Mr. Matthew Tracy

Matthew Tracy, saxophone instructor

Award-winning saxophonist Matthew Tracy holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Central Michigan University, where he studied under John Nichol. Matthew has won first place in the Michigan MTNA Young Artist Woodwind and Chamber music competitions. He performed at North American Saxophone Alliance Conferences in 2008, 2010 and 2011.

Matthew was the 2009 recipient of both the Patricia A. Nixon woodwind scholarship and the Birmingham Musicale’s Betty J. Hixon award. As a member of the West Circle Saxophone Quartet, Tracy won first place in the 2011 Plowman Chamber Music Competition in Columbia, Missouri.

He is currently pursuing graduate studies at Michigan State University with Distinguished Professor Joseph Lulloff.

 

Alma College trustees have adopted a master plan that provides a direction and set of priorities for the development of the physical campus. Key components include an emphasis on advanced and interactive learning, prioritized building renovations, housing initiatives that accommodate enrollment growth, a reconfiguration of parking lots and green spaces, and campus growth plans linked to the Alma downtown business environment.

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Graduate Profile

Geoff Clark

Geoff Clark
Graduation: 2010
Major: Music Education

A music teacher in Alaska, Geoff Clark is a 2010 graduate who already recognizes the many ways his Alma College education has benefited him both inside and outside the classroom.

“Alma pushed me to think beyond the box, and I learned the value of being on top of your subject,” he says. “The music department pushes students to do their best and expects nothing less of them, much like my job. Thanks to Alma, I was more prepared to adapt to living in Alaska and teaching in a state that I had never been to.”

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