List of Boston Conservatory people
This is a partial listing of notable Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni and faculty.
Notable Alumni
Music Division
- Lily Afshar, classical guitarist
- Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist and composer
- George Bassman, Broadway orchestrator and songwriter[1]
- Edward Boatner, composer and arranger
- Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Newbery Award-winning author
- Patrick Greene, composer and classical musician
- Gigi Gryce, jazz musician and composer
- Louise Le Baron, opera and musical theatre singer
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, opera singer
- Victoria Livengood, opera singer
- Alejandro L. Madrid, musicologist and professor of music at Cornell University
- Makanda Ken McIntyre, jazz musician
- Andreas Poulimenos, professor of music at the Jacobs School of Music
- Don Redman, jazz musician, arranger, and composer
- Sam Rivers, jazz musician and composer
- Geoff Sewell, singer
- Slam Stewart, jazz musician
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 Misérables, Avenue Q, Jekyll and Hyde, and touring productions of Phantom of the Opera, All Shook Up, Young Frankenstein, Forbidden Broadway alum
- Adam Berry, Actor, Producer, TV Personality: Executive Producer and co-star of Kindred Spirits on the Travel Channel, star of NBCUniversal SyFy Channel's "Ghost Hunters", Co-Founder and Executive Director of Peregrine Theatre Ensemble in Provincetown, MA.
- 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
- Angela Christian, Broadway: Anne Catherick in The Woman in White, Dorothy Brown in Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Erin Davie, on Broadway as Charlotte in A Little Night Music, Niki Harris in Curtains, and Little Edie in Grey Gardens
- Kimiko Glenn, actress, singer, and Broadway performer who portrayed Brook Soso in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, Dawn Pinket in the Broadway musical Waitress, and was in the original national tour for the rock musical Spring Awakening, in which she portrayed Thea
- 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
- 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[2]
- Katharine McPhee, American Idol Season 5 contestant (2003—2005), actor and recording artist (attended but did not graduate)
- Travis Nesbitt, Final Mark in Altar Boyz Off-Broadway in 2010. Creator and Lead of The Boy Band Project, Award winning Boy Band feature in Pop star Todrick Hall’s 2019 Haus Party Tour.
- 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
- 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)[3]
- Matt Walton, actor
Notable Faculty
- Aldo Abreu, Venezuelan recorder player
- Kenneth Amis, tuba
- 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
- 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
Boston Conservatory Leadership
- Julius Eichberg, president, (1867–1893)
- R. Marriner Floyd, president, (1893–1920)
- Agide Jacchia, president, (1920–1932)
- Ester Ferrabini Jacchia, president, (1932–1933)
- Albert Alphin, president, (1933–1967)
- George A. Brambilla, president, (1967–1979)
- Dale A. DuVall, president, (1979–1981)
- William A. Seymour, president, (1981–1998)
- Richard Ortner, president, (1998–2017)
- Cathy Young[4], senior vice president and executive director, (2017–present)
References
- "George Bassman". Internet Broadway Database.
- 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.
- https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/about/about-cathy-young
External links
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