Multitalented Guitarist Ernie Jackson ’87 Featured by the Met Museum
This past summer, guitarist Ernie Jackson ’87 got a call from the Metropolitan Museum …
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Melchior Memories
The article “Who in the Wagner World Was Lauritz Melchior?” (fall 2012 issue of Wagner …
The Art of Living Abroad: Mitch Sims ’06, Vienna
The first time Mitch Sims ’06 traveled to Vienna, for a summer program before his senior year at Wagner, he got lost.
Lauritz Melchior
Lauritz Melchior (1890–1973) was the most famous Wagnerian Heldentenor (“heroic tenor”) of his day. From …
Music Worth Rediscovering
Flutist-composer Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) wrote 500 pieces for the flute. He had a demanding …
Bridget Herrmann ’05: Music Maven
CLAIM TO FAME: With a passion for music and a knack for marketing, Bridget Herrmann …
Jim Carroll
Who in the Wagner World Was … Jim Carroll? When James Dennis Carroll (1949–2009) enrolled …