
Cheng Jiayi Interviews Kevin Puts for Gan Lan
Current GPD student Cheng Jiayi (MM ’24, Cello) interviewed faculty artist Kevin Puts for a profile published in the Gan Lan (Olive) classical music magazine in China. Read the

Current GPD student Cheng Jiayi (MM ’24, Cello) interviewed faculty artist Kevin Puts for a profile published in the Gan Lan (Olive) classical music magazine in China. Read the

Former Preparatory student, Conservatory alumnus, and longtime faculty artist and educator Marjorie Liss (Teaching Certificate ’64; BM ’66, Piano) passed away in January at 82.

Alexander Hardan (BM ’16, Violin; MM’ 18, Violin & Musicology and Ethnomusicology), who recently defended his dissertation in Musicology & Ethnomusicology at Brown University, received

Gener8ion, the multimedia duo of French DJ/producer Surkin and filmmaker Romain Gavras, released a new music video for “STORM,” a single featuring Swedish rapper Yung

Cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios (BM ’11, Cello) was commissioned to write two new cello concerti, one for Gregorio Nieto and the other for faculty

Faculty aristst Zane Forshee (MM ’01, GPD ’03, DMA ’11, Guitar) and Layan Atieh (BM ’22, Horn) won Artistic Lens Awards, part of the Johns

Ben Ross (MM ’23, Voice) was selected as a “Tell Your Story” fellow with the Spoleto Festival USA this year. Over the course of the

Faculty Artist Zane Forshee (MM ’01, GPD ’03, DMA ’11, Guitar) selected as a 2026 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway Resident Artist, part of a Mellon

Jacqueline Pollauf’s (MB ’06, Harp; MM ’07, Harp and Pedagogy) most recent publication, Choral Repertoire: Harp Parts was reviewed by the Harp Column Magazine in

Carter Brey, (BM ’76, Cello) the principal cello of the New York Philharmonic since 1996, announced his retirement at the end of the 2025-26 season.