Bonnie Litteral of Winter Garden, FL, retired after 35 years of teaching elementary music in Orange County Public Schools and 38 years of directing three children’s choirs at Oakland Presbyterian Church. Paul Stowell of Somersworth, NH, played drums and percussion on the new album by the Stew Aronson Band and performs with the group throughout the New Hampshire Seacoast area. 1983 Laurie Gale of Dimondale, MI, was accepted into the prestigious Michigan Flute Orchestra, founded by renowned Detroit Symphony flutist Shaul Ben-Meir. Robert Dellureficio of New York, NY, released New Moon , the latest album by his genre-bending ensemble, Bob Dee’s Cosmosis. 1984 William Macpherson of Ventura, CA, became chair of the music department at College of the Canyons. Scott Gershin of Stevenson Ranch, CA, received the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Game Audio Network Guild for his contributions to game and film audio. 1985 Jeff Volkman of Seattle, WA, produced the record Luminoso for saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa ’83. 1986 Eunice (Fuji) Fujimoto of Atlanta, GA, composed, arranged, and produced an orchestral soundtrack album, In Pursuit , for Atomica Music. Keijo Pennanen of Vantaa, Finland, published a book, Contemporary Guitar Picking Technique , with Mel Bay Publications.
1987 Patrick Smith of Los Angeles, CA, engineered Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer , which won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. 1988 Drew Blumenthal of Chicopee, MA, is featured on drums and backing vocals on the latest album by Reverend Dan and the Dirty Catechism, Memento Mori , released on Fine Records. 1989 Joseph James Vulpis of Windham, NY, earned his fourth consecutive Billboard Top 40 single with “Sugar.” 1990 Kevin Rees of Osaka, Japan, released a soft jazz acoustic single, “Untold Story,” with Italian vocalist Raffaella Piccirillo, available on all streaming platforms. 1992 Jason W. Jennings of Burbank, CA, is the supervising sound editor and sound designer for A Minecraft Movie and sound designer for Mufasa: The Lion King. 1993
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Martin Case of Altona, Australia, is the artistic director of Visionary-Steel, whose most recent album is $50 Martini. 1995 Elvis Stanić of Opatija, Croatia, is the founder and art director of the Liburnia Jazz Festival. 1998 Karina Kampe of Stockholm, Sweden, released two singles, “Kindred Soul” and “There’s a Page Torn Out of a Book,” available on all streaming platforms. Lorian A. Stancati of Smithtown, NY, is the founder and lead vocalist of Sweet Tea Entertainment and manages its acoustic duo, trio, and full electric band for weddings and corporate events. Soren Sorensen of Cranston, RI, released the award-winning documentary film Omar Sosa’s 88 Well- Tuned Drums . Whynot Jansveld of Los Angeles, CA, is the current touring bassist for the Wallflowers; previous credits include tours with Matchbox Twenty and Richard Marx, an album recording with Kate Hudson, and mastering work for Dave Matthews Band and Train.
Benjamin Lain Graves of Nashville, TN, released the LP Settle Down , featuring Matt Rollings on keys, Viktor Krauss on bass, and Jano Rix on drums. Details at bengraves.com.
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