Max Zuckerman, Scott Cmiel & Manuel Barrueco
My students have been accepted for further study
at many outstanding colleges, conservatories and universities
and studied with world class professional musicians.
The Berklee College of Music - Mick Goodrick
The Curtis Institute - Jennifer Higdon
Indiana University - Ernesto Bittiti
Manhattan School of Music - David Leisner, David Starobin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT - Elliot Fisk
Oberlin College - Steve Aron
Loyola Marymount University - Martha Masters
Peabody Institute, John Hopkins University - Manuel Barueco, Julian Gray
Pomona College - Jack Sanders
San Francisco Conservatory of Music - Dusan Bogdanovic, Larry Ferrara, David Tanenbaum
University of California, Berkeley - Scott Cmiel
University of California, Santa Cruz - Mesut Ozgen
University of California, Santa Barbara - John Dearman
University of Southern California - Brian Head, Bill Kanengiser, James Smith, Scott Tennant
Yale University - Benjamin Verdery
Matthew Cmiel & Benjamin Verdery
Alumni on the Web
Alumni Studies in other subjects
I have former students from over 30 years of teaching that attend school, work, and live across the country and around the world. They work as doctors, engineers, lawyers, musicians, nurses, scientists, teachers…in many professions enriched by their study of music. They have attended many excellent colleges.
Cornell University
Harvard
Hobart College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Pomona College
Stanford University
University of California Berkeley
University of California San Diego
University of California San Francisco Medical School
University of California Santa Barbara
University of Chicago
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Whitman College
Yale University
and many more
Ariadne Smith & Scott Cmiel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office of Admissions
Dear Mr. Cmiel:
Each year we ask students admitted to MIT to share with us the name of a teacher who has been especially influential in their development. It is a remarkable achievement and a great honor to change a life, so we congratulate you on being named this year by Ariadne G. Smith.
Most importantly, we thank you for the time, patience, expertise, love, discipline and all the other qualities which have had such an important impact on your students. You do the work from which all of society benefits.
Congratulations again on your excellent work!
We at MIT are deeply grateful.
Sincerely,
Marilee Jones
Dean of Admissions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology