We always enjoy and appreciate hearing from and of our alumni. Here’s the latest mid-winter 2015 news:
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A dedicated educator, in 1989 Kroll served as Fulbright Professor and Artist-in-Residence in Yugoslavia, and in 1993 as guest professor at the Conservatory of Music in Würzburg, Germany. He has given master classes and lectures worldwide, and is professor emeritus at Boston University, where he served for 25 years as founder and chair of the Department of Historical Performance.
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John Henry Sheridan ’03 (music composition). Guitarist John Henry Sheridan has just self-published some of his folksong settings for guitar as “Single Strings Songs, Vol. 1.” They are available online through Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Google Books. Another volume, his “Single String Halloween Songs,” is available through Amazon or John’s website. John is now back in Brooklyn, living with his wife, Yoko, and actively teaching guitar.
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Lenore is working on getting the show to appear on more TV and radio stations. She also wants to give the series to venues that will run episodes. Her nonprofit, 1687, (founded in 1994) owns the series. Web stats tell her that most of the audience, about 700 views per month, are on the U.S. coasts, Western Europe, Russia, China and Japan. Episodes can be accessed online on YouTube, Facebook, and on Lenore’s website.
Sean King (saxophone performance). Sean King is having quite a success running a local music school on Quentin Road: The Inperformance Music Workshop. Sean still returns to campus regularly to sit in with Professor O’Farrill’s Big Band rehearsals and concerts.
Melissa Zapata ’14 M.A. (musicology). Melissa writes: “Dear Dr. MacIntyre, I am writing to let you know I got accepted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D. in Musicology Program) with a fellowship of $20,000 per year, for the first two years. Later on, I will have funding as a TA. Also, Duke University wait-listed me; I am still waiting for their decision. I wanted to thank you for all your help during this process. I will continue to keep you posted on my decision once Duke University communicates their decision. Again, thank you!”
Vin Scialla. Professor Jane Palmquist reports: “Music education alumnus Vin Scialla has just released a jazz CD called Wake Up! He is completing his doctorate at Boston University, I think, and has an active successful career in Indian music, jazz and film scoring.”
Georges Vilson. Vilson has just published a book/CD set transcribing and recording Haitian voodou songs.
Georgia Lowe ’14 M.Mus. (harp) is working as a “casual” harpist with the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra, which means the Sydney Opera House has become her workplace. In mid-April 2015, she was finishing a run of Adolphe Adam’s Giselle. Next she was to work on a triple-billed ballet production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. She is also teaching and playing chamber music. In June 2015, she will be performing the Glière Harp Concerto with the Beecroft Orchestra, a community orchestra in Sydney. [4/21/15]
Wei Huang’02 M.Mus. (voice). After her many operatic successes, Wei Huang was highlighted in the CUNY newsletter CUNY Matters (June 2015). See http://www1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/news/cuny_matters/june_2003/dream.html
Thomas Nazziola ’06 M.Mus. (composition). We are delighted to learn that, in Fall 2015, Tom will be pursuing his Ph.D. in composition at Rutgers University. In addition to those studies, he will also serve as Liaison between the percussion department and the composition department there. His responsibilities will include coaching other composers on writing for percussion, as well as providing master classes for percussionists to encourage composition for instruments of the percussion family. Additionally, he will be commissioned to compose a piece each year for the Rutgers Percussion ensemble. For the past three years (2013-15), Tom has taught a section of Theory III in the Spring term here at the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College.
