In the News

Composer and research artist Lei Liang discusses the creative convergence of music and science. Liang recently began a five-year visiting artist residency at Boston Conservatory.

Shelbie Rassler (B.M. '20, composition) composed the music for Pretty Delusional, a new musical comedy by writer/performer Gianna Milici, which will make its UK premiere at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2024.

In this New York Times profile, alum Jonathon Heyward (B.M. '14, cello) talks about his new role as music director for the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center (formerly known as the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra).

Alum Eleri Ward (B.F.A. '17, musical theater) returns to Boston for her role as Jordan Baker in Gatsby: An American Myth, which makes its world premiere at American Repertory Theater this summer.

Assistant Professor Pascale Florestal directs and choreographs a new production of Next to Normal, featuring Black actors performing the roles of the Goodman family.

Alum Meghan Kylie Hoey (B.F.A. '23, musical theater) joins the cast of Things With Friends, a new play by Kristoffer Diaz, presented by the SOMA backStage Reading Series.

Associate Professor Jessica Chow Shinn and Interim Executive Director Michael Shinn will perform together for the 2024 Vino & Vibrato concert series at Sonoma State University in California. The series is presented by the pianoSonoma music festival, which the Shinns founded in 2011.

The Boston Globe spotlighted an immersive concert performance by Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, which was founded in 2018 by five vocalists who met while completing their master’s degrees at Boston Conservatory.

Following his retirement from Boston Ballet, principal dancer John Lam will join the dance faculty at Boston Conservatory at Berklee in September 2024.

Alum Eleri Ward (B.F.A. '17, musical theater) has been cast as Jordan in a new musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby, which will make its world premiere at American Repertory Theater in May.

BroadwayWorld shared the news of Krisha Marcano’s appointment as Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s new dean of theater.

The Boston Globe highlighted the Dance Division’s spring concert, Limitless, coming to the Conservatory’s mainstage theater April 25 to 28.