The Woodbridge High School Instrumental Music program has many Alumni that are working in the music industry.

Pin Chen: Violin Pin graduated from Northwestern University in Music Education and is currently teaching music at Northwood High School in Irvine.

Yea-Vonne Chen: Violin Yea-Vonne graduated from Eastman School of Music in Viola Performance even though she played violin while attending Woodbridge. She is currently teaching privately.

Eun Young Choi: Flute Eun Young received her BA in Flute Performance from UCI and is completing her Masters degree in Conducting at USC.

Andy Dodd: Guitar Andy graduated from USC and currently owns Red Decibel recording studio with partner Adam Watts and can be heard on many professional recordings. He recently wrote and produced two songs for the hit movie "High School Musical" and another for "High School Musical 2".

Rob Graves: Saxophone Rob is a professional musician touring with broadway productions. He is what we call a woodwind doubler, playing flute, clarinet, all saxophones, & bass clarinet.

Calisa Hildebrand: Flute Calisa recently graduated from Cal State Long Beach in Music Performance. She is currently working on her Masters degree in Santa Barbara.

Chris Rountree: Euphonium Chris received his music degree from Cal State Long Beach and is currently working on a Masters degree in Conducting at the University of Michigan.

Kari Simonson (Bustillo): Dancer Kari received her BA at Cal State Fullerton. She has toured the US performing in various productions, performed with the Bare Dance Company and is currently teaching the Dance Teams at Woodbridge and Beckman High School.

Claire Thames: Saxophone Claire graduated from Whitworth University in Music Education. She is currently teaching elementary music in Colorado.

Woodbridge Alumni that are currently Music Majors:

Christian Burke: Bass - Long Beach State University (composition)

Kristina Fox: Cello & Piano - University of Pacific Conservatory (education)

Courtney Giltz: Viola - Chapman University (performance)

Katie Hill: Trumpet - Harvard (double major - music & economics)

Stephen Hughes: Bass Trombone - Long Beach State University(performance)

Travis Leaming: Percussion - Long Beach State University (composition)

Darren Loney: Trombone - Long Beach State Universitym(education)

Ben Ross: Bass - University of Arizona (performance)

Benny Rubin: Bass - Berkley School of Music (performance)

Charles Tsai: Cello - UCLA (composition)

Alex Wang: Cello - Long Beach State University (performance)

Woodbridge Alumni that are continuing to play and perform in college

Chadd Bagent: Saxophone - Irvine Valley College

Shelly Cohen: French Horn - UC Davis Marching Band and Concert Band

Brenda Deely: French Horn - UC Davis Marching Band

Katie Fry: Flute - Eastman School of Music studying privately

Katie Hill: Trumpet - Harvard Jazz Ensemble

Greg Katz: Tuba - UCLA Marching Band

Gretchen Meier: Flute - USC Marching Band & Recruiting Manager

Eric Minar: Trumpet - Irvine Valley College

Elise Portale: Viola - Chapman University

Janice Shin: Flute - UC San Diego Wind Ensemble & Chamber Music

If you are an alumni that is still playing and not on our list or I have the wrong information listed please contact Miss Blasdel so she can update our site! jblasdel@iusd.org