Clarinet Studio Alumni
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Matthew Vice, a native of Centreville, Virginia, is a senior at the University of Maryland studying clarinet performance under Robert DiLutis. At Westfield High School, he was principal clarinet in the Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra, as well as the leader and organizer of Westfield’s clarinet choir and Bari Sax player in the Jazz Band. Mr. Vice was also a member of the AYP Clarinet Choir, Northern Virginia Youth Winds and Virginia Winds Academy. He was the principal clarinetist for the Virginia Ambassadors of Music Tour and was selected as the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra Allstar Clarinet in 2019.  Matthew also made the Virginia All State Symphonic Band. Matthew has been a member of the Clarinet Academy of America for 2019 and 2020. In his spare time, Matthew enjoys playing multiple instruments, running, and basketball. ​
Sophie Ross is a clarinetist from San Diego, California, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in clarinet performance at the University of Maryland. She is a current student of Professor Robert DiLutis. At Maryland, Ross participates in the Maryland Opera Studio Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, clarinet choir and chamber ensembles. She has studied at, most recently, The Pierre Monteux School & Music Festival and Clarinet Academy of America. An aspiring professional musician, Sophie has participated in masterclasses held by renowned clarinetists including Wolfgang Klinser at the Kunstuniversität Graz and YaoGuang Zhai of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In recent years, Sophie won third place at the Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition and was a finalist in the San Diego Rotary Music Competition. As an arts administrator, Sophie is the general manager of Lohff & Pfeiffer USA and the Competition Coordinator of the Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition.
Ava Dutrow (B.A. 2023) is from Howard County Maryland and pursued a double degree in music performance and communications. The daughter of a band director, she began playing clarinet at the age of eight and has enjoyed every minute of making music. Throughout her time as a clarinetist, she has played in numerous Gifted and Talented ensembles, participated three times in the Towson University Honor Band, was selected for the Howard County GT Orchestra, received consistent superior ratings at the district and state Solo and Ensemble Festival, and had the privilege of serving as section leader of her high school band for two years. While at UMD, Ava enjoyed performing with the Wind Ensemble and looks forward to other opportunities that will allow her to continue to refine her craft!
Kyle Glasgow (M.M. 2023) received his master of music degree in May 2023, having earned his bachelor's in clarinet performance from UMD in 2021. He is the clarinetist in the newest iteration of the Fellowship Woodwind Quintet, Ignis. Along with the fellowship, Kyle continues to premiere new music with the aim to amplify the voices of underrepresented composers in the western music world. Through collaborative efforts in community engagement and outreach, recording, and utilizing modern technology in tandem with traditional performance principles, Kyle aims to push both the boundaries of chamber music and classical clarinet beyond the standard classical canon. Kyle has performed in clinics and masterclasses around the world including the Princess of Asturias program in Spain, ClarinetFest in Ostend Belgium, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Kyle teaches a private studio of clarinetists of all ages in the DMV area and he serves as the co-conductor of the New Horizons Clarinet Choir and as a clarinetist in the Polka Terps. He is continuing to study with professor DiLutis and several other clarinetists in the region.
Sabrina Sanchez (M.M. 2023) earned her master of music degree in May 2023. From Duncanville, Texas, Sabrina attended Duncanville High School where she studied under Ricky Reeves of the Dallas Winds. Sabrina attended Texas A&M University at Commerce under Dr. Mary Druhan and Dr. Joseph Webb. In her time at Commerce, Sabrina performed at ICA and had many performances with the “Pride” marching band including BOA Grand Nationals in Indianapolis. In the past year, Sabrina has had the opportunity to teach private lessons and become a K-6 music teacher at Levine Music over the summer as well as travel to Austria to perform with the clarinet studio. Sabrina looks forward to completing her degree and recital this upcoming year.
Terrence Sotillio (M.M. 2023) is a native of Bedford, Ohio, and has earned a bachelor of music education degree with instrumental emphasis from Jackson State University. Alongside his study of music education, Mr. Sotillio minored in business administration. Through his degrees, Mr. Sotillio has the certification to teach in business (7-12) and music education (K-12) in the state of Maryland and Mississippi. Mr. Sotillio has studied clarinet with Kevin Giordano (2013-2015) and Lowell Hollinger (2015-2020).
Mr. Sotillio has performed clarinet and oboe with the Historically Black College/University National Band Director Consortium. Also, he has joined the National Education Association, National Association for Music Education, and Mississippi Association of Educators. Some of the schools Mr. Sotillio has worked with Bedford High School, Jim Hill High School, Northwest Middle School, Blackburn Middle School, Raines Elementary School, Baker Elementary School, Isable Elementary School, Legends Charter School, and Levine School of Music.
Alex Villa (M.M. 2023) earned his master of music degree in May 2023. From McKinney, Texas, he attended McKinney Boyd HS where he played clarinet and viola in the Honors Band and Honors Orchestra respectively. Alex attended Texas A&M University-Commerce for his undergraduate degree where he studied under Dr. Mary Alice Druhan and Dr. Jody Webb. He graduated in May 2021 with a Bachelor in Music in Music Education and Performance. While in attendance at Commerce he was involved with the Wind Ensemble, the “Pride” Marching Band, TAMUC Clarinet Choir, and Panimation II ensemble. He also served as president of the Epsilon Beta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma and TAMUC Clarinet Coalition. Alex is excited to begin studying with Robert DiLutis and teaching around the area.  
​​Chase Hogan​​ (B.M. 2023) studied clarinet performance at the University of Maryland under Robert DiLutis. He is from Elkridge, Maryland and has been playing clarinet for 11 years. He has performed in the Howard County GT/Honors Bands, Regional Repertory Wind Ensemble, and was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra. He studied with Dr. Bryan Conger at Interlochen Arts Academy, where he graduated and received the Fine Arts Award. During his time at Interlochen, he performed in many student recitals, the Academy Orchestra and Band, and during his senior year had the opportunity to perform with the Academy Band as they took part in commissioning a piece at Carnegie Hall. He has also played in numerous pit orchestras for school musical productions, including Sweeney Todd and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. As an aspiring professional musician, Chase has participated in masterclasses with renowned clarinetists, such as Stephen Williamson, Anton Rist, and Yehuda Gilad, and studied at the Interlochen Arts Camp Orchestral Program in 2018 and most recently, the 2020 Domaine Forget Clarinet E-Learning program.
Julie Berry (M.M. 2022) received her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Eastman School of Music and was a teaching assistant at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, before becoming a member of The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own" in Washington D.C.  Recently retired, she now enjoys performing with the Virginia Grand Military Band, Capital Wind Symphony, Maryland Band Directors Band, Clarinistique Choir, and playing clarinet duets with her father.  Julie studied with Robert DiLutis while working towards her Master of Music Degree in Performance.
Lauren Walbert (M.M. 2022) earned her master's degree at UMD. She filled in as a member of the UMD Fellowship Quintet, Oculus [Five] her first year and served as the current Clarinet Studio Graduate Teaching Assistant studying with Robert DiLutis. She earned her Bachelors Degree from the University of Kansas with Dr. Stephanie Zelnick. Lauren has performed at venues across the United States including the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and the Kennedy Center with the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble. She has attended the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, Buffet Crampon Clarinet Festival, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, and Rocky Ridge Summer Music Festival. In 2019, her woodwind quintet Longs Peak Five was awarded third place in the Rocky Ridge Chamber Music Competition. She worked as a freelance performer in the Kansas City area performing as a pit orchestra and community orchestra musician. 
Alexander Dudkin (B.M. 2022) is from Silver Spring, Maryland. He studied Clarinet Performance and Music Education under Robert DiLutis. Throughout high school he participated in Montgomery County senior honors band, Maryland All state band, and was the principal clarinetist for The Capitol Symphony Youth Orchestra for 2 years. Throughout his collegiate career, he has been a part of The University of Maryland, Baltimore County symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz band, and pep band. At the University of Maryland, he is currently a part of the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble, and the marching band. In his free time, he loves playing Basketball.  
Ashley Hsu (B.M., B.M.E. 2022) was a music education and clarinet performance double major studying under Robert DiLutis. Along with her extensive pre-college music experiences, she won 2nd place in the Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition, participated in the Honors Performance Series’s Virtual Music Summit, and interned at the Jazz Academy of Music’s JAM Camp. She performed in the University of Maryland's Wind Orchestra and one of the University of Maryland jazz combo groups. 
In the past, Ashley has won 1st place in the Gaithersburg’s Young Artist Award Competition’s Woodwinds Division and participated in National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute. Aside from her performing and educating pursuits, Ashley enjoys photography, biking, and origami.
Brooke Krauss (B.M. 2022) completed her bachelor's degree in Music Performance. She is a Maryland native from Cecil County, Maryland where she first received instruction from a University of Maryland alumni. While at the University of Maryland, she has performed in the Wind Ensemble, Wind Orchestra, Rep Orchestra, Clarinet Choir, and Marching band. She also plays for various ensembles in the local area. In addition to being a full-time student, she is also a member of the National Guard performing with the 287th Army Band in Wilmington, Delaware. Outside of performing she works on her captain's license for boating and aspires to be a performer in a premiere band with the Armed Forces.
Casey Schreck (B.M. 2022) studied clarinet performance under Robert DiLutis. Originally from Rochester, New York, she studied with Andrew Brown at the Eastman Community Music School and played in bands and orchestras across the state before coming to Maryland. She has a passion for chamber music and has been the clarinetist of the Pressez Quartet for the past several years; they can be heard performing regularly around the School of Music and in the community. In the summer of 2021, the quartet participated in the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute. Casey is also pursuing a degree in English literature; she has been a tutor at the University of Maryland Writing Center for two years, and in the spring of 2021 she successfully defended her undergraduate honors thesis on Samuel Beckett. In her free time, she enjoys perusing different recordings of classical music, reading, making art, and hanging out with her cat. 
Andrew Zhang (B.M. 2022) is a clarinetist from Rockville, Maryland who attended the University of Maryland to study clarinet performance with Professor Robert Dilutis. He attended Richard Montgomery High School where he served as principal clarinet of the symphonic band and as a member of the pit orchestra. He also played principal clarinet with the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble, as well as played in the section of Montgomery County's Senior Honors Band. Andrew is a graduate of UMD's High School Music Academy and University of Michigan's mPulse. In his free time, he likes to play alto sax.
​Jerry Sun (B.S. 2022) is from Ellicott City, Maryland who graduated from Centennial High School. He majored in Computer Science and minored in Music Performance and has been playing the clarinet for 9 years. Jerry has studied with Bill Welty and Dennis Strawley as well as with Robert Dilutis. He has played in youth orchestra groups such as the Peabody Youth Orchestra, Peabody Wind Orchestra, and Maryland Youth Symphony Orchestra.
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Kenny Wang is from Ellicott City, Maryland. He has studied clarinet for 10 years, and graduated from Mount Hebron High School, where he enjoyed participating in wind ensembles, in addition to jazz bands, pit orchestras, and marching band. He studied clarinet as well as saxophone in the past with Lori Fowser, as well as in the Peabody Preparatory. He played in many local youth ensembles such as the Peabody Youth Orchestra, Peabody Wind Orchestra, and Maryland All-State Band and Orchestra. On campus he is also part of the Honors College, and the Taiwanese American Student Association. 
​Natalie Groom is a freelance clarinetist in Washington, D.C. and substitute clarinetist of the Annapolis Symphony and Annapolis Opera. She is the artist-in-residence at Collington Retirement Community, a Junior Board member of Washington Performing Arts, and a volunteer for the Institute for Composer Diversity. This year she performed a joint concert with the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, won a residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, and opened for the National Symphony Orchestra.

Natalie was a featured soloist with the White Mountain Symphony Orchestra and has performed at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, New World Center, The Anthem, The Phillips Collection, and Goethe-Institut, among many other venues. Her festival and conference performances include Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Darkwater Women in Music, Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, Clarinetfest 2018 in Belgium, Henri Selmer Clarinet Academy, Miami Music Festival, Orford Centre d’Arts, and an outreach concert at Anacostia High School opening for Yo-Yo Ma and Esperanza Spalding.

A teacher, conductor, and academic, she has led the New Horizons clarinet choir and taught Rock and American Popular Music, Business Communications, and clarinet/saxophone lessons for Music for Life, Tucson Summer Music, Music & Arts, and The Gregory School. She has published two event reports in the International Clarinet Association journal.

In 2018, she and soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick founded Whistling Hens, a chamber music ensemble which celebrates and advances the artistic accomplishments of women by performing and commissioning all female-composed music. Their work invites listeners to reflect on the impact male privilege has had on traditional music programming, question the status quo of gender inequality in the classical music community, and engage with music by women of various backgrounds.

Natalie is clarinetist of Classically Dope, a hip-hop/rap and classical music collaboration with D.C. rapper Konshens the MC. Using music as an instrument of positive social influence, this ensemble tackles subjects such as the power of belief, racial inequality, stereotypes, police brutality, and being a change agent in the world. She also composes/arranges music for Classically Dope.

Specializing in chamber music, Natalie was a fellowship wind quintet member of Wavelength Winds and the Fred Fox Wind Quintet. In her tenure, she toured China for a month, created a classical music video in collaboration with Avant Projekts, recorded two albums, and was integral in securing a $20 million donation to the Fred Fox School of Music.
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Natalie Groom earned her D.M.A. at the University of Maryland (graduated 2020), M.B.A. and M.M. at the University of Arizona, and B.M. at Kent State University where she studied with Robert DiLutis, Jerry Kirkbride, Dennis Nygren, Amitai Vardi, Jackie Glazier, and Joseph Minocchi.
Matt Rynes is a freelance musician and teacher working the greater Baltimore/ Washington D.C. area. Born and raised in Baltimore, his aim as a performer is to engage the greater Mid-Atlantic area through a variety of musical styles from classical, jazz and contemporary chamber music. He began his clarinet studies in high school and attended Towson University on scholarship to study with Marguerite Leven and Edward Palanker. While at Towson, he won the Peggy Freidman-Gordon and Lieberman prizes for outstanding soloist and performed on several side-by-side concerts with members of the United States Navy Band, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Towson University faculty. Matt then attended the University of Michigan for his masters working with Chad Burrow and Daniel Gilbert. His playing was often featured as a principal clarinetist in the University of Michigan’s Symphony Band under Michael Haithcock and as a member of the clarinet section of the Symphony Orchestra under Kenneth Kiesler and Christopher Lees. Matt’s bass clarinet playing can be heard prominently on the Symphony Orchestra’s world premiere recording of Darius Milhaud’s “L’Orestie d’Eshcyle” (the Oresteia of Aeschylus) which was nominated for the “Best Opera Performance” Grammy in 2015 (Naxos Records). He also performed in masterclasses with Anthony McGill, Michael Wayne, Shannon Schott, Greg Oaks and Cecilia Kang.
Since graduating from the University of Michigan, Matt has been a regular member of the Baltimore classical music scene performing with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Hunt Valley Symphony Orchestra and Towson University New Music Ensemble. Matt’s dedication to working with composers and performing new music has allowed him to work with several important young composers in the area like John Haggerty, Douglas Buchanan and Ruby Fulton. In a recent collaboration, he performed with jazz saxophonist Ellery Eskelin in a chamber piece written by the composer and trumpeter Dave Ballou as a part of the Towson University Jazz Residency 2016. Matt is also an accomplished jazz saxophonist and has been fortunate to study and perform with several of the greatest musicians in jazz and improvised music today. Through the Towson University Jazz Residency, he performed with Drew Gress, John Hollenbeck, Gerald Cleaver, Craig Taborn and Wadada Leo Smith, Bobby Shew, Dennis DiBlasio and Tim Hagans.  His saxophone teachers include Andrew Bishop, Tony Malaby, Ellery Eskelin and Darryl Brenzel.
​​Darien Williams has recently finished his master's degree studying with Robert DiLutis, and holds a bachelor's degree form Columbus State University. Darien made his recital debut in Carnegie Hall as the second prize winner of the Golden Classical Music Awards, and was also a finalist in the Orchestra Noir Competition. Darien has attended the Brevard Music Center and Clarinet Academy of America.
​​Howard Perry is a clarinetist from East Tennessee recently completed his Master's degree in Clarinet Performance studying under Robert DiLutis. He earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee Knoxville studying under Dr. Victor Chavez. During his time at UT, he performed in many ensembles, including Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Contemporary Music Ensemble, and Marching Band. He premiered an opera titled Follow Suit by Griffin Candey with the Marble City Opera Company in March 2018. In 2016, he won Grand Prize in the River City Clarinet Fest in Chattanooga. Howard also worked part time in the School of Music auditorium as a sound and light technician. Mr. Perry aspires to become a professional orchestral musician.
Patrick Lill is a graduate of the University of Maryland where he studied clarinet performance under Robert Dilutis. He was principal clarinet of the Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra for three years and has performed as a soloist with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. Patrick has played with the Maryland All-State Band and Montgomery County Band. He has been playing clarinet for twelve years and does photography in his free time. 
Clifford Hangarter is a graduate of the University of Maryland and studied under Professor Robert DiLutis. He is originally from Waldorf, Maryland. Clifford has been playing the clarinet for 11 years, and he studied under Takako Mato for 6 years. He served as the principal chair clarinetist in the North Point High School Symphonic Band, the North Point High School Orchestra, and the Charles County All-County Honor Band. He has also participated in the Maryland All-State Honor Band. He is currently a member of the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, for which he has played bass clarinet, principal, and assistant principal parts. He also played bass clarinet in the Maryland Opera Studio’s production of Kurt Weill’s Street Scene. Clifford was in charge of a clarinet choir for two years at North Point High School. Clifford has also taken up composing, as he has composed a two pieces for band, an orchestra symphony, and several chamber pieces. Clifford has twice attended Clarinet Academy of America, where he performed in masterclasses with D. Ray McClellan and Reis McCullough. He has also taken masterclasses from other renowned clarinetists, such as Julia Heinen and Steve Cohen. Clifford has also helped out with New Horizons, a clarinet group for adults over 50, by teaching private lessons.
​Alex Gehring studied clarinet performance and music education at the University of Maryland with Robert DiLutis. In high school, Alex was a student of the Peabody Preparatory where he studied Clarinet with Nicole Papadatos and David Drosinos and composition with Judah Adashi. He also participated in All State ensembles and a side by side program with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In college, Alex is active in the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, and Chamber Music. In fall of 2017, he advanced to the second round of the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition playing the Carl Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, and in 2018, placed 3rd in the winds and percussion division of the ENKOR international music competition with his performance of the Francis Poulenc Clarinet Sonata. Outside of music, Alex is involved in the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity where he serves as the community outreach chair.
Nathan Dorsey of Bowie, Maryland was a clarinet performance and music education major studying under Robert DiLutis. Nathan began his musical instruction four years ago under Master Sergeant Frederick Vare of the United States Marine Band. Nathan attended high school at St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C. While there, he was active in their string and choral programs, and served as principal clarinetist in the SJC wind ensemble, SJC orchestra, and SJC regimental band. Nathan also participated in the Catholic University high school honor band, the Washington Archdiocesan Music Teachers Council honor bands and honor orchestra, and the 2014 WorldStrides Festival of Gold honor band in Chicago.
​​Maddie Ferguson, from Buffalo New York, attended the University of Maryland to study clarinet performance under Professor Robert DiLutis along with Political Science/International Studies. Maddie first picked up the clarinet at the age of nine and immediately fell in love. Prior to college, her primary teachers were Mr. Chris Izzo and Mr. Robert Lehner. She was also fortunate to spend time studying under John Fullam, Kenneth Grant, Paul Demers, and Will Amsel. Maddie participated in the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra for three years. One of the most memorable times in her life has been the week she spent touring Italy with the ensemble, playing in beautiful and historic churches and venues. Some of Maddie’s other musical accomplishments include winning the position of principal clarinet in both the New York All-State Symphony Orchestra and New York All-State Symphonic Band, being awarded the Buffalo Philharmonic Scholarship, being selected for the Interlochen Wind Ensemble Festival, and being selected to attend the Eastman Music Horizons Summer Festival. In essence, Maddie just goes all out for any and every opportunity which involves spending time with fellow musicians and her clarinet!
Ella Misangyi is a graduate of the University of Maryland and hold a degree in clarinet performance.  Originally from State College, PA, she has been playing clarinet for over ten years. Prior to college, she studied with Dr. Anthony Costa, Anthony Poehailos, and Janey Martinsen from the Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra. Ella has toured France and Spain with the State College jazz band playing tenor saxophone and clarinet in several festivals, including the Jazz à Juan Festival in Nice. She also won the Maestro Award for a solo in the WorldStrides Heritage Festival in New York, NY in 2016. In addition to currently being a member of the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, and chamber ensembles, Ella has played with the Capital City Symphony, and also enjoys performing in pit orchestras. Recently, she played clarinet and alto saxophone in a professional production of Cabaret in the Philadelphia area. This year, Ella and pianist Luisa Mei Bressan released an exploratory electronic and improvisational album on Spotify called Születé Snap. The album was made using clarinet, piano, and body to create a variety of mystical musical soundscapes, and is paired with archive films. Ella wants to continue to explore all the ways clarinet can be enjoyed and purposed in a modern musical career. ​
Melissa Morales is a clarinetist and educator originally from the Greater New Orleans area who earned her doctorate from the University of Maryland under the tutelage of professor Robert DiLutis. She served as the artist in residence at Collington Continuing Care Retirement Community in Bowie, Maryland. She has served as the clarinetist for the Washington D.C chamber music collective Potomac Winds since 2016. The ensemble served as artists in residence in Talbot County for the 2017-2018 academic year, curated a concert series with Robert Harper Books in the fall of 2017, performed as part of the Riverdale Chamber Music Society, National Music Festival - Resonance Chamber Series, and was invited to perform at Forum Cultural Guanajuato in Leon City, Mexico. Morales currently serves as second clarinet with the Apollo Orchestra. She has performed at the Kennedy Center  in DC and Symphony Center in Chicago. 

From 2016-2018, Morales served as the Clarinet Graduate Assistant and currently serves as the School of Music Liason for The Clarice Performing Arts Center. As a clarinet GA she taught all music minors and the noontime recital hour for the winds and percussion division, maintained the studio library, assisted with entrance auditions, and managed the 2016 UMD Clarinet Symposium. At The Clarice she creates classroom materials to accompany K12 student programming, creates marketing materials for UMD student events, collects data to track audience cultivation, and serves as an event manager for several workshops and activities within the Artist Partner Program, including the National Orchestral Institute+Festival. For the festival she manages visiting artists, assists with donor events, and coordinates local family concerts, while also providing support for workshops and mentoring between festival attendees and local school aged performers. In her work for the Visiting Artist Series, she is currently helping curate a residency with Fifth House Ensemble that will span two seasons and engage several departments within The Clarice and UMD School of Music. Her work engages students within The Clarice, across campus, and in the community. 

​Prior to her time in Maryland, Morales spent several years in Chicago, IL where she worked with several organizations including The People's Music School as clarinet and music theory faculty as well as a project manager where she worked closely with Artistic Director and President Jennifer Matsuzawa, DePaul University where she served as an adjunct music education professor, and Chicago Symphonic Winds where she still works as the Director of Education. She was a regular member of the Chicago Summer Opera for their 2014-2016 seasons, and performed with the Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet for their 2015 season. In 2014 she was one of the winners of the 2014 Monroe Symphony League’s Marjorie Stricklin Emerging Artist Competition, and was a featured artist in the Trinity Presbyterian Young Artist Performance Series in New Orleans, LA.  She has also served as an assistant editor for the International Clarinet Association’s annual conference ClarinetFest® since 2014. Her publications can be found in their quarterly journal, The Clarinet.  Prior to her graduate and professional pursuits in Chicago, IL, Morales worked as a public school teacher in St. Tammany Parish from 2011-2013 while maintaining an active private studio and performing with groups such as the St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra, Five Reeds Trio, and soloing with several local band programs.  Morales graduated with Distinction with her Masters from DePaul University in 2015, and Cum Laude from Louisiana State University in 2011 with her Bachelors in Music Education where she was also named the Chancellor’s School of Music Outstanding Student in 2008. Her musical mentors include Robert DiLutis, Julie DeRoche, Larry Combs, Wagner Campos, Stephen Williamson, Dr. James Byo, and Paul Frechou. When not working with her clarinet students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, the university, her home studio, or managing the inventory for Lohff & Pfeiffer USA, LLC, she can be found  enjoying one of DC’s fine coffee shops.
Allison Satterwhite is a clarinetist and educator from Central Virginia, who studied with Robert DiLutis while pursuing her Master’s degree in Clarinet Performance. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from James Madison University, where her primary teachers included Janice L. Minor, Anastasia Christofakis, and Sarunas Jankauskas. While at James Madison, she performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and as the principal clarinetist of the Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra, most notably at the Collegiate Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Conference, the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) Conference, and the Interharmony International Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy. Her clarinet playing has been featured in the world premiere performances of Vicious Cycle and Meditation and Awakening (for Band) by Eric Guinivan, and Jetpack by Jason Haney. Allison was also a finalist in the 2015 James Madison University Concerto Competition with her performance of Aaron Copland’s Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, as well as the winner of the school’s mock orchestral auditions in 2016.  She is currently working as a graduate assistant with the University of Maryland Athletic Bands as well as conducting with the University of Maryland University Band.
Founder of Clarinets for Conservation Michele Von Haugg (D.M.A. 2017) is a native of East Berne, New York, USA and currently a member of the United States Air Force Band in San Antonio, TX.  Michele completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education at Ithaca College.  Her performance career began in 2001 with the Air Force Band of Liberty based out of Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. After completion of active duty service,  Michele continued her military service as principal clarinet and soloist for the Air National Guard Band of the Northeast while pursuing a Master’s Degree in performance at the New England Conservatory of Music.  During her studies at the Conservatory,  Michele retained a private studio of over 30 students, was actively involved in community outreach performances, and toured regularly with Air Force Bands across the country.  ​
Gabe Ferreira (B.M. 2017) is originally from Seattle, WA.  Gabe has a wide range of experience performing as an orchestral musician in ensembles such as the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, the New England Conservatory Symphony, Port Gardner Bay Chamber Orchestra, the Everett Symphony, and the Houston Symphony Orchestra. From 2010-2011 Gabe played second clarinet with the Washington-Idaho Symphony.
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Gabe attended the Marrowstone Music Festival 2007-2009, the Banff Centre 2010-2011 studying with Todd Palmer. Gabe has performed in masterclasses led by Mark Nuccio, Ralph Skiano, Todd Palmer, James Campbell, Michael Wayne and Sean Osborn. He recently published & co-edited three works of Edmond Avon for clarinet and piano for RM Publications now available online at thereedmachine.net as will be joining the United States Army Band in the Fall.
 A native of South Florida, Robert Durie (M.M. 2017) graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy before completing his BM in Clarinet Performance at the Florida State University under the guidance of Dr. Frank Kowalsky, Dr. Deborah Bish, and Dr. Jonathan Holden.

Currently Robert Durie is instructor of clarinet at the Jim Henson Center for Visual & Performing Arts Academy at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. Robert has attended the National Music Festival for the 2015 & 2016 Seasons, the Miami Summer Music Festival in 2015, and in 2014 he participated in Chautauqua Institution’s Music School Festival Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Timothy Muffitt. Robert specializes in auxiliary clarinets such as Eb clarinet, Basset Horn, and Bass Clarinet. He has performed with the President's Own Band & Chamber Orchestra and as a substitute with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. 
Emily Robinson (D.M.A. 2016) studied with Paul Cigan. Originally from Des Moines, IA, Emily received her Bachelor of Music from DePaul University in Chicago, IL where she studied with Julie DeRoche and John Bruce Yeh. She began her Masters of Music at Indiana University-Bloomington, IN where she studied with Eli Eban. While at Indiana she was a finalist in the International Clarinet Association's Young Artist Competition and won a position with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band stationed in Washington, DC. After four years performing with the Marine Band across the US both as a soloist and as a member of the clarinet section, Emily continued pursuing her Masters degree at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where she studied with Burt Hara. In 2011, Emily was awarded the UMD Wind Quintet Fellowship for 2011-2013 and began her D.M.A. program in College Park, MD.
Joseph Beverly (M.M. 2016) recently completed his Master's degree at the University of Maryland and received his BM in Clarinet Performance from the University of Georgia. He is a current member of The Florida Orchestra and an active chamber and orchestral musician. Also an active teacher, Joseph currently maintains his own private studio and teaches clarinet and bass clarinet. He has performed with the UGA Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, the Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra,  the Toccoa Symphony Orchestra, North Georgia Symphony Orchestra, and the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra. Joseph performed Warren Barker's Concertino in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, England, and Austria with the Georgia Ambassadors of Music. He performed Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra in February 2014.  Joseph attended the Clarinet Academy of America in 2011-2015 and also attended the Eastern Music Festival in the summers of 2013 and 2014, studying with Dr. Shannon Scott and Dr. Anthony Taylor. Recently, he attended the Madeline Island Chamber Music Festival, performing in the Etesian Woodwind Quintet. He has performed in masterclasses with Jon Manasse, Walter Seyfarth, Daniel Gilbert, Susan Warner, Mark Nuccio, and D. Ray McClellan, Joseph most recently studied with Robert DiLutis and worked as the clarinet studio graduate assistant. Joseph Beverly is now part of The Florida Orchestra as 3rd & Bass Clarinet. ​
Caitlin Rowden (M.M. 2016) graduated from the University of North Texas in May 2014 with degrees in Music Education and Clarinet Performance. While there, she privately studied, taught, and performed on clarinet, oboe, flute, bassoon, and saxophone in the Dallas/Fort Worth, College Station, and Houston areas. Caitlin has studied under the tutelage of Deb Fabian, Mark Nuccio, Kim Cole, and Charles Veazey.  She has taught privately at numerous schools, and completed her student teaching at Colleyville Heritage High School and Colleyville Middle School. Caitlin has taught marching band at Flower Mound High School, Rockwall Heath High School, and Richardson High School. Her performance experience ranges from wind band and orchestra to musical pits and jazz ensembles, most recently as a clarinetist in the University of North Texas Symphonic Band. She studied with Robert DiLutis as a Master of Music student at the University of Maryland, and teaches privately at the International School of Music in Bethesda, Maryland. 
Phylicia Cotton (B.M. 2016) studied with Robert DiLutis and David Jones. She previously studied with Karona Poindexter and has been playing the clarinet for 15 years.
Aaron Logan (B.M. 2016) studied with Robert DiLutis, David Jones, Frank Hudson, and Chris Vadala. In the past, he has served as principal for the Catholic University Wind Ensemble and the Rockville Concert Band. He has been playing clarinet going on 9 years. Outside of clarinet, he is currently a computer technician intern at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he is tasked with maintaining all computers, portable devices, and networks for the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Division.
Originally from New Jersey,  Laura Guenzel (B.M., B.M.E. 2016) plans to be a high school band director as well as a private clarinet instructor post-graduation. She studied with Robert DiLutis and David Jones and has studied with Sarah Bednarcik and Jesse Argenziano. Outside of music, Laura was enrolled in the Honors Humanities program at UMD, where she studies the human condition, with a focus on the humanistic application of fairy tales.
Tessa Gartin (M.M. 2015) received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from Southern Methodist University. She studied clarinet with Paul Garner and has taken various lessons with Greg Raden, Dan Gilbert, Jonathan Gunn, and Ixi Chen. She has also studied additionally in various master classes, including Andre Moisan, Stanley Drucker and Yehuda Gilad. She has performed various times with the Southern Methodist Symphony Orchestra under the director of Dr. Paul Phillips and with the Southern Methodist Wind Ensemble under the director of Dr. Jack Delaney. Tessa did her student teaching at the award winning Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, under the director of Amanda Drinkwater, Dominic Talanca and David Simon in the spring of 2013. While student teaching at Marcus, she also taught at Downing Middle School under the director of Mike Brown.  Tessa completed her music performance studies with Robert DiLutis as a graduate student at the University of Maryland in the spring of 2015. She performed various times with the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra under the director of James Ross and with the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra under the director of Dr. Michael Votta.  Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Tessa made her way back to Texas to teach band to young students. Tessa is currently a band director with the Pearland Junior High East Band Program in Pearland, Texas (greater Houston area). She directs the Non-Varsity Symphonic Band and teaches the Alexander Middle School beginner clarinet and saxophone classes.
Nina Elhassan (M.M. 2015) recently completed her Master's Degree at the Unviersity of Maryland under the instruction of Robert DiLutis, and is formerly the clarinetist in District5, the University's Fellowship Wind Quintet. Before coming to Maryland, Nina received a Bachelor of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of Jon Manasse. A fifth year of undergraduate study as a Take Five Scholar provided an opportunity to take a broad spectrum of courses on the self-designed topic of how humans process movement. She is currently a member of the United States Air Force Band in Colorado.
Austin Hogan (M.M. 2015) has been an active solo and chamber musician in the Bay Area and the Central Valley of California, including solo appearances with the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, College of Marin Symphony, and the University of the Pacific Symphony. Austin served as a woodwinds coach for the Central Valley Youth Orchestra and the Redwood High School Music Department. He was also involved in community outreach projects with the Stockton Symphony and the local Stockton community. His principal teachers include Robert DiLutis, Dr. Patricia Shands, and Luis Baez. Austin received a bachelor’s of music in clarinet performance from the University of the Pacific, and recently completed a master’s degree at the University of Maryland. He worked in the engagement department at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center during his time at Maryland. He maintains a private teaching studio in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Clarinetist Chung-ah Chin (D.M.A. 2014) holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music where she was a merit scholarship and Cosimo C. Abato clarinet scholarship student. She also holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Maryland. She has participated and performed in the Nice Music Festival in France, the Orford Music Festival in Canada and the Fame Music Festival in Princeton, New Jersey. She also performed the Brahms Sonata No. 2 for the International Brahms Symposium at Shriver Hall in Baltimore. She has given numerous performances as a member of the Washington Korean Orchestra at both the Kennedy Center and the George Mason University Concert Hall in Washington, D.C. Chung-ah Chin is a first prize winner of the Baltimore Music Club competition and has performed as principal clarinetist with the Baltimore Sinfonietta, Peabody Symphony Orchestra and Peabody Conductor’s Orchestra. Her teachers include Dong Jin Kim, Edward Palanker, Steven Barta and David Jones. As principal clarinetist of the chamber ensemble at the Washington National Cathedral, she recorded Kleiberg’s Requiem. She also performed Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 2 with the Thames Philharmonia in London, England. She received her doctoral degree under Professor. Robert DiLutis at University of Maryland on May 2014.  Chung-ah has recently given her solo recital at Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea. She was also invited to perform in the International Clarinet Festival at Louisiana University.  Chung-ah is currently a lecturer at Myong Ji College and Myong Ji University in South Korea.
Elise Bond (M.M. 2014) is currently a doctoral student at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying with James Campbell.  While at IU, Elise has performed as principal and e-flat clarinet with many of the schools orchestras, as well as principal clarinet for the iu wind ensemble's performance at the 2015 collegiate band directors national association (CBDNA) conference in Nashville, Tennessee.  Elise's primary interests include performing chamber music and studying clarinet pedagogy, and she plans to research motivation and resilience in collegiate/young professional musicians for her final doctoral project.  Prior to her studies at IU, Elise bond studied with Kenneth grant and Robert DiLutis (e-flat clarinet) at the Eastman school of music (BM 2010), where she was awarded the prestigious performer's certificate.  Elise was also a participant in the Eastman wind ensemble's acclaimed performance at the 2010 Midwest conference.  Elise continued her education at the university of Maryland (mm 2014), studying with Robert DiLutis.  At UMD, Elise performed as principal clarinet of the symphony orchestra and the wind orchestra, including UMSO's innovative 2014 performance of Aaron Copland’s "Appalachian Spring".  Outside of school, Elise has attended the American institute of musical studies (2012, 2014), the Brevard Music Center (2009) and the eastern music festival (2007), and has performed with the Connecticut opera theater orchestra.  Elise is passionate about using music as a tool for social justice, and recently organized a benefit concert for the American Civil Liberties Union in response to current governmental actions with which she strongly disagrees.    ​
Airman First Class Alaina Pritz (M.M. 2013) is the principal clarinetist of the US Air Force Band of the Golden West, located at Travis Air Force Base, near San Francisco, Ca. She also performs as Eb clarinetist with the Wild West winds clarinet quartet, and in the band of the golden west ceremonial band. An active member in the San Francisco wind ensemble and clinician for the Fairfield-Suisun unified school district, Miss Pritz is quickly becoming a sought after freelance musician and teacher in the Bay Area.

Originally from Indianapolis, in, Miss Pritz holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (B.M. ’07) and the University of Maryland (M.M. ’13). Her primary teachers include Robert DiLutis, Reis McCullough, Jon Manasse and Ken Grant. Miss Pritz enjoys playing indoor soccer in her local rec league, and visited Uganda earlier this year on an 11-day mission trip with her church to do humanitarian work with children.

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