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At this time, we are just starting to get the alumni information up-to-date, so if you have any information (email, address, shows, performances, weblinks) that you would like to share, fill out the Alumni Update Form or email us at info@fosota.org.

Class of 2002: 93 Alumni    [Click to Return]

Adler, MaraVocal
Mara Adler graduated from the Music Conservatory at Oberlin in 2006. She appeared in the Poulenc opera Dialogues of the Carmelites staged by the Oberlin Opera Theater in November 2005. She is currently living in New York.
Albert, ReannaVocal
Albert, ReanneInstr
Al-Shomaimri, YousefVisual
Alves, LaurenTheatre
Alves, LaurenTech
Assadi, OmidInstr
Bagdorf, MollyDance
Bailey, DemarcusVisual
Bartlett, HarrisonVocal
Baulch, Anthony Vocal
Bedner, AlexanderInstr
Alex Bedner is currently studying Trombone at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with Pete Ellefson and holds the Richard E. Ford Guarantor Scholarship. He received his Bachelor of Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under Paul Welcomer and Mark Lawrence. While pursuing his studies in San Francisco, Alex performed in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikvereign, and Carnegie Hall. Besides playing the trombone, Alex enjoys cooking, Germanic beers, and arranging music for various chamber music ensembles.
http://web.mac.com/peterellefson/Peter_Ellefson/Bender.html

Beng, PhanatPiano
Bierman-Gwinn, ChrisInstr
Bomar, AlyssaInstr
Campanile, BrandonVocal
Caraballo, KimberlyDance
Caron, StevenInstr
While at SOTA he held positions in the Young People's Symphony Orchestra, the Peninsula Youth Orchestra, and the SF Community Music Center Orchestra. After brief studies at San Francisco State University, he transferred to the San Francisco Conservatory. He received a Master of Music degree at the University of Southern California and is now Principal Tuba with the American Youth Symphony and the Debut Orchestra.
http://www.aysymphony.org/ http://www.ymf.org/programs/debut.php

Carpenter, TabithaInstr
Conover, DanielleTheatre
Contreras, NatachaInstr
Coons, JackInstr
Cooper, Rosa (Thea)Tech
Corbin, EmilyTheatre
Daniel, JessicaTheatre
Danna, MaiaInstr
Dufort, SophiaMedia
Foecke, CeciliaVocal

Received the Beach Blanket Babylon scholarship in Voice in 2002. A graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music. Appeared with other students at opening night at the Boston Pops in May 2004. Now living in the greater Boston area.

Franklin, KenTheatre
Fukuyama-Seigel, JonathanVisual
Gomez, EdmundVisual
Gonzalez, JeanetteDance
Harris, SiairaTheatre
Hennessy, ErinTheatre
Hernandez, CristobolVisual
Hubbard, WesleyTheatre
Keys, BryanInstr
Kimmerling, NaomiVocal
Knight, DanielleDance
Knowles, JenniferInstr
Korbel, JoshuaTech
Koroleva, NatalyaInstr
Li, EstherPiano
Mao, TrishaPiano
Melendy, RoyceInstr
Mendez, EricInstr
Morimune, LeoDance
Najera, DeniseDance
Nasatir, TravisInstr
Nasir, YsufDance
Nasir, YusufDance
Yusuf began his dance training at age seven and by fifteen was appearing in music videos and live television shows. After graduating from SOTA, Yusuf studied with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. He's formed his own company, No Label, and continues to pursue choreography.? He has worked with Madonna, 50cent, Thalia, appeared in Off Broadway shows and is in a short film, Dandelion Dharma, due out later in 2008. He divides his time between the East and West coast.
Nerenberg, ReneInstr
Ngo, LindaInstr
Nguyen, LindaVisual
Norman, MichelleTech
Oliver, JessicaTheatre
O'Neill, AdamPiano
Onishi, LennaInstr
Ossa, ShaneInstr
Otanes, NowellVisual
Padilla-Brainin, TaniaVisual
Tania received her BFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts in 2006. She is currently living in San Francisco and working primarily on video and performance works that integrate puppetry, artwork and animation. http://www.puppetmedicine.com?



Pearlman, JessicaInstr
Quigley-Chong, KathrynMedia
Rashidi, MakedaVisual
Retondo, MichaelTheatre
Rivera, ZacharyGeneral
Roberts-Kowal, MacklinTheatre
Rosen, HelenaGeneral
Rossman, NicholasMedia
Rudnick, RubyVisual
Rudnick, TessaMedia
Graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York with a BA in International Economics in 2002. Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honors Society Member, International Studies Club Founder and President. Working in business development at Clerkdogs.com in San Francisco, a movie matchmaking website. What's new: Developing a food-based non-profit and organizing Try Veg week in San Francisco.
Sanchez, ColetteVisual
Shannon, MollyTheatre
Shrayber, MarkVocal
Silva, ArielleInstr
Simon, LauraVisual
Sky, JimiVisual
Sommer, ArielTheatre
Stanton, AshleyDance
Ta, Viet-ThiVisual
Tan, AnInstr
Tong, JenniferVisual
Tsai, ChristinaInstr
Turner, ChrisVocal
Graduated from New School University Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York with a BA in Performance in 2007. Toured the world with artist Sean Kingston, Gwen Stefani, Chris Brown, Soulja Boy, Kelly Clarkson...to name a few. Co-founder and co-CEO, singer/songwriter of FreshgeeX LLC: Write hit songs, perform the hit songs, and sell hit songs. What's new: I have a little baby girl..she's 9 weeks. If you're in the New York area in April, come check me out April 10th,2009 at Public Assembly in Brooklyn or April !6th at the Jazz Gallery in SOHO.
Tyaglo, NataliyuaVisual
VanLieu, WayneInstr
von Bozzay, VanessaVisual
Wiley, BeauVisual
Wong, CandaceTheatre
Wong, JustinInstr
Worm, ErinInstr
Yuen, JenniferVisual
Zola, TeelaTech