, and we are looking forward to the warmer climate and the mouth-watering Memphis BBQ.

I also wanted to express my thanks and appreciation for your support of both of us in our work at EMU. Many of you were former professors of mine, and I have been honored to be able to work alongside such tremendously gifted colleagues. While EMU's organ and harpsichord program is in a period of transition, I thank you for entrusting me to be a continued part of that program's great tradition.

Melissa and I have been so fortunate to be among incredible people, and we will not forget our friends and colleagues at EMU. So, as they say down south, "See y'all 'round."

Notable grads:

• Andres Gomez (MPRF '05), Piano Professor at Eafit University in Medellin, Colombia and currently completing his doctorate at Eastman
• Kimcherie Lloyd (BM '88),  Director of Orchestral Studies and Opera Theatre, University of Louisville School of Music (Kentucky)
• Zhihua Tang (MPRF '97), Piano faculty, Central Michigan University
• Joshua Jobst (MPRF '08), American Liszt Society piano competition winner and music faculty at Washtenaw Community College
• James Jelasic (MPRF '80), Music faculty and International Steinway Artist, Northern Virginia Community College