Huskie Spotlight

Meet some of our great students and faculty.

Joe Beribak, ’25, Composition

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Joe Beribak, '25, CompositionWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? When I was a boy, I wanted to be a Catholic priest. When I grew a little older, I loved amusement parks and wanted to design roller-coasters. This...

Annika Roberts, ’23, Cello Performance and Psychology

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Annika Roberts, '23, Cello Performance and PsychologyWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I knew from a young age that I wanted to be a musician because I come from a musical family. Pursing a degree in cello...

Paisley Stevens, ’24, Music Education

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Paisley Stevens, '24, Music EducationWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? When I was growing up, I wanted to be a professional ballet dancer. I pursued ballet throughout high school and did get to chance with some...

Andrea LaFranzo, ’24, Orchestra Conducting

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Andrea LaFranzo, '24, Orchestral ConductingWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? There was no doubt at the age of 13, after my first experience playing in a symphony orchestra, that I wanted to be a cellist and a...

Ethan Patterson, ’24, Recording Arts

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Ethan Patterson, '24, Recording ArtsWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? Growing up, I wanted to be a zookeeper... I always had a lot of pets and a passion for animals. In high school, I was passionate about the...

Ning Wang, ’24, Music Education, Choral

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Ning Wang, '24, Music Education, ChoralWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I always wanted to be a musician throughout my whole life. Music is everything to me. I already had my master degree in piano performance...

Kaelyn Witt, ’27, Music Education and Flute Performance

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Kaelyn Witt, '27, Music Education and Flute PerformanceWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? Growing up I always wanted to be an artist. I loved creating and painting and expressing myself artistically. I ended up...

Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, ’24, Oboe Performance

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, '24, Oboe PerformanceWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I am not really sure what I wanted to be when I was growing up but, I remember one time when, while watching a symphony orchestra...

Shae McCabe, ’23, Music Education, Horn

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Shae McCabe, '23, Music Education, HornWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I always knew I wanted to pursue music to some degree. For a while I thought I would go into musical theatre, but I found a bigger love of...

Ranan R.J. Antonini, ’25, Violin Performance

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Ranan R.J. Antonini, '25, Violin PerformanceWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? When I was a young kid, I wanted to become a soccer player but with time I realized that I had more talent for arts in general,...

Andrew Kinsey, ’25, Music Education and Percussion Performance

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Andrew Kinsey, '25, Music Education and Percussion PerformanceWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? From a young age, I didn’t know much about what I wanted to be when I grew older, all I knew was I didn’t want to be...

Gabriel Wade, ’24, Master of Music

Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Gabriel Wade, '24, Master of MusicWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? Ever since starting band and piano class in middle school, I've always wanted to make music a major part of my life. That led to me pursuing a...