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Faculty Profile Pablo Santiago Chin

Pablo Santiago Chin began as a clarinetist, and now teaches Composition and directs the computer music studio at Longy. His music has been commissioned and performed throughout the world. He is the founder and artistic director of the Fonema Consort, a vocal and instrumental ensemble that focuses on Latin American composers. These days, it’s unavoidable to use electronics in music. Electronic tools can give the performer extensive control over a piece and let them interact with technology in new ways. My classes focus on the fundamentals of computer music, which students can use to morph and create new sounds. These malleable possibilities let us explore different effects and experiment with sound, changing our ideas of what music can do. Longy’s mission is incredibly seductive to me, and resonant with what I strive for personally. We help students find a niche in society that also benefits society, and we allow space for everyone to contribute. This allows our mission to be shifted, twisted, and developed further in exciting ways. We have a positive influence on society and a great community where we give students the resources to become better artists. But most importantly, we give students the freedom to choose their own path from so many options, and find a way to incorporate different elements into their own artistry.

Composition

Longy composers work in a vibrant, artistic environment where they collaborate actively with performers to bring their music to life. Composition students benefit from experienced mentoring in a supportive new music community dedicated to high standards and academic inquiry. Occasions to write music for soloists, chamber groups, orchestras, and contemporary ensembles abound! The Custom Commission unit of Longy’s Catalyst Curriculum fosters extensive collaboration between performance and composition students. Composers will also have the opportunity to work with partners like Radius Ensemble, the New England Jazz Collaborative, and the New Gallery Concert Series.

Your Faculty

Alexandra du Bois, chair Peter Aldins Pablo Santiago Chin Peter Evans Amy Beth Kirsten John Morrison Matthew Evan Taylor Jeremy Van Buskirk Evan Bennett* Ruth Mendelson* Garo Saraydarian* Tony Solitro* Anna Yu Wang*

*no private studio

Degrees & Diplomas

Master of Music Degree Graduate Performance Diploma

Bachelor of Music* Undergraduate Diploma*

*Longy will accept an undergraduate class of students to begin in Fall 2023. We will suspend undergraduate applications beyond that date.

Course Highlights

Computer Composition and Sound Design

Dive into the world of sound design for music and multimedia projects. Create new timbres and electroacoustic compositions using digital synthesis, sampling, and signal processing.

Performer-Composer Collaboration Lab

The top-down model of “composer writes, performer plays/sings” is antiquated. Break down typical composer/performer roles and develop a more holistic, person-specific approach to collaboration.

Historical Performance

Historically informed performance plays a central role in Longy’s artistic and academic life. The curriculum focuses on both repertoire and research in its approach to music composed before 1800, featuring some of the most unique and thorough course offerings in early music in the United States. Students will also have the opportunity to work with partners like Boston Camerata and the Boston Early Music Festival.

Longy faculty, students, and alumni perform with Boston Camerata

Course Highlights

Hildegard von Bingen: A Feminine Universe

Hildegard von Bingen had a powerful vision of the role of the feminine in the divine plan. Learn about women’s participation in worship and in the world through her theology, poetry, and music in original notation.

Digging for Songs in the Ground: Crossing Centuries with Ground Bass Improvisation and Compositions

This interdepartmental course covers a wide range of eras, styles, and ethnicities that all use ground bass improvisation, from Byrd and Monteverdi to Ellington and Winehouse.

Your Faculty

Anne Azéma, voice Phoebe Carrai, baroque cello Sarah Darling, baroque violin, viola Pamela Dellal, voice Libor Dudas, harpsichord, organ Douglas Freundlich, lute Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe Jane Hershey, viola da gamba Greg Ingles, sackbut Sonja Lindblad, recorder Na’ama Lion, baroque flute Dana Maiben, baroque violin, viola John McKean, harpsichord, music history Vivian Montgomery, harpsichord Kathryn Montoya, baroque oboe, recorder Ken Pierce, period dance Andrew Schwartz, baroque bassoon Anne Trout, baroque bass/violone Ryan Turner, voice

Degrees & Diplomas

Graduate Performance Diploma Master of Music Degree

>> Consider adding a Graduate Performance Diploma in HP to your MM and take the music world by storm with your versatility.

Faculty Profile Pamela Dellal

Pamela Dellal teaches in the Vocal Studies and Historical Performance departments at Longy. She is a mezzo-soprano with an interest in language, translation, and the context behind the music she sings. Her performance repertoire covers twelve centuries, and she has performed with the Sequentia medieval ensemble in Europe. At Longy, she teaches students to communicate with their audiences and find their niche in the world of music. As performers, our emotions advocate for the piece, and we have the privilege of communicating those emotions through our unique, individual sound. One of the amazing things about teaching historical performance—as well as one of the challenges of it—is that there’s a different technique for each performance system or tradition. That revelation transformed my technique, as I found all sorts of different colors I could use in each repertoire. I’m interested in helping my students discover what their bodies and voices can do, which gives them a more sophisticated suite of skills than most vocalists study. We don’t throw away technique; we work to free rather than constrict ourselves. I’m so happy to teach at a school where we encourage students to be passionate, learn with curiosity, and figure out what they’re capable of doing.