Music and Audio Engineering Alumni
The San Jacinto College Central Campus Music and Audio Engineering Department prides itself on high level student success stories. Music alumni have graduated and transferred to music schools throughout the country and moved successfully to the professional fields of music and audio engineering.
Baylor University:
Renee McCrary, voice, 2008
Elvia Garcia, violin & education, 2010, B.A. 2013
Rebekah Zeek, piano, 2010, B.M. 2013
Emily Thomasson, voice, 2012
Lyndsay Tibbets, voice, 2013
Oscar Cruz, euphonium & education, 2014
*Donovan Goins, 2017
Zach Cocetti, piano & composition, 2017
Becky Armenta, graduate school, 2017
Belmont University, Nashville, TN:
Mark Klinger, music composition & business, 2013
Selena De La Cruz*, audio engineering & piano, 2014
Byron Williams, audio engineering & music composition, 2014
Blake Patterson, audio engineering & percussion, 2015
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA:
Jacob Shelby, music, 2004
Anthony McKinney, bass, 2007
Ruthanne Price, viola, 2011
Christ for the Nations Bible College, Dallas:
Michael Biggs, audio engineering & music theory, 2013
Concordia University:
Matthew Lynch, organ & composition, 2017
Nathan Lazenberry, voice, music education 2019
Hardin-Simmons:
Travis Hopper, voice & composition, 2015
Houston Baptist University:
Sharon Hagy, music education, 2001
Andy Ramos, composition & saxophone, 2002
Jim Stovall, voice, 2007
Bianca Watson, voice, 2007
Eduardo Guzman, voice, 2010
Brittany Loutfi, voice, 2011
Kristen Hernandez, voice, music education & composition, 2013
Jacky Ovalle, voice & education, 2015
Diana Gulski, voice & education, 2015
Amanda Lyssy, voice & education, 2015
Carlee Abschneider, voice & education, 2016
Mary Ellen Laurel, clarinet, theory & education 2017
Clarissa Palamino, voice & education 2017
Harrison Smith, trumpet 2017
Lamar University:
Anthony Cook, voice, 2011
Adrian Rodriguez, percussion & education, 2016
Josh Harris, percussion & education, 2016
Brandon Davila, percussion & education, 2016
Oscar Rodriguez, percussion & education, 2016
Louisiana State University:
Brian Ritter, voice, 2014
Chris Haugh, horn & education, 2015
North Park University - Chicago:
Ruben Velasquez, voice, 2013
Midwestern State University:
Craig Ryan, voice, 2003
New England Conservatory of Music:
Jennifer Giardina, voice, 2006
Sam Houston State University:
Nicole Cano, voice
Erin Moore, voice
Michelle Womack, voice
Daniel Stover, clarinet, 2003
Brad Jacobs, violin, 2003
Ray Gonzalez, saxophone, 2004
Jerry Jenkins, cello & piano, 2007 – Juneau, Alaska symphony
Josh Muirhead, voice, 2007
Robert Terrill, bass, 2010
Alex Villarreal, trombone, 2010, B.M. 2012
Nathan Mays, composition & bass, 2011, B.M. 2013
Casey Gordon, bass clarinet, 2012
Emma Simmons, clarinet, bassoon, & saxophone 2012
Austin Smith, trumpet, 2012
Erik “Erwin” Vreugdenhil, trumpet, 2012
Trevor Brantley, education, 2014
Elizabeth Wheelis, education, 2014
Juan Castillo, education, 2014
Adriana Gonzalez, education, 2014
Sean Tighe, trombone & education, 2015
David Soto, voice & education, 2016
Ryan Mahler, clarinet, 2018
Jorge Diaz, guitar, music therapy, 2019
Jasmine Marshall, voice, music therapy, 2019
Nick Rodriguez, cello, music therapy, 2019
Southwestern Missouri State University:
Justin Hinojosa, voice, 2009
Stephen F. Austin State University:
Webb Gardner, trombone, 2008, B.M. 2012
Jessica Rangel, voice, 2011, B.M. 2013
Ian Schexnider, cello, 2011
Peyton Swartzell, voice, 2011
Scott Butler, voice & composition, 2013
Robert Killingsworth, composition, 2013
Denise Rocha, education, 2014
Carol Alsdorf, voice, 2014
Nathan Schweitzer, voice & music composition, 2014
Hannah Montoya, education, 2014
Isaiah Martinez, education, 2014
Daniel Rossi, audio engineering, 2014
Elisa Cantu, education, 2015
Micah Guajardo, percussion & education, 2015
Hugo Martinez, audio engineering & percussion, 2015
Donald Newman, trombone & education, 2016
Brian Wondra, guitar, education, 2018
Texas A&M Commerce:
J. C. Flowers, piano, 2014
Lucas Arcizo*, piano, 2014
Jessica Cruz, percussion & education, 2016
Edwin Henriquez, voice, education, 2017
Texas A&M Corpus Christi:
Steven Martinez, trombone, 2015
Raquel Solorazano, trombone & education, 2016
Joshua Hatcher, guitar, education, 2019
Alex Herrera, guitar, education, 2019
Phillip Matczak, guitar, education, 2019
Edwin Suaso, guitar, education, 2019
Texas Christian University:
Destinee Balerio, speech pathology, 2014
Texas State University:
Angela Crotts Beyer, audio engineering, 1998
Cecilia Kittley, voice, 2003
Brian Burns, voice, 2004
Clayton Duncan, saxophone, 2005
Zack Alkire, audio engineering, 2008
Austin Baker, percussion & music composition, 2011
Savannah Beceril, audio engineering, piano & voice, 2011
Riaz Mohammed, horn & education, 2012
Aaron Jay, voice, 2012
Nathan Mays, music composition, Graduate School, 2015
Dani Holmes, voice performance, 2016
Vanessa Hernandez, piano performance, 2016
Ryan Fontenot, music composition, 2016
Marcus Johnson, bass, education, 2018
Candace Cline, voice & composition, education, 2019
Texas Tech University:
Ian Rollins, percussion
Andy Bourn, trombone & education, 2009
Robert Nanes, music composition, 2010
Texas Women's University:
Azalea Gonzalez, music education, 2016
Sophia Vignovich, voice, therapy, 2018
University of Houston, Moores School of Music:
Richard Hazelip, organ, 1993
Bernadette Walls, saxophone (Director of Bands, Crosby HS)
Terry Ann Gilbert, clarinet (Elementary music teacher in Deer Park ISD)
Charlie Carlisle, 1998; BA in Business Admin UH, 2001
Joy Rollins, 2003
Arnel Dayrit, percussion, 2008
Joel Dawsey, piano, 2009
Tyler McCord, percussion, 2010
Melinda Reyes, education, 2011
Kent Childress, cello/education, 2012
Zach Golden, organ, 2013
Joseph Mills, violin & music composition, 2013
Christina Uriquieta, violin, 2014
Ryan Norwood, trumpet & education, 2015
Sarah Smythe, violin, 2016
Dayra Sanchez, bass, education, 2018
Harmon Melton, clarinet, composition, 2018
Oscar Rodriguez, percussion, 2018
Madeline Keefe, voice, 2018
Andrew Britt, media production, 2018
Nathalie Rodriguez, composition & violin, art history, 2019
Okang Ralph, saxophone, education, 2019
Carlos Campos, guitar, political science, 2019
Mary Ellen Laurel, graduate school, theory, 2019
University of Houston, Clear Lake:
Becki Freeman, clarinet, 2003
Don Hite, clarinet & viola, 2008 (teacher at Cesar Chavez HS in Houston)
Chris Ritter, composition & creative writing, 2008
Marina Chavez, education, 2014
Janecka Hamilton, education, 2015
Jacob Adams, English, 2018
University of Louisiana at Lafayette:
Tod Stark, percussion, 2001
University of North Texas:
Karen Marston, trombone, 1992
Paul Ramirez, jazz studies, 1997
Laura Garcia, clarinet & music education, 2000 (Boston University, MM)
Jeremy Gardner, percussion, 2010
Taylor Boren, percussion, 2010
Gabrielle Gilliam, voice/education, 2012
Crystal Anaya, voice, 2013
Webb Gardner, trombone, 2013, Graduate School
Evan Clarner*, harpsichord & early music, 2014
Alma Cervantes, voice, 2015
Adrian Loftin, composition & guitar, 2015
Chris Ortiz, education & guitar, 2015
University of St. Thomas:
Becky Armenta, voice, 2013
Isabelle Rodriguez, voice, 2014
Isaiah Martinez, education, 2014
Frank Oliver Gomez, cello & education, 2016
Daniel Aquino, voice & education, 2016
Paul Irabor, saxophone, education, 2018
Riley Oliver, flute, education, 2018
Jenna Wilhelm, voice, education, 2018
Jorge Palomarez, composition, 2018
Philip Reyes, voice, education, 2019
University of Texas:
Dustin Fehrle, piano, 2006
Seferino Garcia, tuba, 2012
Cindy Vasquez, composition, 2014
Timothy George*, piano, 2014
Andy Young, voice performance, 2016
Carlos Olazaba, tuba performance, 2016
Raul Facundo-Gomez, voice performance, 2016
University of Texas, Arlington:
Andrew Perry, tuba, 2011
Kelsey Burg, voice, 2011
Joseph Doughty, piano, 2012
Jacob Clodfelter, voice, composition, 2018
University of Texas El Paso:
Irena Quijas, voice, 2008
University of Texas San Antonio:
Charity Lewis, voice, 2008
Carly Marshall, voice, 2008
Jacob Bernstein, composition, 2015
*high school, dual-credit students