Ross Larson (piano, student of Paul Shaw/Carlson School of Management, BSB finance) just completed his award of a Summer 2018 Internship at Steinway & Sons in New York City. Under the direction of Steinway’s Vice President of Finance for the Americas John Seliga, Larson served in the company’s department of finance and accounting where he participated in managing and overseeing the Boston/Essex rental program, new retail sales, application of retail/wholesale/institutional payments, vendor payables, visual mapping of Steinway processes, and more.

Regina Stroncek (BM 2015, voice, student of Dr. Wendy Zaro-Mullins) was recently invited to perform a recital for voice and saxophone highlighting works by American women composers at the Conservatory of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In August, she presented a recital of Brazilian and American folk songs at the Federal Institute of Brasília and also participated in the inaugural year of the Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute at Aspen Music Festival.

Yung-Eun Choe (DMA 2005, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) began a new piano teaching position at the University of Guam.

Guerino Mazzola (creative studies and media) has been invited to contribute the chapter on the interplay of music and mathematics in the Springer handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences (Professor Bharath Sriraman, editor).