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Music

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Books

An Alum’s New Memoir Recounts Six Decades of Beatlemania

December 3, 2024

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Alumni

Casey Soward (MET’09) is the new president and CEO of the Boch Center

November 4, 2024

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Music

A Clear Case of Distortion

November 1, 2024

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Arts & Culture

This SHA Alum Handles Fenway Park’s Celebrity Artists

September 12, 2024

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Tributes

The Gifts of Great Teaching

March 22, 2024

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Opera

BU Alum Nina Yoshida Nelsen (CFA’01,’03) Named Artistic Director of Boston Lyric Opera

March 1, 2024

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Accolades

Alum Composer Is Up for Two Grammys Sunday

February 1, 2024

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Accolades

Jazzman Bill Banfield Receives President’s Call to Service Award

November 28, 2023

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Accolades

Music Journalist, and BU Alum, Makes Inaugural Forbes 30 Under 30 Local Boston List

November 14, 2023

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Alumni

Alum Steve Martin, Founder of a New York PR Firm, Works With Some of the Biggest Names in Music—from Foo Fighters to Paul McCartney

August 9, 2023

Photo: Bill Banfield (STH'88) conducts a concert with his Imagine Orchestra at the Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall Longy School of Music, Friday, November 11, 2022. A Black mean wearing glasses, a purple and black knit cap, and black blazer, has his hands raised in the air as he conducts.

Creatives

Jazzman Bill Banfield (STH’88) is Bridging Jazz, Faith, and Community

March 23, 2023

[Clockwise From Bottom Left] Olivia Davis (COM’15), Atri Raychowdhury (ENG’15), Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21), and Austin Briggs and Justin Fiaschetti, who both studied engineering at BU, made Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list for 2023. Photos courtesy Forbes.

Alumni

BU Alums, Former Students Shine in Forbes 2023 “30 Under 30” List

January 30, 2023

Music supervisor Thomas Golubić (COM’93) says he sometimes gets to build character playlists for actors and directors to help them think about the characters they play in a certain way. Photo by Ashley West Leonard

TV & Film

What’s It Like to Be a Music Supervisor for a TV Show? Just Ask Thomas Golubić (COM’93)

January 23, 2023

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Arts & Culture

Opening Doors: Conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados (CFA’20)

November 18, 2022

Japanese American cellist Leo Eguchi (CFA’02). Photo by Justine Cooper

Alumni

Don’t Miss This Powerful Cello Performance Saturday in Chinatown

October 20, 2022

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Obituaries

Eric Jackson, Dean of Boston Jazz Radio, Dies at 72

September 19, 2022

Nicholas Brown plays the clarinet as the conductor and orchestra accompany him

Music

My Big Idea: An Orchestra for All

April 5, 2022

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Classical Music

Opening Doors: Missy Mazzoli (CFA’02)

March 10, 2022

Bass Morris Robinson (CFA’01) says he’s happy to be performing live again after a year and a half singing mainly on Zoom. Photo by Lawrence Brownlee

Music

Opera Singer Morris Robinson (CFA’01) on Working with Acclaimed Conductor Gustavo Dudamel

January 28, 2022

Sharmetha Ramanan sits in the sunlight in a white top and jeans

Music

Alum Shaya Nominated for Boston Music Award for Best R&B Artist

December 2, 2021

Alum Shaya Nominated for Boston Music Award for Best R&B Artist