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
Alexander Hardan (BM ’16, Violin; MM’ 18, Violin & Musicology and Ethnomusicology), who recently defended his dissertation in Musicology & Ethnomusicology at Brown University, received
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
The Setas Piano Trio, which comprises DMA student Amir Kadamani González (MM ’24, Violin), undergraduate student Adrian Bostian (Cello), and David Lécuyer (GPD ’25, Piano),
Bergamot Quartet, composed of faculty artist Sarah Thomas (BM ’17, MM, ’19, Violin), and alumni Ledah Finck (BM ’16 , Violin, MM ’18, Violin &
Paul Avgerinos (BM ’81, Double Bass) was the engineer on The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which won a GRAMMY award for Best
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
Ryan Ran Huo (BM ’22, Violin) joined the first violin section at the Washington National Opera/Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. An active orchestral performer, Ryan