Lyn Starr’s passion for music has served as a guiding light since he was a vocal performance student at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School. He graduated from Seton Hill in 2018 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance and from the University of Southern California with a Master of Science in Music Industry in December 2022. 

During his time at Seton Hill, Lyn participated in jazz ensemble and Una Voce, worked as a theatre electrician at the Performing Arts Center and as an intern at the WQED NextGeneration Fellowship.  He also  wrote and performed with the Alumni Theater Company. Lyn’s current endeavors include: working as the operation coordinator for Satiated Artists and as a live sound engineer for Second Song Entertainment in Los Angeles; leading as the founder and CEO of High Five Productions LLC; and serving as a music production contractor and live performance artist. Lyn also serves as a young artist mentor for the Alumni Theater Company of Pittsburgh and as a vocal teaching artist for Pittsburgh Festival Opera.

“Seton Hill is where I learned to create a strong work ethic that would allow me to responsibly move in the world.”

While at USC, Lyn was involved in the Thornton Community Engagement Program, bringing music education-oriented programming to elementary schools. In 2020, he was named one of three Black Teaching Artists-in-Residence as part of the Unisound & Act 3 Consulting Partners program in Pittsburgh and has received several grants from The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Lyn has released five mixtapes and five EPs to date – along with several singles and other music projects – and has performed more than 40 live shows. “Seton Hill is where I learned to create a strong work ethic that would allow me to responsibly move in the world,” he says.

The Distinguished Alumni Leadership Award is one of the highest honors given to a Seton Hill graduate. Since establishing the award in 1987, Seton Hill has honored more than 300 Setonians as distinguished alumni. The award recognizes leadership in education, business, science and technology, the arts, volunteerism and philanthropy.