Success stories

Stacy Taylor '04
Stacy Taylor '04
Major: Music education
Stage manager for national tour of "South Pacific"
“Right now, I’m having a lot of fun doing this. We’ll see what the world brings.”
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Chad Stearns '00
Major: Music education
Stearns received the 2010 Outstanding Young Alumni Award, given to a recent graduate who is distinguished either through service or professional achievement. more...

Dr. Stephen Jacoby
For fostering a spirit of community through personal relationships with others and for mentoring students during those 40 years, the professor emeritus of music is the 2010 recipient of Bluffton’s Faculty/Staff Service Award. more...

Danille Spitler '12
Major: Music education with a concentration in music business
Danielle Spitler spent fall semester 2010 in the Contemporary Music Center program in Nashville, Tenn., exploring a career in popular music. In addition to experience and 16 hours of credit all from a Christ-centered perspective. more...

Elizabeth Dick

Elizabeth Dick
Alumni of 2000
Major: Music education
It started as an effort to motivate 67 seventh- and eighth-graders, many of whom really didn’t want to be in choir. Six months later they were in the “World’s Largest Concert” video thanks in part to their director, Elizabeth Dick. more...

Jacob Litwiler '12
Major: Music education
Along with works by J.S. Bach, the Bluffton University Brass Society often performs a piece by the little-known composer Jacob Litwiler in concerts. The difference is, that Jacob Litwiler is introduced to the audience, as he also plays trumpet. more...

James Brake '12
Major: Music Education
In October, Brake’s “Let Fear to Madness Evolve” was debuted by pianist and Bluffton senior Brandon Fullenkamp when they were among four university music students who presented a recital in New York City’s Steinway Hall. more...