Michelle Ko (Music Performance, Flute) performed as Principal Flute with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony in June. She has subsequently been invited to continue as a member of this orchestra.

Jason Loiland (VPAM, Piano) attended the University of North Texas Jazz Workshop this past summer. He worked with many faculty there, but most often with the Professor of Jazz Piano, Stefan Karlsson.

Casey Hively (Music Ed., Choral) performed the lead role of 'Clorinda' in Monteverdi's opera Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, at Carroll Community College this past summer.

Marcus Simmons (Music Performance, Voice) went to Citta della Pieve, Umbria, Italy for six weeks during the summer of 2008 where he worked with the International Opera Theater as a musical/ technical intern. The company began rehearsals and performed a completely new operatic adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. During the production, Marcus was a rehearsal pianist, music coach/teacher (teaching the lead, for whom he was an under-study), and worked as an assistant stage manager and technical director.

Meg Mizumoto (Music Performance, Violin) and Michael Herder (Music Performance, Violin) were both interns at the Endless Mountain Music Festival in Pennsylvania during the summer of 2008. They sat side by side in an orchestra with professional musicians.

Sam Garrett (VPAM, Guitar) completed a six-week national tour of the USA and Canada with his group, Yukon during the summer of 2008.

Tomoko Bajo (Certificate, Clarinet) has begun work in the M.Mus. program at the Eastman School of Music, studying with clarinetist Jon Manasse.