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We survey the recent achievements of Curtis alumni, faculty, and students. Please share your news and updates for possible inclusion in a future issue by emailing us at overtones@curtis.edu.
From the Fall 2023 Issue
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By Roberto Díaz
As Curtis prepares to celebrate its centennial during the 2024–25 season, the school’s president and CEO discusses how the contents of Overtones, both in this issue and subsequent ones over the next year, will focus on the people, events, and performances that have shaped the school over the past 100 years.
From the Fall 2023 Issue
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Mealtime has traveled a long way since 1927, when Curtis opened its first cafeteria on the fourth floor of 1720 Locust Street, now home to the Rock Resource Center. Natalie Armentrout, Director of Dining for Bon Appétit Management Company, talks about the focus on student wellness at Curtis, and the farm-to fork approach, which aims to purchase 20 percent of its food from small, owner-operated farms within 100 miles of the school.
From the Fall 2023 Issue
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By Brian Wise
Anthony McGill (Clarinet ’00), Curtis’s William R. and Hyunah Yu Brody Distinguished Chair and principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, is motivated by an abiding belief in music’s broader societal resonance. Winner of the 2020 Avery Fisher Prize and Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year, Mr. McGill spoke with Overtones about touring with Anthony Davis’s You Have the Right to Remain Silent, activism through his instrument, balancing a full-time orchestral job, performances, and teaching at Curtis and Juilliard, and more.
From the Fall 2023 Issue
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By Ryan Lathan
For the past decade, prominent academic journals, arts and culture magazines, influential bloggers, and media figureheads have touted the idea we are living in “the Golden Age of podcasting.” Three Curtis alumni, Pallavi Mahidhara (Piano ’10), Joseph Conyers (Double Bass ’04), and Yumi Kendall (Cello ’04), are connecting with new audiences through their successful podcasts.
From the Fall 2023 Issue
