ATSUO CHIU (UR '23 Biology)

• Winner, 2022-23 UR River Campus Concerto Competition. Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" with Dr. Rachel Waddell and the UR Chamber Orchestra, April 2023

• Runner-up, 2022 NY State Music Teachers Association Heddy Kilian Empire State Competition, collegiate piano division. Mozart, Chopin, and Schoenberg

ELANA ELMAN (UR '23 Computer Science, Math)

• Student Researcher, Harvey Mudd College’s NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates, Summer 2022. Claremont, CA

• Pianist, RIT Game Symphony Orchestra, 2022-23. Rochester, NY

IZABELLA GOZZO (ESM '25 Voice)

• Participant, AIMS in Graz 2023. Opera Studio Curriculum. Graz, Austria

• Choralist, Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church, 2022-23. Rochester, NY

ANTHONY GURUNIAN (UR '21 Biomedical Engineering)

• PhD student, Scripps Research Institute, incoming class 2023. Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Sciences. La Jolla, CA

• JCC Thurnauer Alumni Recital, June 2023: Bach-Busoni's Chaconne, Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, and Komitas's 7 Armenian Dances

ALEX NAZARETSKI (ESM '24 Guitar)

• Rochester Classical Guitar recital, February 2021: Guitar pieces, plus Chopin's Ballade No. 1

• George Eastman Museum recital, April 2022: Guitar pieces, plus Bach's English Suite No. 2 and Grieg's Piano Concerto (own solo transcription)

• Ciminelli Lounge recital, October 2022: Guitar pieces, plus Perpetual Motion No. 3 (own composition) and Grieg's Piano Concerto (own solo transcription)

• Howard Hanson recital, March 2023: Guitar pieces, plus Haydn's E minor Sonata, Rachmaninoff's Etude Op. 39 No. 1, and Prelude (own composition)

GINA ROMANAZZI (UR '22 Digital Media Studies)

• Grantwinner, NYC Media Lab Museum Initiative Grant. Memorial Art Gallery, 2022-23. Rochester, NY

JACOB ROSE (UR '24 Business)

• Soloist, UR Symphony Orchestra. Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane (harp part played on piano), December 2020

• UR Meliora Scholar.  Funded research on Leonard Bernstein at the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress, Winter Break 2021

• Music Director, UR International Theatre Program. Directed and played keys for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Feb 25 – Mar 5, 2022

LAUREN SWARTZ (ESM '21 Viola)

• MM student, Lynn Conservatory, incoming class 2022. Masters program in viola performance. Boca Raton, FL

RID WU (UR '25 Optics)

• Carillonist, University of Rochester Hopeman Memorial Carillon, 2021-22. Concerts in October, March, and April. Rochester, NY

YUTIANCHENG YANG (UR '24 Business, Brain & Cognitive Sciences)

• Student Researcher, University of Rochester Schwartz Discover Scholar, Summer 2022. Center for Musculoskeletal Research. Rochester, NY