Guest Artists
Not only do KSU students have the opportunity to interact with an exceptional faculty, but they also have the opportunity to learn from the best musicians in the country. Many guest artists visit campus regularly each year, adding to the exceptional experience KSU students have. Past guests on our campus include:
- Pianists Awadagin Pratt, Sergei Babayan, Seymour Bernstein, Constance Carroll, Jeffrey Siegel, Jeffrey Swann, Gary Wolf, Vladimir Feltsman, Lorin Hollander, André Watts, José Feghali, and Susan Starr
- Vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jennifer Larmore, Patricia Craig, Ruth Golden, Denyce Graves, Jerry Hadley, Hakan Hagegard, Nina Hinson, Marilyn Horne, James Jordan, Jennifer Larmore, Bernadine Oliphint, and Frederica von Stade
- The Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Horn Section, the Spanish Brass Quintet, Quartetto Gelato, the Pro Arte Quartet, the American Horn Quartet, and the Miami String Quartet
- Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot (principal, Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- Flutist Mary Karen Clardy (University of North Texas)
- Clarinetists Laura Ardan (principal, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), Steven Cohen (Northwestern University), Richard Hawkins (Oberlin Conservatory), and Mark Nuccio (Associate Principal, New York Philharmonic)
- Oboist Linda Strommen (Indiana University)
- Bassoonist William Ludwig (Louisiana State University)
- Saxophonist Timothy McAllister (University of Arizona)
- Trumpters David Bilger (principal, Philadelphia Orchestra), and Chris Martin (principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
- Tubist Alan Baer (principal, New York Philharmonic)
- Composers Jennifer Higdon, David Maslanka, Allen Krantz, and Eric Ewazen
- Conductors James Jordan, Laura Jackson, Kevin McMahon, Alexander Mickelthwate, H. Robert Reynolds
- Visiting lecturers Robert Duke (Distinguished Professor of Music Education, The University of Texas at Austin); Susan Merritt (Director of Education, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); Marianne Ploger (Lecturer in Musicianship, University of Michigan)
KSU students also benefit from the instruction of our Ensembles-in-Residence, the Atlanta Brass Quintet and the Atlanta Percussion Trio. Experiences such as these complement the exceptional instruction students can expect daily within the School of Music.
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