Sam Higgins & Emily Damasco

Emily Damasco (’23), from Glen Mills, Pa., a student of Julia Faulkner and Dolora Zajick, is the Carol S. and Howard L. Lidz Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2018. 

Sam Higgins, from Milton, Mass., a student of Julia Faulkner, is the Eula Mae Pharis Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.   

Daniel Benedict, from Oak Park, Ill., a student of Elizabeth Hainen, is the Maryjane Mayhew Barton Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020. 

Andy Brown, from Silver Spring, Md., a student of Alan Morrison, is the Mrs. Cary William Bok Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023. 

Maya Anjali Buchanan (’23), from Rapid City, S.D., a student of Ida Kavafian, is the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2018.   

Alexander Erlich-Herzog, from Concord, Mass., a student of Anthony McGill and YaoGuang Zhai, is the Arlene and Irving Tashlick Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. 

Vincent Garcia-Hettinger, from San Antonio, Texas, a student of Nicholas Canellakis, Gary Hoffman, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Joseph Druian Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023. 

Benoit Gauthier, from Baie-Comeau, Quebec, a student of James Ross and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, is a Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.  

Audrey Goodner, from Reston, Va., a student of Benjamin Beilman, is the inaugural Boris Kiryluk Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.   

Alexander Heather, from Wells, England, a student of Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is the Anthony B. Creamer III Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023. 

Ania Lewis, from Cleveland, a student of Nicholas Canellakis, Gary Hoffman, Yumi Kendall, Christine Lee, and Peter Wiley, is the Gie and Lisa Liem Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.   

Yizilin Liang, from Zhejiang, China, a student of Roberto Díaz and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Bok Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.   

Davin Mar, from Vancouver, British Columbia, a student of Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, is the Jean J. Sterne Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Gabriel Nishikawa Madden, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, a student of Daniel Matsukawa, is the William Curtis Bok Bassoon Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023. 

Christine Ott, from Rochester, N.Y., a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Bob and Caro Rock Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020. 

Chris Petrella, from Hudson, Ohio, a student of Jeffrey Curnow and Michael Sachs, is the Sandra G. and David G. Marshall Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. 

Ben Price, from Portland, Ore., a student of Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is the Anderson and Daria Pew Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Anastasia Samsel, from Guilford, Conn., a student of Jeffrey Khaner, is the Julius Baker Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. 

Nazeeh Shahid, from Chicago, a student of Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024. 

Marcus Shaw, from Ossining, N.Y., a student of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, is the Bernard M. Guth Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. 

Zachary Thomas, from Tucson, Ariz., a student of Ji Su Jung, Don Liuzzi, and Eric Millstein, is the J. Oliver Lewis Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. 

Leigha Amick (Composition ’24), guest artist 

Adam Brotnitsky, guest artist

Melissa Rice, guest artist 

Toby Vigneau (Double Bass ’24), guest artist 

Lucy Wang (String Quartet ’23), guest artist 

Eumin Woo, guest artist