Recent graduates in orchestral and opera conducting, The University of Arizona School of Music
| Keun Oh | Current DMA candidate | Semifinalist Besançon International Conducting Competition, Besançon, France, 2013 |
| Ace Edewards | DMA candidate | Finalist, "Luigi Mancinelli" International Opera Conductors Competition, Orvieto, Italy 2014 |
| David Dunbar | DMA candidate | Freelance conductor, Denver,Colorado |
| Jackson E. Warren | DMA, 2012 | 2015 Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| Keitaro Harada | DMA studies 2008-2011 | Associate Conductor, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Arizona Opera |
| James Stopher | MM 2008 DMA from The Peabody Conservatory 2011 | Assistant Professor, The College of Marin, Department of Music |
| Eiki Isomura | MM 2007 DMA from The University of Michigan 2011 | Assistant Professor, Lone Star College, Houston. Freelance opera coach/conductor. |
| Kisun Lee | DMA 2009 | Conductor, Daegu City Choir, Ryul Chamber Orchestra and Professor, Chongshin University, Seoul |
| Martin Majkut | DMA 2008 | Music Director, Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra, Ashland, Oregon |
| Juan de Dios Hernández | DMA 2008 | Associate Dean of Music, Director of choirs and orchestra, Grand Canyon University. |
| Adam Kerry Boyles | MM 2003 DMA from The University of Texas 2005 | Director of MIT Symphony Orchestra, Cambridge, MA. Music Director, Brookline Symphony. |
| Linus Lerner | DMA 2007 | Artistic Director, Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfonica do Rio Grande do Norte (OSRN - Brazil) |
| David Cole | DMA 2002 | Orchestra Director, University of South Florida |
| Others prior to Cockrell regime: | ||
| Robert Baldwin | DMA | Professor, University of Utah |
| John Roscigno | DMA | Professor, California State University, Northridge |
| Robert McCashin | DMA | Professor, James Madison University |