H.W. Hitchcock
Born in Detroit, Hugh Wiley Hitchcock is regarded as a leading scholar of American music and the founding director of the Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College.
Wilbur “Buck” Clayton
An accomplished jazz trumpeter, band leader, composer, arranger, and educator, Wilbur “Buck” Clayton started teaching at Hunter College in 1975.
His career as a professional musician began as a member of Duke Ellington’s Orchestra, then Clayton joined Count Basie’s band in Kansas City in 1936, playing his first prominent solo on the iconic “Fiesta in Blue.”
Victoria Cheah
A graduate of the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter, Victoria Cheah is an accomplished composer who has created her own unique works of contemporary music for audiences all over the world.
Leonardo Freire
Leonardo Freire is a Brazilian-born and New York City-based international touring musician, music director, and educator. As a drummer he has toured around the world for multi-platinum selling artists, and played some of the industry’s most famous and largest stages.
Alyssa Regent
Alyssa Regent began her undergraduate studies at Hunter College pursuing a degree in the sciences before discovering that composing was her true calling. Earning a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Regent went on to obtain her Master of Arts in composition in 2022.