University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Fil Agusti

Partner

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Dan Arwady

Content operations lead

YouTube/Google Play Music

Brooke Atlas

Drum major, 2010-12

Marching Illini

Irving Azoff

2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee

CEO, Azoff MSG Entertainment

James Blachly

Grammy-nominated conductor

Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, Experiential Orchestra

James Bohn

Music program director

Stonehill College

Grace Walsh

Senior analyst

United Airlines

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Deborah Briggs

FAA Distinguished Legacy Award

VP, Betsy Hotel of South Beach

Donato Cabrera

Music director

California Symphony

Tom Caneva

Director, Marching Illini

1999-2006

Marty Casey

Rock singer, guitarist

The Lovehammers

Sarah Catt

Director of choral activities/assistant professor

Elmhurst College

Josie Chambers

Postdoctoral fellow in geography

University of Cambridge

Katy Clark

Executive director, Kornfeld Foundation

Past president, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Phil Coady

President, Microgroove

Former Air Force Band member

Marci Cohen

Asst. head, Music Library

Boston University

Marilyn Joy Coles

Professor emerita

Eastern Illinois University

Michael Colgrass

Award-winning composer

Pulitzer '78, Emmy ’82

Adam Davis

UI professor of crop sciences

College of ACES

Donnacha Dennehy

Irish composer

Won Fedora Prize

Jennifer Dillavou

UIAA president

UI associate vice chancellor

Neal Doughty

Founding member

REO Speedwagon

Kallen Esperian

International opera singer

Performed with Pavarotti

Dan Farris

Director, athletic bands

Northwestern University

Claire Friday

Founder, executive producer

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