Class of 1958
Dear Class of 1958,
Welcome to class notes online!
Your class notes are published on a continual basis as we receive your news, and appear below in the order they were received, along with your CD/book art or photos.
(last updated 8.21.08)
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Class Notes
New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Avenue
Boston MA 02115
You will also find information on this page about your Reunion contacts, and other information relevant to your class year.
Help us find your lost classmates.
Some recent news from the class of 1958. Your class note will remain on this page for up to one year, or until you submit a new note to replace it.
| Paul Gay ’58 is now retired to Vero Beach, Fla., after a long career in performing, composing, and conducting. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Indian River Symphonic Association in Vero Beach. He continues to compose and play piano. 8/21/08 | |
| William McKim ’58 reports that he is currently a busy substitute organist, and he continues to play piano and organ recitals. He has accompanied the annual Brattleboro Community Messiah Sing for 24 years. He is now playing with the Windham Symphony Orhcestra and often accompanies area musicians for their concerts. William also sings regularly, working in choral groups for symphonic and early music, as well as singing tenor in the Blanche Moyse Chorale. In addition, William is an avid hiker and skier who has summitted all 44 of the New Hampshire mountains over 4000 feet. Retired, he lives in East Dummerston, Vt. and has been performing volunteer work for the town Conservation Commission, Trails Committee and Planning Board, in addition to 20 years in the Rotary Club service and 7 years delivering Meals on Wheels. His daughter Jenifer is completing a Niemann Fellowship at Harvard this year, and was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism. 8/21/08 | |
| Nancy Snyder Muntzing ’58, ’60 M.M. has been a soloist for 23 years at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. She has worked as a music director, a pianist in an orchestral setting, and a vocal coach. Nancy has performed theatrical roles and is the founder of the Potomac Theatre Company in Potomac, Md. 8/21/08 | |
| Vocalist John Guazzerotti ’58 reports that he has participated in three performances of Handel’s Messiah (Part I) in Richard, Canada. He is currently preparing the “Die Frist ist Um” from The Flying Dutchman (Wagner) with Greyord Buchater, the Assistant Conductor for the Metropolitan Opera. 8/21/08 | |
| Aimé M. Simoneau '58, '68 M.M. conducted the North Port (Fla.) Orchestra from 1998-2003, and is currently conductor of the Manatee County (Fla.) Community Band. Simoneau is first trumpet in the Sarasota Brass Quintet and performs with the Sun Coast Band in Sarasota. 3/14/07 |
Help us find your lost classmates.
Unfortunately, NEC has lost touch with some of your classmates. If you have e-mail or other contact information for any of the people listed below, please let us know so that we can keep them informed of reunions and other NEC activities.
Queen Alajian, Bertha Banks, Elizabeth Bayer, Johann Berry, Judith Brask, Hope Canfield, David Cason, Frances Cummins, Frances Cumnock, Michael Deresh, Dian Di Napoli, John Dodge, Carol Douglas, Robert Evans, Avelino Fernandes, Doris Fincher, Anne Gemme, James Giles, Jens Hanson, Darrel Irving, Yoko Ito, Joan Jordan, Sylvia Kaufman, Sara Kazarian, Gordon Lewis, Sun Lim, Jeanne Lindsay, Arthur Mark, Louise Maselli, Alice Masitis, Kathleen McCann, Darlene Miller, Gerald Mills, Jeannine Mills, John Morgan, Catherine Neighbor, Nancy Packard, Martha Pedersen, Dorothea Robetin, Betsy Schafer, Luetta Smith, Helen Sullivan, Patricia Swain, Robert Watson, Hiromi Yamada.