SAVE THE DATE
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SOUNDS OF SPRING
Faculty and Student Performances
Longy offers hundreds of free recitals and concerts each season. For updated listings, visit our website.
Monday, Feb. 18
10 am
Baritone Robert Honeysucker on WGBH 89.7FM
In celebration of African-American History Month, this Longy faculty member (view bio) is featured on WGBH's Classical Performances.
Thursday, March 27
8 pm
The electrifying
'Pacifica Quartet' WITH GUEST ARTIST
Wayman Chin, piano
Beethoven
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Elliott Carter
String Quartet No. 2
Dvorak
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Tickets: $25 general, $15 seniors/students/alumni.
617.876.0956 x500
Purchase online
6:30 pm
Pre-concert reception and talk for Georges Longy Circle members and guests
RSVP by contacting Sarah Glenn, 617.876.0956 x652
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Final performance of the season!
Sunday, April 13
2 and 3 pm
Kitchen Music and the Bucket Brigade Make music out of ordinary things:
plastic buckets, sticks, etc. Just add your imagination.
Pickman Hall Tickets 
Corporate Sponsor
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
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GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC
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We need your help
...to reach this year's annual fund goal of $800,000,
which Longy will use for scholarships, instrument upkeep, community outreach, outstanding free performances and much more. For mail-in information, click here. To donate online, click below.
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LONGY IN THE NEWS
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Browse through the many news stories about Longy in the past few months.
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FEBRUARY 2008
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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2
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 COMING FULL CIRCLE: MARCH 9 Acclaimed Conductor Anne Manson to Lead Longy Chamber Orchestra
World-celebrated conductor Anne Manson, who took piano and viola lessons at Longy as a youngster, returns to lead the Longy Chamber Orchestra in a spring concert, Sunday, March 9, at 3 pm, Harvard's Sanders Theatre. The featured sopranos also are from the Longy family: alumna Michelle Trainor '06 and faculty member Karyl Ryczek. Opera News raves about Manson's ability to engender performance brilliance. This concert features a creative repertoire of beautiful works less commonly heard, composed by Vaughan Williams, Kim, Mozart and Barber (details). Alumni gathering to follow; contact Sarah Glenn. Tickets: $10 general, $5 seniors/students/alumni, free for children under 18. Harvard Box Office 617.496.2222 or buy online. Free parking at Broadway Garage.
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LONGY YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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 After Family Series and Petting Zoo, Next Stop New York City
The Longy Youth Chamber Orchestra, youngsters who take music lessons in Longy's Preparatory division, gave a stellar performance in Longy's Family Series concert on February 3. Under the baton of exuberant conductor George Ogata, each instrument was introduced (photo highlights). Featured soloists were Winston Huang, age 12, who played a Beethoven piano concerto with breathtaking virtuosity, and cellist Sophie Applbaum, age 10, who displayed musical maturity well beyond her years in a J.C. Bach concerto. The ever-popular "Instrument Petting Zoo" followed.
 Next stop for this world-traveling orchestra and other select chamber music ensembles: Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, New York City, February 17, 4 pm (free admission); works by Hummel, Saint-Saens, Spohr, Dvorak and Beethoven.
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ALUMNI PROFILE AND SEMINARS
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 ASHLEY HALL '07
From Longy to China and India
When Ashley Hall won the third trumpet position with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, she never imagined the international pathway ahead. Last year after completing her studies at Longy, she toured China. And this spring she's traveling to India to work with orphaned children. She credits Longy, which "helps students discover that being a musician is so
much more than sitting alone in a practice room for hours each day or
performing on a stage and failing to connect with the audience in front
of you." Read more about this trumpeter who's having a blast, making a difference in the world.
Career Seminars Off and Running
On January 31, more than 25 Longy students and alumni attended the first in a series of career seminars co-hosted by Alumni Relations and Academic Affairs. Titled "Making a Career in Music," the discussion was led by (photo, left to right) Longy President Karen Zorn, Richard Cornell '72, Angela Myles Beeching, Director of Career Services Center at New England Conservatory, Lisa DeSiro '01 and Eric Bronner '03. Next seminar, February 21: "Taxes for Musicians," 6 pm, Michael Moriarty, CPA, Room N-1, 33 Garden St., Cambridge. more info
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WOOD HAND-CRAFTED MUSIC STAND
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 From the Heart and Hands of a Father
Longy has received an extraordinary gift: a hand-crafted music stand, expertly made by Roy Chaleff, father of Alexander Chaleff, who is pursuing his master's degree at Longy with the assistance of a scholarship. "Although, regrettably, I am unable to show my gratitude to Longy by means of a monetary donation," wrote Roy, "I have crafted a music stand that I would like to present as a gift to the school as a gesture of appreciation." The elegant maple-walnut-brass stand was presented at Alexander's recital, February 5, attended by his family, of Pennington, NJ. In photo: Deborah (mother), violinist Alexander and Roy Chaleff (father). Alexander's faculty mentor at Longy is Malcolm Lowe, (view bio) concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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