List of Boston Conservatory people
This is a partial listing of notable alumni and professors and faculty of the Boston Conservatory.
Notable alumni
The Music Division
- Lily Afshar, classical guitarist
- Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist and composer
- George Bassman, Broadway orchestrator and songwriter[1]
- Edward Boatner, composer and arranger
- Lisbeth Brittain Carter, European opera singer, teacher in US and AIMS Graz
- Maria Ciaccia, opera singer, author
- John Godoy, timpanist, conductor, founder/artistic director of Lux Musicae Chamber Group
- Patrick Greene, composer and classical musician
- Gigi Gryce, jazz musician and composer
- Catherine Lamy, opera singer, New York City Opera, Spoleto Festival
- Louise Le Baron, opera and musical theatre singer
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, opera singer
- Victoria Livengood, opera singer
- Andreas Poulimenos, professor of music at the Jacobs School of Music
- Peter Puzzo, opera singer, Peter Brooks' La Tragedie de Carmen as Don Jose, Boston Opera
- Don Redman, jazz musician, arranger, and composer
- Sam Rivers, jazz musician and composer
- Raymond Sepe, European opera and musical performer: Werther in Werther, Phantom in Phantom der Oper, Engineer in Miss Saigon, Radames in Aida
- Geoff Sewell, singer
- Slam Stewart, jazz musician
- Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Newbery Award-winning author
- Christine Noel Whittlesey, European opera singer, recording artist, teacher at Art Academy of Graz
The Theater Division
- Gerard Alessandrini, creator and lyricist, Forbidden Broadway
- Marlen Angelidou, Greek pop singer, competed for Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest 1999
- David Benoit, Broadway: Les Miserables, Avenue Q, Jekyll and Hyde, and touring productions of Phantom of the Opera, All Shook Up, Young Frankenstein, Forbidden Broadway alum
- Jennifer R. Blake, Off-Broadway: The Donkey Show, original cast; Bukowsical! (New York International Fringe Festival, show received Outstanding Musical Award); Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical for the role of Susan in [title of show], StagesceneLA's Best of LA Theatre Awards 2009-2010; created, co-produced and starred in McCready the Musical, Los Angeles, 2015
- Measha Brueggergosman, Canadian opera singer
- Phil Casnoff, stage and TV actor and singer, Broadway: Chicago, Shogun, Devil's Disciple, Chess, Sinatra in the miniseries Sinatra, NCIS, The Nanny, Law & Order
- Angela Christian, Broadway: Anne Catherick in The Woman in White, Dorothy Brown in Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Barbara Cook, Tony Award-winning actress, honorary degree 2009[2]
- Erin Davie, on Broadway as Charlotte in A Little Night Music, Niki Harris in Curtains, and Little Edie in Grey Gardens
- Josh Grisetti, Broadway, TV and film actor, in Broadway Bound, Enter Laughing
- Josie de Guzman, Broadway actor and singer
- Meredith Hagner, actress
- Jason Jurman, TV and film actor, in The Bedford Diaries, Cougar Club, Law & Order
- Maureen Kerrigan, TV, film, and stage actress in Homicide: Life on the Street, House of Cards, Little Women at Arena Stage
- Chad Kimball, Broadway actor and singer in Memphis as Huey (lead) on Broadway
- Eddie Korbich, Broadway actor, singer, and dancer
- Rachael MacFarlane, voice actress and singer
- Constantine Maroulis, American Idol Season 4 contestant (1998—2002), Broadway actor and singer, 2009 Tony Nominee for Leading Actor in a Musical for Rock of Ages[3]
- Katharine McPhee, American Idol Season 5 contestant (2003—2005), actor and recording artist (attended but did not graduate)
- Jack Noseworthy, Broadway actor and singer
- Carlos Pena Jr., finalist on MTV's Making Menudo and Nickelodeon show Big Time Rush
- Hayley Podschun, Broadway and film actor, singer, dancer (Broadway: The Sound of Music, Tammy in Hairspray, Sunday in the Park with George, Pal Joey, Anything Goes, Mildred Harris in Chaplin; film: Tammy in Hairspray; national tour: Glinda in Wicked - 2nd national tour)
- Peter Reckell, TV actor
- Reva Rice, stage actress
- Claire Rochester, vaudeville
- Mary Rodgers, Broadway composer, honorary degree 2009[2]
- Drew Sarich, Broadway, European actor and singer
- Keesha Sharp, Monica on Girlfriends, Pam in Why Did I Get Married, NAACP Image Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress
- Nikki Snelson, Broadway actress and singer
- Lin Tucci, TV, film, and stage actress, Nunsense, Showgirls, Anita in Orange is the New Black
- Stephanie Umoh, Broadway actress (Sarah in 2009 revival of Ragtime)[4]
- Alysha Umphress, Broadway actress and singer; original cast of American Idiot and Bring It On the Musical, original revival cast of On the Town and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; appeared in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Matt Walton, actor
Notable faculty
- Aldo Abreu, Venezuelan recorder player
- Jonathan Bass, pianist
- Joe Bennett, Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs
- Maureen Brennan, musical theater teacher; Tony Award nominee and Theater World Award winner
- Marilyn Bulli, instructor of voice (District Metropolitan Opera Audition winner)
- Christopher Caggiano, musical-theater historian, author of the blog Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals, musicals and theater expert at About.com
- Jonathan Cohler, instructor of clarinet
- Kerry Deal, soprano, instructor of voice
- Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano, instructor of voice
- Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flautist; first woman named Principal Chair of a major U.S. symphony
- Rebecca Folsom, instructor of voice
- Osvaldo Golijov, composer
- Thomas Gregg, instructor of voice
- Max Levinson, instructor of piano
- Rictor Noren, instructor of violin and viola, chamber music, and String Pedagogy
- Michael Norsworthy, instructor of clarinet, chamber music and woodwind admissions director
- Richard Ortner, President of the Conservatory
- Kenneth Radnofsky, saxophone
- Rhonda Rider, instructor of cello, Chair of Chamber Music
- Michael Strauss, vocal coach and pianist
- Jan Swafford, instructor of Music History and Composition
- Patty Thom, Head of the Voice and Opera Department
- Andy Vores, Head of the Theory and Composition department
- Janice Weber, pianist
- Cathy Young, Director of Dance Division
Presidents of the Boston Conservatory
- Julius Eichberg (1867–1893)
- R. Marriner Floyd (1893–1920)
- Agide Jacchia (1920–1932)
- Ester Ferrabini Jacchia (1932–1933)
- Albert Alphin (1933–1967)
- George A. Brambilla (1967–1979)
- Dale A. DuVall (1979–1981)
- William A. Seymour (1981–1998)
- Richard Ortner (1998–present)
References
- ↑ "George Bassman". Internet Broadway Database.
- 1 2 "Boston Conservatory to Honor Barbara Cook & Mary Rodgers". The Boston Conservatory.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew (7 August 2009). "Tony Nominee Constantine Maroulis to Rock Joe's Pub". Playbill. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ Itzkoff, David (27 August 2009). "Casting Announced for 'Ragtime' Revival". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30.
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