Marcus Shaw, from Ossining, N.Y., entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2022 and studies horn with Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Mr. Shaw is the Bernard M. Guth Fellow.

Rising young composer Alistair Coleman ('22) selected as the Young Concert Artist's 2023 Composer-in-Residence. He joins the YCA roster with a three-year comprehensive management contract and will be awarded $18,000 for three YCA compositions.

Micah Gleason, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2022 and is the conductor of Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (The Solder's Tale) and the world premiere engagement of Nick DiBerardino's Darmok & Jalad. The work receives its East Coast premiere on March 21 at the Philadelphia Film Center, part of the 2022–23 Curtis Presents series.

Peter Dobrin interviews the award-winning actor and Curtis's Chair of Composition Studies about Igor Stravinsky's "L'Histoire du Soldat" and the Philadelphia premiere of the Star Trek-inspired piece, "Darmok & Jalad."

Curtis’s widely acclaimed group closes the 2022–23 season with Earth and Goblin Market, two mesmerizing works by Pulitzer Prize- and GRAMMY Award-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis.