Bowling Music Studio has produced many remarkable students since opening its doors in 1981. We have encouraged students to meet their potential, aim high, and be positive about the future. Most students have continued their musical studies in college, many have received music scholarships, and all have increased their musical knowledge above and beyond what they thought possible. Students have won top prizes in all local competitions, performed concerti with regional orchestras, received special recognition at the Seattle Young Artist’s Festival and have won top places in state-wide Washington State Music Teachers Association events. High school seniors have performed full-length senior piano recitals. In the last few years, Bowling students have won top prizes in the Admiral Theater talent competition.
Over the last 41 years, Bowling Music Studios’ high school seniors have routinely won first place in the Kitsap Music Teachers Competition. Many present-day piano teachers in Kitsap county and beyond are former students of Dr. Bowling’s. During the last several years, students have captured the top awards given for piano at the Bremerton Symphony Youth Competition. The following is a partial listing of the colleges and universities Bowling piano students have attended. Dozens have received music scholarships.
| Amherst College | Reed College |
| Bard College | San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
| Biola University | Seattle Pacific University |
| Bob Jones University | Seattle University |
| Brigham Young University | Stanford |
| Central Washington University | U.C.L.A. |
| Cornish School of the Arts | University of Edinburgh |
| Duke University | University of Idaho |
| Eastern Washington University | University of Maryland |
| Eastman School of Music | University of Puget Sound |
| Florida State University | University of Southern California |
| Harvard | University of the Pacific |
| Interlochen School for the Arts | University of Tokyo |
| Julliard School of Music | University of Washington |
| Lewis and Clarke College | Walla Walla College |
| Master’s College | Washington State University |
| M.I.T. | Whitworth College |
| Pacific Lutheran University |