Alumni

School of Music alumni are joined together by their shared experiences during their student days and also by their membership in a large and vital alumni association after graduation. Our alumni are represented by the School of Music Affiliate Program Group (APG), which was founded for the following purposes:

To provide a forum in which Penn State School of Music alumni can grow professionally and personally;
To provide a means by which alumni of Penn State's School of Music alumni can stay connected to each other and to the School;
To provide the means by which alumni of Penn State's School of Music may remain informed of the activities of the School and College;
To assist the School of Music in the recruitment of musically talented students;
To assist by appropriate means with the provision of financial support to students studying music at Penn State;
To encourage and support the educational and career opportunities for the students in the field of music;
To foster a sense of pride in, and commitment to, the university while enhancing its reputation and prestige.

All alumni of the Penn State School of Music are members of the Music Affiliate Program Group regardless of their membership in the Penn State Alumni Association. A Board of Directors provides leadership for the APG, and is elected from the membership at-large for a term of three years.

Board of Directors

Carol Nelson,’08, President and representative to the A&A Alumni Society Board

Jay Herzog, ’68

Scott Kemerer, ’07

Jamey Kelley, ’06

Molly Weaver, ’80

Mike Ketner, ’93

William Neil, ’66

Sue Haug, Russell Bloom, Joyce Hoffman, ex officio

APG Scholarship

The APG is pleased to announce that the recipient of the fall 2013 APG scholarship is junior music education student Allison Long. She is a clarinet student of Anthony Costa. For more information regarding Allison, click here.

The scholarship was announced at the School of Music Alumni Reception held Saturday, April 6, 2013.

President Carol Nelson was a 2007 APG scholarship recipient. "I was thrilled to receive this honor as an undergraduate and am equally thrilled to be a part of the APG to continue this tradition. "

Penn State Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

2010, C. Robert Kehler, '74 B.S. Music Education

1987, Michael Reid, '69 B.A. Music

Penn State Alumni Fellow Award Recipients

2011, William Neil, '66 B.A. Music

2001, Deborah Drattell, '79 M.M. Music

School of Music Alumni Award Recipients

2012, Erin Headley, '74 M.F.A. Music

2011, Matthew Shaw, '97 B.M. Music

2010, Jan Wilson, '87 M. M. Music

2009, William Neil, '66 B.A. Music

2008, Betty Anne Younker, '80 M.Ed. Music Education

2007, Raymond Barr, '53 B.S. Music Education

2006, Honey Meconi, '74 B.A. Music

2005, Nick Petrella, '90 B.S. Music Education

2004, Kathryn Cowdrick Swensen, '75 B.S. Speech Pathology

2003, Doris Gazda, '58 M.Ed. Music Education

2002, Robert Stroker, '86 M.M. Music

2001, John Shannon, '74 M.F.A. Music

2000, Robert Cutietta, '82 M.Ed. Music Education

1999, John B. Hylton, '76 M.Ed., '80 D.Ed. Music Education

1998, Deborah Drattell, '79 M.M. Music

1997, Barbara Harbach, '67 B.A. Music

1996, Richard C. Gipson, '78 D. Ed. Music Education

1995, Rudolf E. Radocy, '71 D.Ed. Music Education

1994, John B. Haberlen, '62 B.S. Music Education

1991, O. Richard Bundy, Jr., '70 B.S., '87 D.Ed. Music Education

1990, Robert A. Fought, '64 B.S., '71 D.Ed. Music Education

1988, Raymond J. Dombrowski, '51 B.A. Music

1986, Michael B. Reid, '69 B.A. Music

School of Music Outstanding Alumni Music Educator Award Recipients

2013, Matthew Swope, ’04 B.A. Music and B.A. Classics, '06 M.M. Voice Performance and Pedagogy, '07 Certification

2012, Larry Doran, '90 B.S. Music Education

2011, Gregory Woodbridge, '96 B.S. Music Education, '96 B.M. Music, '98 M.M. Conducting

2010, Marti Fucile, '88 B.S. Music Education