Class Notes

1970 Geary Larrick (MM) writes that he presented a solo marimba program, including three original compositions, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, last March in honor of Women’s History Month.

1971 Luther Henderson ’73 (MM) is a professor of music and humanities and director of orchestral activities at Los Angeles City College. Last winter, he arranged for the college’s music department to host Eastman’s Southern California regional auditions. As part of the event, which Luther organized, Eastman admissions counselor Christine Burritt presented on Eastman’s educational programs and fielded questions from students about Eastman and about continuing music education generally.

1975 Music by composer Waddy Thompson is included on the recording Amethyst (Composers Concordance) by Tangent Shores, a project of classical pianist Jai Jeffryes to discover never-before-recorded music and bring it to new listeners. After announcing a call for scores in 2014, Jeffryes received hundreds of submissions from composers around the world, before selecting nine to include on the recording.

1985 Todd Beaney (MM) has released Come Dance with Me (Todd Beaney), a selection of 10 original compositions for his jazz-rock sextet. The recording includes a guest appearance by the Uptown Horns. . . . Cynthia Folio (PhD) (see ’97).

1997 Jennie Oh Brown (DMA) has released Looking Back: Flute Music of Joseph Schwantner (Innova Recordings). Schwantner is a Pulitzer Prize–winning composer and taught at Eastman from 1970 to 2001. Jennie is artistic director and flutist with Picosa, a Chicago mixed chamber ensemble, and teaches at both Elmhurst College and Wheaton College. Looking Back includes notes by Cynthia Folio ’85 (PhD), a professor of music at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, who studied theory and composition with Schwantner.

2005 Jean Ellen Linkins (MM) has published A Song from the Heart: The Pedagogical Philosophy of Lorna Lutz Heyge, PhD (WestBow Press). She teaches Heyge’s Musikgarten curriculum in Anderson, South Carolina.

2011 Chicago bassist, composer, and vocalist Katie Ernst has released Little Words (Katie Ernst), as part of the trio Twin Talk. The recording consists of original jazz compositions set to the poetry of Dorothy Parker.