A powerful network of nationally and internationally renowned teachers and performers is available to students. Our principal applied faculty include Demarre McGill and Heather Verbeck on flute, Mark Ostoich and Dwight Parry on oboe, Ronald Aufmann, Ixi Chen and Christopher Pell on clarinet; Martin Garcia and Christopher Sales on bassoon, and James Bunte, Craig Bailey, Om Srivastava and Rick VanMatre on saxophone. Our graduates are able to draw on this network as they begin their own careers as soloists, chamber musicians and players with major symphony orchestras, as well as teaching at schools and privately throughout the world.