Alumni in the News

Schnitzer was named music director of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra for its 2025-2026 Season. In this role, Schnitzer will shape the GCO’s artistic vision, leading programming, performances and community initiatives.The GCO is composed of leading symphony players, recording musicians and college faculty from throughout Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee, where Jacob is director of orchestral activities at Austin Peay State University. He also will continue working in Austin, Texas, for his ninth season as artistic director of Density512, Austin's leading chamber orchestra and new music collective.
 

Sencalar's appointment will be with the Thompson Jazz Studies Program at CU Boulder.

McCain's appointment is in the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis.
 

The competition was adjudicated by playwright and former UT Associate Professor of Practice Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.