Killer In Car Wreck Freed Mar 16, 2008
Ariana now studies vocal performance at The Boston Conservatory. As for Beauchamp, police said he had a bad driving record in Connecticut and New York, including motor vehicle convictions for speeding and driving without a license. (FOX61, CT)
Life should be more like "Hairspray," opening at the Garde Mar 15, 2008
"Malane is a Connecticut native who grew up in New Canaan, and graduated three years ago from the Boston Conservatory. "This is my first national tour," she says. "I spent about a year in New York and started this tour in October 2006. At first I was playing Tammy, the nice girl on the Corny Collins Show, and understudying some of the other roles. (Westerly Sun, RI)
'Avenue Q' keeps puppeteer's hands full Mar 9, 2008
Boston Conservatory graduate David Benoit has his hands full with a dream job on 'Avenue q ... Since graduating from the Boston Conservatory, Benoit has worked steadily, first with regional troupes such as North Shore Music Theatre and SpeakEasy Stage Company ... As a fellow student at the Boston Conservatory, Freedson remembers Benoit having "a big, baritone Robert Goulet-kind of voice." He says Benoit's sensibilities, and the talents that served him so well in "Forbidden Broadway," are the... (Boston Globe)
Leap Day baby makes debut Mar 6, 2008
Today, Michelle teaches jazz, tap, ballet and musical theatre at Dean College and the Boston Conservatory, while Ryan, who is originally from Oklahoma, works for EF Education in Cambridge. Does Michelle think little Sydney will follow in her footsteps and become a dancer. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Co-op students finally get a break Feb 28, 2008
Next week's events include a spring break kick-off event, a co-op luncheon, the Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons game, the Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs game, a Mexican cooking class, a trip to see the Tony Award-winning musical "The Life" at the Boston Conservatory Theatre and several yoga classes. "The events chosen for the week change each year and are based on local events and NU athletic events," Mariotti said. (Northeastern News, MA)
Artistic youth benefit from master classes Feb 23, 2008
The company recently offered a master jazz class with Nicole Danizio, who performed with Prometheus Dance, ACE Entertainment, Impulse, and Boston Dance Company and is on faculty at the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio, Boston Youth Moves, Walnut Hill, and Boston Conservatory. Just days after there was a master ballet class with Barbara Pontecorvo, the founder and current director of Gem City Ballet in Dayton Ohio and former principal dancer with Chicago Ballet, Boston Repertory Ballet, and Dayton... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
BAY AREA BIZ Feb 18, 2008
com/blogs/bayareabiz. Send your news to bayareabiz@sfgate. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Stephanie Umoh sees a different side of herself Feb 17, 2008
Umoh, 22, is a musical theater student in her senior year at the Boston Conservatory ... After a frantic semester of rehearsals, recitals, and classes at Boston Conservatory, she was enchanted by simple pleasures - fried plantains, succulent pineapple, the sight of a little boy with a heavy water jug on his head riveted by a passing parade. (Boston Globe)
From niggunim to Led Zeppelin Feb 15, 2008
Basya is completely self-taught, notes Daphna Mor, a member of Pharaoh s Daughter and graduate of the Boston Conservatory. She comes to us and sings a song she s written. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
'The Turn of the Screw' delivers chills Feb 9, 2008
The Boston Conservatory's production of Benjamin Britten's chamber opera "The Turn of the Screw," which opened a four-performance run on Thursday, is so good you want to see it again, right away ... The singers on the first night - all but one Boston Conservatory students - moved and sang well, and projected the text vividly ... At: Boston Conservatory Theatre. (Boston Globe)
A kick in the brass Feb 4, 2008
Boston's Triton Brass will play three pieces tonight at the Boston Conservatory - Lachlan M. Fife's "Ambivalent Symbiont," Jan Bach's "Laudes," and Lansing McLoskey's "The Maddening Crowd." That represents only a small fraction of the quintet's repertoire ... Boston Conservatory, Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, Boston. (Boston Globe)
A recession-proof night Jan 30, 2008
Music that is, namely a contemporary chamber music series at the Boston Conservatory called "The Hard Stuff." This week, the focus is on the "fiercer and spikier music of the post-war European avant-garde, including music rarely heard in Boston," according to organizers. On Friday, Sarah Brady (on flute), Yukiko Takagi (on piano), and Gretchen Peery (on piano) will perform works by Claude Debussy, Edgar Varese, Pierre Boulez, and Jean Barraque. (Boston Globe)
Leslie Howard Jan 28, 2008
With a resume like that, it's hard to imagine anyone more qualified to be part of the Boston Conservatory's Piano Master series, which includes Howard's show tomorrow at Seully Hall ... Seully Hall at the Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway, Boston. (Boston Globe)
'Adrift in Macao' is a frothy blend of puns, satire Jan 16, 2008
And then there's Rick's henchman Tempura - so named, as he mincingly explains, "because I have been battered by life." Boston Conservatory student Austin Ku delivers that line, along with a nonstop battery of exaggerated ethnic stereotypes, with an expert mix of knowingness and innocence. He's the funniest thing onstage, even before the big revelation near the end that takes the showbiz satire to a new level. (Boston Globe)
Ron Savenor and John Kuntz Dec 21, 2007
He recently started teaching acting at Boston Conservatory and tomorrow he's putting the finishing touches on a new play, "The Hotel Nepenthe," which his senior acting majors will perform. Sunday it's back to rehearsals. (Boston Globe)
A little taste of Heaven in Wellesley Dec 7, 2007
Chen came to America in 1993; Yu arrived one year later to study the violin at the Boston Conservatory of Music. At the same time, she did child care part time in Wellesley, so I loved this town since I arrived here in America, she said. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Pianist Aemilia returns home for solo recital Dec 6, 2007
Aemilia has an impressive educational background, having graduated with a master's degree in piano pedagogy from the Westminster Choir College Rider University, Princeton, U.S. Recently she obtained her master of music, majoring in piano performance, from the Boston Conservatory of Music. She has a private studio in Tempe and is an active member of the Arizona State Music Teacher's Association. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Energizing the opera Nov 12, 2007
After earning his first bachelor's degree, Allen pursued an opera performance degree at Boston Conservatory. Going in, he knew little. (Anchorage Daily News)
Braving 'Bohme' Nov 8, 2007
An apt introductionElizabeth Seitz, an opera buff, musicologist, and music history teacher at the Boston Conservatory, guided the students through the course syllabus, which began with Giacomo Puccini's "La Boh me." The perennially popular work about ill-fated love in 19th-century bohemian Paris opened the BLO's season last Friday; with its easy-to-relate-to characters, the piece was an apt introduction to the genre. At a time when operas centered on gods and kings, Puccini favored decidedly... (Boston Globe)
Preview: 'Streets of America' Oct 30, 2007
Riopelle was working on a show with a professor of his from the Boston Conservatory, and Rupert was touring with "Ragtime." "I knew him more as an actor, but I knew he had written 'Mail,' " says Riopelle, some 20 years younger than Rupert. They hit it off and began talking about creating a show about the '60s: "Not much had been written about it other than 'Hair.' ". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Choreographer Sen Curran at a new level Oct 26, 2007
A passionate modern-dance advocate, he teaches at the Boston Conservatory, among other schools. Meanwhile he has evolved artistically, along with his company. (Boston Globe)
Festival showcases student playwrights Oct 26, 2007
The high school program's high point is "Enlightenment," a parody noir detective story by Emma Wagner, a freshman at the Boston Conservatory who wrote it at Mt. Lebanon High School. Detective Rusty Clubs and pert secretary Madge are hired by a femme fatale to track down her absent fiance, along the way meeting another half-dozen characters. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Lucky Duck' Oct 14, 2007
Russell directed the first amateur production last spring, at the Boston Conservatory; he believes the BHSU show may be the second amateur production ever. The performance also marks the very first time one of Russell's musicals has been performed in the Black Hills. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Brass quintet entertains, educates student musicians Oct 7, 2007
Members of Presidio Brass have been seen with major symphony orchestras, including the London Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic; the musicians received education from the Juilliard School, Boston Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, USC and UCLA.. Cabrillo High School music teacher Mike Pakaluk said his students were getting a chance to learn from the best. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Two perspectives on opening night Sep 30, 2007
A graduate of New England Conservatory, he is on the faculty there and at Boston University and the Boston Conservatory. Q: So this is your 38th opening night. (Boston Globe)
Shen students attend prestigious acting school Sep 22, 2007
Boyajian favors attending the Juilliard School in New York City or the Boston Conservatory. Bouchard wants to keep her options more open and is considering majoring in theater but getting a minor in journalism at schools like Emerson or Fordham. (Community News Weekly, NY)
International Fight League Names Jay Larkin President and Chief Operating Officer Sep 22, 2007
Larkin attended the Boston Conservatory of Music; the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and received a degree in theater and directing from C.W. Post College of Long Island University. He has been nominated for a primetime Emmy Award, a Tony Award and is a recipient of the prestigious boxing industry Taub Award for excellence in broadcasting journalism from the Boxing Writers Association of America. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Golf rocks (and helps students) Sep 20, 2007
Robie went on to earn a degree in music from Bucknell University, and she is now working on her master's in music in voice performance from the Boston Conservatory. "Their generosity was much appreciated as it helped me to enjoy a wonderful education," said Robie. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Music in the Mountains names conductor Sep 5, 2007
Bruce Hangen, principal guest conductor of the Boston Pops, director at Boston Conservatory and director of Indian Hill Symphony, Littleton, Mass. Arthur Post, the hometown candidate who lives in Durango, conductor of the San Juan Symphony who frequently conducts in Europe. (Durango Herald)
Big changes for Theo Aug 18, 2007
In for an 'Idol' visit Former "American Idol" contestant Constantine Maroulis says any trip to Boston is a good trip, even if he's just here to promote his self-titled CD and his daytime soap role on "The Bold and the Beautiful." One of the first rockers on "Idol," the Boston Conservatory alum says the school prepared him for the competition. "But it also gave me a disadvantage because I never had time to watch TV," Maroulis told us during a stop at radio station Mix 98. (Boston Globe)
More of this story Aug 17, 2007
Joseph concedes that it s harder to say goodbye to her son than it was to part with her daughter Leah, a graduate of The Boston Conservatory who now lives in Manhattan. With a boy you worry more about his day-to-day needs: Is he going to get his laundry done. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Revival By The Sea Aug 10, 2007
Also featured in lead roles (Brown plays the charming young love interest Panacea, and Del Pazzo is her doddering, doting and lascivious father Senex) are William Nash Broyles, a graduate of the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts in New York City and a brief performer on "American Idol, as Panacea s paramour Hero; Jean-Pierre Ferragamo as Pseudolus, the slave who is trying his damndest to earn his freedom; Zachary James, who was born in Rhode Island, as Miles Gloriosus, the pompous army... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Donald Trump Offered Rosie O'Donnell $2 Million to Go on 'The Apprentice' Jul 31, 2007
The rest was divided among Elton John's AIDS Foundation ($31,124), T.J. Martell Foundation, the UCLA Foundation and the Boston Conservatory. She also gave $5,000 to Ionia Inc., a progressive community in Alaska. (Fox News)
Teen has hopes for a bright future in acting Jul 27, 2007
He is already thinking ahead and hopes to attend The Boston Conservatory. In 10 years, Stevens hopes to be a graduate of the Conservatory and to have made his dream a reality. (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
Spreading her wings Jun 11, 2007
Starting in the fall, the Carmel Valley teen will attend Massachusetts' highly regarded Boston Conservatory in preparation for what she hopes will be a Broadway career. She's incredibly talented, said Junior Theatre executive director Will Neblett, who staged Peter Pan's 13-performance run that closed last month at Balboa Park's Casa del Prado Theatre. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Music to make a difference Jun 10, 2007
This summer Bear will be interning at a Boston casting agency, attending a two-week program at the Boston Conservatory for training in technique and working in his spare time at Googies ice cream shop in Portsmouth. Bear says he has definite plans to hold a similar event next year, but for now says he just hopes this year turns out well, people enjoy themselves and money is raised for the Jimmy Fund. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Series goes out with a brass 'Potpourri' May 18, 2007
The Boston Conservatory graduate already knew trumpet player Elisa Koehler, who works as a music professor at Goucher College and is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory. Tired of being the seasoning in other musicians' stew, they decided to invent a venue that would let them plan out their own musical menu. (Columbia Flier, MD)
A Parent's Worst Nightmare Feb 12, 2007
Kyle's older brother, Sean, 19, a freshman at Boston Conservatory of Music, home on Christmas break, went to the theater in San Francisco. By 7:30 p.m., Kyle was feeling well enough to go out. (San Francisco Chronicle)
ST. MATTHIAS HOST PREVIEW OF NEW CONCERTO Feb 8, 2007
As a teacher, Fullam has been professor of Clarinet for the Eastman School of Music, the Philharmonic Conservatory of Caracas, and the Boston Conservatory where he also was Director of Chamber Music. He is also currently a member of the Roycroft Festival Players and the Ars Nova Ensemble. (East Aurora Advertiser, NY)
Opera hopefuls take spotlight Feb 1, 2007
BOC co-founder Katherine Drexel, a soprano who graduated from the Boston Conservatory and has been performing since she was 5, said the encouragement Collaborative members gain from each other is vital. "We strive for a family situation," she said. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
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After graduating from high school, she enhanced her skills in, and knowledge of dance at the Boston Conservatory of Music [financed by scholarships from the State of New Jersey; the Boston Conservatory of Music; the Boston Ballet; and the Dance Circle of Boston. Her professional credits include both performing in, and choreographing for the Boston Ballet; the Eric Hawkins Company; Winterfest of Boston [while serving as co-artistic director for the Institute of Contemporary Dance]; the Harvard... (Los Angeles Daily News)
Maroulis of 'Idol' joins 'Jacques Brel' Jan 10, 2007
A graduate of the Boston Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music, Maroulis' prior stage experience was in a tour of "Rent" and a recent stint in "The Wedding Singer" from New York's Public Theater. Now he and Patterson join fellow thespians Gay Marshall and Robert Cuccioli in the Gordon Greenberg-helmed production for a series of weekly feature performances and matinees. (Washington Times, DC)
WEDDINGS- Luna, Kenneally marry Oct. 20 Jan 10, 2007
Strings were played by Boston Conservatory graduates. A dinner reception and dance followed the ceremony at the Tewksbury Country Club in Tewksbury, Mass. (Hillsboro Free Press, KS)
Katharine McPhee's LP: A Little Bit Pussycat Dolls, A Little Bit Mariah Nov 29, 2006
"I went to Boston Conservatory for musical theater and I was buddies with all the guys across the street at Berklee College of Music, and they were all the beat guys they played the keys and that was the stuff I improvised with. "If people are surprised with the sound that I come out with, it's because they get to see a side that already existed but wasn't really shown as much because I was always so nervous on 'Idol,' " she continued. "But yeah, I think it's a little more edgy, a little more... (VHI.com -- Music News)
A gutsy holiday move Nov 24, 2006
Markita Shaw trained as a dancer and singer at the Boston Conservatory of Music and is a longtime choreographer who runs the business end of Kirby Shaw Music as her day job. The cast of "Scroogical" features Geoffrey Blaisdell, who has appeared on Broadway in "Jekyll & Hyde," "Cyrano" and the 20th anniversary production of "Amadeus." He was last seen at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in "The Winter's Tale" and "The Importance of Being Earnest.". (Mail Tribune, OR)
Broadway bound Nov 11, 2006
Education: graduate of Barnstable High School; attended the Boston Conservatory ... Education: graduated from Westboro High School and the Boston Conservatory. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Rudetsky fighting AIDS with 'Chatterbox' Nov 3, 2006
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the top U.S. industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS organization, and receives all proceeds from the $10 donations required to attend "Chatterbox." Former "American Idol" finalist Constantine Maroulis was scheduled to appear Thursday as this week's guest and discuss his recent Broadway debut in the musical, "The Wedding Singer." The Web site said Maroulis, who finished sixth in "American Idol's" fourth season, had previously appeared in a tour of "Rent" and has... (Washington Times, DC)
Queer eye for the Mormon guy Nov 1, 2006
Fales studied acting at the Boston Conservatory before his mission, finished his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University and received his master's degree at the University of Connecticut. His years of classical training are evident in the polished delivery of his songs and his obvious comfort on stage. (Daily Utah Chronicle, UT)
The 'Young' and the Classical Oct 18, 2006
The Young Eight is a string octet consisting of students from various musical schools and conservatories around the country such as The Boston Conservatory and The Julliard School of Music. Established in 2002 at the North Carolina School of Arts by Director and member Quinton I. Morris, the group has become a critically acclaimed chamber ensemble. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
The New "Pirates" Oct 15, 2006
" Farah Alvin says her ing?nue part of Mabel is also reconceived as not just a pretty-young-thing but someone more engaged in what's happening in the story. "She's now more like a Jane Austen heroine with a definite head on her shoulders," she says. Alvin says she sang the operetta's songs in voice class. Jason Michael Snow, a recent graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music who plays Frederic, says his experience is also limited to the classroom. His music teachers studied the details of the... (CTNow.com)
Croonin' in Green Ridge Sep 28, 2006
" Mack's mother was musically inclined, graduating from the Boston Conservatory of Music, but it was his father - a former Luzerne County District Attorney - that "really introduced me to this kind of music. " "He never took it this far," said Mack. "He was involved in politics, and had a family with five kids. (Scranton Times, PA)
Residents pack auditorium for the last show Aug 25, 2006
Christensen, who played Joseph, was accepted into the Boston Conservatory. Vaughan is set to enter Boston University and Hirsh plans to attend Vassar College. (Hamden Journal, CT)
'Idol' finalist is Broadway bound Aug 24, 2006
Maroulis graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music. He appeared in independent films and off-Broadway shows, and toured with "Rent" before competing on "American Idol," he said on his Web site. (Washington Times, DC)
Constantine Maroulis at Casino with brand-new band Aug 13, 2006
Pre "America Idol" days, while a student at the Boston Conservatory of Music, he spent time performing in Portsmouth at Seacoast Repertory Theatre. He was a popular "Idol" contestant, making it to the final six, when he got the boot in April 2005. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Podschun lands ‘Hairspray' film role Jul 25, 2006
After graduating from Blue Valley High School, Hayley attended the Boston Conservatory for one year. She would take the bus into New York for weekend auditions whenever possible. (Wellington Daily News, KS)
Outstanding American soprano dies at 52 Jul 6, 2006
After failing an audition at the Juilliard School, she attended Boston Conservatory. Hunt Lieberson was well established in opera before meeting composer Peter Lieberson who chose her for a role in his opera "Ashoka's Dream," performed at Santa Fe Opera in 1997. (Washington Times, DC)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, 52; Mezzo-Soprano of Great Range Jul 5, 2006
She failed an audition for the Juilliard School and eventually attended the Boston Conservatory. Her big break came in 1985, at 31, when Peter Sellars cast her as Sesto in a controversial production of Handel's "Giulio Cesare.". (Los Angeles Times)
'Idol' Runner-Up Katharine McPhee Reveals Eating Disorder Jun 23, 2006
McPhee's problem got worse when she went to college, studying musical theater at the Boston Conservatory, where her behavior was encouraged by her dorm-mates. "I definitely put on the 'freshman 20,' " she told Teen People. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Divas perform 'Dames at Sea' Jun 22, 2006
Crumrine plans to attend Boston Conservatory of Music this year and major in musical theater. "My ultimate dream would be to be a Broadway performer," Crumrine said. (Johnson County Sun, KS)
Murray Louis gets Scripps ADF Award Jun 19, 2006
The audience also saw a live performance of Louis' 1973 "INDEX (? to necessary neurosis)" performed by dancers from the Boston Conservatory. Louis, artistic director of Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance Company, began dancing in 1946 with Hanya Holm at Colorado College. (Herald Sun)
Hicks wins 'American Idol' crown May 27, 2006
McPhee attended the prestigious Boston Conservatory for a semester; Hicks has been a fixture on honky-tonk stages. McPhee skillfully played to the cameras, all calculated seduction; Hicks stomped across the set, with Cowell once comparing him to a drunken dad at a wedding. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Soul singer is new American Idol May 25, 2006
She is a trained singer backed by her vocal-coach mother and attended the prestigious Boston Conservatory for a semester. Last year, country singer Carrie Underwood won the fourth series of the TV show. (BBC News -- Americas)
Simon's prediction turns out to be right as Hicks defeats Katherine McPhee. May 25, 2006
" With a singer-vocal coach mom behind her and a starlet's beauty, McPhee looked and sounded groomed for success.Hicks, whose thatch of prematurely gray hair helped him stand out from the pack, had barely survived the first audition at which judge Simon Cowell warned he didn't have a chance of advancing in the contest.McPhee attended the prestigious Boston Conservatory for a semester; Hicks has been a fixture on honky-tonk stages. McPhee skillfully played to the cameras, all calculated... (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
She may have lost, but Kat's career still full of life May 25, 2006
McPhee graduated from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks and attended the Boston Conservatory for 18 months. Final advice from the year's "American Idol": "Do what you want to do, and be happy and be proud.". (Los Angeles Daily News)
SouthCoast split on which 'Idol' left standing May 24, 2006
Ms. McPhee also has a Massachusetts connection she attended The Boston Conservatory for three semesters, but left to try out for a TV pilot in Los Angeles. "I want Taylor; I like his voice and he's different," said Kelly Pereira, 20, of New Bedford. (The Standard-Times, MA)
