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Snapshots CONSERVATORY STUDENTS AND ALUMNI MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR SUMMERS

During a typical academic year, Boston Conservatory at Berklee students, faculty, and guest artists produce more than 700 performances. But our community’s work doesn’t end in May—each summer, students and alumni actively practice their art throughout the world, performing, teaching, and advancing their studies. This past summer, Conservatory students participated in Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, Ko Festival, Peregrine Theatre Ensemble, OperaWorks LA, Kennedy Center education and access work, and so much more. Here are a few snapshots from the many happenings shared with STAGES.

Julia Solecki (B.F.A. ΄20, musical theater) joined the Peregrine Theatre Company in their summer-long production of Hair as a Tribe Member.

Shanelle Chloe Villegas (B.F.A. ΄19, contemporary theater) took part in the Summer Training Institute at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, where she portrayed Margaret in Henry VI. Villegas was joined by fellow contemporary theater students Jordan Palmer (B.F.A. ΄19) and Sharmarke Yusuf (B.F.A. ΄20).

Gabriella Reyes (B.M. ΄16, voice), soprano, headlined the Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, for which she was featured in the June 25 issue of The New Yorker. Reyes made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in September 2018.

Jake Goz (M.M. ΄20, voice) attended the International Vocal Arts Institute at Mannes School of Music in New York City, where he performed in master classes and concerts.

Eliza Kelley (B.F.A. ΄21, contemporary theater) participated in the Ko Festival of Performance in Amherst, Massachusetts as an intern and actor in a coproduced show Ok Ok by Katie Pearl.

Maria D’Ambrosio (B.M. ΄19, horn) joined the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra for their summer 2018 tour, where she performed Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 in Europe’s finest concert halls.

Ally Duncan (B.F.A. ΄11, musical theater) played the role of Caroline Neville in Serenbe Playhouse’s production of The Titanic, which featured an outdoor set located on top of a lake.

Violinist Montserrat Siles (B.M. ΄20), cellist Nathaniel Taylor (B.M. ΄15, G.P.D. ΄17, P.S.C. ΄18), and violinist Weiqiao Wu (B.M. ΄15, G.P.D. ΄17) were named 2018 Tanglewood Fellows and performed all summer with the acclaimed Boston Symphony Orchestra. This was the second consecutive summer that Taylor and Wu held Tanglewood fellowships.

Teagan Reed (B.F.A. ΄20, contemporary dance) attended both the Ballet Program and Contemporary Program at The School at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts.

Ashley Oliveto (M.M. ΄17, clarinet) landed a position with the U.S. Navy Fleet Bands in June, before serving as an opera and conductors orchestra fellow at the Miami Music Festival, where she joined fellow Conservatory alumnae Izumi Hoshino (G.P.D. ΄15, P.S.C. ΄17, violin) and Jennifer Jordan (M.M. ΄17, cello). Hoshino (second from left), Oliveto (center), and Jordan (right) pose after their performance of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet.

Emma Branson (B.F.A. ΄22, contemporary dance) participated in the Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Summer Intensive in New York City.