2024/25 Academy Guest Artists Booklet

MUSIC

NAME Camille Thurman PROFESSION Jazz saxophonist, singer, composer, and member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) EDUCATION SUNY Binghamton University SPECIAL NOTES Became first woman in 30 years to tour, record, and perform full-time internationally with the JLCO as a saxophonist/woodwind doubler for the 2018-2020 season VISIT DETAILS Nov. 5-9 – Performed alongside jazz students at the City Opera House and The Alluvion

Camille Thurman

NAME Jim Walker PROFESSION Professor of Flute and Chamber Music at The Colburn School Conservatory and Academy of Music EDUCATION University of Louisville SPECIAL NOTES Former Principal Flutist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic VISIT DETAILS Nov. 8 – Facilitated a master class for flute students

Jim Walker

NAME Peter Sykes PROFESSION Lecturer in Music, Historical Performance at Boston University College of Fine Arts, Principal Instructor of Harpsichord at the Historical Performance Department of The Juilliard School, and Organ and Harpsichord faculty member at the University of Michigan EDUCATION New England Conservatory of Music VISIT DETAILS Nov. 16 – Spent an hour with each organ student, offering personalized guidance on technique and artistry, as well as organ registration technique. Sykes ended his visit with a masterclass and recital.

Peter Sykes

NAME Scott Ramsay PROFESSION Adjunct Lecturer of Voice and Opera

at DePaul University School of Music EDUCATION Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

SPECIAL NOTES Highly regarded by opera companies and symphony orchestras both nationally and internationally with repertoire spanning from Bel Canto to the 21st Century VISIT DETAILS December – Gave a master class to classical voice students and shared experiences of his career as a performer

Scott Ramsay

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