Longy School of Music

bostontenor
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:45:16 +0000

Fiddlefrog – Longy’s orchestra has been growing significantly (I believe that conservatory enrollment has risen from around 130 ten years ago to closer to 240 now), and their conductor Julian Pellicano is an up-and-comer. They are now performing larger rep and moving away from chamber orchestral pieces.

In my experience, the size of a school’s concert hall has very little correlation to the level of education provided.

MommieC – Robert Willoughby, a true flute legend, still teaches at Longy, and they also have Marco Granados now.

Like choryphee, I have a number of colleagues who went to Longy. It seems to be a really good environment, and I have been impressed by a number of their free concerts.