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Faculty and Student News
Composition faculty member Robert Beaser was among the artists elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters in February.
Per Brevig (DIP '67, PDG '67, BM '68, DMA '71, trombone) gave a master class, titled The Art of Performing: As a Soloist, as an Orchestra Musician, and as a Chamber Music Artist, at Yale University in March. In April, he conducted the East Texas Symphony Orchestra and soloist Hilary Hahn.
Faculty member Bruce Brubaker's (BM '82, MM '83, DMA '92, piano) new performance piece Pianomorphosis will be given its premiere at the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Michigan in May. The piece includes Brubaker's live performance along with the work of members of the Cori Terry Dance company, voiceovers, and a lighting design by Ben Kato.
Violin faculty member Catherine Cho (BM '92, MM '94, violin) performed as a member of the Johannes String Quartet with fellow members Soovin Kim, Choong-Jin Chang (Pre-College), and Peter Stumpf on the Schneider Concert series at the New School in March.
Steinway & Sons and Amadeus Press announced a new series of book/CDs, CDs, and DVDs celebrating the art of the piano through the artists who perform on them and the music that they play. Among the book/CD products to be released is a history of Steinway Hall as recounted in the anecdotes of Henry Steinway III as told to faculty member David Dubal (DIP '61, piano).
Cello faculty member André Emelianoff (BS '65, cello) and soprano Daniella Carvalho performed with the Sebastian Chamber Players at Good Shepherd Church in New York in March.
Michael Kahn, director of the Drama Division, recently directed Five by Tenn, five one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, including four world premieres, produced by the Shakespeare Theater as part of Tennessee Williams Explored at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater this month. Kahn's production of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Barry Kornhauser and featuring Group 25 classmates Ryan Artzberger and Claire Lautier and Greg Wooddell (Group 27), will open in Washington this month.
Violin faculty member Hyo Kang (DIP '77, PDG '78, violin), pictured, has been appointed by the governor of the Gangwon Province in South Korea to launch the Great Mountains Music Festival and School. Other faculty members and alumni scheduled to be involved are Toby Appel, Heidi Castleman, Joel Smirnoff (BM '75, MM '76, violin), Chee-Yun Kim (CRT '91, violin), Jian Wang ('91, cello), Kyung Sun Lee ('94, violin), Myung Wha Chung (DIP '65, BM '75, cello), and Ole Akahoshi (BM '97, cello). The festival will run from July 24 to August 8 in and around Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Lewis Kaplan (BS '58, MS '60, violin), a violin faculty member, recently gave master classes in London at the Menuhin School, the Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, and Guild Hall. He also performed and gave classes at the Conservatory of Music in Munich and at the Conservatory of Music in Graz, Austria.
Cello faculty assistant James Kreger (BM '69, MS '70, cello) and pianist Jean-Philippe Collard presented a special Valentine's Day joint recital at the Pantages Theater in Tacoma, WA. The nearly sold-out program included works of Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Brahms, and Fauré. Also in February, Kreger presented a public master class for young cellists in the Seattle-Tacoma area.
Guitar faculty member Sharon Isbin will perform with the New York Philharmonic on June 24 and 25. She will be the first guitarist to perform with the orchestra in 26 years. Dance faculty member Elizabeth Keen worked as movement consultant on Candida at Princeton's McCarter Theater and on the new Bill Irwin production, Mr. Fox, at the Signature Theater in New York.
Adelaide Roberts, a Pre-College faculty member, and Michael Blum (BM '77, MM '78, piano) gave a four-hand piano concert on the artist-in-residence program at Holy Cross Church in Kingston, NY. They also performed at the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY.
Dance faculty member JoAnna Mendl Shaw was one of four choreographers for hic + nunc, an evening of duets performed by Jessica Nicoll and Barry Oreck at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in March.
Graduate studies faculty member David Wallace (ACT '95, DMA '99, viola) was filmed with the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert audience for CBS Sunday Morning in March.
Drama faculty member Kate Wilson was vocal consultant on the revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, which opened on Broadway last month.
Brian Zeger's (MM '81, piano) current season has included recitals in Europe and America with soprano Deborah Voigt, mezzo-sopranos Susan Graham and Denyce Graves, and baritone Bryn Terfel. He also performed in Voigt's Carnegie Hall debut, gave a concerto appearance with the Boston Pops in Boston's Symphony Hall, and appeared at the White House with Susan Graham. This summer he will be in charge of the art song and vocal chamber music program at the Aspen Music Festival as well as teaching at the Steans Institute and Chautauqua.
Drama faculty member Ralph Zito (Group 14) was vocal consultant for George Bernard Shaw's Candida, which opened in April at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ. The production, directed by Lisa Peterson, featured Group 30 classmates Jeffrey Carlson and Michael Milligan.Fatima Aaziza, an undergraduate violin student, performed the Brahms Violin Concerto in August with the Israel Philharmonic, Yoel Levi conducting.
Violin student Emily Bruskin with alums Julia Bruskin (MM '03, cello) and Donna Kwong (BM '00, MM '01, piano) performed as the Claremont Trio at the Schneider Concert series in New York in February.
David Aaron Carpenter, a Pre-College violin student of Lewis Kaplan (BS '58, MS '60, violin), performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto at Carnegie Hall in March with the Great Neck Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Rutkowski conducting.
D.M.A. student Justine Fang Chen (BM '98, MM '00, violin and composition) was commissioned by the New York Choreographic Institute to compose a string quartet for Adam Hougland's (BFA '99, dance) choreography. The collaboration was performed by the dancers of the School of American Ballet in March.
Violin graduate student Erin Keefe won first place at the Corpus Christi International Competition for Strings and Piano.
Andrew Le has won first place in the 2004 Hilton Head International Piano Competition.
Pianist Soyeon Lee was given the 2004 Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Concerto Award at the Concert Artists Guild ceremonies held at Weill Recital Hall in March. The award includes a solo appearance with the symphony in the 2004-05 season.
Trevor Ochieng, a Pre-College violin student of Louise Behrend (DIP '43, violin), was awarded first prize in the junior division of the 2004 Sphinx Competition. Ariel Stoddard, another of Behrend's students, also placed in the competition.
Jourdan Urbach, a Pre-College violin student, was presented in recital at Weill Hall in January. He was also the subject of a feature article in People magazine and appeared on Good Morning America, interviewed by Diane Sawyer.
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