Month: July 2022

Susie Park (Violin ’04) is a Guest on the Latest Episode of Arts Engines

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Curtis graduate Susie Park (Violin ’04) and violist Sam Bergman of the Minnesota Orchestra were recent guests on Arts Engines with Aaron Dworkin. In this latest episode, they discuss the Orchestra’s anti-racist learning project and the importance of this work throughout the orchestra industry.

During the 2020–21 season, the Minnesota Orchestra launched a series of Anti-Racist Learning Projects, designed to serve as crucial steps toward reducing its reliance on and reproduction of white privilege. The organization-wide projects focused on three particular areas: increasing literacy and critical thinking about anti-racism; growing the Orchestra’s engagement with AMELIA (African, Middle Eastern, Latin, Indigenous, Asian) composers, and diversifying their artistic programming and musical literacy; and shifting communications and marketing messages to identify and challenge dominant white racial frames.

Watch the episode at Arts Journal HERE or below to learn more.

Visit Susie Park’s official website HERE.

Alistair Coleman (Composition ’22) Interviewed in Oregon ArtsWatch

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Alistair Coleman (Composition ’22) has a profile and Q&A in Oregon ArtsWatch, highlighting his recent summer concerts with Chamber Music Northwest. The Curtis graduate and Washington, D.C. native discusses his compositional process, musical influences, favorite composers and works, current projects, and future aspirations.

Read the profile and interview at Oregon ArtsWatch HERE.

Visit Alistair Coleman’s official website HERE.

Composer TJ Cole (’16) Part of Creator Corps Inaugural Class

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TJ Cole (ArtistYear ’17, Composition ’16), Lisa Bielawa, and Tyler Taylor have recently been announced as the inaugural class of The Louisville Orchestra Creator Corps, which will house and employ three full-time composers to represent all musical genres. These “creators” will present new music throughout the season for both the Louisville Orchestra and the community.

“Lisa, TJ, and Tyler are examples of consummate 21st-century artist-leaders; their musical talents match their intellects and they all share a remarkable sensitivity to the needs of the world beyond the boundaries of contemporary musical composition,” said music director, Teddy Abrams (Conducting ’08).

Read the article at the Courier-Journal HERE or at Yahoo! HERE

Visit TJ Cole’s official website HERE.

Curtis Trombone Student Robert Conquer Receives 2022 Michael-Measures Award

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Award-winning trombonist Robert Conquer has quickly established himself as one of Canada’s top young musicians. The Curtis student from Scarborough, Ontario, recently received the 2022 Michael-Measures Award, alongside flutist Arin Sarkissian of Toronto, Ontario. Robert and Arin received these prestigious awards on July 25 at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada concert, organized as part of the Ottawa Chamberfest.

Photo of Robert Conquer by Shayne Gray Photography and photo of Arin Sarkissian by Katelyn Holm.

Read the article at the Conseil des arts du Canada HERE.

Visit Robert Conquer’s official website  HERE.

Rainer Eudeikis (’14) Joins San Francisco Symphony as Principal Cellist

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Curtis alumnus Rainer Eudeikis (Cello ’14) has been appointed as the new principal cellist for the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen. Eudeikis succeeds the late Michael Grebanier (Cello ’58), who led the ensemble’s cello section from 1977 to 2019. He will join violists Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss and Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, and associate principal and E-flat clarinetist Matthew Griffith as they make their SFS debut in September 2022.

Read the article at The Violin Channel HERE.