Violin faculty Henry Gronnier is the chair of the Community School strings department and has been teaching at Colburn for 18 years.

Taylor Marino was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Horn player and Colburn alumna Rachelle Jenkins wrote and published the Audition Playbook, which helps musicians prepare for their moment in the spotlight.

Claire Park, 18, was born in Los Angeles but spent her elementary school years in Seoul, South Korea. She has been at Colburn since 2013 and is currently an Ahmanson Scholar studying with Richard Naill. Claire recently won the Leonard Bernstein Prize for the best performance of a Bernstein work in the Mondavi Competition and the Los Angeles American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Competition Grand Prize.

At their debut performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Thursday Night Band performed original compositions from band members in addition to music by jazz masters.