List of Boston Conservatory people

This is a partial listing of notable Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni and faculty.

Notable alumni

Music Division

• Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist and composer
• George Bassman, Broadway orchestrator and songwriter ^[1]
• Edward Boatner, composer and arranger
• Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Newbery Award-winning author
• Patrick Greene, composer and classical musician
• Marva Griffin Carter, musicologist, author, and professor of music at Georgia State University
• Gigi Gryce, jazz musician and composer
• Jonathon Heyward, conductor
• Louise Le Baron, opera and musical theatre singer
• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, opera singer
• Victoria Livengood, opera singer
• Perry George "P.G." Lowery, cornetist and famed leader of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus Sideshow band
• Alejandro L. Madrid, musicologist, author, and professor of music at Harvard University
• Makanda Ken McIntyre, jazz musician
• Margaret French McLean, musician and First Lady of North Carolina
• Andreas Poulimenos, professor of music at the Jacobs School of Music
• Don Redman, jazz musician, arranger, and composer
• Sam Rivers, jazz musician and composer
• Geoff Sewell, singer
• Slam Stewart, jazz musician

Theater Division

• Gerard Alessandrini, creator and lyricist, Forbidden Broadway
• Marlen Angelidou, Greek pop singer, competed for Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Bryson Battle, The Voice (franchise) semi-finalist, Off-Broadway Actor in Saturday Church
• David Benoit, Broadway: Les Misérables , Avenue Q , Jekyll and Hyde, and touring productions of Phantom of the Opera , All Shook Up , Young Frankenstein , Forbidden Broadway alum
• Jennifer R. Blake, Off-Broadway: The Donkey Show , original cast
• Measha Brueggergosman, Canadian opera singer
• Angela Christian, Broadway: Anne Catherick in The Woman in White , Dorothy Brown in Thoroughly Modern Millie
• Erin Davie, on Broadway as Charlotte in A Little Night Music , Niki Harris in Curtains , and Little Edie in Grey Gardens
• Laura Dreyfuss, Broadway Actress Dear Evan Hansen
• Kimiko Glenn, actress, singer, and Broadway performer who portrayed Brook Soso in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black
• Josh Grisetti, Broadway, TV and film actor, in Broadway Bound , Enter Laughing
• Josie de Guzman, Broadway actor and singer
• Meredith Hagner, actress
• Jason Jurman, TV and film actor, in The Bedford Diaries , Cougar Club , Law & Order
• Chad Kimball, Broadway actor and singer in Memphis as Huey (lead) on Broadway
• Eddie Korbich, Broadway actor, singer, and dancer
• Rachael MacFarlane, voice actress and singer
• Constantine Maroulis, American Idol Season 4 contestant (1998—2002), Broadway actor and singer, 2009 Tony nominee for Leading Actor in a Musical for Rock of Ages ^[2]
• Katharine McPhee, American Idol Season 5 contestant (2003—2005), actor and recording artist (attended but did not graduate)
• Travis Nesbitt, Final Mark in Altar Boyz Off-Broadway in 2010; creator and lead of The Boy Band Project, 2019 Broadway World Award winner for "Best Group Show" ^[3]
• Jack Noseworthy, Broadway actor and singer
• Carlos Pena Jr., finalist on MTV's Making Menudo and Nickelodeon show Big Time Rush
• Hayley Podschun, Broadway and film actor, singer, dancer (Broadway: The Sound of Music , Tammy in Hairspray , Sunday in the Park with George , Pal Joey , Anything Goes , Mildred Harris in Chaplin ; film: Tammy in Hairspray ; national tour: Glinda in Wicked - 2nd national tour)
• Peter Reckell, TV actor
• Reva Rice, stage actress
• Claire Rochester, vaudeville
• Drew Sarich, Broadway, European actor and singer
• Keesha Sharp, Monica on Girlfriends , Pam in Why Did I Get Married? , NAACP Image Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress
• Jennifer Simard, Broadway Actress
• Nikki Snelson, Broadway actress and singer
• Jan Sport, singer and drag queen, RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars contestant
• Lin Tucci, TV, film, and stage actress, Nunsense , Showgirls, Anita in Orange is the New Black
• Marcia Marcia Marcia contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race , Marty Lauter performed in Kinky Boots , Cabaret , and the national tour of Hello, Dolly!
• Stephanie Umoh, Broadway actress (Sarah in 2009 revival of Ragtime ) ^[4]
• Matt Walton, actor
• Eleri Ward, singer-songwriter and actress

• Denise Mainelli DeCaro, European Tour ""West Side Story"" (Anita), American Hot Wax Connie Francis (Paramount Studios) Grammy Nominated Best Female Jazz Vocal Album "The Very Thought of You and Other Love Letters from the American Songbook", LA Vocal Contractor Albums Single for Barbra Streisand, Burt Bacharach, Dolly Parton, Michel Legrand, Barry Gibb, Paul Anka, Donna Summer, Diane Schurr and more. Lead Vocal on Welcome to Pooh Corner (Disney), Madame's Place,(Paramount Studios) I Married a Centerfold (ABC Productions ), 90210 (Aron Spelling Productions)

Dance Division

• Andrea Herbert Major, dancer and choreographer

Notable current faculty

• Kenneth Amis, tuba
• Lynn Chang, violin
• William Cotten, voice
• Pamela Dellal, voice
• Laura Marie Duncan, musical theater
• Michael Lewin, piano
• Jessica Webb, acting
• Janice Weber, pianist
• Nancy Zeltsman, marimba
• Saul Bitran violin

Boston Conservatory leadership

• Julius Eichberg, president, Boston Conservatory (1867–1893)
• R. Marriner Floyd, president, Boston Conservatory (1893–1920)
• Agide Jacchia, president, Boston Conservatory (1920–1932)
• Ester Ferrabini Jacchia, president, Boston Conservatory (1932–1933)
• Albert Alphin, president, Boston Conservatory (1933–1967)
• George A. Brambilla, president, Boston Conservatory (1967–1979)
• Dale A. DuVall, president, Boston Conservatory (1979–1981)
• William A. Seymour, president, Boston Conservatory (1981–1998)
• Richard Ortner, president, Boston Conservatory (1998–2017)
• Roger H. Brown, president, Berklee (2004–2021)
• Cathy Young, executive director, Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2017–2022)
• Erica Muhl, president, Berklee (2021–present)
• Lucinda Carver, interim executive director, Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2022–present)

References

1. "George Bassman". Internet Broadway Database.
2. Gans, Andrew (August 7, 2009). "Tony Nominee Constantine Maroulis to Rock Joe's Pub". Playbill. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
3. "Winners Announced for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards!".
4. Itzkoff, David (August 27, 2009). "Casting Announced for 'Ragtime' Revival". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012.

External links

• Boston Conservatory at Berklee