Class of 1970
Dear Class of 1970,
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 1.12.08)
Submit your own class note here.
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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 1970. Your class note will remain on this page for up to one year, or until you submit a new note to replace it.
| Vocalist Bernard Lyon ’70 M.M. has retired from 35 years of performing. He has had 2,000 performances in total, as well as thousands of musical coachings and rehearsal stagings. In addition, Bernard was given the honor of the title of Kammersännger in 1990. He now lives in Oldenburg, Germany. 1/12/08 | |
| Vocalists Joan Heller ’70 M.M. and Patrice Pastore ’82 M.M. performed Polyutterances, a piece by NEC faculty member Robert Cogan, at San Francisco Conservatory’s BluePrint New Music Project. They received a positive review in SFCV.org for their performance. 7/3/07 | |
| Cheryl Susheel Bibbs ’70 M.M. has been touring colleges and music departments across the country teaching master classes titled, “The Art of the Spiritual: A Guide to Enhance Appreciation and Performance of the Spiritual Through Its Elements and African Heritage.” 7/3/07 | |
| Robert Bailey ’70 M.M. is currently residing in France – he retired in 2003 after 21 years as General Director of the Portland Opera. Robert was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998 for his work in promoting French culture in Portland. He produced French opera including the first performance outside France of Reynaldo Hahn’s Le Marchand de Venise. Robert studied voice at NEC, and after graduating he initiated cultural programming for National Public Radio and managed the Western Opera Theatre in San Fransico before working at the Portland Opera in 1982. 7/3/07 | |
| Elizabeth Aldrich ’70, ’72 M.M. has left Dance Heritage Coalition for the position of Curator of Dance at Library of Congress. 7/3/07 |
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.
Rocky Birigwa, Jane Fornoff, Lauren French, Geraldine Fuentes, James Gaudette, Robert Gilpin, Susan Goodman, Susana Herz, James Mandell, Mario Mattio, Rebecca Small, Lois Strodl, Louis Watson, Young Joo Youk.