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Processional Grayston Ives (b. 1948)
Libor Dudas, organLongy faculty
WelcomeKaren Zorn
President of Longy School of Music of Bard College
GreetingsGarth Greimann, Chair of Longy Board of Governors
Student SpeakerKarlie Traversa. Master of Arts in Teaching ’18
Master of Music Candidate in Vocal Performance Jack Megan Outreach Scholar
Congratulations from the DeanWayman Chin, Dean of the Conservatory
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Longy School of Music of Bard College2020 VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISESSaturday, May 9, 2020, 10AM
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AddressNadia Sirota, Violist
Creative Partner of the New York Philharmonic Peabody Award-winning podcast host
Presentation of Student Achievement AwardsWayman Chin, Dean of the Conservatory
Margaret Rohde Award Patricia Sherman Award
President’s Award for Excellence in Community EngagementRoman Totenberg Award
Charge to the GraduatesLeon Botstein, President of Bard College
Presentation of Degrees, Diplomas, and CertificatesDigital Scrolling List of All Graduates
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Kalden AlexanderPiano PerformanceHometown: Stratham, New HampshireB.M., Emerson College
Shiyue CaoVocal PerformanceHometown: Chongqing, China
Yanran FuPiano PerformanceHometown: Wuhan, Hubei, China
Claire Noelle JamesFlute PerformanceHometown: Durango, Colorado
Rachel Ruth RosierViola PerformanceHometown: Eugene, Oregon
Nickolas StavrosFlute PerformanceFrank Keith ScholarHometown: Collinsville, Oklahoma
Wanyu ZangPiano PerformanceHometown: Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
GRADUATES
UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA
DALCROZE CERTIFICATE
Weronika BalewskiHometown: Kraków, PolandB.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
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Kenneth Charles AllenHistorical PerformanceHometown: Cambridge, MassachusettsB.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Harvard University; M.M., Boston Conservatory
Margaret BoswellPiano PerformanceHometown: Frederick, MarylandB.M., Samford University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Lixue ChengPiano PerformanceHometown: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaB.M., James Madison University
Mengyu FuPiano PerformanceHometown: Fuyang, Anhui, ChinaB.M., Anhui Normal University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
GRADUATE DIPLOMA
GRADUATE PERFORMANCE DIPLOMA
Ryan W. GarveyCompositionHometown: West Warwick, Rhode IslandB.A., B.S., University of Rhode Island; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Stephany SvorinicCompositionHometown: New York, New YorkB.A., New York University; M.M., New Jersey City University
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Nan GaoPiano PerformanceHometown: Ningbo, ChinaB.M., Nanjing Normal University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Xinqin HuangViolin PerformanceHometown: Yangjiang, Guangdong, ChinaB.M., Minzu University of China; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
In LeePiano PerformanceHometown: Jeju City, Jejudo, Republic of KoreaB.M., Jeju National University; M.M., Honam Theological University and Seminary
Yuyin LiPiano PerformanceHometown: Harbin, ChinaB.M., Huaqiao University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
HsinYu LinHorn PerformanceHometown: Taipei, TaiwanB.A., Soochow University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Pei Chien LinClarinet PerformanceHometown: Taipei, TaiwanB.M., Chinese Culture University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Ying-Ling LinPiano PerformanceHometown: Taichung City, TaiwanB.M., National Hsinchu University of Education; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Chang LiuCollaborative Piano PerformanceSandra Bakalar ScholarHometown: Dalian, ChinaUndergraduate Diploma, M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Jia Qi LiuClarinet PerformanceHometown: Guangzhou, ChinaB.M., Boston Conservatory; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Wen LuFlute PerformanceHometown: Shanghai, ChinaB.M., Shanghai Normal University
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Yuanwei LuClarinet PerformanceHometown: Lanzhou, Gansu, ChinaB.M., Xi’an Conservatory of Music; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Nipun MalhotraPiano PerformanceHometown: Delhi, IndiaB.Sc. (Hons), Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Wenran MengViola PerformanceEugene Lehner ScholarHometown: Harbin, ChinaB.M., Shenandoah University; M.M., Boston University
Peter PaetkauViolin PerformanceHometown: Goshen, IndianaB.A., Goshen College; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Kun RenVocal PerformanceHometown: Pingxiang, ChinaB.A., Tianjin Conservatory of Music; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Job Salazar FonsecaHistorical PerformanceLindsay and Garth Greimann Scholar and The Cambridge Homes Certified Music Practitioner ScholarHometown: Cambridge, MassachusettsB.M., Brigham Young University-Idaho; M.M., Graduate Performance Diploma, Boston Conservatory
Bo-Rung SuVocal PerformanceHometown: Taoyuan, TaiwanB.A., M.A., Tunghai University
Chen-Yu TsaiViola PerformanceHometown: New Taipei City, TaiwanB.A., Soochow University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Jessica Lok Wun TsangViolin PerformanceHometown: Toronto, Canada; Hong Kong, ChinaB.Sc., Wilfred Laurier University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
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Bixiao WangVocal PerformanceHometown: Harbin, ChinaB.M., China Conservatory of Music; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Yalin YavuzFlute PerformanceHometown: Bursa, TurkeyB.M., Berklee College of Music
Anqi ZhengPiano PerformanceJane Brock-Wilson ScholarHometown: Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaB.M., Wuhan Conservatory of Music; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Jiani ZhuangPiano PerformanceHometown: Fujian City, ChinaB.A., East China Normal University; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
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MASTER OF MUSIC
Arita Lynn Acton JustusViola Performance with Emphasis in Historical PerformanceHometown: Leavenworth, WashingtonA.A., Wenatchee Valley College; B.M., Brigham Young University-Idaho
Thomas F. AlbaneseHistorical PerformanceCherubini ScholarHometown: Portland, OregonB.M., Roosevelt University; A.D., Cornish College of the Arts
Soyeon BaePiano PerformanceHometown: Gyeongsangnam-do, South KoreaB.M., Dong-A University
Kristen BuabinOpera PerformanceHometown: Dallas, TexasB.A., Texas Woman’s University
Matthew Bishop BurnHistorical PerformanceHometown: Greenville, South CarolinaB.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Nickolette Marie CartalesViola PerformanceHometown: Malden, MassachusettsB.A., Ithaca College
Lixue ChengPiano PerformanceHometown: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaB.M., James Madison University
Aaron ClarkeCompositionMinnie Goldberg ScholarHometown: Rockland, MaineB.M., University of Southern Maine
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Mary Loretta ClearyVocal PerformanceHometown: South Londonderry, VermontB.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.A., Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, C.U.N.Y.; M.A., Psya. D., Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
Chuyi CuiCompositionHometown: Changchun, Jilin, ChinaB.M., China Conservatory of Music
Thomas Hayes CummingsJazz and Contemporary Music PerformanceHometown: Burlington, North CarolinaB.M., Appalachian State University
Susan Elizabeth DaviesVocal PerformanceJanet Irving Scholar for Vocal StudiesHometown: Chelmsford, MassachusettsB.M., Ithaca College
Corelia Lorraine DavisPiano PerformanceWeiss-Washburne ScholarHometown: Montgomery, AlabamaB.A., B.M.E., Alabama State University
Kathryn Elyse DeLaMareCello PerformanceLouise and Loring Conant Certified Music Practitioner ScholarHometown: Pleasant Grove, UtahB.A., Southern Virginia University
Alexander Jesse DillonJazz and Contemporary Music PerformanceSarah C. and Stephen P. Columbia ScholarHometown: Lancaster, PennsylvaniaB.A., Dickinson College
Yinghao DongVocal PerformanceHometown: Beijing, ChinaB.M., Central Conservatory of Music
Marissa Kaylee DyerOpera PerformanceHometown: Idaho Falls, IdahoB.M., Idaho State University
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Victor Obo-Okon EffiongVocal PerformanceCertified Music Practitioner ScholarHometown: Calabar, Cross River State, NigeriaA.A., Rose State College; B.A., Cameron University
Emily Claire EnnisOpera PerformanceHometown: Fairfax, VirginiaB.M., University of Miami
Gina Marie FalkVocal PerformanceHometown: Medford, New YorkB.M., East Carolina University
Lester Ordinario FernandezHistorical PerformanceHometown: Oceanside, CaliforniaB.M., California State University, Long Beach
Katelyn A. GearyOpera PerformanceHometown: Lincoln, NebraskaB.M., M.B.A., University of Nebraska
Ioseb GelovaniJazz and Contemporary Music PerformanceHometown: Tbilisi, Republic of GeorgiaB.A., Ilia State University; B.A., Berklee College of Music
Eduardo Arturo Gonzalez VelascoOpera PerformanceHometown: Monterrey, MexicoB.A., Tecnológico de Monterrey
Yu GuanCompositionHometown: Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaB.A., Shanghai Theatre Academy
David Warren HarewoodJazz and Contemporary Music PerformanceHometown: New York, New YorkB.M., University of Denver
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Yanran HePiano PerformanceHometown: Nanchang, Jiangxi, ChinaB.A., Shenyang Conservatory of Music; Graduate Performance Diploma, Longy School of Music of Bard College
Kai-Hsiang HsuPiano PerformanceIrene Epstein Rosenthal Memorial ScholarHometown: Taoyuan, TaiwanB.M., National Tsing Hua University
Ruixue HuVocal PerformanceHometown: Dali, ChinaB.M., Xian Conservatory of Music
Wenjia HuVocal PerformanceHometown: Shanghai, ChinaB.M., Shanghai University; M.M., Temple University
Jingyi HuangVocal PerformanceHometown: Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaB.A., Sichuan Conservatory of Music; M.A., Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Nayoung ImPiano PerformanceHometown: Maspeth, New YorkB.M., Kosin University
Shuyan JinClarinet PerformanceHometown: Yingkou, ChinaB.M., Minzu University of China; Graduate Performance Diploma, Longy School of Music of Bard College
Zhiyan JinPiano PerformanceHometown: Yixing, Jiangsu, ChinaB.M., Nanjing Normal University
Hannah I. JohnstonVocal PerformanceHometown: Chevy Chase, MarylandB.A., Middlebury College
Patricia KopkoVocal PerformanceHometown: San Diego, CaliforniaB.A., Smith College
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Kristin E. LawlerVocal PerformanceNancy Peery Marriott ScholarHometown: Columbus, OhioB.M., Capital University
Danrong LiVocal PerformanceHometown: Qingdao, Shandong, ChinaUndergraduate Diploma, China Conservatory of Music
Peiyang LiPiano PerformanceHometown: Jingzhou, ChinaB.M., Wuhan Conservatory of Music
Qiuyu LiVocal PerformanceHometown: Shanxian, ChinaB.M., M.M., Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Shiqi LiPiano PerformanceHometown: Guangdong, ChinaB.M., China Conservatory of Music
Xuechun LiPiano PerformanceHometown: Tianjin, ChinaB.M., Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Zhongyu LiViolin PerformanceHometown: Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaB.A., Wuhan Conservatory of Music
Yuqi LiaoCompositionHometown: Guangzhou, ChinaB.A., Xinghai Conservatory of Music
Meihong LinVocal PerformanceHometown: Foshan City, ChinaB.A., South China Agricultural University
Jiadi LiuDouble Bass PerformanceHometown: Tai’an, Shandong, ChinaB.M., Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Jiayu LiuDouble Bass PerformanceHometown: Changsha, Hunan, ChinaB.M., Wuhan Conservatory of Music
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Xiaobo LiuPiano PerformanceHometown: Xinjiang, ChinaB.M., Sichuan Conservatory of Music
Xinyue LuFlute PerformanceHometown: Weifang, ChinaB.M., Ocean University of China
Yanming LuClarinet PerformanceHometown: Zhengzhou, ChinaB.A., Central China Normal University
Xuechun LyuPiano PerformanceHometown: Shenyang, Liaoning, ChinaB.M., Shenyang Conservatory of Music
Yueyu MaPiano PerformanceHometown: Zhengzhou City, ChinaB.M., Wuhan Conservatory of Music
James K. MandartCompositionNadia and Lili Boulanger ScholarHometown: Patchogue, New YorkB.A., Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Erika Nicolle MateiPiano PerformanceHometown: Ringwood, New JerseyB.M., Eastman School of Music
Molly McCoyOpera PerformanceHometown: Manchester-by-the-Sea, MassachusettsB.M., Keene State College
Robert Carl William MilnerVocal PerformanceHometown: Edinburgh, ScotlandB.Mus. (Hons), Edinburgh Napier University
Assumpta MunsiOpera PerformanceGiustina M. Brosio Memorial ScholarHometown: Nuremberg, GermanyB.M., Hochschule für Musik Nuremberg
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Veronica Linh Ngo. c NguyenOpera PerformanceJack* and Carol Kline ScholarHometown: Fort Worth, TexasB.M., Long Island University C.W. Post
Siyu PanVocal PerformanceHometown: Nanjing, ChinaB.A., Nanjing Normal University
Sebastian Patino-EcheverriTrumpet PerformanceHometown: Medellín, ColombiaB.M., University of EAFIT
Wanting PengVocal PerformanceHometown: Changsha, Hunan, ChinaUndergraduate Diploma, Central South University
Cortlin N. PresleyVocal PerformanceHometown: Antioch, IllinoisB.A., Illinois Wesleyan University
Tatum RobertsonOpera PerformanceLia and William Poorvu ScholarHometown: New Orleans, LouisianaB.M., The Juilliard School
Abby Mae RogersOpera PerformanceBernard A. Letourneau ScholarHometown: Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaB.M., Ithaca College
Marsé A. RomeroOpera PerformanceHometown: Temple Hills, MarylandB.S., Frostburg State University
Weiming ShiCompositionHometown: Baoding, ChinaB.E., North China Electric Power University
Maria Elaine Sulimirski AbousleimanVocal PerformanceHometown: New York, New YorkB.A., Columbia University
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Derik ThomasCompositionHometown: Alma, MichiganB.M., Belmont University
Katelyn Olivia ThompsonOpera PerformanceHometown: Birmingham, AlabamaB.M., Samford University
Karlie C. TraversaVocal PerformanceJack Megan Outreach ScholarHometown: Plainfield, IllinoisB.A. (Hons), North Park University; M.A.T., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Jocelyn Patrice van WykOpera PerformanceHometown: Kimberly, IdahoB.M., Southern Utah University
Paula Richelle VitoloCollaborative Piano PerformanceHometown: Red Hook, New YorkB.M., Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam
Bingchuan WanVocal PerformanceHometown: Xinghua City, ChinaM.A., Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Caiyi WangVocal PerformanceHometown: Changsha, Hunan, ChinaB.A., Minzu University of China
Jingduan WangCello PerformanceHometown: Jincheng, Shanxi, ChinaB.M., Minzu University of China
Liwei WangPiano PerformanceHometown: Hubei, ChinaB.F.A., Wuhan Conservatory of Music
Ran WangVocal PerformanceHometown: Jining, Shandong, ChinaB.M., Xiamen University
Xiang WangPiano PerformanceHometown: Qingdao, ChinaB.A., China University of Petroleum
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Yikun WangCello PerformanceHometown: Hohhot, ChinaB.A., China Conservatory of Music
Yixuan WangVocal PerformanceHometown: Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaB.M., Nanjing Normal University
Bin WenPiano PerformanceHometown: Beijing, ChinaB.M., Nanjing Normal University
Annetta Violet WhethamVocal PerformanceHometown: Cambridge, Ontario, CanadaDiploma in Applied Music, Mohawk College; B.M., University of Lethbridge
Maria Katherine WhitcombOpera PerformanceHometown: Hurley, New YorkB.M., M.A., Syracuse University
Chieh WuPiano PerformanceHometown: Taipei, TaiwanB.M., Fu Jen Catholic University
Jessica WuFlute PerformanceMargot Kittredge Memorial ScholarHometown: Houston, TexasB.M., University of Houston
Yashu XiaVocal PerformanceHometown: Guangdong, ChinaB.M., Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College
Chuling XiaoPiano PerformanceHometown: Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaB.M., Wuhan Conservatory of Music
Yanfei YaoVocal PerformanceHometown: Baoding, ChinaB.A., Hebei Normal University
Jiongli YeVocal PerformanceHometown: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaUndergraduate Diploma, Hangzhou Normal University Qianjiang College
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Jiaqi ZhangPiano PerformanceHometown: Inner Mongolia, ChinaB.M., Sichuan Conservatory of Music
Qiuyi ZhangVocal PerformanceHometown: Zibo, ChinaB.M., Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Suyi ZhangVocal PerformanceHometown: Suzhou, ChinaB.A., Nanjing University of the Arts
Xiaoxi ZhangPiano PerformanceHometown: Hefei, ChinaB.F.A., Soochow University
Jing ZhouClarinet PerformanceHometown: Taiyuan, Shanxi, ChinaB.M., M.M., Shanxi University
Jiaying Zhu-MowryCompositionVocal PerformanceHometown: Shanghai, ChinaB.A., Bridgewater State University
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Milos BjelicaClarinet PerformanceNatasha Jacoff ScholarHometown: Belgrade, SerbiaUndergraduate Diploma, University of Belgrade; M.M., Graduate Performance Diploma, Longy School of Music of Bard College
Paulius PancekauskasPiano PerformanceJane and Neil Pappalardo ScholarHometown: Vilnius, LithuaniaB.M., Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy; M.M., Longy School of Music of Bard College
Liubomyr SenyshynViolin PerformanceRoman and Melanie Totenberg ScholarHometown: Ivano-Frankivsk, UkraineB.M., M.M., Lviv National Music Academy; Graduate Performance Diploma, Longy School of Music of Bard College
ARTIST DIPLOMA
MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING
Andre Jamal Cardine Jr.Hometown: Chicago, IllinoisB.A., Oberlin College
Christopher M. ChandlerHometown: Los Angeles, CaliforniaB.M., Musicians Institute
Joh C. ChaseHometown: Bothell, WashingtonB.A., Azusa Pacific University
Nori Tatiana DurhamHometown: Arcadia, CaliforniaB.M., University of Redlands
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Aaron E. GlaserHometown: York, PennsylvaniaB.A., York College of Pennsylvania
Akhil GopalHometown: Los Angeles, CaliforniaB.M., Berklee College of Music
Rachel Anne HackerHometown: Trenton, OhioB.M., Baldwin Wallace Conservatory; M.M., New York University; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Casey LipkaHometown: Venice, CaliforniaB.M., Sacramento State University
Rachel Lopez FondinHometown: Los Angeles, CaliforniaB.M., Amadeo Roldan Conservatory
Ziyad Khan MarcusHometown: Santa Barbara, CaliforniaB.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Andrew MedinaHometown: Baldwin Park, CaliforniaB.A., University of La Verne
Patrick OlmosHometown: Whittier, CaliforniaB.M., California State University Long Beach; M.M., University of Missouri Kansas City
Jeremy E. ParelHometown: Olney, MarylandB.Mus., Shenandoah Conservatory; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Yifan ZhangHometown: Shaoxing, ChinaB.A., Zhejiang Conservatory of Music / Hangzhou Normal University
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WINNER OF THE 2020 LONGY CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA
COMPOSITION COMPETITION
Hsiu-Ping (Patrick) Wu
WINNER OF THE 2020 PAPPALARDO COMPOSITION COMPETITION
Aaron Clarke
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ABOUT NADIA SIROTA
Violist Nadia Sirota’s varied career spans solo performances, chamber music, curation, and broadcasting. In all branches of her artistic life she aims to open classical music up to a broader audience. Ms. Sirota’s singular sound and expressive execution have served as muse to dozens of composers, including Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, Missy Mazzoli, Daníel Bjarnason, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and David Lang.
As a soloist, Ms. Sirota has appeared with acclaimed orchestras around the world, including the Detroit Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Colorado Symphony, National Arts Centre and Spanish National orchestras, and the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France. She has released four solo albums of commissioned music: first things first (2009), Baroque (2013), Keep In Touch (2016), and Tessellatum (2017). Ms. Sirota is a member of Bedroom Community, a collective of musically diverse artists who work and collaborate at Reykjavík’s Greenhouse Studios. She has also lent her sound to recording and concert projects by such artists as The National, David Bowie, John Legend, and Björk.
Nadia Sirota is a member of the acclaimed chamber sextet yMusic, whose virtuosic execution and unique configuration have attracted high profile collaborators, including Paul Simon, Ben Folds, and Anohni, and have inspired an expanding repertoire of original works by prominent composers such as Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, and Chris Thile.
Since 2018, Ms. Sirota has been the New York Philharmonic’s Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner, a position created for her. In this role, she helped develop
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and hosts two concert series: Kravis Nightcap and GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON , the latter of which she also curates. In addition, she works with the Philharmonic on contemporary-music initiatives across the organization.
Ms. Sirota is the creator and host of Living Music with Nadia Sirota, a new podcast and concert series that demystifies classical music. She also serves as creative associate at The Juilliard School and as artist-in-residence at UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.
Ms. Sirota won a 2015 Peabody Award, broadcasting’s highest honor, for her podcast Meet the Composer, which she co-created, co-produced, and hosted. She also received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for her work in radio, and Southern Methodist University’s Meadows Prize, awarded to pioneering artists and scholars with an emerging international profile. She sits on the board of directors of Chamber Music America, the national service organization for ensemble music professionals. Nadia Sirota received her undergraduate and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory, and Hsin-Yun Huang.
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LONGY FACULTY ANNIVERSARIES
45 years Sonja Lindblad, recorder
25 years Pascale Delache-Feldman, double bass
20 years Robert Sheena, oboe, English horn
Jeremy Van Buskirk, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; composition and theory
15 years Andrew Schwartz, baroque bassoon
10 years Pamela Dellal, Historical Performance (voice), Vocal Studies
Fernando Michelin, Jazz and Contemporary Music (ensembles)
Kevin Owen, horn
5 years Donald Berman, Department Chair, Keyboard Studies; piano
Solomiya Ivakhiv, violinAndrew Kozar, Department Chair, Winds and Brass;
Co-Director, Ensemble Uncaged; Co-Director, Divergent Studio; trumpet
Jorge Soto, Conductor and Music Director, Sistema Side-by-Side;
Guest Conductor, Longy Conservatory OrchestraAngel Subero, trombone
Sean Wang, Department Chair, Strings
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CONSERVATORY ACADEMIC COUNCIL
Karen Zorn, President
Wayman Chin, Dean of the Conservatory
Jeremy Van Buskirk, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Council Chair
Kate Kammeyer, Assistant Dean of Artistic Planning
Ruth Blackburn, Registrar and Director of Student Advising
Ashley Hall, Career Coaching Manager, Trumpet Faculty
Donald Berman, Department Chair, Keyboard Studies
Corrine Byrne, Department Chair, Vocal Studies
Aaron Helgeson, Department Chair, Composition and Theory
Eric Hofbauer, Department Chair, Jazz and Contemporary Music (JCM)
Andy Kozar, Department Chair, Winds and Brass
John McKean, Department Chair, Historical Performance
Sean Wang, Department Chair, Strings
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THE VISION FOR LONGY
How do you prepare musicians to make a difference in the world?
Ask them to be great. Provide them with the most rigorous education. Hold students of all ages to the highest standards of uncompromising excellence. Inspire them to be artists who can move hearts, enlighten minds, cross boundaries and bridge divides. Show them how exceptional musicians must also be exceptional human beings.
Then ask them to be leaders. Motivate them to walk not just the well-trod paths but to blaze new ones, forging opportunities for themselves and others as they go. Provoke them, as they’re learning and refining musical skills, to consider where those skills can take them.
Nurture collaboration. Great leaders must also be great listeners. Focus on chamber music where, in the absence of a conductor, students must assume the responsibility for finding their own voices.
Instill an entrepreneurial spirit and build critical thinking skills in students to match their musical abilities. Teach them how to start a slow movement one day, to launch a concert series the next, and to perform in concert halls, clubs, and anywhere they can find a hungry audience.
Inspire students at every level to dream of how their music can transform their lives and the lives of others. Help them to articulate their dreams and then put them into practice. Create partnerships with businesses, schools, and neighbors where students can test their ideas in the real world.
Create an environment for incubation — a place where great musicians and great ideas can be cultivated. Make it a diverse place where difference can broaden minds and enlarge perspectives. Keep it intimate, so individual attention is guaranteed. Prize collaboration and creativity as highly as musical prowess. Encourage every student to ask their peers: “How can I help you achieve your dreams?”
This is how Longy will prepare musicians to make a difference in the world: by establishing a new model for music education. An education that teaches students of all ages to be extraordinary musicians and human beings, while challenging them to find new ways to change the world through music.
This is our dream. This is our vision.
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Garth Greimann, ChairMatina Horner, Vice-ChairDwight Quayle, Secretary
Roland AugustineSandra Bakalar
+ Leon Botstein, President, Bard CollegeGene D. DahmenRobert S. Epstein
Harriet E. GriesingerMichael GuleserianTimothy J. JacobyRosanne Kumins
Bonny LambBronwyn LamontRuth M. McKayVirginia Meany
Kristin A. MortimerJane MouldingJanet Plotkin
Donald W. SchroederRobert B. Straus
Jeannette H. Taylor+ Taun Toay, Chief Financial Officer, Bard College
+ Ann Welch, Chief Operating Officer, Longy School of Music of Bard College
+ Karen Zorn, President, Longy School of Music of Bard College;
Vice President, Bard College
+ ex officio
LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC OF BARD COLLEGE
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
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James C. Chambers ’81, ChairGeorge F. Hamel Jr., Vice Chair
Emily H. Fisher, Vice ChairElizabeth Ely ’65, Secretary; Life Trustee
Stanley A. Reichel ’65, Treasurer; Life TrusteeFiona Angelini
Roland J. Augustine+Leon Botstein, President of the College
Mark E. BrossmanJinqing Cai
Marcelle Clements ’69, Life TrusteeThe Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Dietsche, Honorary Trustee
Asher B. Edelman ’61, Life TrusteeRobert S. Epstein ’63
Barbara S. Grossman ’73, Alumni/ae TrusteeAndrew S. Gundlach
+Matina S. HornerCharles S. Johnson III ’70
Mark N. Kaplan, Life TrusteeGeorge A. Kellner
Fredric S. Maxik ’86James H. Ottaway Jr., Life Trustee
Hilary C. PenningtonMartin Peretz, Life Trustee
Stewart Resnick, Life TrusteeDavid E. Schwab II ’52
Roger N. Scotland ’93, Alumni/ae TrusteeAnnabelle Selldorf
Mostafiz ShahMohammed ’97Jonathan Slone ’84
+Jeannette H. TaylorJames A. von Klemperer
Brandon Weber ’97, Alumni/ae TrusteeSusan Weber
Patricia Ross Weis ’52
+ ex officio
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