Start your career now From your first days at Longy you’ll become a Boston musician, performing professionally with our faculty and artistic partners around the city. Get hands‐on, real‐world experience while you build your network with an extensive community of musicians and organizations. Boston isn’t merely a backdrop—it’s the stage for your artistic pursuits and an integral part of the Longy experience. Be immersed in a vibrant, artistic city with hundreds of new ensembles, opera companies, theaters, orchestras, dance troupes and museums for you to enjoy. Longy’s Artistic Collaborators include: •
A Far Cry
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Boulanger Initiative
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Musicians from Marlboro
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Boston Camerata
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Castle of Our Skins
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Neave Trio
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Boston Early Music Festival
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Du Bois Orchestra
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Radius Ensemble
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Boston Opera Collaborative
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Horszowski Trio
As a Longy student, you will learn from guest artists in masterclasses and performances. In recent years, our students have made music with: •
Weston Sprott, Dean of the Preparatory Division of Juilliard, Metropolitan Opera
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Xavier Foley, double-bass soloist co-commissioned by Carnegie, Sphinx
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Gustavo Dudamel, conductor, Music and Artistic Director, L.A. Philharmonic
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Pacifica Quartet, GRAMMY winners
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Vadym Kholodenko, piano, Van Cliburn Competition winner
Susanna Phillips, soprano, Metropolitan Opera
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Gidon Kremer, violinist and conductor
Daniil Trifinov, piano, Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions winner
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Igor Levit, piano, Gramophone Artist of the Year nominee
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Jamie Barton, mezzo soprano, Metropolitan Opera