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
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
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.
Kendra Preston Leonard (BM ’96, Cello) has been awarded a residency at Yaddo to work on the libretto for Common Room, an opera with music
Bergamot Quartet, composed of faculty artist Sarah Thomas (BM ’17, MM, ’19, Violin), and alumni Ledah Finck (BM ’16 , Violin, MM ’18, Violin &
Alex Wu (MM ’24, Cello) won a position with the Air Force Strings which will begin in summer 2026. Wu has been a fellow at
New Music on the Point June Festival will occur from June 2nd to 14th, 2026, in Vermont and will feature the Bergamot Quartet—Ledah Finck (BM
Composer Ian Power’s recent album Brace includes his “Brace Each Other Dive” string quartet, performed by the Bergamot Quartet—Ledah Finck (BM ’16, MM ‘18, Violin);
Cello faculty artist Amit Peled was featured on the WYPR ‘On The Record’ Radio Show hosted by Sheilah Kast, speaking about why learning the language
Preparatory cellist Amelia Baisden, student of Daniel Levitov, spent the summer at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA as part of Morningside Music Bridge, an