Special Events & Guest Artists

The Drake University Department of Music has hosted numerous guest artists who are leading performers and pedagogues in their respective fields of music. 

The following is a list of some of the individuals and ensembles Drake music students have collaborated with in recent years:

• Boston Brass
• Maria Schneider Big Band
• Wynton Marsalis, Jazz Legend and Pedagogue
• Peter Ellefson, professor of trombone, Indiana University and Northwestern University
• M. Dee Stewart, former trombonist, The Philadelphia Orchestra and professor, Indiana University,
• Weston Sprott, trombonist, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
• Master Gunnery Sergeant Mark Jenkins, euphonium soloist, The President’s Own, U.S. Marine Band
• Randall Hawes, bass trombonist, The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Michael Gast, principal horn, The Minnesota Orchestra, acting associate principal NY Philharmonic
• Eric McIntyre, former hornist, Houston Ballet and Houston Grand Opera
• Emerson String Quartet
• Cheryl Studer, soprano 
• Stephen Paulus, composer
• Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
• Leone Buyse, flute
• Jean-Marie Londeix, saxophone
• The Concertgebouw Brass
• Wayne Bergeron, trumpet
• Olga Kern, piano
• Pamela Frank, violin international soloist
• The Emerson String Quartet
• The Tokyo String Quartet
• Midori, violin international soloist
• Peter Wiley, cello
• Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, International Tchaikovsky Competition Winner 
• Wendy Warner, cello international soloist
• Matt Haimovitz, cello international soloist
• Joshua Roman, cello international soloist
• Peter Stumpf, cello
• The Chiara Quartet
• The Miro Quartet
• Jeremy Bell of the Penderecki Quartet
• Former Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra, Stephanie Arado
• Tony Ross, Principal Cellist of the Minnesota Orchestra
• Bella Hristova, violin
• Felicia Moye, violin
• Benny Kim, violin international soloist