Alumni
As educators, performers, and composers, our alumni are competing in a global marketplace. We have alumni working in six foreign countries as well as in a majority of states in the US and Canada. The education they received at WVU has given them the tools to become productive and successful artists. Many of our alumni return to the campus to visit and share their experiences with our current students.
- Jay Chattaway, Composer and conductor
Composer for Star Trek television series, National Geographic, and Jaques Cousteau specials. - Kevin Beavers, Composer
Winner of ASCAP Awards, BMI Award, and Ives Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters; Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan; residencies at MacDowell Colony and Tanglewood. - Marcie Ley, Soprano
Apprentice with the Pittsburgh Opera. - Patrick Garrett, Public school music educator
Director of Bands, Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, West Virginia. - William Winstead, Bassoonist and composer
Principal Bassoon, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Professor, Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music. - Leslie Fliben Garrett, Public school music educator
Choral Director, Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, West Virginia. - Margaret (Peggy) Baer, Flutist
Principal Flute, United States Navy Band. - John Locke, Conductor
Director of Bands, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
