Kelly O’Connor Performance Reviewed by the Los Angeles Times
Vocal arts alumna Kelly O’Connor received a glowing review by the Los Angeles Times for her performance in John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary. Read the article.
Glenn Dicterow Featured in Noozhawk
Violin faculty and the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music Glenn Dicterow was featured in Noozhawk for recently joining the celebrated strings faculty at the Music Academy of the West for the academy’s 2014 Summer School and Festival. Read the article.
Daniel Pollack Reflects on His Experiences with Van Cliburn
Van Cliburn was a Juilliard classmate of keyboard studies faculty Daniel Pollack. Pollack was also a finalist with Cliburn at the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. Read the article.
Sunny Jungin Yang Featured in the Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times featured Thornton alumna Sunny Jungin Yang, who will join the Kronos Quartet this spring as the fifth cellist in the quartet’s 40-year history. Read the article.
The Fall of the House of Usher Previewed by the Windy City Times
Windy City Times included opera and vocal arts chair Ken Cazan in a preview of The Fall of the House of Usher, which Cazan is directing. The story highlighted the LGBT take on the Edgar Allan Poe short story. The production was also reviewed by the Chicago Tribune and Stage and Cinema. Read the article.
Glenn Dicterow Mentioned in PlaybillArts
Violin faculty and the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music Glenn Dicterow was praised by New York Philharmonic Music Director, Alan Gilbert, in a PlaybillArts article. Read the article.
Margaret Batjer Highlighted in Broadway World
Violin faculty Margaret Batjer was included in a Broadway World preview of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s three-concert “Westside Connections” series, which Batjer developed. Read the article.
Alice Schoenfeld Gift Covered by the Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times reported that strings faculty Alice Schoenfeld’s $10 million gift will establish the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld Endowed Scholarship Fund for Strings Students. Read the article.
Cynthia Munzer Mentioned by the Malibu Times
Opera and vocal arts faculty Cynthia Munzer was mentioned a Malibu Times story that featured one of the semi-finalists of the Music Center’s Spotlight Awards, where Munzer held a masterclass. Read the article.
Frank Ticheli Mentioned by the Associated Press
Associated Press mentioned that composition faculty Frank Ticheli would be a conductor at the University of South Carolina’s 36th annual band clinic. Read the article.