The Declassified performs summer evening concert June 7
“A new collective of some of the brightest young classical musicians in the world…” – Time Out New York The contemporary chamber ensemble The Declassified, known for its diverse approaches to audience engagement, will perform at the Yale School of Music on Friday, June 7 at 8 pm. A pre-concert talk will take place at 7 pm. Both the talk and [...]
School of Music awards prizes at annual honors dinner
The School of Music held its annual honors dinner on Sunday, May 5. The event offered tributes to distinguished alumni and faculty, and honored outstanding students. The Cultural Leadership Citation was awarded to James D’Addario. D’Addario is the CEO of D’Addario Strings, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of instrument strings, and (with his wife) co-founder of [...]
Naomi Woo ’13MM awarded prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Will pursue postgraduate study at Cambridge University, U.K. Naomi Woo ’13MM has been selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. This October, she will pursue an M.Phil. in music studies at Cambridge University, U.K., where she will research musical performance and scholarship. This prestigious honor is extremely competitive; the fifty-one successful candidates were selected from a [...]
Alumnus David Pershall wins Marcello Giordani Vocal Competition
On March 30, 2013, baritone David Pershall ’10MM, 11AD won the Marcello Giordani Foundation International Vocal Competition in Vero Beach, Florida. In collaboration with and under the sponsorship of the Vero Beach Opera, the primary objective of the competition is to “lead talented young singers toward a successful career on the operatic stage.” The first [...]
In memoriam: composer and conductor Buryl Red, 77
Buryl Red ’61MM, a conductor, producer, and arranger known world-wide as the musical director of The Century Men and composer of the 1972 classic Celebrate Life, died April 1. Red, 77, was born in Little Rock, Ark., and studied at Baylor and Yale Universities. Described by the Washington Post as “uncommonly creative,” Red’s extensive body of [...]
Pianists Richard and John Contiguglia win Grand Prix du Disque
Duo pianists Richard and John Contiguglia (both ’59BA, ’61MM) are the winners of the 2012 Grand Prix du Disque, awarded last October by the Liszt Society of Hungary. The award-winning disc features Liszt’s Operatic Fantasies and Bartók’s Suite for Two Pianos. The brothers noted, “Early in our career as a professional duo-piano team we discovered duos of [...]
Associate Provost Masse named new music dean at Stetson
Thomas Gilmore Masse ’91MM, ’92AD, has been named the next Dean of the Stetson University School of Music. Masse will begin work in his position in June. Masse served as Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Music from 2005 to 2009 He is currently the Associate Provost for the Arts at Yale University. A clarinetist, [...]
Clarinetist Charles Neidich, pianist Robert Levin perform Schumann and Brahms Dec. 2 & 3
The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the eminent duo of clarinetist Charles Neidich ’75BA and pianist Robert Levin on December 2 and 3. Using historical instruments, the performances will feature music of Brahms and Schumann as the composers themselves might have heard them. Levin will be performing on a piano built by Johann Baptist [...]
Actress to bring Dickens characters to life at British Art Center
Award-winning British stage and screen actress Miriam Margolyes will perform her celebrated production of “Dickens’ Women” at the Yale Center for British Art on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 6 pm. The production features Margolyes portraying 23 of Dickens’ best-loved characters. Acclaimed pianist Wei-Yi Yang will accompany Margolyes on piano with music contemporary to Dickens’ time. [...]
Roomful of Teeth releases debut album
Roomful of Teeth, a new music vocal group founded and directed by Brad Wells ’98MM, ’05DMA, released its debut album on New Amsterdam Records on October 30, 2012. The ensemble includes a rich cast of Yale alumni: Estelí Gomez ’08BA, Caroline Shaw ’07MM, Eric Dudley ’03MM, ’04MMA, ’11DMA, and Dashon Burton ’11MM as well as current [...]
Marianna Prjevalskaya wins prizes at Panama International Piano Competition
Marianna Prjevalskaya ’07MM, ’10AD just won Second Prize and Audience Prize at the Panama International Piano Competition. First Prize was not awarded. As the winner of the competition, she performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, with the National Symphony Orchestra after the award ceremony. The competition, which takes place every two years [...]
Pianist Jian Liu performs musical fantasies Nov. 8
DMA recital features music of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart & more The Yale School of Music presents the pianist Jian Liu in a Doctor of Musical Arts recital on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 8 pm. The program is an exploration of musical fantasies, including examples by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt. Liu will open [...]
YSM pianists take home prizes in San Antonio International Piano Competition
Pianist Lo-An Lin, a student of Hung-Kuan Chen, took home the Gold Medal and the prize for best performance of a Baroque work at the 2012 San Antonio International Piano Competition this past weekend. Mei Rui ’06MM, ’07AD earned Special Recognition and the prize for best performance of a Classical work. As the Gold Medal winner, Lin [...]
Recordings from alumni
Marianna Prjevalskaya ’07MM produced a CD of a piano recital as part of her award for winning the first prize at the Jaen International Piano Competition in Spain in May 2011. The disc features Haydn’s Andante and Variations in F minor, sonatas of Scarlatti, Schumann’s Sonata in F-sharp minor, and Jose Zarate’s Aurgitana. John Gilbert [...]
Dmitri Atapine and Adela Hyeyeon Park record music of Liebermann
Dmitri Atapine ’05MMA, ’06AD, ’10DMA and Adela Hyeyeon Park ’05MM, ’06AD have released a world-premiere recording of complete music for cello and piano by the American composer Lowell Liebermann. This marks the very first recording of all but one of the sonatas, and it is the first recording where all the works appear together. The critically-acclaimed [...]
Michael Compitello appointed to Cornell University faculty
Michael Compitello ’09MM, ’12MMA has been appointed Interim Lecturer in Percussion at Cornell University, where he will direct Cornell’s percussion ensembles—the Cornell University Steel Band and the World Drum and Dance Ensemble—and coordinate the school’s percussion department. This fall, Compitello is also Interim Lecturer in Percussion at UMass Amherst, where he teaches private lessons and [...]
Alumni garner faculty appointments
Thomas Novak ’91MM promoted to Provost of New England Conservatory; appointments also for Matthew Barnson ’12DMA, Katherine Lee ’02AD, Doug Lindsey ’10MM, Naomi Seidman ’04MM Thomas Novak ’91MM was promoted to Provost at the New England Conservatory. Having served as Dean of the College since 2007, Novak will continue to oversee Conservatory faculty, curriculum, admissions, [...]
Yang Jiao takes second prize in Li Delun Conducting Competition
Yang Jiao ’12MM was awarded the silver medal in the first Li Delun National Conducting Competition, held June 18–23 in Qingdao, China. Jing Huan took home the third prize; no first prize was awarded. The Li Delun National Conducting Competition was organized by the Ministry of Culture, the China Symphony Development Foundation, and the local [...]
Student & alumni pianists perform in Ankara, Turkey
On May 22, piano students Lee Dionne ’13MM, Henry Kramer ’13AD, and Esther Park ’12AD, ’13MMA performed with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in Ankara, Turkey. The concert was conducted by the orchestra’s music director, Maestro Isin Metin (pictured at left). Boris Berman, a faculty member and the chair of the piano program at the School [...]
Dmitri Novgorodsky ’03DMA to join faculty of SUNY-Fredonia
Dmitri Novgorodsky ’94MM, ’99MMA, ’03DMA, a pianist, has been appointed to the faculty of the School of Music at SUNY-Fredonia. Novgorodsky will be Assistant Professor of Music, a tenure-track position. For the past three years, Novgorodsky has served on the piano faculty at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He has also taught at [...]
Joseph Polisi ’80DMA awarded Sanford Medal
At the Yale School of Music’s 119th Commencement today, alumnus Joseph Polisi was awarded the Samuel Simons Sanford Medal. The highest honor bestowed by the School of Music, the medal is awarded for distinguished service to music. Polisi was awarded the DMA degree from the Yale School of Music in 1980, after earning his MM [...]
Dominick DiOrio ’12DMA to join faculty of Indiana University
Dominick DiOrio ’08MM, ’09MMA, ’12DMA has accepted a tenure-track position at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University for next fall. DiOrio will be Assistant Professor of Music in the choral conducting department. “I am so excited about this new opportunity,” said DiOrio, “and I can’t wait to move to Bloomington to start this [...]
Kim Perlak ’01MM releases CD of American music
Kim Perlak ’01MM has released Common Ground, a disc of new American music for solo classical guitar. The CD was recorded March of 2011 in Sprague Hall with engineer Eugene Kimball, the School of Music’s recording engineer. All of the music on the recording is American, new, and written by living composers. The recording features [...]
Trombonist Jason Robins ’06MM wins position with Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Jason Robins ’06MM won the position of second trombone in the Alabama Symphony Orchestra earlier this week. Robins is currently finishing his second season as principal trombone of the Erie Philharmonic. He holds degrees from Stetson University and the Yale School of Music, where he studied with David Schmidt and Scott Hartman, respectively. In September, [...]
