A Tempo: Maestro, Orchestra Boot Camp, Curtis Bookshelf
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Curtis faculty member Yannick Nézet-Séguin served as the conducting consultant for the new biopic Maestro, a portrait of Leonard Bernstein’s (Conducting ‘41) life and marriage following his time here at Curtis, stars actor and director Bradley Cooper. Instead of launching into concert preparation this past September, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra spent four intensive, pedagogically focused sessions with conductor James Ross (Conducting’ 89).
In the Curtis Bookshelf, biographer Howard Pollack and faculty member Harvey Sachs make their cases for Samuel Barber (Composition ’34) and Arnold Schoenberg, respectively. Venerable publicist Mary Lou Falcone (Voice’ 66) also tells her poignant story in a new book, I Didn’t See it Coming: Scenes of Love, Loss, and Lewy Body Dementia.
From the Fall 2023 Issue
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