Jack Allocco '72

"Nazareth gave me the music education I absolutely wasn't qualified to get. But they took me in and I did a lot of hard work to catch up. The education I received was in no small way the reason for why I have been a successful composer."

Nazareth gave him a chance

• Started as an accounting major at a nearby college, took some music electives at Naz, and then asked a Nazareth professor if he could earn a music degree. "She gave me a funny look, did an on-the-spot ear test, and decided to give me a chance in the program."
• First male student to earn a Bachelor of Science from Nazareth
• "I've always believed that you have to go where the work is if you want to make it, and for me that place was Los Angeles."
• Started his career at a piano bar around the corner from Warner Brothers studio in Hollywood.
• Hired for freelance projects, before being brought on by CBS
• Has scored more than 12,000 hours of network TV
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• The Young and the Restless
• Winner: multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for composing

Aaron Siebert-Castiñeira '18

"I've always had a drive to change the music that I played because I wanted it to sound differently. That's when I realized I had something to say through my music."