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Sylvan Esso, a group that includes Amelia Meath ’10, was featured in this week’s New York Times Playlist for their single “Radio.” The playlist includes “the week’s most notable new songs.” This week’s theme: “ten tracks you may have missed this summer.”

Christopher Lewis and Yoshiko Sato were featured in the Berkshire Eagle for their Beethoven Sonata Concert Series, which presents its third and fourth installments this fall. The third concert took place at 4:00 pm on Saturday, August 27 at Park McCullough House. The fourth concert will take place on November 2, in the Deane Carriage Barn at 8:00 pm as part of the Carriage Barn Concert Series. These events are free and open to the public. The two aim to perform the complete sonata series over the course of the few next years.

Faculty member Susie Ibarra was featured on Vermont Public Radio about her role in a project that uses food waste generated during the Olympic Games in Rio to feed those in need. 

Musician and faculty member Susie Ibarra is working with David Hertz, a Brazilian chef and a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader, around the launch of Refettorio Gastromotiva, a food and cultural center that will repurpose 12 tons of food from the Olympics to turn it into nutritious meals for the neediest of Rio.

New York Times feature illustrates the depth and breadth of the impact Elizabeth Swados ’73 had on musical theater, highlighting a number of upcoming productions and quotes from notables including Meryl Streep, Diane Lane, Garry Trudeau, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

On a Wednesday evening in New York City during Bennington's Field Work Term, music faculty member Kitty Brazelton invited professional singers and music students to her home to workshop students' compositions, explore the composing process, and eat homemade apple pie. 

With the development of the podcast and online radio, audio documentary has made a major resurgence in popular culture. Students in "Reinventing Radio" explored the basic skills and techniques required to tell stories through sound. 

In a modern revival of Bennington’s historical practice of requiring musicians to be able to craft their own instruments, Nick Brooke’s “Instrument Building” class encourages both traditional know-how and unconventional innovation. The class includes the opportunity to participate in projects such as an Iron Chef-inspired, one hour long instrument building challenge.

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Brooks Ashmanskas ’91stars in the adaptation of the 1921 hit musical and 2016New York Times critics’ pick, “Shuffle Along,” which also stars six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald. Ben Brantley singles out Ashmanskas’ performance in his New York Times review.

Elizabeth Swados ’73, whose groundbreaking work began while still a student at Bennington, is described in an obituary in the New York Times as “a composer, writer and director who fashioned a unique style of socially engaged musical theater."

Joan Tower '61 has been nominated for a Grammy award in Best Contemporary Classical Competition, while Peter Dinklage '91 and Joel Marsh Garland '97 have both been nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Anneliese McCarthy ‘18, another member of Bennington’s Singer/Songwriter Circle, came by to perform three songs on a quiet afternoon in the Barn.

Rokenri, an avant-rock trio, including alumni Ethan Woods ’12, and Trevor Wilson ’09, will present "Tube on the Way Under," at Lincoln Center on Dec. 17th. Dancer Lydia Chrisman ’12, will perform, as well.

Work Songs began when a former content developer and communications intern came by the office to visit. He had a few new songs he wanted to share and we asked this comedian/actor/singer-songwriter if he’d be willing to be the first in our Work Songs series and have the sets recorded. It didn’t take much convincing, and he even played a bonus song for us.

Genevieve Belleveau ’07, Michael Chinworth ’08, and Jo-Anne Hyun ’12 will be performing in faculty member Nick Brooke’s show, Psychic Driving, at the HERE Arts Center on March 10 and 11.

Dana Foote ‘18 tours when she’s not studying at Bennington, and once you play the first track or check out her SoundCloud channel you will probably want to see if she’s in a city near you.

Jack Labbe ‘18 began the singer/songwriter club that most of our Work Song performers regularly participate in. He spoke with us about writing, performing, and of course, Bennington.

NPR recently featured No Small Children, a punk band that was started as a way for the members—including Nicola Berlinsky '91—to create a space for themselves outside their day jobs as teachers. 

The night after Alex Bleeker ’08 performed on Conan with his band Real Estate, Amelia Meath ’10 (of Sylvan Esso, who played Conan the week prior) and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig ’09 sang backup for Hiss Golden Messenger on the Letterman show.

One of the largest gifts in the history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic was made in honor of alumna Deborah Borda ’71 to endow the organization’s top leadership position, which Borda has held since 2000. 

Faculty member Allen Shawn is earning widespread praise for his recently published biography of internationally celebrated composer, conductor, and classical pianist Leonard Bernstein.

Music faculty member Michael Wimberly's class performs every Wednesday for patients in the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center." We often lose sight of the fact that it's not just medicine that keeps you well," SVMC director of planning James Trimarch told the Bennington Banner. "It's this. It's music, love, activities with your friends." See the Bennington Banner for full coverage. 

Sylvan Esso, featuring Amelia Meath ’10, made their network television debut this summer when they performed their hit song “Coffee” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Tom Guralnick '73, founder of Outpost, was interviewed in the online Albuquerque Journal.  

Real Estate, the acclaimed indie rock band featuring Alex Bleeker ’08 on bass, performed their song “Talking Backwards” on the April 9 episode of Late Show with David Letterman.

A public art installation by music faculty member and TED Senior Fellow Susie Ibarra offers a musical pilgrimage through 12 culturally significant locations in lower Manhattan, each featuring an original composition inspired by the history of the site itself.

Sylvan Esso, a new side project of Amelia Meath ’10 (of the hugely popular Bennington trio Mountain Man) is touring this fall with Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Collections of Colonies of Bees, who’ve together formed the band Volcano Choir.

Faculty member Kitty Brazelton was awarded the 12th annual Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize by the University of Oldenburg for her setting of Psalm 104 for mixed choir, percussion, and organ.