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Javon Jackson '87
Doug Hammer '89
Joe Lindsay '89
Amy Beauchamp '96 and José Cancela
1987
music. One of the group's songs is
included on Rare Episodes, a CD of
Zappa's music on Cordelia Records.
ing manager for Habitat for Humanity
Saint Louis.
Bassist Terje Gewelt of Oslo, Norway,
released Steppingstone, a new electric jazz trio CD featuring Staffan W.
Olsson (guitar) and Adam Nussbaum
(drums). For more information, visit
www.resonant-music.com.
Pianist andcomposer Doug Hammer
of Lynn, MA, released his sixth album,
Heart, which features 17 original songs.
Visit www.doughammer.net.
comedy Suburgatory and produced
songs for the Sony Pictures flm The
Wedding Ringer, which will be released
in 2015. Visit www.blindlemonmusic.
com.
Saxophonist Javon Jackson of West
Orange, NJ, was named associate professor of jazz and chair of the Jackie
McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt
School at the University of Hartford,
CT.
Lance McCollum of Austin, TX, has
been appointed the director of sales
for MACSAX (Horn Productions LLC) in
Austin.
Maureen Spranza of San Leandro, CA,
received a Ph.D. in education, with a
specialization in professional studies from Capella University. Her dissertation is titled "How Do Teachers
Incorporate Intuition into How They
Teach Music? A Phenomenological
Exploration."
1989
Kimberly Burgin-Douglas of
Inglewood, CA, released the album
Right Now, which is available on
iTunes. Visit www.kymberli.info.
Kevin Crosby of Shoreline, WA, is a
member of Z.E.R.O., the Zappa Early
Renaissance Orchestra, featuring ukulele performances of Frank Zappa's
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Guitarist Joe Lindsay of Charlotte, NC,
released his debut album I Wanna
Groove, with contributions by Skip
Walker '88 and Bob Horn '98. Visit
www.joelindsaymusic.com.
1990
Louis King of New York City is an active
composer, arranger, orchestrator, and
lecturer. Visit www.
getmelouisking.com.
Aaron Rosenberg of Lowell, MA,
had his chamber orchestra piece
To Finish the Moment performed in
Boston in September. He has upcoming premieres for his work Suffusion
(Darmstadt), and Ascent (as part of a
Banff Center residency). Visit www.
aaronhrosenberg.com.
Gary Schutt of Clearwater, FL,
performed at the three-day
MelodicRockFest3 in Chicago, IL, in
September. He has released his 10th
solo album, Moving Parts. Visit www.
garyschutt.com.
1991
Diedre Schaneman of Saint Louis,
MO, has been named the annual giv-
Singer and guitarist Susan Tedeschi
of Jacksonville, FL, and her husband,
Derek Trucks, released the album
Made Up Mind.
1992
Vartan Aghababian of Dorchester, MA,
had his opera The Knave of Hearts premiered by the Tufts University Opera
Department. His other premieres
included performances of his String
Quartet No. 1, Three Dickinson Songs,
and This Joyful Eastertide. Aghababian
is a faculty member at Boston
University and at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Chris DeRosa of New York City has
recorded or performed with Rob
Decoup, Roland Ruby, Tom Humbert,
Renee Ruth, and Nishi Rajan. He
recently built CDR Studios in his home
and has written articles for Alwayz
Therro and The Black Page. Visit www.
chrisderosa.com.
1993
Daniel Day of Provo, UT, and the
Daniel Day Trio, released the album
Champions. He performs regularly in
the Salt Lake City area.
Jared Faber of Los Angeles, CA,
was a writer and producer on Beto
Cuevas's Grammy-winning album
Transformación. He has scored the ABC
Brian Harris of Portland, OR, joined
Curtis Salgado's band as a keyboardist and backing vocalist, touring in the
United States and abroad. He is also
the keyboardist for Portland-based
artist Lisa Mann and coleads the funkrock outft Sumo, featuring members
of War, Nu Shooz, and the Jeff Lorber
Fusion.
Singer/songwriter Sandrine Ligabue
(aka san.drine) of New York City
released her EP Dust, which features
three new songs, plus a remix of
"Ramène-moi." Visit www.san-drine.
com.
1994
Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak
of Wayne, NJ, released the DVD 20
Essential Metal Licks. He also concluded the Metalworker Guitar Clinic
Tour presented by D'Addario Strings,
Intellitouch tuners, and School of Rock.
Visit www.metalmike.net.
1995
Tom Griesgraber of Encitas, CA,
released the concept album Unnamed
Lands with guitarist Bert Lams.
Griesgraber plays Chapman Stick,
Stick-synth, and bass pedals on the
album. Visit www.thossounds.com.