Tanglewood Music Center

04/22/2025

Happy Earth Day, TMC fam 🌎 only 59 days until Fellows arrive!

04/16/2025

Happy World Voice Day! 🎤 We’re taking a stroll down memory lane to remember history of the TMC’s Vocal Programs…

1941 – The Theatre-Concert Hall is opened for the Opera Dramatics Program’s second summer 
1946 – Leonard Bernstein and cast at the curtain call for Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes (American Premiere) 
1948 – Boris Goldovsky (faculty, 1940-1961) leads three singers at the piano
1954 – Aaron Copland consults the score of The Tender Land with BMC faculty and cast members ahead of a performance 
1970s – John Oliver, Director of Vocal and Choral Activities, founds the Tanglewood Festival Chorus 
1980s – Phyllis Curtin (TMC ‘46), performer and vocal coach of 50+ years at Tanglewood, teaches a student 
1985 – Fellows perform György Kurtág’s Messages of the Late Miss R.V. Troussova with Seiji Ozawa 
2007 – Vocal Fellows at the curtain call of W.A. Mozart’s Così fan tutte
2015 – Dawn Upshaw (TMC ‘83) becomes Head of the Vocal Arts Program 
2019 – Vocal Fellows perform Richard Ayre’s The Cricket Recovers 
2024 – Vocal Fellows bow after performing scenes from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute

04/11/2025

Mentally, I’m here.

04/10/2025

Woo! 🎉 As the BSO announces the 2025-26 season, we are thrilled to share that our Conducting Fellows Leonard Weiss and Yiran Zhao will participate in the “Music and the Natural World” series next year. Mark your calendars for April 3, 2026 to hear selections from Smetana’s Má Vlast conducted by our very own in Symphony Hall 😊

03/30/2025

And finally... we are proud to introduce our 2025 Instrumental Fellows 🥳🎶 

VIOLIN
Jeongmin An 
Seoyoon Bae 
Erina Buchholz 
Hajung Cho 
Matthew Cone 
Hannah Corbett 
María Espino Codes 
Ziqing Guo 
Ellen Hayashi 
Jaeyoun Hwang  
Maria Jojatu 
Haekyung Ju 
Harin Kang 
Kayleigh Kim 
Hyunji Lee 
Joohye Lee 
Zeyu Li 
Yebeen Seo 
Emilia Sharpe 
Li Che Wang 
Yixiang Wang 
Samantha Washecka 
Dabin Yang 
Helen Yu 
Yanguang Bruce Zhang 
Yuren Zhang 

VIOLA
Michael Ayala 
John Harry Clark 
Arielle Fentress 
Seth Goodman 
Jia Yin Lin 
William Mathangani 
Rituparna Mukherjee 
Pablo Ronderos 
Angela Rubin 
Valeria Serrano 
Andrew Stump 
Isabel Tannenbaum

CELLO
Sebastian Berofsky 
Jasmin Blomenkamp 
Alexander Davis-Pegis 
Jonah Kernis 
Jae Eun Kim 
Ania Lewis 
Shijie Ma 
Evan Nicholson 
Claire Park  
Kaya Ralls 
Elias Wagner 
Annamarie Wellems

DOUBLE BASS
Misha Bjerken 
Alexander Heather 
Boyang Kang 
Christian Luevano 
Rauno Meneses-Halmari 
Tim Rinehart 
Ella Sharpe

FLUTE
Ryan Clever 
Jacob Cruz 
Calvin Mayman 
Jungah Yoon

OBOE
Abigail Hope-Hull 
Kelley Osterberg 
Evan Yonce 
Yang Yu

CLARINET
Yejin Ahn
Andrei Caval 
Nickolas Hamblin 
Javier Morales-Martinez 
Anju Aoto (Bass Clarinet)

BASSOON
Jackson Bernal 
Christopher Chung 
Peter Ecklund 
Alexander Lake

HORN
Elizabeth Crafton 
Katya Jarmulowicz 
Dena Levy 
Micah Northam 
Jake Nowell 
Connor Wood

TRUMPET
Franz Maury 
Raúl Orellana 
Micah Reinharz 
Michail Thompson 
Jesdelson Vasquez

TROMBONE
Devin Drinan 
Arlo Hollander 
Amaan Syed 
Joe Maiocco (Bass Trombone)

TUBA
Vivian Kung

PERCUSSION
Jake Darnell 
Jeremiah Grace 
Braden Vaughn 
Lucas Vogelman 
Tennison Watts 
Ritvik Yaparpalvi

HARP
Naho Higuchi 
Raquel Nisi

03/26/2025

We’re counting down the days until we fly to Germany to play in the 2025 Shostakovich Festival with the Boston Symphony and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig! ✈️

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich’s death, nearly every single one of his compositions will be performed in Leipzig between May 15 and June 1. Forty-three TMC Fellows will join members of the Mendelssohn Orchestra Academy to play in the Festival Orchestra, conducted by Anna Rakitina and Andris Nelsons.

From the Gewandhaus:
"From 15 May to 1 June, we warmly invite you to Leipzig for one of the most comprehensive examinations of the works of Dmitri Shostakovich, on the 50th anniversary of his death. Under the direction of Gewandhauskapellmeister Andris Nelsons and Anna Rakitina, the Gewandhausorchester, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Festival Orchestra - founded especially for the festival, comprising members of the Mendelssohn Orchestra Academy, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and students of the University of Music and Theatre »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy« Leipzig - will interpret a wealth of Shostakovich’s phenomenal music. An unsurpassed roster of world-class artists including Daniil Trifonov, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and Baiba Skride, will feature in the extensive chamber music series. Two performances of the opera »Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk« at the Leipzig Opera, conducted by Andris Nelsons, will complete the festival programme."

03/17/2025

We’re pleased to introduce our 2025 Library Fellows, Hayley Camp and Claire Oplinger! 🎼

03/13/2025

Fellows arrive in 100 days. We’re ready. Are you? 😎

03/12/2025

Say hello to our 2025 Piano Fellows! 🎹

Haniel Anugerah
Craig Daffron Jordan
Hikaru Kanki
Jing (Pauline) Pu
Zhaoyuan Qin
Jessica Yuma

03/10/2025

We can’t wait for this summer’s Festival of Contemporary Music, directed by the incredible Gabriela Ortiz 🤩 

🎶 FCM is the TMC’s annual showcase of today’s most innovative and ambitious musical voices, celebrating works from the current landscape alongside landmarks of the new music vanguard of the last century. Each year, TMC Fellows explore unfamiliar and exciting repertoire in direct collaboration with living composers. All Fellows participate in the festival through a variety of instrumentation, including solos, chamber ensembles, and the acclaimed Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. This year, FCM will be held July 24-28, 2025. 
 
🗣 GRAMMY-winning composer Gabriela Ortiz will serve as the 2025 Director of the Festival of Contemporary Music. “It’s going to be an incredible opportunity for all of you to not only hear my music, but to hear the music of Latin American composers, Mexican composers, and young women composers such as Diana Syrse, Ellen Reid, and Gabriella Smith.” 
 
Born to a musical family, Ortiz has always felt she didn’t choose music - music chose her. Her parents were founding members of the group Los Folkloristas, a renowned music ensemble dedicated to performing Latin American folk music. Growing up in the cosmopolitan thriving metropolis of Mexico City, Ortiz’s music education was multifaceted. While playing charango and guitar with her parents’ group, she was also learning classical piano.  
 
Ortiz’s music incorporates seemingly disparate musical worlds, from traditional and popular idioms to avant-garde techniques and multimedia works. While she continues to draw inspiration from Mexican subjects, she is interested in composing music that speaks to international audiences. In 2022, Ortiz received the Bellas Artes Gold Medal from the National Institute of Fine Arts. Other major awards include the National Prize for Arts and Literature, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Fulbright-García Robles Fellowship, and a recent GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

03/02/2025

Please give a warm welcome to our 2025 Composition Fellows! ✍️
Caio de Azevedo
Baldwin Giang
Liann J. Kang
Joshua Mastel
Sofía Rocha

02/28/2025

Wrapping up by celebrating our powerhouse staff members Sam and Relyn, who are always crushing it behind the scenes! 🌟

02/23/2025

Introducing our 2025 TMC Vocal Fellows! 🎤👏
 
Eden Bartholomew, soprano 
Kerrigan Bigelow, soprano 
Sarah Davis, soprano 
Zoe McCormick, soprano 
Carmen Edano, mezzo-soprano 
Danielle Romano, mezzo-soprano 
Ilanna Starr, mezz-soprano 
Benjamin Truncale, tenor 
Suowei Wu, tenor 
John Arlievsky, baritone 
June Young (Will) Kim, baritone 
Lucas Zuehl, bass-baritone

02/22/2025

WE’RE HIRING! 🎉

We’re looking for a passionate and well-rounded Orchestra Personnel Manager to join the TMC team this summer. Visit the link below to learn more and apply!

Summary/Objective Job Description About the Tanglewood Music Center Since its founding in 1940 with the mission of providing a “unique opportunity for a summer of living and working in music” the Tanglewood Music Center has been the premiere summer music festival for young musicians in the Un.....

02/18/2025

Please give a warm welcome to this summer’s Conducting Fellows and Seminarians! 🪄

2025 Conducting Fellows:
Leonard Weiss
Yiran Zhao
 
2025 Conducting Seminarians:
Julian Gilewski
Micah Gleason
Alison Norris
Valentina Paolucci
Serena Reuten

02/13/2025

Today, we’d like to spotlight the incredible and multifaceted Alan Tolbert .tolbert! 

🏚️: Shippensburg, PA 
🎶: Trumpet 

Alan embodies the spirit of the TMC, both as a musician and an administrator. He’s spent four summers at Tanglewood: two as a Trumpet Fellow (2019, 2022), one as a Campus Guide (2023), and one on TMC Summer Staff as the Artist Assistant (2024). A graduate of Temple University and the Curtis Institute of Music, Alan currently plays Acting 3rd/Utility Trumpet with the Jacksonville Symphony. 
 
“What can’t I say about Tanglewood? My four summers there inspired and nourished me in every way as a musician and as a person. I so enjoyed my time as a Fellow, learning to cultivate my voice as a trumpet player and emulating the professionalism of the BSO by watching and hearing them do what they do week after week. In my summers working for the TMC, I fell in love with the behind-the-scenes tasks of making a music festival happen. The Tanglewood community, the lawn, the Fourth of July fireworks, they’ll all have a place in my memory, and I love going back to this special place every year.  
 
“Tanglewood was for me, as it has been for many, a place to believe in myself and trust that I belong. Each year I’ve spent there has been uniquely special, and I’ve found that my year seems to revolve around when I get to go back to Tanglewood. Can’t wait to be back on the lawn!” -Alan Tolbert

02/12/2025

Say hello to our 2025 New Fromm Players 👋
James Gikas, violin
Sheena Lan, violin
Audrey Wang, viola
Han Lee, cello