Liam McBane (viola, Fall Into Spring 2013-2014) is now the Artistic Assistant for San Diego Symphony. Liam graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Music.…

Denielle Wilson (cello, Summer Intensive 2010) has won a one-year contract with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Denielle is a high school graduate of the ASO Talent Development Program and majored…

Stephen Upshaw (2003) will begin his role as professor of viola at Trinity Laban in September. Stephen says, "In recent years I have had the pleasure to work regularly at…

Brandon Leonard, Franklin Pond student in the Sycamore Trio (and alum--Cello 2018-19) won Second Prize in the nationally renown Sphinx Competition and the Audience Choice Award for the Junior Division!

As one of five winners of the 12th Annual Samuel Fordis Concerto Competition, Toby Liu (2015, 2016, 2017)—Artisan I Laureate—will perform in the Samuel Fordis Young Artists' Concerto Competition Showcase…

Drew Forde (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) was recently featured in an ad for a SunChips^® Giveaway campaign.

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Jonathan Fuller was chosen to join the esteemed National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America in 2021, an extraordinary honor that only 120 students in the whole nation…

Wick Simmons, cello (2009, 2010) is teaching at Harmony Program in New York City. He also recently produced a video of his own composition, "Seen/Unseen: Exquisite Drones", filmed at the…

Raunak Kumar, alum 2014-15, 2017, 2017-18 was a 2021 winner in the YoungArts Foundation Competition. Raunak left Atlanta to attend New England Conservatory Preparatory School for his last two years…

We're so proud of Stephen Upshaw (Viola, 2003), whose ensemble was awarded a Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize for 2020/2021. "We can’t wait to get started on the many projects…