Compositions by Stephen Michael Gryč (BM ’71, music education; MM ’76, music theory, composition; DMA ’83, composition) were performed by the United States Coast Guard Band (USCGB) at the Midwest Clinic in December 2024. In early 2025 the USCGB also performed Gryč’s new work, Riding the Crest, commissioned by the band for its centennial year (2025).