Alumni Profiles

Given her first name, it’s no surprise that cellist Melody Giron was born into a musical family. Her mother felt strongly that her children should play instruments, so she enrolled all five of them in the New England Conservatory of Music’s preparatory school. Ms. Giron began studying piano at age

Following a career path that’s had some unexpected forks, Pia Bose (MM ’01, Piano) is now living the life of a musician fully immersed in both her art and a community of artists. Living in Geneva, Switzerland, since 2012, Dr. Bose begins her mornings practicing as half of the Bose-Pastor

It’s been a long and winding path of interwoven musical and cultural influences for Robert Martin (BM ’74, MM ’75, Composition) from his days at Peabody to his current roles as composer and executive director of the Zethus Fund for Contemporary Music. In 1976, he moved to New York to

Described as “arguably the most influential American classical guitarist of the 20th century” by Soundboard magazine in 1997, Grammy award–winning performer David Starobin (BM ’73, Guitar) continues to earn international esteem for the breadth and quality of his body of work — as a performer, producer, and educator. During the

It’s a simple song, just 24 notes, one that Jari Villanueva has performed publicly thousands of times. Still, it never fails to move him deeply. “Taps,” the ubiquitous tune heard nightly throughout the United States, often serves as a “lights out” notification in camps and military bases. Mr. Villanueva (BM

This fall, alumni organists from across the region and around the world gathered together to perform and reconnect. The event on September 18 was the brainchild of Jonathan Moyer (MM ’00, GPD ’02, DMA ’10, Organ), current DMA student Felix Hell (AD ’07, MM ’08, Organ) and Michael Britt (BM