Michael Ando
Austin Fitterer
Christopher Gallerani
Sarah Kaufold
Georgi Lekov
Feier Liu
Shannon McAlister
Sangwoo Park
Adam Rizzo
Eric Rizzo
Benjamin Stayner
Charice Tang
Michael Vlachos
Hudson Webber
Kelly Whitesell
Graduate Assistants
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MM Candidate, Instrumental Conducting
TA MUSI 1108
imm25004@uconn.edu
DRMU 150
PhD Candidate, Music Theory & History
TA MUSI 1312
ftd25002@uconn.edu
DRMU 152
MM Candidate, Voice
TA MUSI 1119
christopher.gallerani@uconn.edu
DRMU 220
DMA Candidate, Choral Conducting
TA MUSI 1111
sek12006@uconn.edu
DRMU 154
DMA Candidate, Piano
TA MUSI 1119 & MUSI 1111
georgi.lekov@uconn.edu
DMA Candidate, Voice
TA MUSI 1221
eld25004@uconn.edu
DRMU 220
PhD Candidate, Music Theory and Music History
TA MUSI 3409
shannon.mcalister@uconn.edu
DRMU 154A
DMA Candidate, Piano
TA MUSI 1111
sangwoo.park@uconn.edu
PhD Candidate, Music Theory & History
TA MUSI 1011 & 1012
adam.rizzo@uconn.edu
DRMU 145
DMA Candidate, Trumpet
TA MUSI 1003
eric.rizzo@uconn.edu
DRMU 148
MM Candidate, Conducting
TA MUSI 1011 & MUSI 1012
benjamin.stayner@uconn.edu
DRMU 150
DMA Candidate, Violin
TA MUSI 1003
ics24001@uconn.edu
DRMU 156
MM Candidate, Trumpet
TA MUSI 1112 & MUSI 1110
yla24002@uconn.edu
DRMU 148
DMA Candidate, Cello
TA MUSI 1003
rfc24002@uconn.edu
DRMU 156
DMA Candidate, Voice
TA MUSI 1119
kelly.whitesell@uconn.edu
DRMU 220