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Alumni Achievements

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their music degrees:

• Clayton Townley, '08, is earning his master's degree in teaching from Seattle Pacific University.
• Nathanael Ankeny '08, is in the Eastern Washington University master's degree in music program.
• Seth Ahnert, '07, holds a jazz piano assistantship as part of his master's in music program at University of Northern Colorado.
• Stacy Boyer, '07, is earning her master's degree in music at North Texas State University.
• Maren Haynes, '07, is pursuing her M.M. at the University of Washington.
• Kyrsten Hafso, '07, has been accepted into the M.F.A. in musical theatre program at San Diego State.
• Hannah Kimball, '06, is earning her master's of divinity degree at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago.
• Mark Stevens, '06, and Beth Webster, '05, earned their master's degrees in piano pedagogy at the University of Nebraska. Mark serves as a graduate teaching assistant and Beth teaches part time at a nearby college.
• Keija Lee, '06, completed the MIT Program at Whitworth and teaches choral and instrumental music at Baker Prairie Middle School, in Canby, Ore.
• Alyssa Hansen, '05, is director of worship, music and the arts at Mountain View Presbyterian Church, in Marysville, Wash.
• Kim Dolge, '04, is studying ethnomusicology at the Center for Advanced Studies in Music, at Turkey's Istanbul Technical University.
• Mike Frederick, '04, taught guitar lessons and played for Carnival Cruise Lines; he is now earning a master's degree at Eastman School of Music.
• Jennifer Pearman, '04, teaches choral music at Sacajawea Middle School and Mullan Road Elementary School, in Spokane.
• Kevin Swisher, '04, is director of bands at Hanford High School, in Hanford, Wash.
• Crystal Hayes, '04, is a trombonist for Carnival Cruise Lines.
• James "Sandy" Miller, '04, is earning a master's degree in vocal performance at the University of Oregon.
• David Turner, '04, is director of orchestras at Evergreen Middle School, in Longview, Wash.
• Dana (Hamblet) Strait, '03, is earning a doctorate in music cognition at Northwestern University, where she is researching the effects of long-term musical training on the brain.
• Jonelyn Langenstein, '03 (music and arts administration double major) earned a master's degree in vocal performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. A soprano, she is now a professional opera singer; she performed in every production of the Connecticut Lyric Opera Company's 2006-07 season.
• Erin Tutty, '03, earned a master's degree in vocal performance at Northern Illinois University.
• David Parks, '02, earned a master's degree in saxophone performance at the University of Southern Mississippi and is touring with the United States Army Field Band.
• Bryan Swenland, '01, is director of bands at Mead Middle School, in Spokane.
• Angela Hunt, '01, teaches middle-school choral music in Spokane Valley, is director of music at New Hope Christian Center, and recently released a CD of original and gospel songs.
• John Lack, '01, is director of instrumental music at Clovis West High School, in Fresno, Calif.
• Kyla (Cleworth) Fague, '01, is director of bands at Medical Lake High School and director of the Whitworth University Concert Band.
• Kendra Kimball, '01, taught elementary-school music for five years and is now earning a master's degree in musical theatre at Oklahoma City University.
• Michael Jones, '00, is earning a master's degree in trumpet performance at the University of Illinois.
• Jennifer Gorham (Garrett, '99) teaches elementary music in Seattle and sings often throughout the Puget Sound area.
• Mark Dungan, '98, is director of bands at Gunn High School, Palo Alto, Calif.
• Heather Peterson, '98, teaches voice at Harvard University and sings throughout the Boston area.
• Thomas Shook, '98, is principal clarinet in the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra and a teacher at Boise State University.