List of Boston Conservatory people

This is a partial listing of alumni and professors and faculty of The Boston Conservatory.

Notable alumni

The Music Division

Lily Afshar, classical guitarist
Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist and composer
George Bassman, Broadway orchestrator and songwriter^[1]
Edward Boatner, composer and arranger
Molly Bouchard, Miss Maine 2012
Lisbeth Brittain Carter, European opera singer, teacher in US and AIMS Graz
Maria Ciaccia, Opera singer, author
John Godoy, timpanist, conductor, founder/artistic director of Lux Musicae Chamber Group
Patrick Greene, composer and classical musician
Gigi Gryce, jazz musician and composer
Louise Le Baron, opera and musical theatre singer
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, opera singer
Catherine Lamy, Opera singer, New York City Opera, Spoleto Festival
Victoria Livengood, opera singer
Andreas Poulimenos, professor of music at the Jacobs School of Music
Peter Puzzo, Opera singer, Peter Brooks' La Tragedie de Carmen as Don Jose, Boston Opera
Don Redman, jazz musician, arranger, and composer
Sam Rivers, jazz musician and composer
Raymond Sepe, European opera & musical performer: Werther in Werther, Phantom in Phantom der Oper, Engineer in Miss Saigon, Radames in Aida
Geoff Sewell, professional singer
Slam Stewart, jazz musician
Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Newbery Award-winning author
Christine Noel Whittlesey, European opera singer, recording artist, teacher at Art Academy of Graz

The Theater Division

Gerard Alessandrini, creator and lyricist, Forbidden Broadway
Marlen Angelidou, Greek pop singer, competed for Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest 1999
David Benoit, Broadway: Les Miserables, Avenue Q, Jekyll and Hyde, and touring productions of Phantom of the Opera, All Shook Up, Young Frankenstein, Forbidden Broadway alum
Jennifer R. Blake, Off-Broadway: The Donkey Show, original cast; Bukowsical! (New York International Fringe Festival, show received Outstanding Musical Award); Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical for the role of Susan in [title of show], StagesceneLA's Best of LA Theatre Awards 2009-2010; created, co-produced and starred in McCready the Musical, Los Angeles, 2015
Measha Brueggergosman, Canadian opera singer
Phil Casnoff stage and TV actor and singer, Broadway: Chicago, Shogun, Devil's Disciple, Chess, Sinatra in the miniseries Sinatra, NCIS (TV Series), The Nanny, Law & Order
Angela Christian, Broadway: Anne Catherick in The Woman in White, Dorothy Brown in Thoroughly Modern Millie
Barbara Cook, Tony Award-winning actress, honorary degree 2009^[2]
Erin Davie, on Broadway as Charlotte in A Little Night Music, Niki Harris in Curtains, and Little Edie in Grey Gardens
Josh Grisetti, Broadway, TV and film actor, in Broadway Bound, Enter Laughing
Josie de Guzman, Broadway actor and singer
Meredith Hagner, actress
Jason Jurman, TV and film actor, in The Bedford Diaries, Cougar Club, Law & Order
Maureen Kerrigan, TV, film, and stage actress in Homicide: Life on the Street, House of Cards, Little Women at Arena Stage
Chad Kimball, Broadway actor and singer in Memphis as Huey (lead) on Broadway
Eddie Korbich, Broadway actor, singer, and dancer
Rachael MacFarlane, voice actress and singer
Constantine Maroulis, American Idol Season 4 contestant (1998—2002), Broadway actor and singer, 2009 Tony Nominee for Leading Actor in a Musical for Rock of Ages^[3]
Katharine McPhee, American Idol Season 5 contestant (2003—2005), actor and recording artist (attended but did not graduate)
Jack Noseworthy, Broadway actor and singer
Carlos Pena Jr., finalist on MTV's Making Menudo and Nickelodeon show Big Time Rush
Hayley Podschun, Broadway and film actor, singer, dancer (Broadway: The Sound of Music, Tammy in Hairspray, Sunday in the Park with George, Pal Joey, Anything Goes, Mildred Harris in Chaplin; film: Tammy in Hairspray; national tour: Glinda in Wicked - 2nd national tour)
Peter Reckell, TV actor
Reva Rice, stage actress
Claire Rochester, vaudeville
Mary Rodgers, Broadway composer, honorary degree 2009^[2]
Drew Sarich, Broadway, European actor and singer
Keesha Sharp, Monica on Girlfriends, Pam in Why Did I Get Married, NAACP Image Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress
Nikki Snelson, Broadway actress and singer
Lyn Tucci, TV, film, and stage actress Nunsense, Showgirls, Anita in Orange is the New Black
Stephanie Umoh, Broadway actress (Sarah in 2009 revival of Ragtime)^[4]
Alysha Umphress, Broadway actress and singer; original cast of American Idiot and Bring It On the Musical, original revival cast of On the Town and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; appeared in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Matt Walton, actor

Notable faculty

Aldo Abreu, Venezuelan recorder player
Jonathan Bass, pianist
Joe Bennett, Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs
Maureen Brennan, Musical Theater Teacher (Tony Award nominee and Theater World Award winner)
Marilyn Bulli, Instructor of Voice (District Metropolitan Opera Audition winner)
Christopher Caggiano, musical-theater historian, author of the blog Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals, musicals and theater expert at About.com
Kerry Deal, soprano, Instructor of Voice
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano, instructor of voice
Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flautist (first woman named Principal Chair of a major U.S. symphony)
Rebecca Folsom, Instructor of Voice
Osvaldo Golijov, composer
Thomas Gregg, Instructor of Voice
Max Levinson, Instructor of Piano
Rictor Noren, Instructor of Violin and Viola, Chamber Music, and String Pedagogy
Michael Norsworthy, Instructor of Clarinet, chamber music and woodwind admissions director
Richard Ortner, President of the Conservatory
Kenneth Radnofsky, saxophone
Rhonda Rider, Instructor of Cello, Chair of Chamber Music
Jan Swafford, Instructor of Music History and Composition
Michael Strauss, Vocal Coach and Pianist
Patty Thom, Head of the Voice and Opera Department
Andy Vores, Head of the Theory and Composition department
Janice Weber, pianist
Cathy Young, Director of Dance Division

Presidents of the Boston Conservatory

Julius Eichberg (1867–1893)
R. Marriner Floyd (1893–1920)
Agide Jacchia (1920–1932)
Mme. Ferrabini Jacchia (1932–1933)
Albert Alphin (1933–1967)
George A. Brambilla (1967–1979)
Dale A. DuVall (1979–1981)
William A. Seymour (1981–1998)
Richard Ortner (1998–present)

References

↑ "George Bassman". Internet Broadway Database.
1 2 "Boston Conservatory to Honor Barbara Cook & Mary Rodgers". The Boston Conservatory.
↑ Gans, Andrew (7 August 2009). "Tony Nominee Constantine Maroulis to Rock Joe's Pub". Playbill. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
↑ Itzkoff, David (27 August 2009). "Casting Announced for 'Ragtime' Revival". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30.

External links

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