Eastman Showcase 2005
Principal-ed Players
Many Eastman students dream of being first-chair players in a prominent orchestra. This year, the dream came true for quite a few, as several American orchestras — and in one case, an orchestra very far from America — hired recent Eastman graduates for first chair positions. They include:
- Erich Heckscher (BM ’94): principal bassoon with the Britt Festival Orchestra and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
- Randall Montgomery (BM ’95): principal tuba with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
- Jennifer Rhodes (BM ’96): principal bassoon with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra
- Lori Wike (BM ’99): principal bassoon with the Utah Symphony
- Katie Buckley (BM ’02, MM ’04): principal harp with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
- Peter Zlotnick (BM ’03): principal timpani with the Greensboro (NC) Symphony