Future Plans
We asked our students to share their future plans, be it this Summer or long range. They will all be listed here in order of when the information is received (adding from the top). Here are their thoughts:
Elizabeth Johnson
I'm happy to share that I have accepted a position as a music teacher at Page Middle School in Page, Arizona! I will be teaching band and one choir class. I'm very excited to make a positive impact in the lives of the students there and to encourage them to discover the joy of making music! I'm so grateful that God has given me this opportunity at this time. I'm especially looking forward to living in an area with so many National Parks nearby, like Glen Canyon and the Grand Canyon. I want to thank all my mentors, family, and friends who have supported me during my job search.
Lauren Shepherd
This summer, I will be working as the Music Director at the Seward United Methodist Church. This coming fall, I will be attending the University of Arkansas for an MM in Music Theory. I will be conducting research in their Music Cognition Lab, and I am incredibly excited!
Eric Hitt
I'm extremely excited to continue my education in the fall of 2017 at the University of North Texas for my master's degree in jazz studies. I will also be recording a new album with my mom, Christine Hitt, this summer in Los Angeles, California.
Claire Balane
I will be attending the College-Conservatory of Music next fall in Cincinnati for my masters in oboe performance.
Addie Hotchkiss
This summer I've accepted a fellowship at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and in the fall I have accepted the Graduate String Quartet GTA at University of Louisville and will pursue a masters in cello performance.
Emma Burgason
I have accepted a teaching position for the next year at Meridian Public School in Daykin, NE! I will be teaching PreK-8 vocal music. I am very excited!
Emily Hoffman
This summer I'll be moving back to Beatrice with my family for a couple short months before getting married in July! I'll be very busy (but happily so) with planning that and getting ready for this coming school year. Alex and I will be honeymooning in Estes Park, CO, which is only about 1.5 hours away from where we'll be living next year -- somewhere between Hershey and Ogallala, NE where we got jobs. This coming August I'll start my position as the general music teacher at Prairie View Elementary School in Ogallala. I'm very excited to decorate my classroom and meet all of my students and get my career going! I plan to continue playing flute in church or community groups when I can and teching with high school marching bands to keep my chops up in those areas. I look forward to constantly growing as a musician and as an educator in the future and learning all about how married life works with Alex in the next several years. We plan to make lots of trips back to Lincoln and UNL to see concerts and especially to hear the Cornhusker Marching Band perform on gamedays!
Spencer Perkins
I am working on a masters in composition under Tom Larson. Myself and Stephanie Yu (who is working on a DMA in piano performance under Dr. Mark Clinton) will be performing a dual piano recital at Chung Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan on May 21. The program will feature all 20th and 21st century piano pieces, including the world premiere of my piece, Miniatures, for piano four hands, and the international premier of my piece, Two Songs from the Void, for piano solo.
David Galant
David Galant is a DMA candidate in orchestral conducting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This summer David will conduct at the Miami Music Festival, the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy in Virginia, and will conduct Carmen with the Muddy River Opera Company in Quincy, Illinois. David currently is the Music Director of the Kanesville Symphony in Council Bluffs Iowa, the Glenn Korff School of Music Campus Orchestra, the Nebraska Christian Men’s Chorus, and the Ralston Trinity United Methodist Church Chancel Choir. In his free time he music directs musicals with the Lincoln Community Playhouse and OmniArts Nebraska.
Christiana O'Neill
Next year I will be teaching K-5 general and vocal music at Boone Central Elementary School in Albion, NE.
Jordan B. Redd
I am a first year masters student here at UNL (horn performance). I have been blessed with many performing opportunities this summer. I have accepted a invitation to play in a music festival in Italy!! I will be performing Beethoven 5 and Mozart 40. I will also be performing in the pit of a Mozart opera. I'm really excited for it! I also have been personally invited to audition for the FOOSA Philharmonia festival in California. We will be performing Mahler 6 and Don Juan! So that's what I will be up to this summer!! It's going to be awesome!