Retired UA Professor of horn Daniel Katzen, former member Boston Symphony Orchestra, Keitaro Harada, Conducting Fellow and Dr. Thomas Cockrell at Tanglewood, August 2010
Recent (or soon-to-be) graduates in orchestral and opera conducting at
The University of Arizona School of Music
| J. Alexander Bennett | DMA student, 2023- | BM and MM, Brigham Young University |
| María Fátima Corona del Toro | DMA student, August 2022- | MM, Michigan State University, PD Catholic University of America. Former conductor in Mexico’s Esperanza Azteca youth orchestra program. |
| Yudai Ueda | DMA student, 2021-2023 | MM, BM Ed Northern Arizona University Assistant Director of Bands University of Arizona, 2015-2021. Conductor, LendAnEar Ensemble, assistant conductor Tucson Repertory Orchestra and tour of Japan 2024. Guest conducting in Phoenix metropolitan area. |
| Lorena Suárez Molina | DMA student, 2019-2025 | MM UMN Duluth, Diploma Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, Florence Italy. Guest conductor of orchestras in Minnesota, Chile, Ecuador and Brazil |
| Sean Bresemann | DMA student, 2018- present | BM College Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati, MM University of North Texas. Assistant Conductor, Opera in the Ozarks, 2021. Conductor Tucson Symphony Orchestra, educational concerts and education director |
| Keun Oh | DMA, Fall 2019 | Music Director, Civic Orchestra of Tucson. Guest conductor in USA, Germany and South Korea. Semifinalist Besançon International Conducting Competition, Besançon, France, 2013 and Semifinalist Antal Dorati International Conducting Competition 2015. |
| Juan Montoya | DMA, Fall 2018 | Music Director, Kuala Lumpur City Opera; Third Prize 2017 Blue Danube International Opera Conducting Competition |
| András Derecskei | DMA 2018 | Conductor and composer, Budapest, Hungary. Assistant Conductor, Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point, 2017. Former Assistant Conductor and concertmaster, Szolnok Symphony Orchestra (Hungary). Frequently performed composer in Hungary. |
| Ace Edewards | DMA 2015 | Finalist, “Luigi Mancinelli” International Opera Conductors Competition, Orvieto, Italy 2014. Freelance conductor, Knoxville, Tennessee, Music Director, The Scruffy City Symphony |
| David Dunbar | DMA 2017 | Freelance conductor, Denver, Colorado |
| Jackson E. Warren | DMA 2012 | 2015 Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School, practicing in Delaware. |
| Keitaro Harada | DMA studies 2008-2011 | Associate Conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic; Music Director, Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra; former Associate Conductor, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; frequent guest conductor of professional orchestras in the USA and Japan. Recordings with NHK Symphony Orchestra. Named Music Director of the Dayton Philharmonic, 2024. |
| James Stopher | MM 2008 | Assistant Professor, The College of Marin, Department of Music. DMA, The Peabody Conservatory 2011. |
| Eiki Isomura | MM 2007 | Music Director, Opera in the Heights, Houston. Freelance opera coach/conductor. DMA, The University of Michigan, 2011. |
| Jason Leo Curley | DMA 2009 | Freelance conductor, musical theatre music director |
| Kisun Lee | DMA 2009 | Conductor, Daegu City Choir, Ryul Chamber Orchestra. Professor emeritus, Chongshin University, Seoul |
| Martin Majkut | DMA 2008 | Music Director, Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra (Ashland, Oregon) and The Queens Symphony (New York City) |
| Juan de Dios Hernández | DMA 2008 | Associate Dean of Music, Director of choirs and orchestra, Grand Canyon University. |
| Adam Kerry Boyles | MM 2003 | Director of MIT Symphony Orchestra, Cambridge, MA. Assistant Conductor, Hartford (CT) Symphony Orchestra. DMA The University of Texas Austin 2005. |
| Linus Lerner | DMA 2007 | Artistic Director, Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfonica do Rio Grande do Norte (OSRN – Brazil). Guest conductor, orchestras worldwide |
| David Cole | DMA 2002 | Freelance conductor, program annotator |
| Others prior to Cockrell regime: | ||
| Robert Baldwin | DMA | Professor, University of Utah, School of Music, Music Director Salt Lake Symphony |
| John Roscigno | DMA | Professor, California State University, Northridge |