Class Notes

1968 Bill Cahn writes that he’s facilitating ROC Drummers, a free after-school hand drumming program for grade school students in the city of Rochester. Bill also serves on the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s Education Committee and its Honorary Board of Directors.

1970 Geary Larrick (MM) reviewed a biography of jazz flutist Herbie Mann for the December 2017 issue of Music Educators Journal. Larrick performs each week on solo marimba in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where he moved from Rochester in 1969.

1985 Jamie Baer-Peterson (MM) sends a photo and reports that she ran “a clean, creative, and ethical campaign” for her borough council in New Providence, New Jersey, last fall. “Though there was a Democratic sweep in neighboring towns, my running mate, Keith Doll, and I lost by a small margin,” she writes. She adds that she remains inspired to work in her community and is considering running again.

1986 Glenn Price (DMA) published a comprehensive resource for conductors, The Eloquent Conductor (GIA). Glenn taught undergraduate and graduate conducting for more than 25 years at the University of Calgary and as director of wind studies at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, and led conducting workshops around the world. He now lives in Los Angeles, following an appointment as director of performing and visual arts at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In addition to national and all-state student groups, his recent guest conducting engagements include professional ensembles in Salzburg, Barcelona, and Osaka.

1993 Gary Versace (MM) is featured on singer Kate McGarry’s first trio album, The Subject Tonight Is Love (Binxtown Records). Gary performs on piano, keyboards, organ, and accordion.

1995 Peter Fletcher (MM) makes his Detroit classical guitar solo recital debut in May as part of the Cathedral Cultural Series at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The program includes Bach’s Lute Suite No. 3, Paganini’s Caprice No. 24, the Five Bagatelles by British composer William Walton, and Leyenda and Córdoba by Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. Peter also performs some of his original guitar transcriptions of French composer Erik Satie.

2006 Jared Schwartz (MM) released an album of songs by Franz Liszt, Franz Liszt: Songs for Bass Voice and Piano (Toccata Classics), last November with the pianist Mary Dibbern. It was awarded best Lieder Recording of 2017 by Voix des Arts and a Best Album of 2017 by TheatreJones.