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