SAVE THE DATE
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LONGY MOVES and SINGS with SPRING
Faculty and Student Performances
Longy offers hundreds of free recitals and concerts each season. For updated listings, visit our website.
Sunday, March 30
7 pm
Dalcroze Conservatory Showcase
Move with your inner muse as Longy's world-acclaimed faculty in Dalcroze eurhythmics demonstrate the graceful art of blending music, improvisation and movement.
Pickman Hall
Free admission
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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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Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26
8 pm
Opera at Longy:
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss' beloved opera performed
by the Longy Chamber Orchestra
under guest conductor, Federico Cortese.
Pickman Hall
Free admission
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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
to fund scholarships, restore instruments, reach out to the community 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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MARCH 2008
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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3
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Electrifying and Seductive
THE PACIFICA QUARTET
March 27, 8 pm: Pickman Hall, Longy
"Their performances were filled with vigor, humor, delicacy and swing," said the New York Times in a recent review of the Pacifica Quartet. Serving a four-year residency as Visiting Artists in Chamber Music, the Pacifica Quartet returns twice to Longy this spring. The March 27 concert at Pickman Hall features quartets by Beethoven and Carter; also Dvorak's glorious piano quintet with pianist Wayman Chin, chair of chamber music at Longy. Details and tickets: $25 general, $15 seniors/students/alumni.
April 11, 7 pm: Pacifica Quartet and Longy Chamber Musicians at Famed Jazz Bar
Mendelssohn and Dvorak where you'd least expect them!
Duke Ellington like you've never heard before. And the world premiere of a supercharged version of the Allman Brothers "Whipping Post," transcribed for strings by John Howell Morrison, chair of Longy's composition department. Join the Pacifica Quartet, pianist Wayman Chin and some of Longy's top Conservatory students for this evening to remember at the famed Regattabar, The Charles Hotel, in the heart of Harvard Square (program details). Tickets $20. Only 200 seats available, so reserve early: online tickets or call 617.395.7757. Live webcast on BandDirector.com.
Master Classes with Pacifica Quartet
Friday, March 28, 3 pm, Pickman Hall, with Conservatory chamber ensembles. Wednesday, April 9, 6:30 pm, Recital Room N-1, featuring Continuing Studies chamber ensembles. Both classes open to general public, free admission.
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LONGY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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 Anne Manson Rejoins Longy Family for Spring Spectacular
On March 9, the Longy Chamber Orchestra was conducted by Anne
Manson, whose historic milestones include being one of only three women to have been
appointed music director of a leading American symphony. Click here for photo highlights of this concert at Harvard's Sanders Theatre, where many of the
audience remembered that Manson had studied viola and piano at Longy in her youth. The concert also featured two other musicians from Longy's extended family: sopranos Michelle Trainor, a 2006 alumna, and
Karyl Ryczek, who chairs the voice department.
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PICKMAN HALL CHAIR NAMED FOR TRUSTEE
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 Joseph L. Horner, age 73
Longy Remembers Faithful Friend and Concertgoer
"He attended more concerts than any trustee and was always there for Longy, to fix a doorknob or lend a helpful hand," said Bonny Boatman, chair of the Board of Trustees, remembering Joseph Horner, of Belmont, who died March 7. In recognition of his legendary devotion to the school, Longy will designate a chair in the Pickman Concert Hall in his name. In addition, at the family's request, a fund at Longy in his memory is being established. To contribute to this fund, please contact Elizabeth Sloane by e-mail or call 617.876.0956 x633.
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LONGY TAKES "BIG APPLE" BY STORM
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 Youth at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Center
In mid-Feburary, 42 members of the Longy Youth Chamber
Orchestra and 11 students in Longy's Preparatory chamber music
ensembles went to New York City to perform in the Merkin Concert Hall
at the Kaufman Center; view photo highlights of these up-and-coming musicians, who travel worldwide representing Longy.
 Alumni Swap Longy Stories in New York
At the invitation of Longy President Karen Zorn, Longy alumni met at a New York restaurant on February 27 and shared lively stories about how their training at Longy helped advance their professional careers. In photo from left: Sarah Glenn '06 (manager of alumni relations), Mark Broschinsky '05, Paul Shipper '78, Bill McClelland '74, Karen Zorn, Wes York '70s.
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