Shepherd Careers Forum ’07

Shepherd Careers Forum ’07
Convening Student Perspectives and Creating
New Models for the 21st Century

The student participants were challenged to create short interactive public performances on the last day of the conference which incorporated the weekend's learning and creative energy.

Lab Performances - Sunday, October 14, 2007
Shepherd School of Music

Dialogues in Development: Choose Your Own Adventure!

Chris Eanes, conductor (choral and opera)
USC Thornton School of Music

Lindsey Mitchell, horn
The Lamont School of Music, University of Denver

David McCarroll, violin
New England Conservatory

Christina Sjoquist, flute
The Shepherd School of Music

Brian Stone, guitar
San Francisco Conservatory

Winton White, composition
San Francisco Conservatory

PANdemonium: a twisted tale

Teddy Abrams, conductor
The Curtis Institute of Music

Leah Greenfield, violin
The Peabody Institute

The Jasper Quartet (J Freivogel, Sae Niwa, violins, Sam Quintal, viola, Rachel Henderson, cello)
The Shepherd School of Music

Grace Johnson
Manhattan School of Music

Richard Williams, percussion
Eastman School of Music

Chiarascuro: From light to darkness

Shawn Conley, bass
The Shepherd School of Music

Brian Hatton, cello
Manhattan School of Music

Craig Hauschildt, percussion
The Shepherd School of Music

The Midnight Brass (Colin Oldberg, Paul Forek, trumpets; Laura Weiner, horn, Brett Johnson, tenor trombone)
Northwestern University School of Music

Shane Wedel, oboe
College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati

Conversations

Patty Franceschy, percussion
The Curtis Institute of Music

Brandon George, flute
Oberlin Conservatory

Eugene Joubert, piano
The Shepherd School of Music

Jung Eun Oh, soprano
Cleveland Institute of Music

Benjamin Peck, bassoon
The Peabody Institute

Ellen Wieser, soprano
College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati

Cultural Conversations: A casual musical journey through time and across borders

Michelle Cann, piano
Cleveland Institute of Music

Eric Chi, clarinet
New England Conservatory

David Fung, piano
The Colburn School

Danielle Nesmith, violin
The Colburn School

Steuart Pincombe, cello
Oberlin Conservatory

Options and Outcomes

Claire Bryant, cello
The Juilliard School

Ace Edewards, voice
The Lamont School of Music, University of Denver

Ryan Glick, tenor
Eastman School of Music

Eugene Joubert, piano
The Shepherd School of Music

Stanford Thompson, trumpet
The Curtis Institute of Music

Great Expectations: A walk through Beethoven’s late String Quartets

Daniel Andai, violin
Manhattan School of Music

Nichole Annis, soprano
North Carolina School of the Arts

Phillip Borter, cello
Eastman School of Music

Chenny Gan, piano
USC Thornton School of Music

Edward Klorman
The Juilliard School

Stanley Wolfersberger, piano

Forum Coordinators: Rachel Young, Janet Rarick and David Gerstein

Forum feedback

What the students hoped the forum would be

J. Freivogel
Shepherd School of Music
Hopefully this forum will inspire new ways to approach these aspects as well as completely new avenues we have not explored.

Rachel Henderson
Shepherd School of Music
I am excited to talk with people from other schools about music careers. I think it's important to share experiences and learn more about the challenges of creating a career in music.

What the forum meant to them

Christina Sjoquist
Shepherd School of Music
The conference gave me a glimpse of where the future of classical music is heading. The opportunity to meet with students from around the nation who are as passionate as I am about these new directions was inspiring and encouraging.

Teddy Abrams
Curtis Institute of Music
One thing that I felt very strongly during the Workshop was that we should always strive to live a creative life as an artist. I know this sounds simple, but if we are aware of our own creativity and nurture this throughout our careers, we will have a much more fulfilling and meaningful musical life. Being creative means having the imagination to find ways to go beyond the box in which I often find myself. It also means finding new ways to bridge gaps and divides between people and connect people to the essence of what we express as artists. I was so happy to have been in a place where these seemingly lonely philosophical ideals were shared by all, and we all felt the energy and drive that mutual creativity provides.