{"id":95047,"date":"2020-11-04T20:14:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T00:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=95047"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:26:07","slug":"class-notes-3","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2020\/class-notes-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin magazine-block-editorial-leadin is-style-image-to-text has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alum-Video-Composite-1024x576-1.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alum-Video-Composite-1024x576-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alum-Video-Composite-1024x576-1-636x358.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alum-Video-Composite-1024x576-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alum-Video-Composite-1024x576-1-992x558.jpeg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alum-Video-Composite-1024x576-1-854x480.jpeg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">CFA Alumni<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFall 2020 Class Notes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">In a special video for graduating student artists, CFA alums sent their well-wishes and advice to the Class of 2020. Actor\u00a0<strong>Kim Raver (\u201991)<\/strong>, top right, told grads, \u201cStay curious. Stay disciplined. Stay connected to your friends. Stay creative. And stay true to yourself.\u201d Other alums featured in the video were, clockwise from top left, painter\u00a0<strong>Sedrick Huckaby<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(BUTI\u201995, CFA\u201997)<\/strong>, opera singer\u00a0<strong>Sandra Piques Eddy (\u201999,\u201902)<\/strong>, film producer\u00a0<strong>John Bartnicki (BUTI\u201902, CFA\u201907)<\/strong>, oboist\u00a0<strong>Eugene Izotov (\u201995)<\/strong>, and actors\u00a0<strong>Uzo Aduba (\u201905)<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Julianne Moore (\u201983)<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Michael Chiklis (\u201985)<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar magazine-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">November 4, 2020<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<h2>1960s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emory Fanning (\u201964)<\/strong>, an organist, performed a solo recital on March 8, 2020, at Middlebury College\u2019s Mead Memorial Chapel. The performance featured works by Louis Couperin, C\u00e9sar Franck, and Johann Sebastian Bach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>1970s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kate Katcher (\u201973)&nbsp;<\/strong>was one of 10 writers to participate in theater company Thrown Stone\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Acts of Fate<\/em>, which premiered on Zoom in June 2020. The show was a collection of memoir, performance, and poetry that answered the prompt: \u201cWhat was the moment in your life that changed everything?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peri Schwartz (\u201973)&nbsp;<\/strong>showcased her recent body of work, \u201cStudio Interiors,\u201d which features dynamic, flattened compositions that focus on the interplay of color, light, and space at Gallery NAGA in Boston in January 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carol Barsha (\u201975,\u201977)&nbsp;<\/strong>had her closely observed nature studies and flowery landscapes featured in the exhibition&nbsp;<em>Landscape in an Eroded Field&nbsp;<\/em>at the American University Museum in Washington, D.C., from January to March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paula Plum<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(\u201975)&nbsp;<\/strong>received the 2020 Elliot Norton Award in the Outstanding Actress, Midsize Theater category for her performance in&nbsp;<em>The Children<\/em>&nbsp;with SpeakEasy Stage Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sue O\u2019Daniel (\u201978)<\/strong>&nbsp;retired from her 42-year career as a music teacher at Vergennes Union High School (VUHS) in Vergennes, Vt., in June 2020. During her time at VUHS, she grew the music program, school musicals drew ticket requests from across the state of Vermont, and band participants grew to 25 percent of the student body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul Schulenburg (\u201979)<\/strong>, a painter, is represented by Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, Mass. The gallery recently published a book of his work,&nbsp;<em>Paul Schulenburg: Oil Paintings<\/em>&nbsp;(Addison Art, Inc., 2020), which features landscape and figurative oil paintings from the past 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>1980s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Todd London (\u201880,\u201981)<\/strong>&nbsp;is an essayist, novelist, arts journalist, and theater historian. He presented his workshop \u201cLet Me Sit With You a While, or the Challenge of Theater is the Challenge of the World\u201d in February 2020 as part of the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech\u2019s colloquium series \u201cArt, Community, Ecology, and Health.\u201d The series focused on the \u201cpower and practice of art and culture as essential elements of healthy communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Julia Shepley (\u201980)<\/strong>&nbsp;was a resident at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy, and exhibited her sculpture work in&nbsp;<em>RING<\/em>, the Boston Sculptors Gallery annual members\u2019 group exhibition, from January 29 to February 23, 2020, and in&nbsp;<em>The Gold Standard of Textile and Fiber Art&nbsp;<\/em>at Westbeth Gallery in New York City in February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jason Alexander (\u201981, Hon.\u201995)<\/strong>&nbsp;starred in&nbsp;<em>Closing the Distance,<\/em>&nbsp;a scripted podcast exploring social distancing, quarantine, and isolation in a series of 10 short audio dramas. Alexander also participated in Stephen Sondheim\u2019s 90th birthday celebration concert on Broadway.com along with&nbsp;<strong>Brad Oscar (\u201986)&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Greg Hildreth (\u201905)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Karen Carpenter (\u201981)<\/strong>&nbsp;directed a reading of&nbsp;<em>Bette Davis Ain\u2019t for Sissies<\/em>, a one-woman show that tells the story of Bette Davis\u2019 fight against the male-dominated studio system, in February 2020. The play has had multiple runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the United Kingdom and had a US tour in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Julianne Moore (\u201983)<\/strong>&nbsp;is starring as Gloria Steinem in the film&nbsp;<em>The Glorias.&nbsp;<\/em>The film is based on Steinem\u2019s memoir,&nbsp;<em>My Life on the Road<\/em>. In January, Moore moderated a roundtable discussion in New York City during which gun violence survivors shared their personal stories. The event was sponsored by&nbsp;<em>People<\/em>&nbsp;magazine and the nonprofit advocacy organization Everytown for Gun Safety. Moore also signed an open letter by Guns Down America urging studios to end contributions to candidates who take money from the NRA and vote against gun reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>K. Johnson Bowles (\u201986)<\/strong>&nbsp;had 46 works from her most recent body of work,&nbsp;<em>Veronica\u2019s Cloths<\/em>, selected for publication in 24 art and literary journals, including the&nbsp;<em>American Journal of Poetry<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Twyckenham Notes<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>The William and Mary Review<\/em>. She showed&nbsp;<em>Veronica\u2019s Cloths<\/em>&nbsp;in an online solo exhibition with PH Gallery of Troy, N.Y., through July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brad Oscar (\u201986)<\/strong>&nbsp;played Frank Hillard in Broadway previews of the musical comedy&nbsp;<em>Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Suzanne Teng (\u201986)<\/strong>, a flutist, received the Album of the Year award from the Native American Style Flute Awards and a gold medal from the Global Music Awards, both in April 2020, for her newest album with musical partner Gilbert Levy,&nbsp;<em>Autumn Monsoon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nanette Kaplan Solomon (\u201987)<\/strong>&nbsp;is a pianist who performed in \u201cFrom the Salon to the Shtetl: A Selection of Works for Clarinet, Violin and Piano\u201d at the Hoyt Art Center in New Castle, Pa., on March 12, 2020. Solomon is also a professor emerita of music at Slippery Rock University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Suzanne Wilson (BUTI\u201988)&nbsp;<\/strong>became the president and CEO of the Phoenix Symphony in January 2020. Wilson was previously the executive director of the Midori Foundation, which provides high-quality, sequential music education programs to students in over 70 New York City public schools and organizations that have little to no access to the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beth Morrison (BUTI\u201989, CFA\u201994)<\/strong>&nbsp;is an opera producer whose company, Beth Morrison Projects, offered an \u201cOpera of the Week\u201d during the pandemic. Each opera was posted on bethmorrisonprojects.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seven O&#039;Clock Shout | Valerie Coleman\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uvBkdLqbKfw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video courtesy of the Philadelphia Orchestra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philadelphia Orchestra commissioned a new work, \u201cSeven O\u2019Clock Shout,\u201d from Grammy-nominated composer, flutist, and teacher&nbsp;<strong>Valerie Coleman (BUTI\u201989, CFA\u201995)<\/strong>. The piece, which honors frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, debuted at the Philadelphia Orchestra\u2019s online HearTOGETHER event in June 2020 (pictured here), which featured performances by individual members of the orchestra, as well as stars such as Wynton Marsalis (Hon.\u201992). Coleman was also the featured keynote speaker for the closing of the League of American Orchestras online conference in June 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rebecca A. Hartka (BUTI\u201992, CFA\u201902,\u201907)<\/strong>, a cellist, has performed with Grammy-nominated guitarist Jos\u00e9 Lezcano as Duo Mundo. They performed together this past winter in New York and Mexico until COVID-19 shutdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abraham Higginbotham (\u201992)<\/strong>&nbsp;was a writer and producer for the Emmy Award\u2013winning series&nbsp;<em>Modern Family<\/em>, which concluded in spring 2020 after 11 seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nancy King (\u201993)&nbsp;<\/strong>directed a production of selections from Purcell\u2019s epic tragedy&nbsp;<em>Dido and<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Aeneas<\/em>, performed by UNC-WOOP! in March 2020 for the 18th annual Opera Sunday event in Southport, N.C. King created UNC-WOOP!, an opera outreach project at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, as a means to provide her students with opportunities to hone their live performance skills and introduce the public to opera in a relaxed, lighthearted manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Medico (\u201994)<\/strong>&nbsp;directed the January 30, 2020, episode of&nbsp;<em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>, \u201cA Hard Pill to Swallow,\u201d which also featured&nbsp;<strong>Kim Raver (\u201991)<\/strong>&nbsp;as the character Dr. Teddy Altman. He also directed a table read of the pilot episode of the show&nbsp;<em>The Fosters<\/em>&nbsp;over Zoom, which reunited many of the show\u2019s cast members.&nbsp;<em>The Fosters&nbsp;<\/em>co-creator and executive producer&nbsp;<strong>Peter Paige (\u201991)<\/strong>&nbsp;read the stage directions for the virtual event, which benefited The Actors Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brian Reagan (\u201894)<\/strong>&nbsp;was appointed superintendent of schools for Waltham, Mass., in March 2020. Reagan was previously the Wilmington, Mass., assistant superintendent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amanda Gentry (\u201995)<\/strong>&nbsp;opened her contemporary ceramic exhibit&nbsp;<em>Murmuration<\/em>&nbsp;at the Cuesta College Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery in spring 2020 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The interactive exhibit explored the individuality of one\u2019s voice in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Group-photo-Russell-Hornsby-1024x768-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Group-photo-Russell-Hornsby-1024x768-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Group-photo-Russell-Hornsby-1024x768-1-636x477.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Group-photo-Russell-Hornsby-1024x768-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Russell Hornsby (\u201996)<\/strong>, center, in long-sleeve red shirt, starred in the NBC show&nbsp;<em>Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector<\/em>, about a forensic criminologist whose search for a serial killer left him paralyzed. In February 2020, he returned to BU to visit a senior theater class (pictured here). He also participated in From a Distance: BUTV10 Variety Hour, a virtual showcase featuring exclusive interviews and words of wisdom for BU students, and joined fellow actors&nbsp;<strong>Kim Raver (\u201991)<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Jessica Rothe (\u201909)<\/strong>&nbsp;to surprise graduating seniors during the first virtual BU Senior Breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Susanna Klein (\u201996)<\/strong>&nbsp;has self-published&nbsp;<em>Practizma Practice Journal: 16 Weeks of Efficiency, Empowerment &amp; Joy for Musicians<\/em>, which includes strategies for musicians to get more out of their practice sessions. She blogs and presents nationally on musician health and empowered and joyful practice in music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hannah Barrett (\u201998)<\/strong>&nbsp;was appointed the director of the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Prior to this appointment, Barrett, an award-winning artist and educator who has taught, lectured, and exhibited widely, was the international program coordinator at Bard College Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Angela Fraleigh (\u201998)&nbsp;<\/strong>presented an exhibition of her work,&nbsp;<em>Sound the Deep Waters<\/em>, at the Delaware Art Museum in fall 2019. The exhibition presented a contemporary look at gender and identity through the lens of historic narrative art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>2000s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gregg Mozgala (\u201900)<\/strong>&nbsp;starred in Caryl Churchill\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Light Shining in Buckinghamshire<\/em>&nbsp;at the New York Theatre Workshop and in the play&nbsp;<em>Teenage Dick<\/em>, both in 2018. Mozgala is an activist for the disabled community in the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>James Perrin (\u201901)&nbsp;<\/strong>had an exhibition of his paintings,&nbsp;<em>Percept Upon Percept<\/em>, at Hope College in Michigan in February and March 2020. Perrin\u2019s paintings \u201cexplore the integration and resolution of disharmonious elements relating to themes in painting and its processes: abstraction and representation, surface and illusion, discord and resolution, chaos and structure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duncan Cumming (\u201903)<\/strong>, a pianist, performed at the First Presbyterian Church of Ironton in Ironton, Ohio, in January 2020. He performed as one half of the Capital Duo, which also features his wife, violinist Hilary Walther Cumming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Uzo Aduba (\u201905)<\/strong>&nbsp;will appear in&nbsp;<em>Americanah,&nbsp;<\/em>a 10-episode miniseries set to air on HBO Max. The series is based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u2019s 2013 novel of the same name, which tells the story of a young Nigerian woman who immigrates to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sara Chase (\u201905)<\/strong>&nbsp;played Cyndee Pokorny in the Netflix interactive movie&nbsp;<em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend<\/em>, a role she also played in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greg Hildreth (\u201905)&nbsp;<\/strong>was set to play Peter in the Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth\u2019s musical comedy&nbsp;<em>Company<\/em>&nbsp;at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater before Broadway performances were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jennifer Bill (\u201907)<\/strong><em>,<\/em><strong>&nbsp;Emily Cox (BUTI\u201908, CFA\u201913,\u201915)<\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;Zach Schwartz (\u201913, CAS\u201913)<\/strong>, and<strong>&nbsp;Amy McGlothlin (\u201915)<\/strong>, members of the Boston-based saxophone group Pharos Quartet, performed with composer and pianist&nbsp;<strong>Thomas Weaver (\u201913)&nbsp;<\/strong>in January 2020 at BU\u2019s Marsh Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steve Eulberg (\u201907)<\/strong>&nbsp;plays the dulcimer and frequently collaborates with mountain dulcimer player Erin Mae Lewis. The two have shared their music through radio broadcasts, master classes, and performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beth Willer (\u201908,\u201914)<\/strong>&nbsp;joined the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., as associate professor and director of choral studies. Willer is also the founder of Lorelei Ensemble, a women\u2019s vocal ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jason Berger (BUTI\u201909, CFA\u201914)<\/strong>&nbsp;became known as \u201cDelaware\u2019s opera singing barista\u201d after a customer filmed him serenading her husband while serving him coffee at a Starbucks in Wilmington. Berger is studying at OperaDelaware\u2019s Young Artist Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clare Longendyke (\u201909)<\/strong>, a pianist, and Rose Wollman, a violist, performed in a concert in February 2020 at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Ind. The concert drew from their album&nbsp;<em>Homage to Nadia Boulanger<\/em>&nbsp;(2019) and consisted of four pieces by the late French composer Boulanger and her composition students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alex Wyse (\u201809)<\/strong>&nbsp;is the co-creator and cowriter, with Wesley Taylor, of&nbsp;<em>Indoor Boys<\/em>, an LGBTQ+ digital comedy series that \u201cfollows two homebody roommates as they navigate the boundaries of their no-boundaries friendship.\u201d Wyse, who also stars in the show with Taylor, won a 2020 Indie Series Award for Best Actor. He and Taylor together received awards for Best Comedy Series, Best Directing-Comedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>2010s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard Andrew Schwartz (\u201910)<\/strong>&nbsp;is an associate professor of music at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, N.M. The saxophonist released his album&nbsp;<em>Song for My Mother<\/em>, which features two original compositions, \u201cAlpha Cat\u201d and \u201c7-11 Blues,\u201d recorded with the late jazz legend Ellis Marsalis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Samantha Silverman (\u201911)<\/strong>&nbsp;illustrated a&nbsp;<em>Curbed New York<\/em>&nbsp;story on how New Yorkers are using their apartment building stoops as spaces for connection and community during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jimmy Greene (\u201912)<\/strong>&nbsp;released&nbsp;<em>Flowers: Beautiful Life \u2013 Volume 2<\/em>, a companion to his 2014 album&nbsp;<em>Beautiful Life<\/em>. Both albums remember the saxophonist\u2019s daughter, Ana, who was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Greene also performed with the Jimmy Greene Quintet at Columbia University School of the Arts as part of its 2019\u20132020 jazz series in February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Francesca Blanchard (\u201914)<\/strong>, a folk singer-songwriter, released a new song, \u201cEx-Girlfriend,\u201d in February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BUTI Intermissions: A Spotlight Conversation with Anthony McGill\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0L8DIAAvlj4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Throughout summer 2020, BU Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) hosted Intermissions: A Spotlight Conversation Series. The eight-week series consisted of live-streamed conversations with BUTI alumni and friends, including conductor&nbsp;<strong>Teddy Abrams (BUTI\u201903)<\/strong>, bassist&nbsp;<strong>Joseph Conyers (BUTI\u201998)<\/strong>, harpist A<strong>ngelica Hairston (BUTI\u201908,\u201909)<\/strong>, clarinetist&nbsp;<strong>Anthony McGill (BUTI\u201995)<\/strong>, producer&nbsp;<strong>Beth Morrison (BUTI\u201989, CFA\u201994)<\/strong>, composer&nbsp;<strong>Nico Muhly (BUTI\u201996,\u201997)<\/strong>, flutist&nbsp;<strong>Olivia Staton (BUTI\u201912,\u201913,\u201914)<\/strong>, and soprano&nbsp;<strong>Sarah Vautour (BUTI\u201911)<\/strong>. Topics ranged from music performance and education to the many facets of building a career in classical music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maya French (\u201915)&nbsp;<\/strong>is a cofounder, coartistic director, and comanaging director of Palaver Strings, a string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, Maine. The violinist is also a faculty member at Bay Chamber Concerts Music School and the education director for Chamber Music Now, an annual weeklong festival in Portland, Ore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ellen Humphreys (\u201915)&nbsp;<\/strong>plays Sharon Russell in the CBS All Access drama&nbsp;<em>Interrogation<\/em>. She also makes an appearance as a bank teller in the forthcoming film&nbsp;<em>Silk Road<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courtney Miller (\u201915)<\/strong>&nbsp;is an assistant professor of oboe at University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. She released her second album,&nbsp;<em>Portuguese Perspectives<\/em>&nbsp;(MSR Classics, 2019), which features world-premiere recordings for the oboe by Portuguese composers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rebecca Ness (\u201915)<\/strong>&nbsp;exhibited her paintings in a show that ran from December 2019 through January 2020 at the Alexander Berggruen Gallery in New York City. Her body of work featured in the exhibition explores both portraiture and the objects of domestic and artist-studio life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laura Randall (\u201915)<\/strong>, a flutist, and&nbsp;<strong>Jessica Cooper (\u201917,\u201919)<\/strong>, a violist, participated in Newton Covenant Church\u2019s hour-long live \u201cConcert for Chromebooks\u201d on Zoom on April 9, 2020. The Newton, Mass., church\u2019s benefit concert raised money to provide 20,000 Chromebooks for Boston Public School students without access to a computer at home. The concert also supported professional musicians whose scheduled engagements during Holy Week and beyond were canceled due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aija Reke (\u201915)<\/strong>&nbsp;performed \u201cMemoire de Claire,\u201d a piece inspired by the French composer Olivier Messiaen, on the violin as part of the Charm of Impossibilities concert at BU in February 2020. The piece was written by&nbsp;<strong>Elena Levi<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(\u201921)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-636x636.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-710x710.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Alexander-Golob-Mural-1024x1024-1-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Alexander Golob (\u201916)<\/strong>&nbsp;painted a mural memorializing George Floyd in Jamaica Plain, Mass., in June 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alexander Golob (\u201916)<\/strong>&nbsp;painted a mural memorializing George Floyd in Jamaica Plain, Mass., in June 2020, outside a marijuana dispensary, which funded the project. In late July, it was moved for display inside the dispensary. Proceeds from the mural were donated to Boston Art &amp; Music Soul (BAMS) Fest, a nonprofit that works to \u201cbreak down racial and social barriers to arts, music, and culture.\u201d Courtesy of Alexander Golob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natalie Guerrero (\u201916)&nbsp;<\/strong>launched a Venmo campaign to support the National Bail Fund and the George Floyd Memorial Fund. She raised more than $67,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christian Frentzko (\u201917)<\/strong>&nbsp;and his wife, Jennifer Sisco, are public school teachers in New Jersey and perform as the musical duo The Harrisons. Throughout the pandemic, they have been streaming their performances on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew Scinto (\u201917)<\/strong>&nbsp;is the music director of the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra (CCCO). He conducted the CCCO in its second annual&nbsp;<em>An Afternoon of Chamber Music<\/em>&nbsp;winter concert in February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Annalise Cain (\u201918)&nbsp;<\/strong>played The Bastard character in Shakespeare\u2019s&nbsp;<em>King John<\/em>&nbsp;at the Calderwood Pavilion at Boston Center for the Arts from January 30 to February 16, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lina Gonz\u00e1lez-Granados (\u201918)<\/strong>&nbsp;was awarded a Sphinx Medal of Excellence, which recognizes extraordinary classical Black and Latinx musicians. Gonz\u00e1lez-Granados is an internationally celebrated conductor and the founder and artistic director of Unitas Ensemble, a chamber orchestra that performs the works of Latinx composers and provides access to free performances for underserved communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scott Humphries (\u201918)<\/strong>&nbsp;was named the Indiana Music Education Association\u2019s 2020 Outstanding Collegiate Educator. He was nominated by a student at Manchester University in North Manchester, Ind., where he is assistant professor of music and director of instrumental studies and music education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Krishan Oberoi (\u201918)<\/strong>&nbsp;is the new artistic director of the Falmouth Chorale in Falmouth, Mass. Oberoi is also the founder and principal guest conductor of SACRA\/PROFANA, a San Diego\u2013based chorus, and in 2018 he founded the Boston-based Analog Chorale. Oberoi has engaged diverse populations through innovative education and outreach programs, including an after-school program for students impacted by homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leyla Tonak (\u201918)<\/strong>&nbsp;had her first solo show,&nbsp;<em>New Mythologies<\/em>, at Ghost Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y., in January 2020. Tonak makes large-scale oil paintings that explore gesture and metaphor through the lenses of sex, power, and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keith Heimann (\u201919)<\/strong>&nbsp;has been named executive director of the Association R\u00e9pertoire International d\u2019Iconographie Musicale (RIdIM), an international index of visual sources of music, dance, theater, and opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colleen Kinslow (\u201919)<\/strong>&nbsp;launched&nbsp;<em>Cadmium<\/em>, an independent online magazine, in May 2020. Kinslow created the magazine \u201cin the hopes of memorializing and honoring those who matter most: our communities, friends, peers, colleagues, family, and ourselves.\u201d You can read the magazine at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadmiummag.com\/\">cadmiummag.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zimeng Wang (\u201919)<\/strong>&nbsp;received a 2020 American Inhouse Design Award from Graphic Design USA for work she created for her 2019 thesis project,&nbsp;<em>A Banned Exhibition<\/em>. The project focused on Chinese government censorship. 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Courtesy of Zimeng Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-collection-billboard magazine-block-editorial-collection-billboard\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-intro-title\">This Series<\/h3>\n\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-article\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-media\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"collection-navigation-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Dirty-John-team1-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Dirty-John-team1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Dirty-John-team1-636x477.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Dirty-John-team1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Dirty-John-team1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-media-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2020\/class-notes-4\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-media-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>Class Notes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-small-title\">Also in<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/collections\/class-notes\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Class Notes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"collection-billboard-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">October 31, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2025\/class-notes-spring-2026\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Class Notes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">June 18, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2025\/class-notes-fall-2025\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Class Notes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">December 21, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2024\/class-notes-winter-2025\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Class Notes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/collections\/class-notes\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Series home<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1960s Emory Fanning (\u201964), an organist, performed a solo recital on March 8, 2020, at Middlebury College\u2019s Mead Memorial Chapel. 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