NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY STUDIO 2023-2024
SOME FORMER STUDENTS FROM NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY AND THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL;
WHERE THEY ARE NOW AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN MUSIC:
Carlos Aguilar:
Performance Artist and Composer, New York City
Youngji Ahn:
BM NEC, MM Juilliard School, Member of the newly-founded Hankyung Philharmonic in Seoul, Korea
Wendy Allen:
BM Royal Academy of Music, MM NEC, Orchestral and Chamber Player, Living in Italy
Katherine Lee Althen:
BM NEC, MM Juilliard School, Soloist and Chamber Musician, Internet Diva
Hideko Amano:
BM NEC, MM l’Ecole Normale de Paris, Performer and Teacher at Harper College and Carthage College
Michael Avitabile:
BM University of Michigan, MM NEC, Founder and Artistic Director, Hub New Music
Deborah Boldin:
BM Peabody Conservatory, GD NEC, Founder and Artistic Director, Chameleon Arts Ensemble
Erika Boysen:
BM University of North Carolina School of the Arts, MM NEC, DMA University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Alyssa Breid:
BM Eastman School of Music, MM NEC, Piccolo, Omaha Symphony, Second Flute, Sarasota Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera, Founding Member: TRIOmaha
Irineo Cabreros:
BA Mathematics Harvard, MM NEC, PhD Princeton University, Researcher at the Rand Foundation (Los Angeles)
Zoe Cagan:
BM University of Texas at Austin, MM NEC, Graduate Diploma Candidate at NEC
Javier Castro:
MM NEC, Graduate Diploma candidate at NEC
Orlando Cela:
BM DePaul University, MM NEC, Performer, Conductor, Educator, Founder of Duo Zonda, Music Director of the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lowell Chamber Orchestra, Faculty: Berklee, UMass Lowell
Beth Chandler-Cahill:
BM Baylor University, MM NEC, DMA University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Fulbright Scholar, Past President: National Flute Association, Professor of Flute: James Madison University
Anita Chandavarkar:
BM Northwestern University, MM NEC, DMA Candidate at UC San Diego, Student of Hindustani Bansuri Flute with Lyon Leifer, Improvisatory Artist
Xue Chen:
BM Central Conservatory of Music, China, MM NEC, Second Flute, China Philharmonic Orchestra
Ann Choomack:
BM Eastman School of Music, MM NEC, Piccolo, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Music Festival
Pamela Daniels:
BM Eastman School of Music, MM NEC, Flute, Staff Sergeant at US Army Field Band
Ridge Davis:
BM NEC, MM Colburn, Flutist, Model, Personal Trainer, Los Angeles
Natalie Debikey-Scanio:
BM University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, MM NEC, PD Indiana University, Piccolo, Buffalo Philharmonic
Adam Eccelston, III:
BM SUNY Stonybrook, MM NEC, Program Director for BRAVO Youth Orchestras, All Classical Portland Artist-in-Residence, Portland, Oregon
Elizabeth Erenberg:
BM University of Oregon, MM NEC, Founder: MusicOvation, Performer, Teacher, Writer
Mary Kay Fink:
BM Oberlin Conservatory, MM Juilliard School, Piccolo, Cleveland Orchestra
Mauricio Freire Garcia:
DMA NEC, Director of the School of Music and Professor of Flute, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Bianca Garcia:
BM Curtis Institute, MM NEC, Flutist and Politician, member of “The Seraphim Duo”, Fulbright Scholar
Gail Gillespie:
BM NEC, Principal Flute, U.S. Marine Band “The President’s Own”, Washington, D.C. 1979 – 2009, Chamber Player and Teacher
Katherine Hakim-Athanasiou:
BM NEC, MM Hartt School, Teacher: Old Town School of Folk Music, Developed Kodaly-based program at Conservatory Lab Charter School (Boston) and Fletcher-Maynard Academy (Cambridge).
Jiyeon Han:
BM Sungshin Women’s University, MA Royal Academy of Music, GD NEC, Performer and Teacher in Korea
Lisa Hansen:
BM Juilliard School, Soloist and Recording Artist, Faculty, Kean University Conservatory
Alison Hearn:
Music Teacher
Lisa Hennessy:
BA University of Houston, MM NEC, Soloist, Teacher, Principal Flute: Portland Symphony, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Boston Ballet Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Gaspar Hoyos:
BM NEC, Principal Flute, Opera National de Lorraine, Soloist, Writer, and Recording Artist
Yoon-Hee Jung:
BM and MM NEC, DMA University of Southern California, Performer and Teacher in Seoul, South Korea, Artist with ONM Entertainment, Founding Member: Ensemble Christo-Los Angeles
Peach Odita-Honnah:
MM NEC (Hieken Presidential Scholar), Freelancer in Southwest Texas
Stephanie Jutt:
BM and MM NEC, Founder: Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Performer, Former Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison
Joy Kairies:
BM and MM Juilliard School, PhD Texas Tech, Professor of Flute and the Humanities, Del Mar College
Dominique Kim:
BA Harvard, MM and GD NEC, Post-Graduate Diploma at Rice University
Minha Kim:
BM NEC, MM Rice University, Post-Graduate Diploma at DePaul University, Flute Fellow at New World Symphony
MinKyung Kim:
BM Korean National University of the Arts, MM NEC, Faculty: Mokwon University and SeoKyung University (Seoul, Korea)
Sooyun Kim:
BM, MM, GD NEC, Soloist, Artist-Member, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sungwoo Steven Kim:
BM and MM NEC, Undergraduate Studies at MIT, Soloist, Teacher, DMA Candidate at NEC
Joan Koenig:
MM Juilliard School, Founder, Ecole Koenig and Preschool for Music and Art, Paris
Renee Krimsier:
MM NEC, DMA Juilliard School, Professor of Flute, New England Conservatory and Boston University, Soloist and Chamber Musician
Emily Lee:
BM NEC, currently pursuing MM at Northwestern University
Esther Lee:
BM Eastman School, MM NEC, Faculty: Seoul Art College, Principal Flute, Korea Chamber Orchestra
Kate Lemmon:
BM Eastman School, MM NEC, Founder/Owner: Kate Lemmon Photography, Freelance flutist in Boston
Inna Leoni:
MM and AD Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, GD NEC, Soloist, Recording Artist, Specialist in Russian Repertoire
Zhao Liu:
BM NEC, MM Yale, Performer and Language Teacher, Chicago
Megan Maiorana:
BM University of North Carolina School of the Arts, MM NEC, Principal Flute, Aguascalientes Orchestra, Professor at University of Zacatecas, Mexico
Tyler Martin:
BM DePaul University, MM NEC, Post-Graduate Diploma at Rice University, Second Flute and Piccolo, Houston Grand Opera
Eric Maul:
BM Peabody Conservatory, MM NEC, Graduate Performance Diploma program at Peabody, Now working in Boston
Judith Mendenhall:
BM NEC, Fulbright Scholar at Paris Conservatory, MM NEC, Principal Flute, American Ballet Theater Orchestra, Head of Woodwinds, Mannes College of Music
Alicia Mielke:
BM University of Texas at Austin, MM NEC, Farmer, Recitalist, Former Concert Manager: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Yeyoung Gloria Moon:
BM NEC, MM Candidate at the Juilliard School
Anthony Morejon:
BM NEC, Performer, Teacher, Assistant Director, Boston University Admissions
Seth Allyn Morris:
BM University of Kentucky, MM NEC, DMA University of Michigan, Principal Flute, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Stephanie Mortimore:
BM DePaul University, MM NEC, Piccolo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York
Julianna Nickel:
BM and MM NEC, Performer, Professor of Flute at George Mason University, Principal Flute, American Festival Pops Orchestra
Hunter O’Brien:
BM NEC, pursuing MM at Rice University
Michael O’Brien:
BM University of Missouri Kansas City, MM NEC, Principal Flute, Lexington Philharmonic
Janelle Olson:
BM CSU Long Beach, MM NEC, Piccolo, Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, Second Flute at Plano Symphony Orchestra
Christian Paquette:
BM McGill, MM NEC, DMA candidate, Peabody Institute, Principal Flute, York Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
Sung-Min Park:
BM Eastman School of Music, MM and GD NEC, DMA SUNY at Stony Brook, Performer and Teacher, Conductor: Worldbridge Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Russia Crimea Philharmonic Orchestra
Hyuncheong Park:
BM Musik Hochschule Munich, MM and GD NEC, DMA Boston University, Soloist, Professor at Chongshin University and Chugye College of Art in Seoul, Korea.
Theresa Patton Pope:
BM Juilliard School, Flutist: Boston Ballet, Teacher
Allison Poh:
BM Northwestern University, MM NEC, Performer: Chicago Civic Symphony
Les Roettges:
BM NEC, MM Juilliard School, Principal Flute, Jacksonville Symphony
Kyle Ruggles:
BM NEC, Freelance Flutist and Chamber Musician
Adrian Sanborn:
BA Mathematics Harvard, MM NEC, PhD Stanford, Founding Scientist and Bioscience Lead, Atomic AI, on a mission to enable the rational design of new molecules and medicines, enabled by the cutting-edge fusion of artificial intelligence and structural biology
Mona Yamazaki Sangesland:
BM University of Washington, MM and GD NEC, Fulbright Scholar Sibelius Academy, Alexander Technique Teacher, Assistant to Paula Robison
Jessica Shand:
BA Harvard, Fellow at the MIT Media Lab in Mathematics and Composition
Grieg Shearer:
BM NEC, MM Manhattan School of Music, Principal Flute, Hartford Symphony, Professor of Flute, Hartt School of Music Dance and Theatre
Donna Shin:
BM and DMA Eastman School of Music, MM NEC, Professor of Flute, University of Washington, Artist Faculty at Bayview Music Festival and ARIA International Summer Academy
Benjamin Smolen:
BM Princeton University, PD Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, MM NEC, DMA University of Michigan, Soloist, Principal Flute, Pacific Symphony, 1st Prize Haynes International Competition
Stephani Stang:
BM Catholic University, MM NEC, Assistant Principal Flute, Kennedy Center Orchestra and Washington National Opera Orchestra, Instructor of Flute, The George Washington University
Michelle Sung:
BM NEC, Studying in Los Angeles
Jin Ta:
MM, AD NEC, Principal Flute, Singapore Symphony
Sujatha Vasudevan:
BM NEC, Spiritual Healer
Annie Wu:
BA Harvard, MM NEC, Soloist with Astral Artists, Administrative Assistant to the Office of the President at the Juilliard School
Linden Wu:
Performer and Educator
Minji Park Wu:
BM NEC, MM NYU, Recitalist
You Yang:
BM Cincinnati College-Conservatory, MM NEC, DMA candidate and teaching fellow at University of North Texas
Masumi Yoneyama:
BM NEC, MM Roosevelt University, Performer and Teacher at Chicago Futabakai Japanese School
Wooyeon Milk Yoo:
BM, GD, and MM NEC, Soloist and concert organizer, Seoul, Korea
Bi-Le Zhang:
BM Curtis Institute, MM NEC, Principal Flute, Beijing Central Conservatory of Music Symphony
James Zhang:
BM McGill University, MM NEC, Founder: Air Wave One Media
Yinzi Zhou:
BM, MM NEC, DMA Candidate at the University of Georgia
Laurel Zucker:
BM Juilliard School, MM NEC, MM New York University, Soloist, Teacher, Founder, Cantilena Records