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Dante Anzolini
Wayman Chin
Elizabeth Suh Lane
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Wayman Chin ’83MM stepped down in July from his position as dean of the Conservatory at the Longy School of Music. Chin was named dean emeritus in recognition of his 12 years of service. Chin continues to serve on the piano and collaborative piano faculty at Longy.
’80MM retired from his position as principal timpanist of the Springfield Symphony in Massachusetts. During the pandemic, Dr. Kluger has organized his performing experience into teaching material for aspiring timpanists and percussionists.
The Paling of the Stars, a Christmas work by Susan Brown ’76MM, was slated to be performed by the St. Andrew’s (Episcopal) Church Choir during two virtual services in December. The composition is a choral setting of the Rossetti poem of the same name and features celeste accompaniment. Prior to the pandemic, Anita MacDonald ’70MM was an active musician in her local church in the Bahamas. Among other roles, she sang soprano solos and played piano and French horn for musical services. Oboist Susan E. Thompson ’79MM, curator of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Sigal Music Museum (formerly the Carolina Music Museum) in Greenville, S.C.
1980 In July, conductor Dante Anzolini ’89MM ’90mma ’97dma led the Guayaquil Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador in the first live concert by a professional ensemble in South America since the start of the pandemic.
Timpanist Peter Derheimer ’88MM played six concerts in Sevilla, Spain, and was slated to perform Cosí fan tutte at Teatro Maestranza in Sevilla in November. Spectrum Concerts Berlin, the chamber music ensemble founded by cellist Frank Dodge ’81MM, released two new albums on the Naxos label of music by composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold. In January, to celebrate the beginning of its 33rd season, Spectrum Concerts Berlin will release Shall We Dance, a book that chronicles the ensemble’s history. In July, The Rev. Dr. Paul Jacobson ’83MM ’83mar became the rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Muncie, Ind. He departs positions as minister of music and organist at First Church Congregational in Fairfield (Conn.) and priest in charge at Grace Episcopal Church in Trumbull (Conn). Percussionist and former research scientist Martin Kluger ’78ba
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Led by founder, artistic director, and violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane ’89MM, the critically acclaimed Bach Aria Soloists celebrates 20 years during the 2020–2021 season. The Missouri Arts Council named the Bach Aria Soloists the Arts Organization of 2020. Conductor Stuart Malina ’87MM recently renewed his contract with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra through the 2022–2023 season, extending a distinguished 20-year tenure. Tubist Antonio Underwood ’87MM was featured in a Fulbright “Snapshot.” The feature highlighted Underwood’s work in jazz education in Serbia and with Black Lives Matter. “Lullaby,” an aria from the opera The Magic Hummingbird by Joseph Waters ’82MM, was published in music-video form on YouTube.
1990 In 2019, flutist Christine Gangelhoff ’95ad and composer Carlos Carrillo
