Dave Pietro, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and member of the Maria Schneider Orchestra and Snarky Puppy they are the Two-time Grammy Award-winning band, known for its combination of jazz, funk and world music 1986 alumnus Sara Hickman has had a noteworthy career as a singer-songwriter, producing over twenty albums, making two appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, getting a national hit, "I Couldn't Help Myself," which reached #3 on the "Billboard" magazine "Adult Contemporary" chart in 1993, and being named Official Texas State Musician for 2010. Award-winning opera and musical-theater composer Craig Bohmler received his Bachelor of Music there in 1978.