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| Established | 1867 |
| Type | Private conservatory |
| President | Richard Ortner |
| Students | 702 |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.bostonconservatory.edu/ |
The Boston Conservatory is an arts conservatory located in the Fenway-Kenmore region of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It has undergraduate and graduate programs in music, dance, theater, and music education. The Conservatory offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Music, and Master of Music degrees. The Boston Conservatory was founded in 1867.
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History
The Boston Conservatory was founded in 1867 by Julius Eichberg, a violinist and composer. From its inception, the Conservatory welcomed women and African Americans, which was unusual for the time.
After the turn of the century, the Conservatory merged with the National Associated Studios of Music, and created the first "grand opera" department in the United States. The Conservatory's professional dance training program was the first to emphasize both classical ballet and America's emerging modern dance.
Programs of Study
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In 2005, there were 940 applicants to Boston Conservatory, of which 408 were admitted, for an acceptance rate of 43%.[1]
The Conservatory has a student/faculty ratio of 4:1. In the 2007-2008 school year, the student body comprised 512 undergraduate students and 190 graduate students, including 125 international students.
The Music Division
In the 2007-2008 school year, The Music Division enrolled a total of 345 undergraduate and graduate students taught by 114 full- and part-time faculty. It awards the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees as well as Graduate Performance Diploma and Artist Diploma. Twenty-five separate curricula are offered within seven departments: Piano, Strings, Voice and Opera, Woodwinds, Brass, Harp & Percussion, and History, Composition & Theory. Director of the Music Division is Karl Paulnack.
Music Education
Within the Music Division, The Boston Conservatory offers three graduate programs in music education. In the 2007-2008 school year, the Music Education program enrolled 36 graduate students.
The Dance Division
In the 2007-2008 school year, the Dance Division enrolled 93 undergraduate students. Training in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, ethnic styles, Pilates, Alexander Technique, and choreography is offered. The Dance Division offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The curriculum is performance-oriented.
The Theater Division
The Boston Conservatory’s Theater Division has developed a specialization in musical theater. The department offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Music degrees. Seniors may choose an emphasis in Directing, Music Performance, Dance, or Acting. In the 2007-2008 school year, the Theater Division enrolled a total of 228 undergraduate and graduate students.
Summer Programs
Summer Dance
The Boston Conservatory offers a Summer Dance Institute for students, teachers, and professional dancers ages 16 and over. Classes include courses in ballet and modern, pointe and variations, Pilates and Alexander techniques, choreography and percussive dance.
The Vocal/Choral Intensive
The Boston Conservatory offers the Summer Vocal/Choral Intensive (VCI) for high school vocalists. It offers cousework in solo, opera, musical theater, and choral repertoire.
Eli Epstein Horn Intensive
The Eli Epstein Horn Intensive is a workshop for French Horn students, ages 16 and up.
Student life
Instead of dormitories, the Boston Conservatory uses Victorian brownstones for on-campus housing. Undergraduate rooms consist of quints, quads, triples, doubles, and singles. Freshmen are required to live on-campus, unless they commute from their home of origin. Northeastern University shares its cafeteria and its gym facilities with Conservatory students.
Some 29% of students live on campus.[2]
Notable alumni
The Music Division
- Lily Afshar, classical guitarist
- George Bassman, composer
- Edward Boatner, composer
- Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Newbery Award-winning author
- Andrea J. Buchanan, New York Times bestselling author
- Gigi Gryce, jazz musician and composer
- Sondra Kelly, opera singer
- Victoria Livengood, opera singer
- Don Redman, jazz musician, arranger, and composer
- Sam Rivers, jazz musician and composer
- Geoff Sewell, professional singer
- Lillian Shattuck, virtuoso violinist and violin teacher
- Slam Stewart, jazz musician
- Michael Strelo-Smith, Finalist NBC/Universal America's Got Talent - Season 2 and 3.
The Theater Division
- Katie Adams, on Broadway as Glinda in Wicked.
- Gerard Alessandrini, creator and lyricist, Forbidden Broadway
- Marlen Angelidou, singer, actress, and lyricist
- David Benoit, on Broadway in Avenue Q, All Shook Up, 1st National Tour
- Will Blum, actor, Grease on B'way and Nat'l tour
- Elizabeth Broadhurst, Lilly in Annie at Madison Square Garden
- Measha Brueggergosman, Canadian singer
- Angela Christian, Broadway actor and singer
- Barbara Cook, Tony Award Winning Actress, Honorary Degree 2009 [2]
- Adam Dannheisse,
- Erin Davie, on Broadway as Charlotte in A Little Night Music, Niki Harris in Curtains, and Little Edie in Grey Gardens.
- John Dias, Jersey Boys Frankie Cover in 1st National Tour.
- Toni Dibuono, Broadway actor and singer, alumna of Forbidden Broadway
- Laura Duncan, Nelli in South Pacific on Broadway, Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundels 1st National Tour
- Andrew Durand, actor, Spring Awakening
- Chase Davidson, actor in first national tour of Spring Awakening
- Scott Elliott, Co-Founder and Artistic Directory of The New Group, Producer of Avenue Q, 2007 Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Play for The Accomplice
- Jordan Fife Hunt, A Chorus Line National Tour.
- Ben Gettinger, on Broadway as Pepper in Mamma Mia.
- Kimiko Glenn, actress in first national tour of Spring Awakening
- Josh Grisetti, Broadway, television & film actor, in Broadway Bound, Enter Laughing
- Josie de Guzman, Broadway actor and singer
- Meredith Hagner, actress
- Andrew Hoff, President, New Dramatists.
- Brooke Kilgariff, Miss Minnesota 2009
- Chad Kimball, Broadway actor and singer in Memphis (musical) as Huey (Lead) on Broadway
- Eddie Korbich, Broadway actor, singer, and dancer
- Veronica Kuehn, on Broadway in Mamma Mia as Ali.
- Mark Lawson, Bobby Quinn on One Life to Live
- Austin Lesch, Altar Boyz Off-Broadway.
- Ashley Linton, Wicked 1st National Tour, Dream Out Loud
- Kasey Marino, Brad/Corny Collins cover in Hairspray on Broadway, readings of Catch Me if You Can.
- Constantine Maroulis, American Idol Season 4 contestant (1998—2002), Broadway actor and singer, Tony Nominee for Leading Actor in a Musical for Rock of Ages.[3]
- Michael Mahany, Jack Scott in High School Musical 1st National Tour.
- Dan Micciche, Mary Sunshine in Chicago on Broadway and 1st National Tour.
- Katharine McPhee, American Idol Season 5 contestant (2003—2005), actor and recording artist (attended but did not graduate)
- Demond Nason, Off-Broadway in Walmartopia
- Anne L. Nathan, Broadway actor and singer
- Travis Nesbit, Altar Boyz, Off-Broadway.
- Dominic Nolfi Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys on Broadway.
- Jack Noseworthy, Broadway actor and singer
- Brian O'Reilly, film star
- Katherine Pecevich, Annie at Madison Square Garden.
- Dayla Perkins, Cha Cha in Grease, 1St National Tour.
- Carlos Pena, Finalist on MTV's Making Menudo and new Nikelodeon show: "Big Time Rush"
- Matty Price, Ensemble in Gypsy starring Patty LuPone on Broadway.
- Hayley Podschun, Broadway and film actor, singer, dancer
- Noah Racey, Broadway singer and actor.
- Reva Rice, stage Actress
- Mary Rodgers, Broadway Composer, Honorary Degree 2009 [4]
- Duncan M. Rogers, actor and award winning filmmaker
- Ravi Roth, Abraham in Altar Boyz, Off-Broadway.
- Janet Saia, on Broadway in Phantom of the Opera
- Adam Sanford, Swing/Boq Cover in Wicked on Broadway and 1st National Tour.
- Drew Sarich, Broadway/European actor and singer
- Keesha Sharp, Monica on Girlfriends (TV series), Pam in Why Did I Get Married, NAACP Image Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actress.
- Nicole Snelson, Broadway actress and singer
- Jason Snow on Broadway in South Pacific.
- Adam Souza, Conductor and Associate Conductor of Wicked and Spamalot 1st National Tours respectively.
- Chelsea Morgan Stock, Broadway actress, Ariel in [The Little Mermaid]
- Alysha Umphress, American Idiot (Green Day) Berkeley Rep, Make Me a Song Off-Broadway
- Stephanie Umoh, Broadway actress (Sarah in 2009 Revival of Ragtime) [5]
- Elisa Van Duyne, on Broadway in Finian's Rainbow, 110 in the Shade, Off-Broadway in Adrift in Macao
- Matt Walton, actor
- Sasha Weiss, Jerry Springer, the Opera Concert at Carnegie Hall.
- Dan'Yelle Williamson, Memphis (musical) on Broadway, Nala in The Lion King National Tour, Elphaba in Chicago's Wicked
- Ellen Zolezzi, Bird Girl in Seussical, Off-Broadway
The Dance Division
- Jennifer DePalo, dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company
Notable faculty
- Richard Ortner, President of the Conservatory
- Michael Nash, Dean of the Conservatory
- Karl Paulnack, Director of Music Division
- Aldo Abreu, Venezuelan recorder player
- Osvaldo Golijov, composer
- Andy Vores, Head of the Theory and Composition department
- Michael Lewin
- Elisabeth Phinney
- Monique Phinney
- Janice Weber, pianist
- Thomas Gregg Instructor of Voice
- Kevin Wilson, Instructor of Voice
- Jonathan Bass, pianist
- Michael Norsworthy Instructor of Clarinet
- Patty Thom, head of the voice and opera department
- Maureen Brennan, Musical Theater Teacher (Tony Award nominee and Theater World Award winner)
References
- College Music Society (2006). Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities, U.S. and Canada 2006-2007, 28th Edition. Missoula, MT: College Music Society. p. 167. ISBN 1-881913-26-0.
- Uscher, Nancy (1988). The Schirmer Guide to Schools of Music and Conservatories Throughout the World. New York: Schirmer Books. pp. 150–151. ISBN 0-02-873030-5.
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