Longy School of Music - Viewbook 2020/21

BECOME THE MUSICIAN THE WORLD NEEDS YOU TO BE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: At Longy, it’s all about “more”

PART II: Programs of Study

Your potential counts .............................5

Vocal Studies.......................................... 16

Your music matters..................................6 Alumni Spotlight......................................8 Study what’s important to you ...........10 Start your career now .......................... 12 Boston Opera Collaborative................ 13 You belong at Longy ............................ 14

Piano........................................................ 18 Jazz & Contemporary Music............... 20 Strings.....................................................22 Brass & Woodwinds.............................. 24 Composition.......................................... 26 Historical Performance.........................28 Degreees and Diplomas...................... 30 HOW TO APPLY ....................................32

Become the musician the world needs you to be... because the world needs music now more than ever. At Longy, we’re constantly rethinking conservatory education and expanding the world’s understanding of what a life in music can mean. We prepare you to engage new audiences, teach anyone, anywhere—and make a difference with your music.

This really is a year like no other. Yet it’s a time to keep your education going—keep practicing, keep learning, and start building relationships with friends and mentors at Longy.

We are a community—an institution—that exists to raise up voices, to spark creative expression, and to help others find perspective through deep listening.

As you page through this viewbook, you will realize that Longy is a different kind of conservatory. Our mission is to prepare musicians to make a difference in the world. Join us and you will develop your artistry and discover how you can make an impact as a musician.

Karen Zorn, President No matter what experiences are served up by life, we should never underestimate the real and sustaining power of giving voice to what lives within us, whether that is through an instrument, through composing a new work, or, quite literally, through our vocal cords. Here at Longy, we see our role as guiding and facilitating

experiences that nudge you towards finding your voice and how you use it in the world.

Think of this viewbook as a window into a unique community that is exploring new ways to shape musical artistry. We invite you to be a part of this place, where musicians are actively choosing how we can—individually and collectively—have impact in the world around us.

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AT LONGY, IT’S ALL ABOUT “MORE”

> See What Makes Longy Special

Your potential counts Whether you found music at age 2 or 22, there’s a place for you at Longy. Here, all lived experiences and skills are welcome and all kinds of musicians succeed. We invest in musicians who will make a difference in the world by pledging to remove barriers for their conservatory education. For example, when we award scholarships, we’re looking to the breadth of your potential to contribute, both artistically and personally.

Danny Rivera Baritone “My four years at the Boston Arts Academy were focused on my development as an artist-scholar-citizen. In my senior year, I wrote a song for Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley that addressed social issues. I hoped this song would bring unity to our community. ‘We’re On Our Way Up’ realized that dream—as it was formally and widely recognized.”

Pingyulan Long Jazz, Piano, & Vocals

Joi Harper Composition

“My goal is to make an impact on the world by expressing myself through music. I want to use my knowledge to promote artistic literacy, and to sow seeds of inspiration.

I have an ambition to be not just a performer but also a disseminator of ideas. I want people to be moved by a rich variety of music.”

“I come from a family of female leaders, and every day I’m inspired by them.

I want to be an inspiration to other composers and encourage young women and women of color to join this field. Don’t compare yourself with others or worry if other people will like what you’ve written—let your journey be your own.”

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Your music matters We invest in musicians who will make a difference in the world.

Whether you found music at age 2 or 22, there’s a place for you at Longy. Here, all lived experiences and skills are welcome and all kinds of musicians succeed. We pledge to remove barriers to your conservatory education. For example, when we award scholarships, we’re looking to the breadth of your potential to contribute, both artistically and personally.

Teaching Artistry Teaching artistry, a distinctive component of Longy’s graduate curriculum, prepares you to engage audiences anywhere—not just with music, but also with dialogue and activities that provide context and create personal connections to the performance. You will be able to walk into any room full of people and make something exciting happen.

Music as a Healing Art Through Longy’s Music as a Healing Art Initiative, you will learn how your music can provide comfort and healing to the most vulnerable among us. Classwork, performances, and partnerships with a myriad of care facilities will prepare you to bring your music to those in therapeutic care settings. In addition, Longy is the only conservatory offering specialized training to become a Certified Music Practitioner®— opening new career pathways and expanding your professional portfolio.

Sistema Side-by-Side Conservatory students learn about El Sistema from the inside out.

Playing in our Sistema Side-by-Side ensembles, you will work as youth mentors in collaboration with faculty who were trained in Venezuela.

You will also learn, first-hand, the rehearsal and mentoring techniques that have helped El Sistema become a worldwide phenomenon.

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Gabrielle Molina MAT ’14

Executive Director & Founder, Teaching Artists International “Nowhere on earth—as a musician, an artist—can you get the training to truly be a whole musician like at Longy.”

Sadie Gustafson-Zook

MM ’19 Jazz & Contemporary Music Longy/MHTP Summer Institute Scholar ‘20 Certified Music Practitioner in training

Winner of the Creativity Foundation Legacy Prize “As a master’s student at Longy, my transition into the Music for Healing and Transition Program was seamless! I felt supported by Longy faculty every step of the way. Training to be a Certified Music Practitioner felt like a natural progression.”

Sirgourney Cook MM ’16 Opera Performance

Soprano, Boston Lyric Opera “[A] serious and comic actor/singer with major pipes . . . Cook’s encore as a vividly flirtatious Musetta in ‘Quando m’en vo’ from La Boheme, could have waltzed across the footlights and soared to the highest opera house balconies.” Boston Musical Intelligencer review of Cook’s performance as Longy’s Pickman Hall

Nadia Shpachenko UD ’97 Piano Performance Concert Pianist Professor of Music, Cal Poly Pomona University Concert Pianist. 2020 Grammy winner for her recording The Poetry of Places as well as multiple Grammy nominations.

“One of today’s foremost promoters of contemporary music.”

(Textura Magazine).

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Study what’s important to you There’s no one way to be a musician. At Longy, you’ll uncover and explore new ways to make a living in music. Our innovative Catalyst Curriculum is customized to focus on the skills, knowledge and experience you’ll need to create change in the world.

You choose the training you need for the career paths you want to explore.

With fewer core requirements overall—just 10 of the 36 credits you’ll need to graduate—you’ll have plenty of time for open credits that will let you explore what really interests you.

Watch our Catalyst Video

Choose one or more of these options to focus on what you need to learn to get where you want to go.

Upon graduation you’ll be a professional musician capable of designing experiences, producing projects, and engaging audiences with exceptional, transformative music encounters. You’ll learn...

How to make your music matter: Starting with our Artist Statement Workshops and Career Coaching program we will help you articulate a vision for your career. Then we’ll help you identify the skills, training, and classes you’ll need to reach your goals.

How to create: In our Custom Commission program, you’ll collaborate in a laboratory setting, where performers join forces with composers to create custom pieces.

How to curate: As you program your First Year and Graduate Recitals, you’ll develop programs that display your unique artistic perspective, share meaningful repertoire, and explore the pathways in which you communicate with the audience.

How to engage: In Teaching Artistry, you’ll develop the skills to engage and educate audiences in any setting—essential skills for bringing music to new audiences everywhere.

How to make your own work: In Musician’s Portfolio, you’ll build your website and gather the headshot, résumé, video, and audio samples you’ll need to find work. You’ll also learn to design experiences, produce projects and find opportunities for creating your own work.

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Advanced Teaching Artistry: Apply the audience engagement skills of Teaching Artistry to events and programs at Longy and beyond, working independently or in small groups.

Music as a Healing Art: Learn how your music can bring healing to palliative care and health care settings. >Watch the Video Sistema Side-by-Side: Experience the power of El Sistema in Longy’s music for social change program, as you mentor and perform alongside young musicians. >Watch the Video Music and Civic Engagement: Learn to identify social needs that can be addressed through music.

Building projects from the ground up is an essential skill. Choose one of the following options: Entrepreneurship: Learn practical skills to get any project—or organization—off the ground.

One of many Project-Based classes: Get hands-on experience designing and producing projects and building audiences. >Watch the Video A T L O N G Y, I T ’ S A L L A B O U T T H E “ M O R E ”

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Start your career now From your first days at Longy you’ll become a Boston musician, performing professionally with our faculty and artistic partners around the city. Get hands‐on, real‐world experience while you build your network with an extensive community of musicians and organizations. Boston isn’t merely a backdrop—it’s the stage for your artistic pursuits and an integral part of the Longy experience. Be immersed in a vibrant, artistic city with hundreds of new ensembles, opera companies, theaters, orchestras, dance troupes and museums for you to enjoy.

Longy’s Project Collaborators include: •

Castle of Our Skins

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Boston Camerata

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Musicians from Marlboro

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Boston Early Music Festival

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Radius Ensemble

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Emmanuel Music

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Boston Opera Collaborative

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A Far Cry

As a Longy student, you will learn from guest artists in masterclasses and performances. In recent years, our students have made music with: •

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor, Music and Artistic Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic

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Vadym Kholodenko, piano, Van Cliburn Competition winner

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Gidon Kremer, violinist and conductor

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Igor Levit, piano, Gramophone Artist of the Year nominee

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Pacifica Quartet, GRAMMY award winners

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Susanna Phillips, soprano, Metropolitan Opera

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Daniil Trifinov, piano, Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions winner

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Jamie Barton, mezzo soprano, Metropolitan Opera

BOSTON OPERA COLLABORATIVE Opera Company in Residence “Come as a student, graduate as a professional.” At Longy, these words couldn’t be truer. Imagine working with a dynamic opera company while earning your degree; crafting a professional network before leaving school; using your education to launch your career. This year, Longy and Boston Opera Collaborative join forces in a newly redesigned partnership. BOC is now our first ever opera company-in-residence.

Discover what it takes to shine with tips and techniques for audition success.

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Connect with every role through advanced acting and aria preparation.

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Learn what it takes to mount your own operatic work. Then do it.

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Perform and premiere 10-minute operas— BOC’s—and workshop directly with their creators.

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What does this mean? In short: access.

Professional workshops, coachings, and courses are around every corner, embedded in your curriculum. You won’t perform in just one production or sing in one masterclass. You’ll develop lasting relationships with working singers and directors. You’ll collaborate with innovative composers and librettists. You’ll produce meaningful opera in unique and intimate ways.

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Get out! Join BOC on the road with touring performances of signature operas.

Check out Boston Opera Collaborative’s production of The Marriage of Figaro

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You belong at Longy Be part of our community of musicians who root for each other and cheer on each other’s successes. Study in a musical home—literally, a historic mansion—where “collaborative” describes not only our performances, but the way we live and learn together.

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

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Vocal Studies Guided by an exceptional faculty, students in Longy’s Vocal Studies Department learn and perform across multiple styles and genres—from fully-staged operas, staged cycles of art songs, and newly composed work, to cantata and oratorio, and contemporary improvisation.

With opportunities to perform and work with distinguished local organizations, including our professional opera company in residence Boston Opera Collaborative—as well as partners such as Emmanuel Music and Boston Camerata—Longy singers graduate as professionals.

Your Faculty Corrine Byrne, chair

Brian Moll*

Anne Azéma

Sandra Piques Eddy, visiting artist*

Pamela Dellal Libor Dudas* Tyler Duncan Angela Gooch Check out Longy’s partnership with Boston Opera Collaborative

Ana Guigui Kudisan Kai

Karyl Ryczek David Small Ryan Turner Dana Varga Jayne West

Carol Mastrodomenico

Noriko Yasuda, opera coach*

Jeffrey Mattsey

*No private studio

Degrees & Diplomas

Course Highlights

Artist Diploma Bachelor of Music Graduate Performance Diploma

The Mindful Performer Explore how mindfulness can inform and enrich your performance practice. Through meditation and non-judgmental listening exercises, boost your confidence and find comfort on the stage.

Master of Music Degree Undergraduate Diploma >> Versatility in your career is key.

Check out Longy’s crossover options in Historical Performance or Jazz/ Contemporary Music departments.

Opera Creation Lab Master the fundamental techniques of operatic narrative through a series of short vignettes focused on dynamic characterization, dramatic tension, and musical subtext.

Faculty Profile

Corrine Byrne Boston and New York-based soprano Corrine Byrne is chair of Longy’s Vocal Studies department and a founding member of several ensembles with great range and eclectic repertoire.

At Longy, world-class working musicians help you elevate your artistry, but we also try to model what a modern music career looks like. While you’re building your own artistic identity, you’re honing the skills for forging the career that’s right for you.

At the beginning of any career, there are always the inevitable rejections, and it’s easy to feel discouraged and lost. What helped me cope was starting my own projects—work that kept me engaged while I competed for the most sought-after jobs and gigs, and, more importantly, kept me honest about what I wanted to do musically. You’re doing what you want, and doing what you love, and then one day you realize you’re winning a few of those auditions for big jobs—which for me meant a solo appearance here, an opera role there. I’d built a résumé based on my personal passion projects, and that made room for me in the bigger picture.

That’s what you’ll learn at Longy: being a musician means more than performing notes from the page.

Following your passion can take you to a place where music truly makes a difference in the world.

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Faculty Profile

Spencer Myer What gives me the greatest joy in performing is communication. I particularly enjoy the challenge of channeling my own musical voice through the composer’s thoughts and intentions, stylistic parameters, and directions in the score. Playing with other musicians, those connections multiply: with the audience, but also with one’s musical partners. To “speak” and respond to each other through music is one of the most exciting sensations I can imagine.

The life of a musician is all-encompassing. For me, that’s meant being a soloist, businessman, chamber musician, publicist, accompanist, manager, teacher, and coach, among many other roles. So as an educator, I stress studying a breadth of repertoire of all style periods, understanding vocal and instrumental collaboration, and staying aware of musical goings-on outside of your immediate environment—as well as the importance of social media savvy and the business of assembling demos and press materials.

Aside from becoming the best pianist and musician you can be, it is important to build a community of colleagues/friends/collaborators. Longy provides this wonderful community—along with the tools for finding your own voice and pathway.

Piano / Collaborative Piano With a roster of active performers on the faculty, students advance their mastery as soloists and chamber musicians with private studio instruction at its core. A weekly piano seminar expands approaches to practicing, interpretation, and programming. Students focus on technique and performance practice but also how to create compelling and innovative programs that engage a variety of audiences.

Your Faculty

Degrees & Diplomas

Donald Berman*, chair

Spencer Myer*

Rieko Aizawa

Esther Ning Yau*

Wayman Chin* Renana Gutman Hugh Hinton Robert Merfeld*

Eri Nakamura* Andrius Zlabys Noriko Yasuda* Karen Zorn, President

Brian Moll* *piano and collaborative piano faculty

New Pianos at Longy

Artist Diploma Bachelor of Music Graduate Performance Diploma Master of Music Degree Undergraduate Diploma

>> Versatility in your career is key. Check out Longy’s crossover options in Historical Performance or Jazz/Contemporary Music departments.

Course Highlights Counts and Recounts: Music and Politics Curate a concert of music—to be performed on the eve of Election Day— that communicates a political message.

Each week, the class will briefly cover an historical topic, delve into current issues in the classical music world, and analyze works for listening, study, and reflection.

Contemporary Piano Performance Practice Learn and practice extended performance techniques, which are often called for in piano music of the 20th and 21st century, but are often unfamiliar to college-age students. Begin with “inside the piano” techniques such as stopped notes, pizzicato notes, harmonics, and sustained pitches with a violin bow, then explore prepared piano techniques and contemporary notation devices.

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Jazz & Contemporary Music (JCM) The legacy of jazz is boundaryless innovation. Longy’s JCM program provides an open environment in which students experiment and create to find their artistic voice and gain the experience and versatility necessary for success in an ever-changing professional world. Engaging in improvisation, composition, and performance practices, untethered to any one discipline or genre, students will build off the foundations of jazz and explore beyond—to modern contemporary, global folk traditions, bluegrass, Rock, Hip Hop, as well as other popular idioms—to define the music of the now and the future.

Course Highlights

Your Faculty

Sound and Style: Rulebreakers Rulebreakers: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Jimi Hendrix, and J Dilla challenged the status quo.

Take an in-depth look at how they changed the way their instruments were played, invented novel improvisational and compositional languages, and forever altered the course of modern music.

Eric Hofbauer, chair, guitar

You are the Chef: Modal Analysis of Classical Music for Improvisation Any piece of music, regardless of style, can be understood by its tonal, thematic, and rhythmic ingredients.

Jump into this experimental laboratory to find your voice and starting writing your own music.

Sara Bielanski, voice Leo Blanco, piano, composition, ensembles Dave Bryant*, ensembles Peter Cassino, piano, improvisation, ensembles Peter Evans, composition Ana Guigui, voice Greg Hopkins, trumpet, composition Charlie Kohlhase*, ensembles

>> C onsider adding a Graduate Performance Diploma in JCM to your MM and take the music world by storm with your versatility.

John Lockwood, upright/electric bass, ensembles Nando Michelin*, ensembles Randall Pingrey, trombone Noah Preminger, saxophone Ben Schwendener, composition Neal Smith, drums Stan Strickland, saxophone, flute Nikola Tomić, trumpet Sylvie Zakarian*, percussion *No private studio

Degrees & Diplomas Artist Diploma Graduate Performance Diploma Master of Music Degree

Faculty Profile

Neal Smith “I feel that music chose me.

I was raised in a church that had a very good music ministry, and one day around the age of three I just sat down and started to play the drums along with the choir and band.”

The first African-American to earn a degree in Jazz Studies from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Neal Smith went on to lead his own band, to share the stage with jazz luminaries here and abroad, and, seeing a need, to found a label focused exclusively on jazz recordings. Playing it forward, he says, “I feel it’s my responsibility not only to pick up where my fathers left off, but also to continually modernize the jazz sound through composition and performance. Ultimately, I feel I have a responsibility to positively influence other musicians in this truly African-American art form.

“The history of jazz is the foundation the music stands on. And because jazz is a collaboration of communities—Brazilian, Asian, Indian, African, Cuban, European—musicians of the future have more of a vocabulary to choose from in telling their story. The music will always live on.”

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Faculty Profile

Sarah Darling Sarah’s music spans centuries and styles on viola and baroque violin.

She is “a tireless force of musical curiosity, skill, and enthusiasm (Boston Musical Intelligencer).” In addition to countless early music and new music ensembles, she is a central force in A Far Cry, a Longy partner who recently topped Billboard’s Traditional Classical charts and earned two Grammy nominations.

“This is my first year teaching at Longy! It’s a whirlwind of diverse experiences within a family-sized footprint.

The fact that you can delve into historical performance, new music, and jazz without blinking an eye—or walking 100 feet—is breathtaking. And there’s a feeling of community, an ability to work together that grows naturally. That’s the school in a nutshell: it’s a family feeling, even though members come from across the country and around the world. Music breaks down boundaries, and I feel like this works by example. You have to show that you’re willing to ‘go there’ and then wait to see if folks will meet you there. On the great days, ‘there’ is a crowded place! This community is a well-suited to musicians with a vision who want to expand music, play with it, and ultimately, live it.”

Strings Our Strings Department faculty are active performers and dedicated teachers, encompassing a wide range of styles and repertoire, from early music to new compositions. We emphasize individual attention from faculty mentors, ensemble playing, small classes, crossdepartmental collaboration, and frequent performance opportunities, to create a uniquely inspiring learning environment.

Your Faculty Violin Solomiya Ivakhiv Mark Lakirovich Paula Majerfeld Jesse Mills Alexander Velinzon Sean Wang, chair Anna Marie Williams Viola Sarah Darling Mark Lakirovich Paula Majerfeld

Cello Ole Akahoshi Bruce Coppock Terry King Christine Lamprea Nick Photinos Nicholas Tsavaras Mikhail Veselov Francisco Vila Double Bass Pascale Delache-Feldman Harp Franziska Huhn Guitar

Course Highlights

Christopher Ladd

Chamber Music with a Point of View Approach musical works using interdisciplinary entry points, such as poetry, improvisation, literature, dance, and visual art.

Will Riley

Taking on the C String!

A fun, exploratory, and engaging class in which violin students have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the viola.

>> Versatility in your career is key. Check

Degrees & Diplomas Artist Diploma Bachelor of Music Graduate Performance Diploma Master of Music Degree Undergraduate Diploma L O N G Y. E D U

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Brass / Woodwinds Guided by Longy’s experienced faculty mentors, Brass and Woodwinds students build upon technical training to diversify and expand their skillsets to navigate the professional world. Students participate in solo, chamber, and orchestral performances, from classical staples to custom-commissioned contemporary music. By engaging in courses that feed into Longy’s broader mission of social justice and music equity, graduates emerge as well-rounded musicians who are capable of changing the face of classical music–and changing the world.

Course Highlights

Your Faculty

Create Your Own Gigs!

In this course, students will be led systematically through the process of creating a concert from beginning to end. How do you write a bio?

What’s a press release? Who do you send it to?

Flute

Bassoon

Clint Foreman

Rachael Elliott

Sooyun Kim

Nanci Belmont

Vanessa Breault Mulvey

Saxophone

Sergio Pallottelli

Kenneth Radnofsky

Ensemble Uncaged Ensemble Uncaged, Longy’s premier contemporary music ensemble, will perform a wide variety of 20th- and 21st-century works by a diverse array of living and (recently) dead composers.

Oboe Kemp Jernigan Robert Sheena Keisuke Wakao Clarinet Jonathan Cohler

Geoffrey Landman Trumpet Ashley Hall Andy Kozar, chair Trombone William Lang

Degrees & Diplomas

Rane Moore

Achilles Liarmakopoulos

Artist Diploma Bachelor of Music Graduate Performance Diploma Master of Music Degree Undergraduate Diploma

English Horn

Angel Subero

Robert Sheena

Horn Hazel Dean Davis Tuba Kenneth Amis Sasha Johnson

>> Versatility in your career is key. Check out Longy’s crossover options in Historical Performance or Jazz/Contemporary Music departments.

Faculty Profile

Andy Kozar Good music is good music!

In high school, on any day you might hear coming from my room classical trumpet music, n’Sync, punk, jazz, symphonic classical music, and some pretty cheesy country. To this day, there’s really not a style I don’t like.

Later I wanted more from my musical life, I wanted to be more engaged with the creative and collaborative aspects of music making, and new music was where I found that space to explore. I came to early music a bit later, but I think I was drawn to it for the same reasons I was drawn to new music. There’s an experimental, creative, collaborative essence to performing early music. We’ll never know exactly what it sounded like, but we can experiment with the instruments, with the old texts, and together create something that, though written hundreds of years ago, is fresh, exciting, and vibrant. What I find inspiring aren’t so much the instruments as the performers. Hearing Kristian Bezuidenhout spin a phrase on the piano-forte, or Dave Douglas dance across all registers of the trumpet— these are the people I find inspiring, no matter the instrument.

At Longy, we give our students incredible agency over the shape and focus of their education—all within a close-knit community of musical learning and creation, in a city with one of the country’s most vibrant and diverse musical scenes!

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Faculty Profile

Alexandra du Bois The unique spirit of Longy—its vision, scope, and commitment to social justice—shaped me into the artist, composer, and human being I am today. My work has been commissioned, premiered, and recorded on five continents, by some of the most exciting and esteemed ensembles, including the Kronos Quartet and Beaux Arts Trio. But I never forget that my first composition lesson was at Longy.

This was where I began to find the passion, foundation, and community I needed to build my future as a successful composer.

The musicians I’ve grown with have shaped my sound and the scope of music in my life. Musicians and the composers do not live separately from one another; we depend on each other. These close, long-term, and intimate relationships continue to have a life of their own. But the voice inside you that most wants to be heard, whether it wants to call out or speak softly, needs to be heard by you, the artist, first, before it can be shared with the world. At Longy, you can find or nurture that voice, so that it is as strong and deep as your unique and expressive presence on the planet.

Composition Longy composers work in a vibrant, artistic environment where public performance of new compositions is central to the experience.

Composition students benefit from experienced mentoring in a supportive new music community dedicated to high standards and academic inquiry.

Opportunities to write music for soloists, chamber groups, orchestras, and contemporary ensembles abound! Longy’s composition faculty ensure that students work closely with student groups and professional ensembles in the Boston community and beyond. The Custom Commision unit of Longy’s Catalyst Courses fosters extensive collaboration between performance and composition students.

Your Faculty

Degrees & Diplomas

Alexandra du Bois, chair

Artist Diploma Bachelor of Music Graduate Performance Diploma Master of Music Degree Undergraduate Diploma

Peter Aldins Evan Bennett* Paul Brust Peter Evans Amy Beth Kirsten John Morrison

Course Highlights

Katherine Pukinskis

Invent your Notation Investigate all sorts of innovative notational practices, invent some notation, experiment with making it better, compose a piece for a group, and perform the piece!

Tony Solitro Jeremy Van Buskirk *No private studio

Introduction to Film Scoring Survey the techniques and materials of past and contemporary composers for film, TV, and other visual media. Explore an array of topics including the anatomy of a film score, composing on a deadline, harmony, style and tone, and technology and digital music production.

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Historical Performance Historically informed performance plays a central role in Longy’s artistic and academic life. The curriculum focuses on both repertoire and research in its approach to music composed before 1800, featuring some of the most unique and thorough course offerings in early music in the United States.

Your Faculty John McKean, chair, harpsichord, music history

Longy faculty, students, and alumni perform with Boston Camerata

Course Highlights Women Filling the Gap Explore the works of women composers between the Baroque and Classical periods. Examine and perform their works within a broader social and cultural context, discuss the forces that shaped the traditional canon of “Western Art Music,” and consider why their music has been historically excluded.

MIghty Miniatures Delve into the works of C.P.E. Bach, whose music grappled with issues of morality through small-scale, dense musical forms that incorporate dramatic surprise and eventfulness in limited space.

Sonja Lindblad, recorder

Anne Azéma, voice

Na’ama Lion, baroque flute

Phoebe Carrai, baroque cello

Dana Maiben, baroque violin, viola

Sarah Darling, baroque violin, viola

Vivian Montgomery, harpsichord

Pam Dellal, voice

Kathryn Montoya, baroque oboe, recorder

Libor Dudas, harpsichord, organ Douglas Freundlich, lute Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe Jane Hershey, viola da gamba Greg Ingles, sackbut

Ken Pierce, period dance Andrew Schwartz, baroque bassoon Anne Trout, baroque bass/violone Ryan Turner, voice Sean Wang, baroque violin

Degrees & Diplomas Artist Diploma Graduate Performance Diploma Master of Music Degree

>> C onsider adding a Graduate Performance Diploma in HP to your MM and take the music world by storm with your versatility.

Faculty Profile

Anne Azéma Performing music from the past is anything but a static, backward-looking endeavor!

We early music performing artists are entirely engaged with what resonates strongly today in our turbulent modern world. We strive to bring happiness and meaning to all of us.

In addition to my work as a solo singer, I am the Artistic Director of The Boston Camerata, the eminent early music ensemble founded in 1954. We record and tour on four continents, reimagining music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras, as well as early American music.

Since the Boston Camerata has been in residence at Longy, we have invited Longy students to collaborate on the development of special projects. Both Longy and Camerata derive great satisfaction from these collective enterprises. Recent projects involving Longy students include The Play of Daniel, a French medieval mystery play (here in Cambridge and on tour on the West coast); La Estrella, Hispanic Baroque music of Latin and South America; Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell; Liberty Tree, songs of freedom and rebellion from early America; and the medieval Carmina Burana, sometimes presented in festive juxtaposition with the famous twentieth century piece of the same name by Carl Orff.

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Teacher Education Programs in person or online—your choice

Longy’s teaching programs are open to inspired artists from all musical

backgrounds—classical, pop, world, folk, jazz, instrumental, vocal, conducting, MASTER OF MUSIC IN MUSIC EDUCATION (MM/ME) — IN PERSON CAMBRIDGE, MA

Program Highlights: Longy’s MM/ME program was built for experienced performers who want a powerful graduate studies program rooted in socially engaged and culturally responsive music education for the classroom. Graduate with your Master’s in just one year, plus we’ll prepare you for initial teaching licensure in Massachusetts public schools!

The MM/ME curriculum explores the pedagogy foundational to the El Sistema teaching programs that are changing the lives of children in underserved communities through intensive music instruction. You’ll gain immediate experience, working with youth in Greater Boston-area public schools and El Sistemainspired sites. Plus, you’ll have full access to the resources of Longy’s conservatory campus, including studio lessons, ensembles, and performance opportunities in a musically rich, supportive environment.

MASTER OF MUSIC IN MUSIC EDUCATION (MM/ME) — ONLINE Program Highlights: Longy announces the Fall 2021 launch of a fully online Master of Music of Music Education degree program (MM/ME) designed especially for educators who seek an advanced degree without taking time off from their careers. This degree program, which can be completed in one or two years, builds on Longy’s near-decade of expertise in preparing musicians to be teachers through its campusbased degree programs, including the one-year MM/ME degree offered in Cambridge, MA. The MM/ME is uniquely designed to ​ integrate practices of social change ​ in the music classroom. Graduates of this program will be prepared to amplify the voices of students from all backgrounds, create and make music from diverse cultures, and approach music teaching from a holistic and equity-based perspective.

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JUDY BOSE Dean of the Conservatory

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Graduate Degrees/Diplomas MASTER OF MUSIC (MM) You’re ready to take a deep dive academically and artistically in this two-year Master of Music program. Longy’s innovative Catalyst Curriculum pairs musical excellence with a focus on the skills you’ll need to become a professional musician: the ability to design experiences, produce projects, and engage audiences with exceptional musical encounters. Dedicated career coaching will help guide your studies and prepare you for what comes after graduation.

GRADUATE PERFORMANCE DIPLOMA (GPD) GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMPOSITION (GD) This two-year program was created so you can focus intensively on training, performance, and professional opportunities. The GPD/GD program usually comes after the completion of a Master of Music degree. Compared to the Master of Music, it requires fewer academic courses and is focused on your skills and interests. If you want to dig in deeper before launching your career, this program is perfect for you.

ARTIST DIPLOMA (AD) For music to thrive, the world needs change-makers who will question and dream about what comes next. While the desire to keep the canon of masterworks alive is laudable, it is no longer enough. Longy, in turn, places its primary focus on preparing students for a meaningful life in music.

Wanted: Musicians who possess a keen desire to disrupt the status quo; who wish to contribute to society and be part of music’s evolution; who will join other artists in forging that future.

Longy’s Artist Diploma program offers the opportunity for emerging musicians to craft, design, and curate artistic projects over a two-year residency period. The program is designed for exceptionally gifted musicians who demonstrate great potential to impact and change the world by challenging norms and breaking the mold.

Undergraduate Degrees/Diplomas UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA (UD) If you’re a performer or composer who is self-motivated, on a mission, and wants to fast-track your career, dive into this three-year, music-intensive program. You’ll benefit from working alongside graduate students and professional musicians in ensembles, performance, and repertory courses—and if you decide to pursue your Master of Music degree, you’ll graduate in five years rather than six.

BACHELOR OF MUSIC (BM) Earn your Bachelor of Music degree from Emerson College through a joint program with Longy. Benefit from Longy’s conservatory faculty, performance opportunities, and artistic and social change programs while fulfilling your liberal arts credits at Emerson. You’ll be able to take advantage of the resources of both institutions—including the alumni network and career services—setting you up for success after graduation Programs of Study available for UD and BM Brass Organ Piano Strings Vocal Studies Woodwinds Composition

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How to Apply Step 1: Start Your Free Application Step 2: Gather Your Materials • • • • •

Artistic Résumé Personal Statement Two letters of recommendation Transcripts International Student Requirements

Step 3: Audition Live auditions for Spring and Fall 2021 have been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Applicants are required to submit video recorded auditions (performance) or digital portfolios (composition).

View our barrier-free Audition Requirements!

Application Deadlines November 1 – Spring 2021 application deadline December 1 – Fall 2021 Early Action application deadline January 5 – Fall 2021 Standard application deadline

Please be in touch with any questions or to schedule a visit.

Email admissions@longy.edu or call 617.831.1796

Funding Opportunities Finances are an important factor in where you choose to study. We take every possible step to ensure that your financial needs are met.

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Longy students receiving financial aid: 97% Average financial aid received: 45% Amount awarded in scholarship in year: $4.5 million

All applicants are considered for meritbased scholarships. Aid packages include: • Longy Scholarships (merit-based) • Presidential Scholarships (meritbased) are awarded to outstanding applicants.

• Graduate Fellowships offer realworld professional experience, enabling students to broaden their horizons while reducing tuition fees by up to $8,000 annually. Apply within the online application.

• Teaching Assistantships offer valuable, hands-on classroom and pedagogical experience in local schools and El Sistema sites while reducing tuition fees by up to $10,000 annually. Apply within the online application.

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Degrees / Diplomas / Certificates

Master of Music Master of Music in Music Education (MM/ME) Graduate Diploma in Composition Graduate Performance Diploma Artist Diploma Undergraduate Diploma (with 3+2-year Graduate Degree option)

achelor of Music (through Emerson College) B Certified Music Practitioner Dalcroze Certificate and License

Areas of Study Brass Organ Piano Strings Vocal Studies Woodwinds Chamber Music Collaborative Piano Composition Historical Performance Jazz & Contemporary Music

At a Glance Founded: 1915 ocation: Cambridge, Massachusetts & L Los Angeles, California Total enrollment: 260 students ore than 18 countries and 31 states M represented Student to Faculty Ratio: 2:1

27 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.831.1796 I admissions@longy.edu Longy.edu