NOTEWORTHY

Noteworthy BOARD OF TRUSTEES

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND BOSTON CONSERVATORY Susan Whitehead, Chair Jeff Shames, Chair Emeritus Michael R. Eisenson, Vice Cochair Martin J. Mannion, Vice Cochair Roger H. Brown, President David Abrams G. Leonard Baker, Jr. Michael A. Brown David Clem John Connaughton Cynthia K. Curme Michael R. Eisenson Emilio Estefan Gloria Estefan Monica Giraldo Dean F. Goodermote David Gross-Loh Joshua Gruss Dan Harple Kristine Moyer Higgins Charles Hirschhorn Steven Holtzman Bill Kaiser Joel Katz B. J. Krintzman Laura D. Kunkemueller Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Miky (Mie Kyung) Lee Demond Martin Marc Mayer Jane L. Mendillo Frederick T. Miller Peter Muller Megan O'Block Anthony Pangaro Alexander Rigopulos Darius Sidebotham David Scott Sloan Susan Solomont Marillyn Zacharis Barry Zubrow LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Teresa Koster, Chair Laura D. Kunkemueller, Board Liaison Elizabeth S. Boveroux Gregory E. Bulger Davi-Ellen Chabner Caroline McMillan Collings Diana Dohrmann '71 Kate Sides Flather Mimi Hewlett Kelly C. McKernan Lyle J. Micheli Pamela A. Murray Megan O'Block Christopher D. Perry Santosh Perumbadi Wanda Reindorf Geraldine R. Ricci Jan Steenbrugge '99 Peter J. Wender Edward G. Wertheim Tania Zouikin

BOARD OF OVERSEERS Ivy C. Scricco, Chair Anne N. Cuervo, Vice Chair Brendan Murphy, Vice Chair Howard H. Bengele, Ph.D. Joan M. Broderick Doreen Donovan Corkin Miles A. Fish, III '63 Jill A. Fopiano, C.F.A. John S. Foster Remmi Franklin Jennifer A. Fraser Christina P. Glen Marilyn Levitt Ricardo Lewitus, M.D. Greg Mailloux Michele Manganaro Sean M. Murphy '94 '96 Barbara G. Papesch Snow Qin Suzanne H. Rollert Warren A. Seamans Anne C. Tolkoff Rosamond Vaule Jason S. Weissman Amy K. Wertheim George C. White

TRUSTEES EMERITI/AE* Caroline McMillan Collings Franklin Warren Hobbs, III Alfred D. Houston Gary R. Mikula Robert P. Moncreiff, Esq. Glendora M. Putnam, Esq William A. Seymour, President Emeritus Donald R. Sohn, Ph.D. *Legacy Conservatory Trustees

BOSTON CONSERVATORY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Cathy Young

FACULTY AND STAFF

Andrew Altenbach (opera) was appointed music director of Brookline Symphony Orchestra, June 2017.

Kurt Douglas (dance) performed with world-renowned choreographer Aszure Barton in her company’s performance at the Ford Theaters in Los Angeles, California, August 2017.

Jonathan Bailey Holland (chair of Composition, Contemporary Music, and Core Studies) was commissioned by Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) to write a world premiere for the reopening of the CSO’s new music hall, October 2017.

Nancy Zeltsman (percussion/ marimba) directed the Zeltsman Marimba Festival at Rutgers University, July 2–15, 2017. Zeltsman also wrote an article for Percussive Notes magazine featuring her upcoming performances with Sharan Leventhal (violin). The duo, known as Marimolin, performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, November 2017.

Peter Freisinger (dance accompanist) conducted the Freisinger Chamber Orchestra featuring gospel artist Renese King and Boston-educated composer Michele Caniato, September 2017. Nancy Zeltsman

CURRENT STUDENTS

DANCE

Rosario Guillen (B.F.A. '20, dance) choreographed Shrek the Musical for the Parks and Recreation Musical Theater Summer Program in Pharr, Texas, summer 2017.

Danton Jamieson (B.F.A. '21, dance) was selected as one of nine dancers to travel to Mexico with non-profit organization Juntos Collective, December 2017.

Christopher Kinsey (B.F.A. '18, dance) presented his piece Giovanni’s Room at the Boston Contemporary Dance Festival at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and Boston//TRACKS at Green Street Studios, Cambridge, Massachusetts, summer 2017.

Sadiya Ramos (B.F.A. '20, dance) was the recipient of the first-ever Formation Scholars Award given by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.

MUSIC

Nathaniel Pasague Taylor (B.M. '15, G.P.D. '17, cello), Jeremiah-Everard Barcus (M.M. '16, G.D.P. '18, cello), Elisa R. Sabada (B.M. '17, cello), and William Laney (G.D.P. '17, cello) performed as the BoCoCelli Quartet at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, August 2017. (Pictured L to R: Barcus, Taylor, Sabada, and Laney). All are students of Rhonda Rider.

Brian Nowak (M.M. '18, horn), Austin Comerford (B.M. '17, brass), Moxi Li (G.P.D. '15, P.S.C. '18, trumpet), Justin Ploskonka (G.P.D. '18, trumpet), and Joshua Thomas-Urlik (associate alumni '17) performed as No Strings Attached at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, August 2017. Nowak is a student of Eli Epstein, Comerford is a student of Ken Amis, Li is a student of Steve Emery, Ploskonka is a student of Joseph Foley, and Thomas-Urlik is a student of Lawrence Isaacson. (Pictured from L to R) BoCoCelli Quartet

No Strings Attached

THEATER

David Alea (B.F.A. '18, musical theater) and Anna Chesny (B.F.A. '19, musical theater) performed in Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s production of Gypsy, fall 2017.

Gabrielle Carrubba (B.F.A. '18, musical theater) performed in American Repertory Theater’s production of the new musical Burn All Night in Boston, August 2017.

Gabrielle Carrubba

ALUMNI

Zoe Scofield (B.F.A. '98, dance) was granted the Princess Grace Awards 2017 Choreography Mentorship CoCommission Award.

Stephanie Umoh (B.F.A. '08, musical theater) starred in York Theatre Company’s performance of Jerry’s Girls in New York City, August 2017. Zoe Scofield

Zui Gomez (B.F.A. '09, dance) joined Gibney Dance Company as an artistic associate, September 2017.

Michael Sakir (M.M. '09, orchestral conducting) was selected to participate in OPERA America’s 2017 Leadership Intensive.

Stephen Cerf (B.F.A. '10, musical theater) starred in North Shore Music Theater’s production of Beauty and the Beast, July 2017. Michael Sakir

26 | STAGES Allison Bailey (B.F.A. '14, musical theater), Jillian Butler (B.F.A. '15, musical theater), Lisa Finegold (B.F.A. '11, musical theater), John Krause (B.F.A. '12, musical theater), and Dan Micciche (B.F.A. '07, musical theater) performed on the North American Tour of Wicked The Musical. Kim Leeds (M.M. '14, music education, voice) joined the Marsh Chapel Scholars Program, where she serves as a soloist for the chapel’s concert season and provides ensemble leadership for the Marsh Chapel and Thurman choirs, May 2017.

Jillian Butler

Lisa Finegold

Ian Bowling (M.M. '14, vocal pedagogy, voice) performed with the Soldiers’ Chorus of the United States Army Field Band at the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July 4, 2017.

Ryne Cherry (M.M. '14, P.S.C. '15, opera), Nathaniel Pasague Taylor (B.M. '15, G.P.D. '17, cello), and Weiqiao Wu (B.M. '15, G.P.D. '17, violin) were chosen for the Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Program, where they were full participants in the 2017 Tanglewood season, and performed alongside Boston Symphony Orchestra members and guest soloists. Kim Leeds

Alexis Scheer (B.F.A. '14, musical theater) performed in the world premiere of The Weird. The play was presented by Off the Grid Theatre Company, the company Scheer founded and for which she currently serves as its producing artistic director, September 2017.

Holly Wilder (B.F.A. '15, dance) and her company the Wilder Project performed at Battery Park Dance Festival in New York City, August 2017.

Holly Wilder

Ian Berg (B.F.A. '16, dance) and his company, Subject: Matter Tap, and Kate Ladenheim (B.F.A. '11, dance) and her company, The People Movers, were featured in the 2017 DANCE NOW NYC Festival, fall 2017.

Eric Ferring (M.M. '16, opera performance) was accepted into the Ryan Opera Center, the young artist program at the Chicago Lyric Opera, beginning in May 2018.

Eric Ferring Gabriella Reyes de Ramirez (B.M. '16, voice) was named a Lindemann Young Artist with The Metropolitan Opera for the 2017–2018 season. Yewande Odetoyinbo (M.F.A. '18, musical theater) will perform in Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s performance of The Wiz, spring 2018.

Taylor Rodman (B.F.A. '16, dance) launched Bombshell Dance Project with Emily Bernet. The company debuted in August 2017.

Katsuya Yuasa (M.M. '15, A.D. '17, clarinet) won the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation’s 2017 International Competition as the first clarinetist to win the competition, and the first woodwind player to win in 19 years.

Katsuya Yuasa

Alumni Spotlight EIJI MIURA (M.M. '15, VOCAL PEDAGOGY)

The vocal pedagogy degree program at Boston Conservatory is tight-knit, with a class size of only around 15 students at any given time. But these students are quietly entering the pedagogical field to incredible success. Even while still in school, students mentor and teach with organizations such as Boston City Singers as part of their curriculum, and are making an impact even before they graduate.

One recent alumnus, Eiji Miura, came to the Conservatory’s program after a history of vocal health issues and experiencing voice faculty who were skilled performers, but not trained in pedagogy. After learning of the Conservatory’s curriculum, the breadth of musical styles taught, and the school’s unique partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital Voice Center, Miura knew this was the place for him. “Not only was the program itself appealing to me, but in retrospect, the networking opportunities at the Conservatory are incredible,” said Miura.

Now, Miura is actively working in the field, serving on the voice faculties of New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School and Clark University. Miura was also recently appointed the board secretary for the Boston chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. “Boston Conservatory’s vocal pedagogy program distinguished me from other candidates in the market for teaching positions—I was given the conservatory-level training and experience of any performance major, but was also with equipped with an informed understanding of the vocal mechanism that’s grounded in modern science and historical pedagogy,” Miura said of his experience.

In addition to his teaching career, Miura has appeared in local productions with Odyssey Opera, Commonwealth Lyric Theater, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO), and in musicals with Reagle Music Theatre. He is active in the sacred music scene in and around the Boston area, and also records vocals for video game soundtracks. In 2017, Miura had the opportunity to join world-renowned film composer Hans Zimmer for the New England portion of his international tour.

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