Building on a Record of Achievement
While our facilities may have been inadequate, our history of achievement in the arts
is not. A number of Academy alumni/ae have been significantly successful in the arts:
Bill Lanteau , '40,
lead Broadway performer and Hollywood actor
Karol Baldwin Teiko , '50,
singer with the New York Metropolitan Opera
Victor Ryder , '54,
concert pianist with the Berling Philharmonic and a
singer in the Bach Munich Choir
Bob Chapman , '54,
professional singer with the Baltimore Opera Company
Mark McLaren , '80,
National Broadway Musical Director -
Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Titanic
Ray Walker , '81
Broadway singer and performer - Grease, Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Whistle Down
the Wind, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar
Hollis Dunlap , '95,
award winning artist