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Fall
2003
Vol. 66, No. 1

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Eastman School of Music

1933
70th Reunion
October 2004

1934
70th Reunion
October 2004

1936
Ruth Dill Scherer presented a lecture on the Charlotte (N.C.) Symphony’s final subscription concert of the season in March.

1938
65th Reunion
October 2004

1939
65th Reunion
October 2004

1943
60th Reunion
October 2004

1944
60th Reunion
October 2004

1948
55th Reunion
October 2004

1949
55th Reunion
October 2004
Roy Hamlin Johnson ’51 (MM), ’61 (DMA) writes to say he received an honorary doctor of music degree from the University of Michigan last fall. He has been professor emeritus of piano at the University of Maryland at College Park since 1992.

1953
50th Reunion
October 2004

1954
50th Reunion
October 2004

1958
45th Reunion
October 2004

1959
45th Reunion
October 2004
Robert Vehar (MM) has retired from teaching full time at several schools, including SUNY Potsdam and the University of Bridgeport in Ontario, Canada, and is now an adjunct instructor at SUNY Buffalo. He also has his own consulting company for speaking and singing, Sound Advice.

1961
Roy Hamlin Johnson (DMA) (see ’49).

1963
40th Reunion
October 2004

1964
40th Reunion
October 2004

1968
35th Reunion
October 2004
Mary Ann Lackovich ’72 (MM) writes to announce that she received an honorary doctorate in literature from the World Academy of Arts and Culture–UNESCO at the 22nd World Congress for Poets in Iasi, Romania, for her book The Poetry of God.

1969
35th Reunion
October 2004

1970
Percussionist Geary Larrick (MM) (MM) writes that he gave youth concerts in early 2003 at the Gesell Institute and Family Resource Center in Stevens Point, Wis. . . . Saxophonist Chris Vadala appeared with the Sinclair Jazz Ensemble in Dayton, Ohio, in March.

1972
Mary Ann Lackovich (MM) (see ’68).

1973
30th Reunion
October 2004

1974
30th Reunion
October 2004
Susan Pierson recently replaced Renate Behle in the title role of Richard Strauss’s Elektra at the Pittsburgh Opera.

1978
25th Reunion
October 2004

1979
25th Reunion
October 2004

David Bell (MA) is the author of Divorce: Making the Break, published in 2002.

1980
Organist Peter DuBois performed an organ dedication recital at the Webster (N.Y.) Presbyterian Church in March. He is organist and music director at Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester.

1981
The premiere of an original composition by Dan Locklair (DMA), Lairs of Soundings: A Triptych for Soprano and String Orchestra, was performed by St. John’s Chamber Orchestra of Stockton, Calif., on January 26. The composition was based on poetry of Ursula K. LeGuin. Another of Dan’s works, Three Nativity Songs, was premiered by soprano Janeanne Houston with members of the Seattle Symphony on a new CD, Living Mysteries. Dan is composer in residence and professor of music at Wake Forest University. . . . American General Financial Services has promoted Kevin Wilson (MM) to director of corporate development.

1983
20th Reunion
October 2004

Soprano Renée Fleming (MM) performed in concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in March. Benefits went to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Young Audiences of Rochester.

1984
20th Reunion
October 2004

Violinist William Terwilliger ’86 (MM), ’90 (DMA) presented a chamber music recital in March at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in Algiers, La.

1988
15th Reunion
October 2004

1989
15th Reunion
October 2004

1992
Ingrid Gordon performed a concert of Latin American works for percussion at Kew Gardens in Queens, N.Y., in March, as part of Women’s History Month.

1993
10th Reunion
October 2004

1994
10th Reunion
October 2004

1995
The Lyric Brass Quintet, including Andrew Spang (MM) on tuba, released their second CD, Christmas Around the World, last year. Many of the disc’s 25 arrangements were by Andrew.

1998
Christopher Fensom (MM) is engaged to marry Tara Noval in August 2003 in Pittsford, N.Y. Christopher is a member of the trumpet section of the Charlotte (N.C.) Symphony Orchestra. Tara is a violinist with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

1999
Navy Seaman Recruit Steven Haase, recently completed training with honors. . . . Mariusz Smolij (DMA) has been appointed music director of the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra in Lafayette, La.

2001
Laura Enslin (MM) participated in an artist residency at Webster (N.Y.) Thomas High School last December, soloing with the high school’s women’s chorus and string orchestra. Laura teaches voice at Nazareth College in Rochester and is a doctoral student at Eastman.


 
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