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SEPTEMBERFEST 2008
Moving Hearts, Enlightening Minds
"Eclectic... "intriguing," per Boston Globe's "Critics Picks"
View five concerts
September 19, 20, 21, 26 & 27
Free admission, donations accepted.
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PLAN TO COME
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Faculty Artist Recitals
Longy's Pickman Hall
Free admission
Monday,
September 29,
8 pm
Franziska Huhn, harp
An Evening of French Music
Thursday,
October 2, 8 pm
Stephen Hammer, Baroque oboe
Andrew Schwartz, bassoon
Frances Conover Fitch,
harpsichord
Early music works by Zelenka, Bach, Telemann, others
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Federico Cortese conducts the Longy Chamber Orchestra
Sunday,
October 5, 4 pm
Harvard's historic Sanders Theatre
Works by Mozart, Stravinsky, Beethoven.
Tickets: $15 general/ $10 seniors, students, alumni/children under 18 free. Harvard Box Office 617.496.2222, online tickets. Free parking at Broadway Garage.
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Sphinx Chamber Orchestra
Thursday,
October 23, 8 pm
Longy's Pickman Hall
Featuring top alumni of the national Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players (more about Sphinx)
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"The Carnival of the Animals"
Sunday,
October 26,
12 and 2 pm
Longy's Pickman Hall
Imaginative suite by Camille Saint-Saens with musical themes about chickens, turtles, elephants, fish, kangaroos and other delightful animals
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Gessner-Schocken
Concert with
Clarinetist
Moran Katz
Thursday,
November 6, 8 pm
Longy's Pickman Hall
Works from the classical, contemporary and klezmer repertoire (more on
Moran Katz)
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Ticket information
617.876.0956 x1500
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SEPTEMBER 2008
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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 9
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 Academic Year 2008-09
Hundreds of Students Back on Campus
Welcoming new and returning Conservatory students, Longy President Karen Zorn, at far right in photo, attended a pizza party on the Longy lawn. Students in photo, left to right: Christine Duncan, MM, Vocal Performance, mezzo-soprano, '09, Pepperell, Mass.; David Mitton, MM, Modern American Music Performance, saxophone, '09, Marion, Mass.; Gordon Gest, Undergraduate Diploma, saxophone performance '09, Schaumburg, Ill. Topping off orientation week was an evening cruise on Boston harbor. Below, left to right: Josh Pelkey, MM, Vocal Performance '10, tenor, Milton, Vt.; Kwaumane Brown, Undergraduate Diploma, Composition '12, Boston; Sarah Chadwick, MM, Opera '10, soprano, Nashua, N.H.; Jessica Barbour, MM, Vocal Performance '10, soprano, Syracuse, N.Y.; Rachael Stachowiak, Graduate Performance Diploma, '10, bassoon, Edinboro, Pa. In our Preparatory and Continuing Studies divisions, hundreds of children and adults also have begun their music studies in academic year 2008-09.   |
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NEW FACULTY AND STAFF
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 Michael Wayne
Woodwinds and Brass Department
A prominent new member of Longy's Conservatory faculty is clarinetist Michael Wayne, who joined the
Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2008. He previously was
principal clarinet of the Kansas City Symphony and a member of the
Grand Teton Festival Orchestra. He has been a visiting professor
of clarinet at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and has given master
classes across the country. Michael
Wayne made his Carnegie Hall debut with the
world premiere of the Michael Daugherty Clarinet Concerto. He completed his studies at the Interlochen Arts Academy and
University of Michigan, where his teachers included Richard Hawkins and Fred Ormand.
 Miriam Eckelhoefer
Director of Community Programs
Heading our community programs (Preparatory and Continuing Studies) is Miriam Eckelhoefer, who has taught at various organizations
including the Neighborhood Music School, where she has maintained an
extensive studio teaching both cello and chamber music. She is a doctoral candidate at Stony
Brook University and previously studied at the University of Notre Dame and Yale University. Eckelhoefer
co-founded Elm City ChamberFest and has performed at
festivals throughout the
United Sates, Canada, England, France, Italy and Holland. She is a
member of the New Haven Symphony and has performed with
chamber music groups including the Acadia Trio and Ardesco, a
contemporary music ensemble. A welcome reception hosted by President Karen Zorn will be held Saturday, September 20, 10-11 am and 2-3 pm in the lobby of the Zabriskie Buiiding.
 Alex Powell
Director of Admissions and Student Services
The newest addition to our Academic Affairs staff is Alex Powell, who will be actively recruiting students from around the world to our Conservatory. He holds a bachelor's degree, with majors in history and music, from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Music degree, in voice, from Belmont University. He most recently earned his Graduate Diploma in voice from New England Conservatory as a student of Vinson Cole, and in 2007 earned a Performer's Certificate for summer study at the Franz Schubert Institut in Austria, where he worked with eminent artists such as Elly Ameling and Julius Drake. Coming from a family of teachers, Powell is a passionate advocate for education. His professional experience includes working as a research coordinator at Vanderbilt University and an admissions counselor at New England Conservatory. At present, he is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Boston University's program in Music Education.
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LONGY NEWSMAKERS
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Firebird Ensemble to Play at Longy
The Firebird Ensemble will present a "genre-busting" concert titled "Torrid Nature Scene" at Longy on Monday, October 6, at 8 pm. Directing the ensemble is violist Kate Vincent, a member of Longy's Composition and Theory Department, who also co-directs our school's new-music ensemble, Longitude. The high-flying, 12-member Firebird Ensemble is known for its varied contemporary repertoire, virtuosic
performances and wide audience appeal. For more information and concert tickets, click here.
 2008 Grad to Record with Natalie Merchant
Alumna Rachel Cama-Lekx, a viola da gamba player who received a Graduate Performance Diploma from Longy in 2008, has been invited to record with singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant on a portion of the artist's latest album. Cama-Lekx currently is based in Cleveland, where she is a doctoral candidate at Case Western Reserve University (more).
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