Notable Alumni
School of Music
Samuel Adler, BM’48
Composer/Conductor: More than 400 published works
1984 Guggenheim Fellow: Music Composition
Uzo Aduba, BM’05
2014 & 2015 Emmy Award: Orange Is the New Black
Sylvia Alimena, BM’82
Horn: National Symphony Orchestra; Music Director & Conductor: Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Bauch, MM’04
Assistant Principal Timpani & Section Percussion:
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Founder: New Music Detroit
Fred A. Bronstein, BM’78
Dean: Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
Grace Bumbry, CFA’55
Mezzo-soprano; Has performed at: Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera
Kyle Brightwell, MM’12
Percussion: Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Cooke, MM’84
First Violin: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Chacón-Cruz, DIP’03
Tenor; Has performed at: Teatro La Scala, Bavarian State Opera, Minnesota Opera
Yu-Hui Chang, MM’96
2009 Guggenheim Fellow: Music Composition
Thomas Christensen, BM’77
2015 Guggenheim Fellow: Music Research
Sandra Piques Eddy, MM’99, DIP’02
Mezzo-Soprano; Has performed at: Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Boston Lyric Opera
Gabrielle Finck, BM’01
Horn: Baltimore Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra
Lauren Flanigan, BM’81
Soprano; Has performed at: Metropolitan Opera,
New York City Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera
Marcus Haddock, BM’81
Tenor; Has performed at: Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Vienna State Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago
William R. Hudgins, BM’79
Clarinet: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tatyana Ilyin, BM’10
Mezzo-Soprano; Member at Opéra de Rouen
Georgia Jarman, BM’97
Soprano; Has performed at: New York City Opera,
Boston Lyric Opera, English National Opera
Michelle Johnson, DIP’07
Soprano; 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Winner; Has performed at: Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Santa Barbara, Boston Philharmonic
Ala Jojatu, MM’05
First Violin: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Kelly Kaduce, MM’99
Soprano; 1999 Metropolitan Opera National Council Winner; Has performed at: Lyric Opera of Chicago, Canadian Opera Company, Florida Grand Opera
Mari Kimura, MM’88
2010 Guggenheim Fellow: Music Composition
Alexandre Lecarme, MM’99
Cello: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Matthew McKay, MM’11
Percussion: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Melissa Mizzoli, BM’02
Composer; Composer-in-Residence: Opera Philadelphia, Gotham Chamber Opera, Music Theatre-Group
Ikuko Mizuno-Spire, BM’69
Violin: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Concertmaster: Inaugural concert of the Women’s Orchestra of Japan
Sandra Nicolucci, BM’68, MM’69
Principal: Music Education Consulting; Massachusetts Music Educators Association; Former Director of Fine Arts: Wellesley Public Schools
Joseph Pereira, BM’96
Principal Timpani: Los Angeles Philharmonic; Composer: Three-time Grammy nominee
Morris Robinson, DIP’01
Bass; Has performed at: Metropolitan Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera
Stephen Salters, BM’91, DIP’94
Baritone; Has performed at: Opera Boston, Boston Pops
Kenneth Schaphorst, DMA’90
Chair of Jazz Studies and Improvisation: New England Conservatory; Founding Member: Jazz Composers Alliance
Todd Seeber, BM’85
Bass: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rita Shapiro, BM’76, MM’78
Executive Director: National Symphony Orchestra
Albert Sherman, BM’75, MM’76
Stage Director: New York City Opera
Lan Shui, DIP’90
Music Director: Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Chief Conductor: Copenhagen Philharmonic; Artistic Advisor: National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Tommasini, DMA’82
Chief Music Critic: New York Times
Thomas Van Dyck, MM’06
Bass: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Julian Wachner, BM’91, DMA’96
Music Director: Grammy Award-winning Washington Chorus; Director of Music and the Arts: Grammy-nominated Trinity Wall Street – Principal Conductor of NOVUS NY
Teresa Wakim, MM’05
2015 Grammy Award: Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers
School of Theatre
Performance
Jason Alexander, CFA’81
Tony Award: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway; Seinfeld
Bob Avian, BFA’59
Choreographer; Producer; Director: A Chorus Line, Ballroom, Dreamgirls, Miss Saigon
Noah Bean, BFA’00
Damages, Nikita, David Mamet’s Romance, Yellow Face
Reed Birney, CFA’74
House of Cards, Tony Nominee: Casa Valentina
Sara Chase, BFA’05
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Michael Chiklis, BFA’86
American Horror Story; Emmy & Golden Globe Award: The Shield
Alessandro Colla, BFA’02
Boston Independent Film Festival Winner: Lemmings, Co-Creator
Geena Davis, CFA’79
Academy Award: The Accidental Tourist and Thelma & Louise; Golden Globe Award: Commander in Chief
Emily Deschanel, BFA’98
Bones, Cold Mountain, Spider-Man 2, Boogeyman
Olympia Dukakis, SAR’53, MFA’57
Academy & Golden Globe Award: Moonstruck
Faye Dunaway, BFA’62
Academy Award: Network; Emmy Award: Columbo
Dan Fogler, CFA’98
Tony Award: Putnam County Spelling Bee
David Garrison, BFA’74
Tony Nominee: A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine; Actor: Wicked, Married. . . with Children
Ginnifer Goodwin, BFA’01
Mona Lisa Smile, Walk the Line, Big Love, Once Upon a Time
Abraham Higginbotham, BFA’92
Five-Time Emmy Awardee: Modern Family
Greg Hildreth, BFA’05
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Russell Hornsby, BFA’96
Lincoln Heights, In Treatment, GRIMM
Brooke Karzen, BFA’84
Senior VP Alternative Programming: Warner Horizon TV
Design & Production
Chris Akerlind, BFA’85
Tony Award, Best Lighting: The Light in the Piazza
Brian August, BFA’10
Stage Manager: Houston Grand Opera; Production Stage Manager: Des Moines Metro Opera; American Guild of Musical Artists National Board Member, Staging Staff Caucus Chair
Chris Bannow, BFA’09
Actor: The Elephant Man (2015 Broadway Production)
Ellen Bredehoft, MFA’03
Professor, Costume Design: Rutgers University
David Brooks, BFA’88, MFA’99
Daytime Emmy Award Winner: One Life to Live
Roy Conli, MFA’87
Academy Award: Best Animated Feature, Big Hero 6
Megan Dawson Jeffe, MFA’03
First Hand/Stitcher: NYU Tisch School of Arts
Peter Del Vecho, BFA’80
Academy Award: Best Animated Feature, Frozen
Michael DiBlasi, BFA’84
Partner & Principal Designer, Schuler Shook
Steve Friedlander, BFA’80
President, Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
Samantha Futerman, BFA’09
Actor: Memoirs of a Geisha;
Director, Writer, Producer: Twinsters
Charles Giles, BFA’82
Technical Director, Canadian Opera Company
Adam Godbout, BFA’03
Assistant Technical Director, Huntington Theatre Company; Sound Engineer, MFI Productions
Jess Goldstein, BFA’72
Tony Award: Best Costume Design, The Rivals
Martha Goode, BFA’03
Sound Designer: Goode Productions
Erik Hansen, BFA’01
Production Carpenter: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Lory Henning, BFA’96, MFA’98
Production Stage Manager: Blue Man Group
Steve Kaus, BFA’02
Producer, Williamstown Theatre Festival
Stewart F. Lane, BFA’73
Broadway Producer; Six-Time Tony Awardee including 2014 Best Musical, Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Mark Lanks, MFA’05
Lighting Designer: Olney Theatre, Cape Playhouse
Nancy Leary, MFA’03
IRNE Award: New Repertory Theatre, Into The Woods
Matt Levesque, BFA’97
IESNA & IALD Awardee; Founding Principal, First Circle Design
Craig Lucas, BFA’73
Playwright & Screenwriter: Prelude to a Kiss, An American in Paris, The Secret Lives of Dentists
Judy Lundberg, MFA’93
Freelance costume designer; Faculty: Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance
Rick Lombardo, MFA’83
Producing Artistic Director, San Jose Repertory Theatre
Corinne Marrinan, BFA’95
Academy Award: Best Documentary, A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Cormin
Russell Morash, BFA’57
Television Producer/Director: This Old House, The Victory Garden, The French Chef
Jane Musky, BFA’76
Production Designer: Music and Lyrics, Hitch, Ghost, Young Guns, The Devil’s Own, When Harry Met Sally
Patricia Quinlan, MFA’79
Production Manager: American Repertory Theatre
David Reynoso, BFA’03
Costume Designer: Sleep No More NYC
Martin Sherman, BFA’60
Two-Time BAFTA Nominee; Playwright: Indian Summer, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Patrick Tennant, BFA’05
Owner & Primary Designer, PTK Interiors
Wynn Thomas, BFA’75
Set Designer: Cinderella Man, Analyze This, Malcolm X
Chris Viklund, BFA’01
Associate Production Mgr., American Repertory Theatre
Susan Wagner, BFA’97
Broadway Producer; Three-Time Tony Awardee including
2014 Best Musical, Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and 2014 Best Revival of a Play, Raisin in the Sun
Michaela Watkins, BFA’94
Actor: Saturday Night Live, Trophy Wife, New Girl
Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Benched
School of Visual Arts
Benjamin Aronson, BFA’80, MFA’82
Painter: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Tibor de Nagy Gallery
SoHyun Bae, MFA’94
2007 Guggenheim Fellow: Fine Arts
Chris Chou, MFA’01
2007 Guggenheim Fellow: Fine Arts
Annette Berry, BFA’91
Creative Director: 3+Collective
Joanie Cavanaugh, BFA’82, MFA’85
Director of Marketing and Communications:
Sequoia Hospital
Mat Cerletty, BFA’02
Painter: Featured in ArtForum
Lisa D’Elia, BFA’01
Art Director: Millennium Communications
Ellin Delsener, BFA’64
Founder: Event Associates, Inc.
Frank Ginsberg, BFA’65
Founder/Chairman/CEO: afg&
Arne Glimcher, CFA’61
Chairman: The Pace Gallery
Robert Guillemin, BFA’63, MFA’67
Visual Artist: Boston’s “Sidewalk Sam”
President: Art Street, Inc.
(Deceased: January 2015)
Alison Green, BFA’75
Executive Producer: The Content Show
Founder/Executive Producer: AliCat Entertainment
Tim Hamill, BFA’65, MFA’68
Artist/Dealer: Hamill Gallery
John Harrington, CFA’85
Founder/Chief Mission Officer: Advanced Practice Strategies
Rick Heinrichs, BFA’76
Oscar and BAFTA Award: Sleepy Hollow
Production Designer: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Big Lebowski, Captain America, Dark Shadows
Alyssa Clare Hoersten, BFA’12
Assistant Art Director: InStyle
Nicole Hollander, MFA’66
Syndicated Cartoonist of Sylvia
Joan Horton, BFA’59
Development Director: GOAL
Former Vice President of Corporate Events: Revlon
Sedrick Huckaby, BFA’97
2008 Guggenheim Fellowship: Fine Arts
Penelope Jencks, BFA’58
Sculptor: Commissions include Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial, Robert Frost
Lori Lambert, BFA’76
Principal: L3 Entertainment
Former Vice President of Strategic Marketing: Sony Music Entertainment
Janet Lutz, BFA’72
Architect/Interior Designer/Owner: Lutz Associate Architects
Brice Marden, BFA’61
Painter and Printmaker: Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum
Rick Meyerowitz, BFA’65
Illustrator: National Lampoon, The New Yorker
Brian McLean, BFA’99
Scientific and Engineering Academy Award: stop-motion film
Andrew Raftery, BFA’84
2008 Guggenheim Fellow: Fine Arts
Professor of Printmaking: Rhode Island School of Design
Phyllis Roybal, MFA’00
Art Educator of the Year Award Winner & Kindergarten Teacher: Pinion Elementary School
Christian Roman, BFA’91
Story Artist: Pixar
Ivan Schwartz, BFA’73
Founder/Vice President: StudioEIS
Glen Skinner, BFA’85
Studio Engineer: Ford Motor Company
Pat Steir, BFA’60
Painter and Printmaker: Metropolitan Museum of Art & Museum of Modern Art, Tate Museu
Gael Towey, BFA’75
2014 American Institute of Graphic Arts Medalist
Former Chief Integration and Creative Officer: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Alexi Worth, MFA’93
Painter: DC Moore Gallery
Arts Writer: The New Yorker, Artforum, Slate