Over 1,400 students have been trained at the Institute of the European American Musical Alliance. Here is a representative sampling of their accomplishments and affiliations. We are always updating this page, please send us your news!
Composer Commissions
Nico Muhly
Metropolitan Opera, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Amy Scurria
Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra,
Michael Gilbertson
Washington National Opera
Julia Adolphe
New York Philharmonic
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
Seattle Symphony
Kati Agócs
Toronto Symphony
Eric Guinivan
New York Youth Symphony
Jocelyn Hagen
Metropolitan Orchestra Sorel Recording Grant
Nina C. Young
Koussevitsky Foundation
Entrepreneurs
Founders of Via (Vision into Art), Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum and Paola Prestini
Co-Founder of Juventas New Music Ensemble, Erin Huelskamp
Executive and Creative Director of National Sawdust, Paola Prestini
Co-founder and Associate Director of the Boston Composers’ Coalition, Bret Abigaña
Founder of CAZevi (Jazz Home) and Müzikal Kumpanyası (Musical Company), Ünal Murat Asil
Executive Director of Eureka Ensemble, J. Andrés Ballestero
Founding member and former Artistic Director for Decoda, Brad Balliett
Co-founder, Subpatch, an intermedia collective, Jared Bennett
2021, Artist Career Development Grant, Central Minnesota Arts Board to create #ComposeLikeAGirl podcast, Jocelyn Hagen
CONDUCTORS:
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS; AWARDS
Luca Antonucci
Founding Director, Orchestra Without Borders
Marie-Claire Cardinal
Assistant Resident Conductor, Orchestre symphonique de Québec
Yuga Cohler
Music Director, Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
Holly Druckman
Founder and Artistic Director, Carduus
Ben Grow
Chelsea Opera, Ensemble Échappé
Fawzi Haimor
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Shizuo Kuwahara
First Prize, Solti International Competition
Principal Guest Conductor, The MariinskyTheater
Tiffany Liu
Director of Orchestras, University of Florida
Music Director, Pierre Monteux School
Ramiro Miranda
Music Director, Southeast Kansas Symphony
Serena Reuten
Assistant Conductor, Omaha Symphony
Erik Rohde
Director of Orchestral Activities, University of Northern Iowa
Shanti C. Simon
Director of Bands, University of Oklahoma
Jonathan Spatola-Knoll
Conductor and musicologist
Mona Seyed-Boloforosh
Heartbeat Opera, Come From Away (Broadway)
John Sullivan
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Emily Sung
Assistant Professor of Practice, USC Thornton
Amanda Weber
Founding Conductor, Voices of Hope (Minnesota Correctional Facility)
Beth Willer
Founder and Artistic Director, Lorelei
Director of Choral Studies, Peabody Institute
Lidiya Yankovskaya
2021 Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award
Opera Australia, Chicago Opera Theater, London Philharmonic Orchestra, San Diego Opera
Sally Mingyan Yu
Guest Conductor, Denver Philharmonic Orchestra
Composers:
Academic and Professional Appointments
- Kati Agócs
New England Conservatory: Professor in Composition, - Katherine Balch
Yale University, Music Faculty, - Zachary Bernstein
Eastman School of Music: Associate Professor of Music Theory, - Abbie Betinis
Concordia University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Adjunct Music Faculty, - Kyle Blaha
The Juilliard School: Chair Music Theory and Analysis - Erin Huelskamp Bohn
Opera of Huntsville, Artistic and General Director - Brad Balliett
Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, Lecturer, - Nicolas Lell Benavides
USC Thornton, Lecturer, The Glimmerglass Festival, Young Composer in Residence, - Derek David
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lecturer in Music;
Music Director, A Besere Velt (Yiddish Chorus of the Boston Workers Circle)Harvard University, Music Theory, - Eric Guinivan
James Madison University, Assistant Professor, Composition, - Raphael Fusco
Seton Hall University: Professor of Composition, Analysis and Music History, - Lane Harder
SMU Meadows School of the Arts: Senior Lecturer in Music Theory and Composition, Co-Chair of Music Theory and Composition, Director of SYGYZY, - Austin Jaquith
Cedarville University: Professor of Music Theory and Composition, - Barney Johnson
SUNY New Paltz: Music Theory, - Amy Beth Kirsten
The Juilliard School: Professor in Composition,
Curtis Institute of Music: Faculty in Composition, - Teddy Niedermaier
Roosevelt University: Assistant Professor in Music, - Wayne Oquin
The Juilliard School: Professor of Ear Training, Music Theory & Analysis, - Hadas Pe’ery
Tel Aviv University: Adjunct Lecturer Computer Aided Composition, - Robert Rival
University of Ottawa, Composition and Theory; Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Composer in Residence (2011-2014), - Eric Sessler
Curtis Institute of Music: Faculty in Counterpoint, Harmony, Music History, - Annika Socolofsky
University of Colorado Boulder, Assistant Professor of Composition, Director of Pendulum New Music, - Dawn Sonntag
Hiram College: Associate Professor of Music, Chair of Music Department, Pacific Lutheran University, Lecturer - Harry Stafylakis
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Composer in Residence, - Harry Whitney
San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Musicianship and Music Theory, - Nina C. Young
The Juilliard School: Professor in Composition,
Film Composers
Composers Awards and Grants
2024 Edward T. Cone Composition Institute, Leigha Amick for her work Cascade
Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome, 2020-2021 Kathryn Balch
Jordyn Davis, New Work (World Premiere—New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with The Juilliard School and American Composers Forum)
The American Academy of Arts and Letters: Matthew Barnson, Katherine Balch, Michael Gilbertson, Amy Beth Kirsten,
Charles Ives Fellowships: Michael Gilbertson, David Herzberg, Orianna Webb, Jacob Beranek
NATS Art-Song Competition: Matt Boehler, Benjamin C. S. Boyle, David Conte, Raphael Fusco, Ericsson Hatfield, Philip Lasser
Sorel Foundation Grant: Jocelyn Hagen
Jerome Grant: Jocelyn Hagen
Simon Guggenheim Foundation: Katherine Balch, Matthew Barnson, Vivian Fung
The Barlow Endowment Commission , Matthew Barnson, Andrew Maxfield, Annika Socolofsky, Joseph Sowa
Fromm Foundation Commission: David Hertzberg, Nathan Shields, Annika Socolofsky, Nina C. Young
Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award: Julia Adolphe
McKnight Artist Fellowship: Jocelyn Hagen, Abbie Bettinis
ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Awards: Katherine Balch, Julia Carey, Michael Gilbertson, Chen Jin Koh, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Reid Merzbacher
Palmer-Dixon Prize: Jonathan Cziner, Evan Fein, Matthew Fuerst, Michael Gilbertson, Matthew Schultheis
Tanglewood Institute Fellows: Katherine Balch, David Hertzberg, Michael Parsons, Nathan Shields
Aaron Copland Award from Copland House: David Hertzberg
BMI William Schuman Prize: David Hertzberg,
BMI Young Composer Award: Katherine Balch, Amelia Brey, Jonathan Cziner, Chen Jin Koh, Matthew Schultheis, Justin Zeitlinger
Young Concert Artists (YCA) Composer in Residence Awards: Benjamin CS Boyle, David Hertzberg, Hannah Ishizaki
The Catherine Doctorow Prize of the Gotham Chamber Opera: David Hertzberg