Alex Lemma (MM \u201922)<\/strong> is performing in the national tour of Kimberly Akimbo<\/em>, playing bassoon, baritone\/tenor saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet \u2014 while also returning to New York to sub on Wicked<\/em> on Broadway.<\/p>\n Quinten Hansen (MM \u201925)<\/strong> is currently touring with The Notebook<\/em> 1st National Tour, performing on flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, and English horn. In addition to his work as a doubler, he is a prolific composer and arranger.<\/p>\n Maria Vincelette (MM \u201925)<\/strong> is performing with the First National Tour of Water for Elephants<\/em>, playing piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, and baritone saxophone \u2014 part of a rapidly expanding career on the national musical theatre circuit.<\/p>\n Alex Lemma<\/strong> \u2014 Broadway sub for Wicked<\/em> and Kimberly Akimbo<\/em>; currently on the Kimberly Akimbo<\/em> 1st National Tour<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Amanda Morden<\/strong> \u2014 Freelance woodwind performer based in Portland, OR<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Ben Harris<\/strong> \u2014 Sub at Paper Mill Playhouse; regional theatre (NY\/NJ); cabaret work<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Jamie Staton<\/strong> \u2014 Broadway sub for Wicked<\/em>; How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/em> East Coast Tour; repair tech at AJS Woodwinds<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Jonathan Hart<\/strong> \u2014 MM in Woodwind Doubling at MSU; regional theatre in Long Island and NJ<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Katy Faracy<\/strong> \u2014 Players\u2019 Theatre (NYC), How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/em> West Coast Tour, Ogunquit Playhouse; woodwind instructor at Elizabeth Morrow School (Englewood, NJ)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Maria Vincelette<\/strong> \u2014 Water for Elephants<\/em> 1st National Tour, Mean Girls<\/em> National Tour, How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/em> East Coast Tour; regional theatre (NY\/NJ)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Olivia Dorschel<\/strong> \u2014 Little Women<\/em> National Tour; woodwind performer at Palace Theatre (NH)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Quinten Hansen<\/strong> \u2014 The Notebook<\/em> 1st National Tour; regional theatre (NY\/NJ)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Tessa Dolce<\/strong> \u2014 Broadway sub for Gypsy<\/em>, New York, New York<\/em>, The Lion King<\/em>, Water for Elephants<\/em>, Death Becomes Her<\/em>, Heathers<\/em>; chair holder at Public Theater\u2019s Seat of Our Pants<\/em> (Oct\u2013Nov 2025)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Tristan Shafran<\/strong> \u2014 Regional theatre (NJ); woodwind repair technician at Odibella Music<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n For more information on this unique Multiple Woodwind Doubling program, please contact Chad Smith at smithchad@montclair.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n A selection of recent student and alumni achievements \u2014 a powerful reflection of the program\u2019s industry reach and professional impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":216840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cali-alumni-spotlight","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216839"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216850,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216839\/revisions\/216850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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