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Council

An umbrella organization for all alumni, the Curtis Alumni Council exists to unite Curtis alumni worldwide and to serve as advisors, guardians and supporters of the Institute. The mission of the council is to strengthen ties among alumni worldwide and between alumni and Curtis. All Curtis alumni are represented by the council with no membership dues. Elected alumni serve as class representatives as well as representatives from independent Curtis alumni organizations. One elected council representative also serves on the Curtis Board of Trustees to represent the alumni.

Executive Committee
Class Representatives
Alumni Organization Representatives
Alumni Council Meeting Schedule

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Plato S. Karayanis (Voice ’56), Chairman
Sharon Wei (Viola ’04), Vice-Chairman
George C. Chase (Trumpet ’93), Treasurer
Miles B. Davis (Double Bass ’74), Secretary

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CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
1925-54
Charles Jaffe (Violin ’35)
Edith Evans Frumin (Voice ’48)
Barbara Moskow (Voice ’50)
Suzanne Hanson Poole (Voice ’50)

1955-67
Frederick E. Sewell (Violin ’54)
Henry Charles Smith (Trombone ’55)
Francesco Sorianello (Voice ’59)
James P. Kennedy (Violoncello ’64)

1968-75
William A. Horn, M.D. (Piano ’70)
Sandra N. Miller (Flute ’72)

1976-83
Deborah Fleisher (Harp '76)
Mark T. Cedel (Viola '77)

1984-90
David Bernard (Clarinet ’84)
Edward P. Gazouleas (Viola ’84)
Daron A. Hagen (Composition ’84)
Raymond Wang (Violoncello ’84)
Judith Pannill Raiford (Voice ’85, Opera ’86)
Susan R. Gulkis Assadi (Viola ’88)

1991-99
Arash Amini (Cello ’97)
Daniel Matsukawa (Bassoon '92)
Chris Clark (Trombone '95)
Paolo M. Bordignon (Organ '96)
Jeffrey N. Lastrapes (Cello '96)

2000-2008
John B Hedges (Composition ’02)
Adrian Keith Morejon (Bassoon and Harpsichord ’03)
Sharon Wei (Viola ’04)
Timothy Ressler (Double Bass ’05)
Weston A. Sprott (Trombone ’06)

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ALUMNI ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES
Fanabel Block Kremens (Piano '42)
Alumni Society of Greater Philadelphia

Rev. Mary June Nestler (Voice '75)
Curtis Alumni Association West, Inc.

Curtis Staff Representatives:
Roberto Díaz (Viola '84), President
Robert Fitzpatrick (Clarinet '68), Dean
Elizabeth A. Wright, Vice President for Development
Anne O'Donnell, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations
Lisa Shepperson, Development Associate for Alumni, Parents and Friends

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ALUMNI COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE
Semi-Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Annual Meeting, Election of Officers
Saturday, May 16, 2009

The Curtis Alumni Council can be contacted through the Alumni Relations Office by telephone, 215-893-5272; fax, 215-893-5258; or e-mail, alumnirelations@curtis.edu.

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Curtis Musicians Perform at the Mann Center

Curtis students and recent graduates make their Philadelphia Orchestra debuts at the Mann Center June 29, June 30, and July 1 under the direction of Rossen Milanov, artistic director of the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center and a 1994 graduate of Curtis.

On Monday, June 29 at 8 p.m., works by Beethoven are featured. Benjamin Beilman performs Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra, and 2009 graduate Kyu Yeon Kim performs Piano Concerto No. 4.

Twins Christina and Michelle Naughton, second-year Curtis students, perform on Tuesday, June 30 at 8 p.m. The concert includes an appearance by Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, narrating Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals.

On Wednesday, July 1 at 8 p.m., fourteen-year-old Curtis violinist Yu-Chien Tseng performs Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with conductor and harpsichordist Lio Kuokman, a 2009 graduate. Lio also leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro.

For more information, visit www.manncenter.org
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