Noteworthy FACULTY/STAFF
CURRENT STUDENTS
Paul Daigneault (theater) directed SpeakEasy Stage Company’s New England premiere of The View UpStairs in June 2019, and directed the company’s production of Admissions in October 2019.
DANCE
THEATER
Avery Gerhardt (B.F.A. '20, contemporary dance) attended the ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival in Vienna, Austria, July 2019.
Rashed al-Nuaimi (M.F.A. '20, musical theater) made his New Repertory Theatre debut as Bill in their production of Oliver!, November 2019.
Paul Liu (B.F.A. '20, contemporary dance) will perform with the dance company Pilobolus, December 2019.
Students Fran Daniel Laucerica (M.M. '20, opera), Jennifer Muñoz (M.M. '20, vocal pedagogy), Laura Nevitt (M.M. '20, choral conducting), and Benjamin Perry (M.M. '20, choral conducting), along with alumnus Kelvyn Koning (M.M. '19, composition), formed Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, focused on original compositions and choral chamber works from the last century, January 2019.
Jonathan Bailey Holland’s (composition) newly commissioned work for alto flute and cello, Alchemy, was debuted by members of Radius Ensemble, which includes faculty member Sarah Brady (flute), May 2019.
Andrew Maxfield (M.M. '20, composition) was selected as one of two National Collegiate Choral Organization 2019 composer fellows, October 2019.
Jennie Israel (theater) made her Lyric Stage Company debut as Maria in Twelfth Night, April 2019.
Antonina Styczeń (A.D. '20, flute) won the National Flute Association’s 2019 Young Artist Competition, August 2019.
Ruka Hatua-Saar White (dance) cochoreographed SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of Choir Boy, September–October 2019.
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Filda Salim
Jennie Israel
Filda Salim (B.M. '21, piano) received first prize in the Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition and performed at the Mozarteum’s Wiener Saal, July 2019.
Dwayne Mitchell
Marianne Harkless Diabate (dance) was a featured performer at the 23rd annual Women Musicians Network concert at the Berklee Performance Center, November 2019.
Dwayne Mitchell (M.F.A. '20, musical theater) played Cagelle-Chantal in Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston’s production of La Cage aux Folles, August 2019. Additionally, he and Aaron Patterson (B.F.A. '21, musical theater), Thomas Purvis (B.F.A. '21, musical theater), and Nigel Richards (B.F.A. '21, musical theater) performed in SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of Choir Boy, September–October 2019.
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
Scott Edmiston (theater) directed Lyric Stage Company’s production of The Thanksgiving Play, with a cast featuring Jesse Hinson (theater), October–November 2019.
Rashed al-Nuaimi
Paul Daigneault
MUSIC
Alexander Tan (B.F.A. '21, musical theater) performed in Weston Playhouse Theater Young Company’s production of The Phantom Tollbooth, June 2019.
