Alumni Achievements

Jesse Samson

  • Attended Berklee College of Music on scholarship
  • Graduate, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Music Department, Classical and Jazz Piano

Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon

  • Co-wrote story and music for the Emmy-winning TV miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) starring Neil Patrick Harris
  • Member of Motown's pop group Pretty In Pink
  • Danced in Michael Jackson's Moonwalker music video

Kevin Tancharoen

  • Director of the film Fame (2009)
  • Director of the film The Glee 3D Concert Movie (2010)
  • Co-created the TV series DanceLife (2007) on MTV
  • Choreographed for Madonna
  • Directed Britney Spears' The Onyx Hotel Tour (2004)
  • Directed Michael Jackson's 48th birthday celebration (2006)

Professor Dr. Natchar Pancharoen

  • Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Produced the first Western Music Dictionary in Thai

Palmer Hogen

  • Received worldwide attention for being one of the youngest dubstep producers
  • Released two albums: Vexed (2011) and Robot Noises Among Other Things (2011)
  • Released two singles: Firing (2011) and The Clockmaker (2012)
  • Graduated from the University of Oregon with Bachelor of Science degrees in Music Technology, Mathematics, and Computer Science

Janet Triyarn

  • UCLA, BA, Music Department, Ethnomusicology major
  • Member of the Thai-contemporary band Mantra
  • Maintains a piano studio serving the San Diego area

Dr. Peter Klimo

  • Bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of Music with Dr. Nelita True
  • Master's degree from the Yale School of Music with Peter Frankl
  • Artist diploma from Texas Christian University with Dr. Tamás Ungár
  • Doctorate of Musical Arts in Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music with Alan Chow
  • Gave master classes at California State University, Northridge; Hardin Simmons University; both Los Angeles and Orange County High Schools for the Arts; the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic Society; and the Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania
  • Served as a faculty member of the DBS Summer Music Festival in Hong Kong during its 2013 inaugural year
  • Adjudicated local and international competitions
  • Maintained a private studio in Los Angeles
  • Is currently Assistant Professor of Piano at California State University, Fresno

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