Recent Guest Artists
In addition to others, these guests artists performed, lectured, guided students,
and otherwise enriched our musical life recently:
Bill Charlap, whose jazz trio was recently cited by the New Yorker magazine as the finest mainstream jazz trio in existence
Timothy O'Leary, General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Jeff Conner, Boston Brass
Stanton Moore, drumset artist, New Orleans
Reggie Thomas, jazz pianist and educator, Edwardsville, Illinois
Mark O'Conner, prominent American classical and multi genre violinist and composer
Peter Boonshaft, author, educator, motivational speaker, New York
Chris Cheek, saxophonist and Webster alumnus, New York
Charlene Archibeque, Emerita Director of Choral Activities, San Jose State University
Neal Richardson, composer and music editor and arranger, Saint Louis
Keith Aleo, Boston Conservatory percussion faculty
Steve Kirby, Webster alumnus, jazz bassist and professor at University of Manitoba
Erie Mills, famed singer and vocal pedagogue and English diction coach with Opera Theatre of
Saint Louis, California
Trey Jacobs, artistic director of the Turtle Creek Men's Chorus, Dallas
Dawn Karlovsky, Alexander Technique expert, Saint Louis
Aurelia Hartenberger, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Saint Louis
Peter Martin, jazz pianist with Diane Reeves
Voces8, British vocal a cappela group
Al Holcomb, Chair of Music Education, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey
Erin Bode, Webster alumna and major jazz artist
Christine Brewer, world-renowned American soprano, Lebanon, Illinois
Dick Oatts, internationally acclaimed saxophonist, Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, New York
David Robertson, Conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Danny Seraphine, original drummer for the band Chicago
Ramon Ricker, Professor at Eastman and leading consultant on music entrepreneurship
Amy Kaiser, Conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Tim Ocel, stage director and opera director, Saint Louis
Mike Metheny, jazz recording and performance artist, Lee's Summit, Missouri
