Our Alumni are an important part of who we are, who we have been, and who we will be.
They found their passion inside the walls of our building and have continued to live that passion every single day since.
The Collective has sent 10 students to Berklee College of Music, and many more on to study music business, production, or education at schools across the country. They take what they’ve learned at the Collective and use it to pursue successful careers in music.
But our alumni are also doctors, lawyers, business people, homemakers, community leaders, and passionate, well-rounded humans who still love music.
This is the Collective’s ultimate vision come to life.
Life After UMC
Check Out our Alumni Profiles Below:
Shayne Williams
Music is what grounds me. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if I just spend 9 hours working on a music-related project. I can always find the right song that gives me inspirational chills. Music is the one thing that never grows old. It’s like a footprint that stays forever engrained in the heart of the world. It will always be there for me when everything else seems to be lost.
Bekki VanDort
UMC shaped me to be a better individual by teaching me responsibility, developing my individuality, while also learning to work with others. They taught me to put myself out there and take risks, which has actually helped me land many opportunities. Taking lessons/workshops and performing with other students taught me how to connect and communicate with other people, while learning how to perform and talk onstage all inspired me to take up a career in communications, which I have found to be the perfect fit. Learning to perfect my singing also helped me to build my confidence within myself and my voice; something I didn’t have before the Collective.
Alexis Carnevale
The Collective taught me how to be reliable and responsible. I would be responsible by learning my songs on time, and reliable because my friends and fellow students were counting on me to have my assignments learned. For me outside of the Collective, I carry these skills with me everywhere because they apply for everything. In friendships, and relationships you should be reliable. In a work setting you should be reliable and responsible as well.
Ben Geise
UMC prepared next for success as an improviser and guitar student at the University of Pittsburgh, helped me with my guitar and bass instruction in Philadelphia, and Austin Texas helped me in my capacity as music director in a working r and b group. Proud to teach there now.
Sean Farley
Guitar lessons and performances helped shape the musician I am today. It encouraged me to dedicate my life to my passion for the guitar. It provided my first public performances and even recording studio time! I am now happy to be on the Board of Directors for UMC.
Harrison Peters
The Collective has taught me how to work in a team towards something much larger than myself. No matter what we choose to do in life, we’ll always be a significant part of a greater entity. As a Collective student, it’s music.
Feat. alumni music videos
Alumnus Gabe Stillman
Alumna Morgan Myles
Alumnus Brennan Hepler
