Instrumental Music
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Riley Bandy   1996/Instr
Riley performed at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco in March 7, 2009. And also joined with other alumni at Jerry Pannone's farewell concert.
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Alexander Bedner   2002/Instr
Alex Bedner is currently studying Trombone at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with Pete Ellefson and holds the Richard E. Ford Guarantor Scholarship. He received his Bachelor of Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under Pau...[more]
Christopher Bergstresser   1985/Instr
Wrote a performed music for several original musicals in Oxford, England area. I still write music (even for video games).  I have a daughter and I have been teaching her music.  She has the music bug worse than I ever did. (2009)
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Steven Caron   2002/Instr
While at SOTA he held positions in the Young People's Symphony Orchestra, the Peninsula Youth Orchestra, and the SF Community Music Center Orchestra. After brief studies at San Francisco State University, he transferred to the San Francisco Conservat...[more]
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Annie Chang   1989/Instr
She graduated in 1992 from the Peabody Institute at John Hopkins University, then from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1994. She joined the Phoenix Symphony as the assistant principal violist. She performed regularly as a pianist with the...[more]
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Matthew Cmiel   2007/Instr
Currently a composition student at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Enthusiastic advocate for new music. He joined with other alumni to play with the SOTA orchestra at Jerry Pannone's farewell concert.
Julia Gong   1996/Instr
Currently living in San Jose.
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Darby Hinshaw   1998/Instr
After graduating from SOTA, Darby attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is an active freelance musician, performing with the San Francisco Opera, Marin Symphony, California Symphony, etc. He is currently Principal Horn with the Santa...[more]
Cyndy Holsclaw   2000/Instr

She received her B.S. in 2005 in Cell and Molecular Biology at San Francisco State University and is currently in the graduate program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UC Davis. 

John Igaz   1999/Instr
Graduated from Berklee College of Music with at BA in 2003. DJ with V.E.R.A. Clique, produces beast with Ill Mondo, rock project mus-ok. Accomplishments: Being a sweet dude. (2009)
Diana Kaminska   2008/Instr
Diana's currently attending UCLA, majoring in Englsh, and plans to be graduated in 2012. (2009)
Kirill Kouznetsov   1999/Instr
Violin Instructor at Inspire Music Learning Center in San Francisco. Graduate SF State with BM in Violin Performance in 2006 and MM in 2008. Stockton Symphony Per-Service, Pone Forgivable Loan 1999-2003. Performed with Marin Symphony, E. Nagel Schola...[more]
Nathan Lofton   2004/Instr
Working for Freeland Musician in Jamaica Plain. Graduated from New England Conservatory of Music with a BM in Composition in 2008. Doing my best to make a living as a conductor. I also sing professionally with several church choirs and the chorus of...[more]
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Erin Malcolm   1993/Instr
Proud mom of two daughters and homeowner, living in San Francisco.  She helped organize the ten year reunion of the Class of 1993 with Ron McCan.
Jessica Murphy (Woodard)   1999/Instr
Graduated from UC Berkeley with BA in Psychology in 2004 (honor thesis) and Cal State Monterey Bay with a teaching credential in 2007. Teaching first grade in the Oakland Unified School District.
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James Jorel O'Dell   1996/Instr
James attended SF State University and the New York School of Music at Mannes.  In New York, and San Francisco respectively he  p...[more]
Dina Petrushenko   2003/Instr
Dina Petrushenko  (Orchestra/2003) Graduated from Boston University College of Arts & Sciences in 2007.
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Sal Santana   2001/Instr

Keyboardist, vocalist and composer Salvador Santana, son of legendary guitarist Carlos Santana, graduated from SOTA in 2000 in Music. He went on to major in the Musical Arts Program at Cal Arts in Valencia, CA.

The Salvador Santana Ban...[more]

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Jazz Sawyer   1996/Instr
Jaz Sawyer began playing drums at the age of 2. He also learned to play the trumpet and the bass before starting his serious pursuit of music studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music/Preparatory Division at the age of 15. Mr. Sawyer w...[more]
Kira Soltanovich   1991/Instr

Stand-up comic, actress, and writer, Kira was born in L'vov, Ukraine. She grew up in multi-cultural San Francisco, surrounded by immigrants of all shapes and sizes. There she attended School of the Arts ... just like "FAME" but with fewer white p...[more]

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Annie Staninec   2004/Instr
Annie has been playing bluegrass/old time fiddle for more than a decade. She's also a consummate gypsy jazz violinist. In 2006 she toured...[more]
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Sam Totah   2000/Instr
Sammy Totah has been rapping on stage with Grammy Award winning performer Carlos Santana, and his son Salvador, since he was still in high school?Born and raised in San Francisco, Totah's Palestinian father and Mexican-American mother gave him a cul...[more]
Juvenia Tso   2000/Instr

A cellist while at SOTA, Juvenia merged her love of music, people and photography by photographing bands throughout the Bay Area. She is currently enrolled in the Brooks Institute of Photography, in Santa Barbara,  and per her web page, ...[more]

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Alexei Wajchman   2004/Instr

Alexei grew up in San Francisco's Mission District. After learning to play clarinet and sax, he taught himself to play guitar and began writing songs at 15. He was awarded the Blue Bear Celebrity Scholarship to study guitar and voice in 2002 and 2...[more]

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Devin Williams   1994/Instr
Devin plays trumpet with LA's Orgone, described as "smooth, soulful funk with jazzy arrangements."  His father, Ed Williams, has been an artist-in-residence at SOTA teaching music composition, arranging and computer technology. Ed was formerly b...[more]
Christina Wong   2001/Instr
Graduated from The Julliard School in 2008 with a BM in Viola Performance. Attending Cleveland Institute of Music working towards an MM in 2010.