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 in Los Angeles.

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 graduated from Cal State Long Beach with her degree in Music Performance and recently received her Masters degree from UC Santa Barbara. Calisa is looking forward to being a professional musician and teaching privately.

Stephen Hughes: Bass Trombone Stephen graduated from Long Beach State University in Music Performance. He is currently a freelance musician and teaching privately in Irvine.

Darren Loney: Trombone - Long Beach State University Darren graduated from Long Beach State University in Music Education and recently was hired to teach at La Quinta High School in Palm Desert.

Chris Rountree: Euphonium Chris received his music degree from Cal State Long Beach and his Masters degree in Conducting at the University of Michigan. He is currently the conductor of the Wind Ensemble at OCSA.

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 Team at Woodbridge High School. Kari is working on her Education degree in Dance.

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

Woodbridge Alumni that are currently Music Majors:

Claire Bolen: French Horn, Trumpet, Percussion, Piano - UC Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies (composition)

Christian Burke: Bass/Vocal - Long Beach State University (education)

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

Courtney Giltz: Viola - Chapman University (performance)

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

Jessie Kim: Percussion - Long Beach State University (composition)

Kristen Kuraishi: Flute/Piano - NYU (composition)

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

Edward Park: Clarinet - Irvine Valley College (composition)

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

Katelyn Foster: Trumpet - UCLA Marching Band

Colin Kealey: Trumpet - Cal Band UC Berkeley

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

Brenda Deely: French Horn - UC Davis Marching Band

John DeMar: Percussion - Cal State University Long Beach

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