Behind Stowe Fall 2013

Maria Baquerizo ’15

Fall 2013 & Winter 2014 Volume 3 Number 2

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1A NOTE FROM STOWE

8IN HIS OWN WORDSKori Alston ’14 reflects on his travels to South Africa

9REWRITING TECHNOLOGY

IN THE CLASSROOM A look at an app redefining the classroom experience

2FEATURE

Creating Space for Possibility

Fall 2013 & Winter 2014 Volume 3 Number 2

10SUMMER PROGRAM RECAP

12 ALL-STEINWAY Keys to Excellence: Walnut Hill Commits to Becoming an All-Steinway School

14 CLASS NOTES

28 SEEN ON THE HILL Visiting artists and master classes

30MEET THE ADMISSION TEAM

32 PERSPECTIVE Q&A with designLAB

34 ANNUAL REPORT

44 FIRST-SEMESTER PERFORMANCES

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Creating the Framework for Our DreamsOne of the most formidable aspects of being Head of School, at any school, is maintaining the right balance between the long-term vision for the institution and the daily realities of running that institution. As I find myself fully immersed in my fourth year at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, I have an increasing appreciation for the challenges and opportunities of that endeavor.

As you will read later in this issue, we have made significant progress regarding Phase One of our Campus Master Plan. On paper (and in architectural models), Walnut Hill’s first new performance facility in 20 years is inching closer to reality! While working with designLAB architects to define this exciting new space, we are also fully engaged in the complex process of obtaining permits and approvals for the supporting projects—expanded parking and a new facilities/scene shop to be located near the Keiter Center for the Performing Arts. In a parallel effort, we are in deep discussions about the series of chess moves I mentioned in the previous issue of Behind Stowe. Essentially, any time we do construction work (especially of this magnitude), it has the potential to impact our current spaces. We must assess that potential impact carefully and develop a solid plan for continuing to deliver excellence in our program.

Through all this, there is a significant challenge in maintaining our commitment to all of our core values—excellence, creativity, growth, community, and respect. That challenge is one of resources. In order to firmly establish ourselves as an international leader in the education of young artists, Walnut Hill must continue to invest in its people, places, and program. Tuition alone will not feed that investment, nor will Walnut Hill’s current endowment. As we have had many meetings to discuss our vision for the campus, we have had even more meetings to discuss how we will financially support our long-term plans for the School. I look forward to sharing more on that topic in the months to come.

Of course, no Head of School takes on all of this work alone. I am extremely fortunate to draw upon the support and collective wisdom of a wide range of talented and dedicated people, all passionate about Walnut Hill, and all committed to realizing our shared dream for the future of this extraordinary school.

Antonio Viva Head of School

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A NOTE FROM STOWE

Creating Space for Possibility by Amanda Grazioli

T here’s a good chance that many of us can recall the excitement of going “back-to-school shop-ping” as a child and picking out a brand-new box

of crayons. The smell of the wax, the sharpened tips, the 24 (or, if you were really lucky, 48!) shades of possibility peering out from the open box top. Though our old, worn-down crayons were still full of art-making potential, there was just something about those new ones that made us

want to run to the nearest drawing pad and let our imagi-nations run wild.

As we embark on Phase One of our Campus Master Plan, we at Walnut Hill share an amplified version of that same childlike enthusiasm. Over the past year, the School has begun to reimagine the uses of our current facilities; invest in new instruments, materials,

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and technologies; and plan additions to the campus, including the first new performance space since the 1990s. As the visions of yesterday become the realities of today and tomorrow, it’s as if we are being handed the most incredible new pack of crayons—and luckily, we are a community that is not afraid of coloring outside the lines.

Since our founding in 1893, Walnut Hill has time and time again taken big, bold leaps forward as courageous groups of individuals have championed one ambitious vision after another. Together we have seized opportuni-ties for growth, understanding that there are moments in the life of an institution when forward movement demands calculated risk-taking. At our founding, we took the steps needed to create a top-notch


ABOVE Proposed second-floor dance studio rendering, courtesy of designLAB

Now, as we put our Campus Master Plan into motion, we will add a new parking lot that nearly doubles our capacity for visitors on campus, construct a two-story facilities and scene shop building, and create a state-of-the-art multipurpose performance space—Studio 5.

While buildings, lighting grids, and a sound-editing suite are exciting in and of themselves, the full potential of these tools and spaces cannot be achieved until they are put into the hands of creative individuals. Over the years, members of the Walnut Hill community have devised countless ways to give existing facilities new life, finding fruitful intersections between art forms, academic contexts, and issues of the day. Humanities classes have turned academic rooms into impromptu theaters to explore texts through performance. Existing studio facilities have served as stages for multidisci-

secondary school for girls. Nearly a century later, we made the decision to become a coeducational school for the arts, offering passionate young artists an envi-ronment that blends rigorous academics with excep-tional artistic training. Throughout all of these develop-ments, we have become adept at staying true to our core values while maintain-ing flexibility in the face of an ever-changing world.

In 1994, the School opened the Keiter Center for the Performing Arts, the first major performing arts space on campus, in order to support a growing student body and offer them the facilities necessary for mastering their craft. In 2006, Bishop Hall was built on the idea that the School could sustain a 25% increase in enrollment. During the summer of 2013, we transformed the faculty lounge into an office suite for College Counseling, outfitted a new Biology Lab, and created a Media Arts Studio, each filled with the latest equipment. We have invested $2 million in our existing facilities through deferred main-tenance projects, including making improvements to the art studios in Highland Hall and welcoming 10 beauti-ful Steinway pianos into practice and rehearsal rooms.

The ever-present drive to think in new ways, to make art that the world does not yet even realize it needs, permeates every

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plinary student art projects—produced on shoestring budgets, but enriched by the passion and artistic talent of our scholar-artists. Given the amazing things that have been done with what we currently have, it’s no surprise that the potential of the new spaces soon to be unveiled has many of our faculty and students eager to experiment with art and programming that we have never before thought possible.

The ever-present drive to think in new ways, to make art that the world does not yet even realize it needs, permeates every cohort of our Walnut Hill community. We see it in our alumni, like Zoe Scofield ’97, whose company blends choreography and visual art to achieve seamlessness between aesthetics and form. It’s clear to us when watching faculty members like Jason Stumpf incorporate video and images into the essay process (check out page 9 for more on this!). We see it in our generous supporters, when a donor with a passion for music education gives us the funds to purchase a Steinway Grand piano and sparks our decision to become an All-Steinway School. And, of course, we regularly witness this spirit of creative risk-taking in our students, whether in the classroom, the dorms, or their student organization meetings. “I think the special thing about Walnut Hill is that while we constantly strive for excellence, we are also comfortable learning from our missteps,” says Head of School Antonio Viva. “I’m grateful every day to be part of an environment with this much artistic energy, where ideas have room to grow and develop, and where we teach students how to see the world differently and solve complex problems.”

Even after just one semester, students in Kori Feener’s film class have taken a lab full of computers and a closet full of cameras and made all this into just the sort of environment that Viva describes. Scotty Sussman ’15, a visual art major enrolled in the class, talks about the potential of this new offering, saying, “I think the addition of the class not only attracts people to the School, it also opens up people’s horizons on what art really is and encourages more collaboration between majors like theater and visual art.” In the course, stu-dents gain technical skills, while at the same time devel-oping their aesthetic sense by analyzing existing films.The film history aspect is a favorite element of the class for Keeler Near ’14, who explains, “I am able to learn a lot by analyzing great films in a classroom setting, so that I can appreciate them for their story as well as the hard work put into the production of each film. After just a few of our classroom discussions, I already found myself watching movies in a whole new way.”

In addition to the film class, the School’s investment in the Media Arts Studio, video cameras, and editing equipment have led to another new elective, Acting for the Camera. Students who took the course last semes-ter really dove in with both feet, and alumni are pleased to hear about the addition of the course. Van Hansis ’00, a three-time Daytime Emmy Award Nominee who believes strongly in the importance of film actor training alongside traditional theater training, had this to say

when he heard the news: “I am thrilled to see Walnut Hill now offering classes in both acting and writing for the camera and film studies. While acting for the camera and acting for the stage are flip sides of the same coin, it is important for young actors to learn the subtleties and differences between the two genres. These new courses will strengthen and deepen students’ applica-tion of and appreciation for their craft. Plus, I bet the classes are so much fun. I want to take them!”

Last spring, students tested the limits of current

performance space on campus by producing

a collaborative multi-arts showcase—Art for

Life. The project, funded by the Head of School,

wove together student-created painting, musical

composition, poetry, and choreography. Event

proceeds supported the organization AIDS Action,

and the students’ creative vision resulted in one

of the best performances of the year. Imagine

what Walnuts will do with the availability of new

spaces and materials!


OPPOSITE PAGE Scotty Sussman ’15 and Keeler Near ’14 with media arts faculty member Kori Feener in the Media Arts StudioABOVE RIGHT Nicole Hayashi ’13, JJ McGlone ’13, and Erin Moody ’13 at Art for Life

Taking to a whole new level the idea that the right space and materials can engender amazing outcomes, the new Studio 5 will offer a dance studio and a fully outfitted flexible performance space, both bursting with possibilities. Armed with the knowledge that needs, art forms, and technologies will all continue to develop and change, the diverse team of individuals contributing input to the build-ing’s design are ensuring that the space is malleable, allowing faculty and students the freedom to bring their artistic visions to life. Mollie Tower Byrnes ’63, an early champion of this project, has been pleased to witness Walnut Hill’s growth over recent decades. She comments: “I firmly believe in the importance of the arts in our world, and as an alumna of Walnut Hill I’m proud of the direction the School has taken as they develop the next generation of creative thinkers. When I learned about the wealth of potential this space would offer, I knew I wanted to be involved in making it a reality.”

Though the addition of Studio 5 as a teaching, event, and performance space will have an impact on the en-tire campus community, two departments that will most certainly see their programs shift and evolve based on the potential of the space are Theater and Dance. Direc-tor of Theater Joe Cabral is already starting to consider the potential effects of the new space on repertoire, staging, the calendar, and more. “We haven’t even been able to fully imagine all of the things that this space will mean,” he shares, noting that regardless of what happens, the increased flexibility will be a great thing. “We might be able to think about doing a small musical, staging in the round, offering end-of-year scene show-cases . . . the list of options goes on and on. I think the important thing is that we’re trying to be thoughtful and to create a space that we need now, but that will also serve our needs 10 years from now.”

Director of Dance Michael Owen shares this excitement for programmatic opportunities. He also looks forward to the chance to invite more visiting artists—alumni and also performers from across the globe—to Natick. “What would be amazing,” he muses, “is to have a space where several alumni could return at once, maybe spend an entire week working together and creating a piece

collaboratively with students.” The openness and adaptability of the space, which will have the poten-tial of numerous configurations, will make it incredibly fertile ground for this type of innova-tive collaboration. “There are a whole bunch of things that can be done with an experi-mental theater, especially at a school like this,” Owen concludes, after sharing an impromptu list of ideas for the space ranging from collaborations between musicians and dancers, to

senior dance students presenting their audition solos to peers in an intimate setting. Owen is pleased as well about another added benefit to Studio 5: its proposed design features walls of windows that will offer passersby the chance to glimpse into parts of the building and see art in the making.

Each distinct element of the first phase in the Campus Master Plan—Studio 5, the facilities and scene shop, and the new parking lot—is tied to the others by one common thread: the potential that they represent in the hands of the inspired and capable individuals who will use them. Like a just-opened box of crayons, these structures are sure to open the floodgates of our collec-tive creative potential, and we cannot wait to see where that wave takes us. ♦

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➡CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Tatum Robertson ’13, Khaleel Carter ’13, Lauren Chuang ’14, and Charles Sciascia ’14 with Yuki Hori ’14

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Before leaving for South Africa this summer, I assumed that I

would return with so much to write about. I was wrong. It’s not that nothing happened on my trip—it was beyond amazing—but I just couldn’t imagine myself being able to capture every perfect moment in words. However, this is my attempt. These are a few stories that make up the journey that changed my life.

I went on the trip with a remarkable organization called Ripples of Hope. Founded by Kristen Atwood, Ripples of Hope is one of the leading orga-nizations when it comes to promot-ing compassion and understanding between people of different cultural backgrounds. With the organization, we went from township to township offering services such as building shacks and planting gardens, as well as just playing with some of the adorable children.

The reason I was recruited for the trip was my experience in the arts, since Ripples of Hope wanted this particular sojourn to be arts focused. So they asked my travel buddy

Chad Hollister and me to come over as artistic ambassadors. I ran work-shops with South Africans on the power of the spoken word and their stories, continuing the work I started with the Voice Identity Project here in the States.

When Chad and I first arrived, we sat down and wrote a pretty awesome song together, which we performed everywhere we went. The piece,

called “Sibongile” or “Thankfulness,” pairs some of my most passionate spoken word with Chad’s wonder-ful guitar skills and smooth voice. It was a hit. People loved it, though at first Chad and I couldn’t figure out why. I knew it was some of my best writing and Chad was certainly proud of his new funky melody, but we couldn’t quite understand what we two American dudes were saying that so dramatically impacted the people we performed for in South

Africa. Eventually, we realized that it wasn’t what we were saying, but how we were saying it. Every time we performed, we would give it our all. We poured our hearts into every performance. That was what spoke to people. In fact, we later found out that most people didn’t really under-stand much of what we were saying. I think this exemplifies a point that we emphasize at Walnut Hill: the art of something is not in its technical perfection, but rather in the passion of its creation.

Reflecting on the experience as a whole, the thing that resonated with me most was that the response we received from audiences did not stop at praise, but instead turned into something arguably more significant. Our first performance was in Kliptown. A few days later when we returned to that area after visiting other townships, I had nearly a dozen kids pull me aside to present their own poetry to me. Some even performed for me in their own South African languages. We were using art as currency, one poem for another, an English word for a Zulu

word, “Sawubona” for “I see you”—human beings communicating with their art.

There is no greater joy for an art-ist than to see that he or she has inspired others to create art. What we do as artists is not selfish. In fact, it may be one of the most selfless things a person can do. Sharing ourselves, our stories, with the world is the only way we are ever going to change it. ♦

Sawubona by Kori Alston ’14

ABOVE Kori Alston ’14 with children from Alexandra, a township in the Gauteng Province of South Africa

IN HIS OWN WORDS

With the organization, we went from township to township offering services such as building

shacks and planting gardens, as well as just playing with some of the adorable children. {{


IN THE CLASSROOM

Rewriting Technology in the Classroom by Isabel Holmes

computer, the handwriting feature works best on a touch screen. Plus, the kids love using an iPad mini for homework!

The analytical process actually be-gins with writing a traditional paper explicating the given photo. After a student writes the paper, he or she records a video using the app. Some students read directly from the paper, and others choose to speak from memory. Stumpf likes the video approach because “it allows them to be an audience for their own work. They record [their video] and their task is to go back and watch them-selves and write a note of feedback to themselves.” In effect, an Educre-ations project is used as a part of

the process rather than serving as the final product. The app provides the step between writing and revis-ing a paper where each student has a chance to look back on his or her own work through a different lens. “One thing about writing is that it is hard to develop the internal com-pass to know if something is going to make sense to a reader, or if it is so obvious it doesn’t need to be explained,” Stumpf says. He refer-ences Peter Elbow, former professor of English at UMass Amherst and well-known “writing guru,” as saying that it is good to change the medium

of your writing in order to see what idea is really rising to the top. Elbow advocates “goofy” ideas like writing part of your essay in poem form so it forces you to see what you want to take with you. Stumpf is enjoying the opportunity to implement innovative strategies of his own that the iPad makes possible.

What do the students say about this tech-assisted approach to self-critique? Stumpf says that for some the process is very intuitive, while for others it is quite foreign. They have to step outside their comfort zones to stretch the thinking they did for the original paper and translate it into another medium. Stumpf’s goal is to get students to see themselves

as writers and take ownership of that identity, including taking the risk of sharing their ideas with one another. Incorporating technologies like the Educreations app into a classroom setting provides students with a new kind of mirror in which to be reflec-tive about their own ideas. ♦

Last year, Humanities Department faculty member Jason Stumpf

received an iPad mini so he could begin incorporating more inventive technological approaches into his Senior Seminar. An elective class that students apply to take in their final year at Walnut Hill, the Senior Seminar allows them to focus on improving their writing skills. Each week, they write a paper to set up ideas about a different text. One week the resource might be a short play; another week, a photo. Students then work to revise and expand these projects. Starting last semester, Stumpf began using an app called Educreations to bring a new dimension to the revision process.

He first learned about Educre-ations, described as an “interac-tive whiteboard” with the ability to record voice and handwriting, from Ben Gregg, Director of Studies and Humanities Department Head. While the app is intended for teachers’ use as a virtual lesson tool, Stumpf has turned the tables and asked his students to complete an interactive photo analysis using the iPad. Gen-erally, he says, the students come into his classroom and he leaves while they record their projects. Al-though the app can be used through the Educreations website on any

ABOVE Jason Stumpf teaching; screen shot of Educreations video project by Emily Place ’14


By all accounts, Summer 2013 was a rousing success. Our survey of summer families was filled with rave reviews of every single program, with lots of comments of “can’t wait to come back next year!” This past summer was

notable for a couple of reasons. First, we debuted our new Summer Visual Art Program—a collaboration with the New Art Center in Newton. Also, it was a “Walnut” cast in student life . . . almost all of our Resident Assistants were Walnut Hill alumni! It was wonderful to have them back on campus, and they were all clearly thrilled to share their love of the School with our summer students.



SUMMER PROGRAMS

Every artist is unique, but did you know that the same holds true for each Steinway piano? A single instrument takes a full year to build and passes through the hands of hundreds of master craftsmen before gracing a practice

room, stage, or recital hall. Just as every student reaches her full potential through the shaping and support of many instructors, each piano emerges with its own type of musical qualities thanks to the delicate process of its creation. Through the All-Steinway Campaign, Walnut Hill aspires to equip students with a variety of models to suit many musi-cal needs. Read on to learn more about the strides we’ve made and what our current students have to say about this exciting development.

ALL -STEINWAY

Keys to Excellence: Walnut Hill Commits to Becoming an All-Steinway School

"P laying a Steinway fee ls l ike being at home— c ontent , c onnected, ful f i l led."

— Szu-Ting "Ormay" Chen ’14

STEINWAY D GRAND STEINWAY B GRAND STEINWAY UPRIGHT 1098

WALNUT HILL PIANO OVERVIEW 2012–13 2013–14

TOTAL NUMBER OF PIANOS 36 36

AVERAGE AGE OF PIANOS 37 YEARS 23 YEARS

PIANOS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION 5 15

NUMBER OF STEINWAYS 8 15

NUMBER OF PIANOS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD 6 16

NUMBER OF PIANOS OVER 30 YEARS OLD 13 8


88 KEYS (52 WHITE, 36 BLACK) • 240+ STRINGS • CASE THE SIZE OF A BATHTUB

INVENTORY OF PIANOS ON WALNUT HILL’S CAMPUS 2011 2013

AVERAGE AGE OF PRACTICE ROOM PIANOS 41 YEARS 0 YEARSNUMBER OF PIANOS RATED EXCELLENT 0; 0% 15; 41.7%

STEINWAY M GRANDSTEINWAY UPRIGHT 1098 BOSTON UPRIGHT 132

PLAYING A STEINWAY PIANO IS LIKE . . . “ invit ing in t he music.” (Q ianhe Li ’15) “ taking a hot shower after a c o ld wal k.” (George Teng ’14) “ an honor.” (C r ystal Leung ’15)

STEINWAY A GRAND

“I pract ice more t han usual.” (Al icia Juan ’15) “It’s a sur pr ise each t ime! It puts me in a good mood.” (Kaor i Nakagome ’14) “ The sound is warmer.” (Niu Niu Zhang ’14)

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

When selecting the new Steinways this summer, Director of Music Evan Bennett had help from Bruce Brubaker, chair of the NEC College Piano Department, and Sergey Schepkin, associate professor of piano at Carnegie

Mellon and NEC Preparatory School faculty member. The three tested out 17 instruments at M. Steinert & Sons show-room in Boston before selecting a fleet that offered a broad range of tones, colors, and actions, suitable for every kind of student and faculty member on campus.

After the decisions had been made, Bennett surprised both Brubaker and Schepkin by sharing the news that all 10 pianos were going directly into music practice rooms and rehearsal studios. Brubaker commented on the incred-ible rarity of a school buying the students’ practice room instruments first, as opposed to upgrading the more visible concert instruments. Brendan Murphy of M. Steinert & Sons was quick to echo this sentiment: “I think the fact that Walnut Hill chose to make these new pianos practice room instruments says a lot about the School and demonstrates its commitment to providing excellent learning experiences for its students.”

The choice to equip the practice rooms first seems to have made all the difference. Take a look at what students are saying about the impact of the new pianos on their practicing:


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ABOVE A piece from Pamela Silin-Palmer ’62 and husband Patrick Palmer’s recent show at the Old Market House Arts Center in Dungarvan, in the County Waterford area of Ireland

1951Antonio Viva, Bruce Smith, and Stephanie Perrin enjoyed visiting MARTY WHITING COX on Nantucket this summer.

1953ANNE SIEDENBURG NOSER joined Bruce Smith and Jillian Kohl for coffee at a local haunt in New Jersey this fall. This was their first time meeting Anne, and they very much enjoyed the conversation about her life and how she got to Walnut Hill from Ohio back in the 1950s.

1955ROSEMARIE STRAUS ROTH traveled to New Hampshire in June to present a basic training in Collaborative Divorce with her business partner Lana Stern, Ph.D. They formed Florida Collaborative Trainers, LLC, in 2011 and have trained attorneys, mental health specialists, and financial professionals throughout Florida. While in New

Hampshire, the first out-of-state venue of this training, Rosemarie was able to spend several days with JEAN RUDMAN GALE in her lovely home in Cape Neddick, ME.

1959CONNIE CROSS and GAIL CARSON had a nice visit at Connie’s summer house in Raymond, ME, in July and enjoyed looking at pictures of Walnut Hill, including one of the Glee Club, all in white dresses with gold belts.

Connie and Gail also visited Camp Wohelo on Sebago Lake, which both attended for many summers in the 1950s. The ladies report, “We feasted on Connie’s gourmet food too. It was a lovely day!”

1961CAROL TRUST recently won the 2013 Outstanding Executive Director of the Year Award from the National Association of Social Workers. Carol is the executive director of NASW’s

1940Bruce Smith and Jillian Kohl enjoyed a special dinner with MOLLY HUNTER DOBSON in Ann Arbor, MI, this fall. Molly’s adoration of that city and her dedication to the arts are admirable.

1947ROSEMARY JAICKS FLINN and Jillian Kohl enjoyed a delightful lunch and visit in Lakeside, MI, this fall. Rosemary took Jillian to a wonderful local vineyard, and despite a spontaneous mid-October storm of sleet and snow, they enjoyed the view, cuisine, and conversation.

1949Bruce Smith and Jillian Kohl had a lovely lunch with SUE SMITH YEAW near her home in New Jersey in the fall. Sue gave them a tour of her neighborhood and caught them up on news of her children and grandchildren.


Massachusetts Chapter, whose 8,000 members comprise professional social workers (including LIZ TENER ’61) in a variety of clinical, medical, health, and community settings. For an interesting change of pace, Carol and her husband, Barry, recently entered the New York City Tango Festival’s Amateur Salon event. Carol tells us, “The good news: we came in fourth. The other news: there were only four couples in the event. C’est la vie!”

1962PAMELA SILIN-PALMER and husband Patrick Palmer showed some of their recent work at the Old Market House Arts Center in Dungarvan, in the County Waterford area of Ireland, in September.

1963Jillian Kohl enjoyed a delightful long lunch in New Canaan, CT, with MAGGIE FINCH and Susan Klein at one of their favorite I talian restaurants. Their conversation included a discussion about the sports and academic programs at Walnut Hill in the 1960s. Despite the differences in Walnut Hill then and now, all agreed that the spirit and the

support at the School remain very much the same. Maggie looks forward to hearing about the ever-changing growth in our health and wellness curriculum.

1970Jillian Kohl and Bruce Smith had breakfast with RUTH ROTHSEID in Manhattan in May. Ruth is still working as a sales manager for Jewish Week. She was delighted to hear about our successful Gala and brainstormed with us about the New York City Alumni Event in October.

1974ROSEBETH ROSEN MARCOU has lived in Southeast Asia for 20 years now, 13 of them in Indonesia and 7 in Singapore. She is a developmental and behavioral pediatrician and has her own clinic in Singapore. Rosebeth writes to us, “One of my patients even applied to Walnut Hill this year! My daughter will graduate from another boarding school in May 2014 and my son finishes law school then as well. I keep in touch with my roommate from junior year, CLAUDIA MARCOS ZARAGOZA, who

lives in Mexico. My sister [PAM ROSEN LAMPITT ’78] and I remember the Hill fondly.”

1975JUDY SMITH BOND and Jillian Kohl met for lunch in Mishawaka, IN, in the fall. The two ladies spoke about Judy’s work at JDRF, her sons, and her connections with many Walnut Hill alumni. She is excited to help organize an alumni event in Florida this winter.

1978DONNA SACCO’s oldest daughter, Madeleine Frank, graduated from Harvard in the spring. Over the summer, Madeleine moved to Bir-mingham, AL, for a job as an editorial assistant at Coastal Living magazine. Donna's other daughter, Sophie Frank, started at NYU Stern School of Business as an under- graduate in the fall, where she is also playing soccer. Donna is now a full-time doctoral student at George Mason University.

1980In April 2013, MARTHA HOLMES LIGOS married a former high school acquain-tance, Jason Ligos. They are now happily living in Bloom-field, CT, and Martha is teaching French at Naugatuck Valley Community College.

LAURIE ROOP SINGLETARY returned to the Boston theater scene last year after a long sabbatical, and she has been busy ever since. She performed in Twins at Boston Actors Theater in September.

Student and Faculty Accomplishments

Theater students Alexandra Berube ’16, Samantha Flahive ’15, Julia Kearney ’16, and Simone Senibaldi ’14 performed in the world’s first children’s theater production of the musical Hair at Boston Children’s Theatre. They also participated in a charity event in conjunction with the performance.

Kat Ward ’14 (center) with her voice teachers Todd Lindamood (L) and Debra Parker (R). Tatum Robertson ’13 was one of eight National Finalists and Nicole Burke ’14, Ashley Robillard ’13, and Charles Sciascia ’14 were named National Semifinalists in the High School Division of the Classical Singer Competition in May 2013. Additionally, Kat Ward ’14 won Second Place in the national finals for Classical Singer’s new Musical Theatre Division.

ABOVE Connie Cross ’59 and Gail Carson ’59 in Raymond, ME

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1981NICHOLE GANTSHAR recently joined Tulsa Ballet as its development director. She says, “Any Walnuts audi- tioning are welcome to reserve my guest room!”

1983LIZ SPIEGEL ANDERSON and Jillian Kohl chatted over lunch this fall in Chicago. Liz is taking full advantage of all that Walnut Hill has to offer: she attended her 30-year Reunion this past spring, and then her daughter joined us for the Summer Creative Writing Program.

1984SIOBHAN O’NEILL and Jillian Kohl enjoyed a lively lunch at a bustling restaurant in midtown Manhattan this fall. Siobhan’s current projects at her production company include several well-reviewed shows. She notes,

“Commercial theater came calling again in the form of my old friend and sometime producing partner Shane Scheel. We have since formed a production company, Ad Astra Live, a bicoastal theatrical production company and producer of the For the Record series www.fortherecordlive.com, for which I serve as execu-tive director. For the Record is an immersive theatrical experience—part concert, part Broadway show—focus-ing on an iconic film director: Quentin Tarantino, Baz Luhrmann, Martin Scorsese, to name a few. There are cur-rently eight versions. Shane created the series along with our other partners, Chris-topher Lloyd Bratten and Anderson Davis, who is also our director and collaborator. We are very excited to see our show grow outside of L.A. in 2014.” Siobhan lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

1986JILL SPRINGER ANDREWS lives in Eugene, OR, and works as an orthopedic physical therapist. In addition to her volunteer work at the local food bank and humane society, she does pro bono PT for the Eugene Ballet Company.

MICHELE BLOOM is the Up-per School learning specialist at City and Country School, a progressive, independent school in NYC’s Greenwich Village. She lives in South Orange, NJ, with husband Evan and daughter Ziva.

DOUW FONDA plays cello in the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in Amsterdam and is a member of the Vespucci String Quartet. He and his wife, Dutch cellist Sanne, daughter Aiske, and son Minne live in a small, centrally located village in the Nether-lands. Douw visited campus in July with Aiske.

TEDDY COWLES LOVE lives in Mount Tabor, NJ, with husband Larry and children Kimberly and Charlie. She teaches instrumental music in the Rockaway Borough Public Schools, freelances as an oboist, and makes music with her family.

KELLY MAYNARD lives in Grinnell, IA, where she is a professor of modern European history at Grinnell College. She’s working on a book on Wagner in France and raising twin toddlers, Theo and Severin.

PAMELA VAIL is a performer, choreographer, improviser, and assistant professor of dance at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. In addition to her own work, she performs that of several other choreographers internationally.

Residing in Wayne, PA, with husband Seth and children Carter and Posey, BECKY WHIDDEN currently works at Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library. She also reviews children’s books for The Horn Book Guide.

1988Over the summer, CEE FRENCH HARTH wrapped a short film entitled Birthday Crashers, a comedy spoof of Wedding Crashers, starring ADAM GRIFFIN. Cee reports that Adam delivered a tremendous performance.

Jillian Kohl took SARAH VOLLMANN out to lunch at a local restaurant, as she is now

ABOVE Helen “Teddy” Cowles Love, Jill Springer Andrews, Michele Bloom, Douw Fonda, Kelly Maynard, Pam Vail, and Becky Whidden in 1986 (left) and 2013 (right).

1986 This past July, a few members of the Class of 1986 reunited in Westerly, RI, at the summer home of Helen “Teddy” Cowles Love. It was a weekend to remember and to re-create the celebration they held there after graduating 27 years ago from Walnut Hill. Those attending in addition to Teddy were Jill Springer Andrews, Michele Bloom, Douw Fonda, Kelly Maynard, Pam Vail, and Becky Whidden. They also had the good fortune to visit with former teach-ers Jackie Sand and (via Skype) Juanita and Ted Tumelaire.

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a Massachusetts resident! Sarah, her husband, and their son, Tommy (5), moved last year from New Jersey and

currently live in Lexington. Sarah is working at a local independent school as a part-time counselor. She said she loved her first year there, being in a new position with a lot of room for creativity and exploration.

1992ALBERTO LOPEZ’s group Quetzal, the L.A. band that weaves together funk, rock, and regional Mexican folk-music varietals such as son jarocho, won the Grammy for Latin Rock, Urban, or Alternative Album in 2013 for its release Imaginaries (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings), a char- acteristically ambitious foray into cumbia, neo- ’80s-style R&B, Cuban charanga, and Brazilian pandeiro, charged with the band’s collectivist political passion. It is the band’s first Grammy.

GAVIN RUSSOM and Jillian Kohl met for tea and tapas this summer in NYC. Gavin has a fascinating career in visual art and music. He reminisced about the School

and about his ability to ex-periment in different mediums while at Walnut Hill. He thinks fondly of Jim Woodside and

1995DR. JENNIFER CAUDLE is a board-certified famiy physician. She is also assistant professor of family medicine at Rowan University School of Os-teopathic Medicine in New Jersey. Her article, “Bullying Among Today’s Youth: The Important Role of the Primary Care Physician,” was published in the July 2013 issue of the journal Osteopathic Family Physician. Also in July, she appeared on CNN to discuss a few health topics in the news.

XENA GROSSMAN had a baby girl, Sierra Sanchez-Grossman, on September 21, 2013.

1996BIANCA CARRAGHER BRYAN recently moved to the suburbs of Richmond, VA. She appeared as Fruma Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof this fall at Virginia Repertory Theatre and will appear as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire at Firehouse Theatre Project in the spring. She is teaching for Drama Kids. Her daughter, Annella, turned a year old in July, and her son, Trace, turned 3 in October.

WENDY LAW was named Artist Associate with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in July.

ERIN O’HALLORAN WEAVER is president of Pennington Gray, a fundraising firm specializing in membership and annual fund programs. Clients include the Metropoli-tan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, and the American Museum of Natural History. She lives outside of NYC with husband Chris and

Lindsay McAuliffe ’15 in Spoleto, Italy

Lindsay McAuliffe ’15 was selected to attend the Spoleto Study Abroad 2013 Arts & Humanities immer-sion program in Italy, where she participated in the vocal music program and enjoyed excursions to cultural centers around the country.

Andrew Ramsey ’14 in Almost Maine

Theater major Andrew Ramsey ’14 played Phil in Almost Maine at Weston Drama Workshop and also participated in three staged readings as a part of the organization’s new Friday’s @ 3 program.

Theater student Mara Wilson ’14 starred as Eponine, opposite Broadway veteran Ivan Rutherford as Valjean, in the Reagle Music Theatre production of Les Misérables. Peter Mill ’10 was also cast in the produc-tion in the role of Bamatabois. Wilson also performed the

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BELOW Wendy Law ’96

the friendships made while at Walnut Hill. Gavin was thrilled to hear that students at the School still collaborate across disciplines and that Walnut Hill is committed to finding more ways to include that collabo-ration in our curriculum.

1993CHRISTINE KRENCH-RETZER and CLARKE RETZER welcomed their baby girl, Charlotte, in January 2012 and their son, Austin, this fall. They are living in Los Angeles, where Christine just finished directing and choreograph-ing 85 kids in an after-school arts enrichment program. Clarke works as a consumer architect at YP.com.

1994GINA BALSAMO WYMAN is currently the coordinator of teacher education at Smith College in Northampton, MA, where she works with student teachers entering the fields of elementary and secondary education. She has two chil-dren, Julia (7) and Elliott (4).


ADAM SCHNELL is thrilled to announce that he is both the founder and serving as the artistic director of the newly created Ballet Vero Beach, that area’s newest cultural jewel and the only fully professional ballet company on the Treasure Coast. The mission of Ballet Vero Beach is to promote the art of dance as a universal language in the community of Vero Beach and beyond. The com-pany will seek to accomplish this mission through the establishment of its resident professional ballet company, presentation of reputable national and international dance artists, and engage-ment in educational and community outreach. All of the organization’s programs will be made available to the broadest possible range of audiences regardless of their ability to pay.

2000TONY FLYNT was seen this summer at the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont.

DAVID FULMER played Mozart’s violin at the Austrian Cultural Forum in June.

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company perfomed KATE HUTTER’s newest piece, Prite Oef Stringh, as part of the L.A. So-Cal Dance Invitational at the Ford. Kate tells us the piece featured 17

dancers and a new take on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring by, in her words, “the awesome and über-talented” composer Austin Wintory.

After traveling around for years, MAXINE KUO recently moved back to Texas, where she started Classical Revolution Houston, a public chamber music jam session. She plays violin.

MATT RISCH had a starring role in the new film project Test over the summer. Matt is keeping busy in Los Angeles in a recurring role on ABC Family’s Switched at Birth and will be seen on an HBO show this winter.

BETHANY ANDRES ZAHEER met Jillian Kohl for lunch in NYC this summer. Bethany and her husband live in Tri- beca and are expecting their first child this fall. Bethany’s career focuses on architec-ture and interior design. After working for several other companies over the years, she has started her own busi-ness that specializes in hospi-tality and residential work.

2001DANIELLE CAMPBELL is the artistic assistant to the director of Ballet San Antonio. She also performed in the company’s production of Cinderella, which included fellow Walnut KATE MAXTED ’10 as the Spring

reports that she’s hoping to make it up to Natick for a visit at some point in the next year or so.

1999Jillian Kohl and Julie Faulstich enjoyed a wonderful outdoor lunch with JANE GUYER FUJITA in Harvard Square this

summer. Jane was working for the American Repertory Theater’s summer season as a voice and speech teacher. She is still splitting her time between different cities, as she has active jobs in NYC, New Haven, CT (Yale), and sometimes Cambridge, MA. Jane misses Walnut Hill and enjoyed reminiscing about the campus, her friends, and her classes. She will be back on campus for her 15-year Reunion this spring!

SARAH MCLELLAN joined Jil-lian Kohl for tea in Manhattan this fall. Sarah works as the assistant administrative direc-tor for the Drama Division at Juilliard. She has enjoyed the newly created position and the opportunities it presents. We hope to welcome Sarah back to campus for her 15-year Reunion this May.

son Dylan. Erin writes that she is really grateful for her years at Walnut Hill.

1997JACK MCCOLLOUGH and business partner Lazaro Hernandez won the CFDA Award for 2013 Womenswear Designer of the Year (beating

Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs). This is the fourth CFDA Award for their brand, Proenza Schouler! Later in the year, Jack spoke at the ICA in Boston. Jillian Kohl, Stephanie Perrin, and Trustee Janet Pattillo were excited to be able to observe the event.

PAULA WILSON is the artistic director of The International Partner Dance Intensive (TIPDI), which took place in NYC in August 2013 and featured 72 tracked/leveled classes in salsa, Argentine tango, West Coast swing, ballet, modern, and Afro-Haitian dance taught by a world-class faculty from the United States and abroad.

1998AMY STUBBLEFIELD is cur-rently living and working in Greenwich, CT, as a CPA and

BELOW Matt Risch ’00 in the film Test

BELOW Josh Holden ’01

BELOW Jack McCollough ’97, Stephanie Perrin, Jillian Kohl, and Janet Pattillo at the ICA in Boston.

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Fairy. Danielle also works on outreach for schools and the Boys and Girls Club.

JOSHUA HOLDEN was asked to perform at the Puppeteers of America National Festival in August. He was one of 24 artists representing Ameri-can puppetry at the festival attended by 500 puppeteers from around the nation. At the end of the festival, Joshua received an award for Best

Performance and was voted Audience Favorite.

2002Having spent the past five years living in Chicago and working as a teaching artist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cellist PHILIP BOU-LANGER recently moved back east after winning the position of Resident Cellist with Music Haven—a nonprofit music

program centered around the Haven String Quartet that provides free lessons and group classes to over 75 students in some of the most challenging neighbor-hoods and schools of New Haven, CT. Entering its eighth year, Music Haven has been ranked one of the Top 50 after-school arts programs in the country for three years in a row by the Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

JAKE FRIED is an artist, animator, and educator who has been teaching as an instructor in the Artful Adven-tures program at the Museum of Fine Arts since 2007. This year, Jake was also selected as the lead artist for the MFA’s Artist Project. He studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art and art history at Boston University. Originally known for his paint-ings, Jake has spent recent years working on a series of hand-drawn, experimen-tal animations or “moving

principal role of Mrs. John-stone in Blood Brothers at Weston Drama Workshop.

Music student Niu Niu Zhang ’14 performed on NPR’s From the Top, a radio pro-gram featuring young musi-cians from across the country. The show was taped live at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in October and aired nationally the week of November 18. Zhang played Frédéric Chopin’s Twelve Etudes, op. 10, no. 3 in E Major and no. 12 in C Minor.

Humanities faculty member Ian Buttermore attended a two-week seminar entitled The Vietnam War and Ameri-ca in the 1960s at the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History this summer.

A new short video entitled HeadonHeathen2, by visual art faculty member Lana Caplan, premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival over the summer and was also shown at the Anti-matter Film Festival in British Columbia, Canada, this fall.

Media arts faculty member Kori Feener’s documentary Hard Way Home had its world premiere at the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville in November. The film explores

Notes from the Hill2001 Kee Kim and his string quartet were recently appointed to be the Blodgett Quartet-in-Residence at Harvard University’s music department. They will be joining the faculty of the department starting in the fall of 2014. They have already relocated back to Boston/Cambridge after being based in St. Paul, MN, for the past five years. Kee writes, “We are incredibly excited and very much looking forward to teaching and becoming part of the larger musical community at Harvard and in Boston.”

2002 Erica Gannett is the full-time associate photo editor at Time Out Chicago magazine and freelances as a photographer nationally. She recently published her own food magazine, Middlewest, with partner David Tamarkin (food editor at Time Out Chicago and a frequent contributor to Bon Appetit) after they were successfully kickstarted on Kickstarter, raising over $25,000. Middlewest is a deconstructed food magazine in the form of recipe cards. Since releasing the first issue, they sold over 1,500 copies and at last report were in production with a second issue slated to be published this fall. They have been acknowledged by several publications: Saveur called Middlewest their “new favorite indie food mag.” The Kitchn described it as “an art project as much as a cooking magazine.” Erica adds: “We received attention from the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Reader included us in their recent Best of Chicago issue, crowning us Best New Local Food Publica-tion. We’re blushing!”

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KYLE BROWN is performing in the touring cast of Wicked. He recently taught a master class for the seniors in the Walnut Hill Theater Depart-ment when Wicked was in Boston.

JIMMY FOWLIE has spent the past year and a half perform-ing in the Sunday Company at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. The competitive program requires that each writer/performer create new sketch comedy every week. Recently, LA Weekly named Jimmy’s show “The Best Show to See Future Comedy Stars.” Jimmy says, “This

was a very special award that was totally meaningless to my parents.”

JOSEPH LECONTE is working at Texas Christian University as the audiovisual coordinator of the university union.

2005BRANDON KOEPSELL was featured in an article in the Detroit Free Press last May. Brandon has earned performance credits in Boston, New York, southern France, and even the movies. He recently performed in the Macomb Ballet Com-pany’s full-length work Alice’s

paintings.” His films have been exhibited at numerous museums, including the Tate Modern, and galleries in NYC, Berlin, and Copenhagen, among others. Jake’s films have also screened at dozens of international film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival, San Francisco Film Festival, and Cannes Lions, and he has been featured in the media both in the United States and Canada.

RICHARD HARPER and Jillian Kohl met up for a visit near his office at Debevoise & Plimpton in NYC this summer. As a first-year associate, Richard is working long hours and enjoying the new and fast-paced learning environ-ment of the law firm. He was put on an overseas project for work shortly after Jillian’s visit and was out of the States for two months!

JONATHAN PARKS-RAMAGE was recently hired as a producer at the Sundance Channel.

2003SAMUEL KIERNAN is now a licensed real estate agent. He also teaches tap dance and gymnastics.

JULIA MINTZER has a position singing with the Semperoper Dresden. She is doing nine roles this year, including several leading roles in new German operas, plus Mercédès in Carmen, Zweiter Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos, and others. She was at Glim-merglass last summer, singing David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion on the mainstage. Julia spent the year before at Washington National Opera, where she sang Hansel in

Hansel and Gretel and Clo-tilde in Norma.

NILS NEUBERT was hired by Juilliard to serve as substitute instructor of German diction for Marianne Barrett for this school year.

ETHAN PHILBRICK and Jillian Kohl caught up at a coffee shop in downtown Manhat-tan this summer. Ethan is currently working on his Ph.D. in performance studies at NYU. He has a fellowship and loves the program, which involves a collection of artists who are asked to analyze society, culture, and the arts. The intent for them is to truly understand human nature, with the expectation that from understanding they will better be able to work with artists and people to create a safer, stronger, and more conscious culture. Ethan also improvs and plays cello around the city at different venues. Members of the Walnut Hill community were fortunate enough to witness that talent in October when he and Riley Watts performed at our Alumni Event at Flute Lounge.

2004SHAYNA BENTKOVER and her boyfriend of six years, David Katz, got engaged at the end of March on their three-year anniversary of having moved to San Francisco. They met while studying at Syracuse University, when he was a junior and she was a sopho-more. Shortly after moving to the West Coast, David started working at LinkedIn. A few months later, he referred Shayna for a job there and now they both work on the sales team. David and Shayna are planning their wedding for August 2014 in Boston.

2005 Briga Heelan visited campus in May after being in NYC for the TBS “Upfronts,” which is when a network introduces its fall lineup to the public. Briga stars in the new TBS sitcom Ground Floor.


Adventures in Wonderland. He worked on the set of the movie Oz the Great and Powerful as assistant to the choreographer, Lesley Kay, whom he knew from another Detroit dance group. He got to work with actors Mila Kunis, James Franco, and Michelle Williams.

ARIANA MURPHY is currently a seventh-grade social stud-ies teacher on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She is in her second year of teaching after earning a master’s at Fordham University. Ariana reports that she keeps up with her theater background in two ways: “First, I am developing a theater program

New York City Event, October 7, 2013

LEFT TO RIGHT, BY ROW: Christine Luciano ’08, Bailey Moon ’11, Riley Watts ’03, Nils Neubert ’03, Carolyn Scanlon ’03, Ethan Philbrick ’03, Annie Moor ’04; Catherine Keller ’10, Kacie Dragan ’10, Sam Kiernan ’03, Gabriel King ’05, Sarah Chasin ’04, Ariana Murphy ’05, Nuni Borenstein ’06; Wendy Law ’96, Peter Stasny P’15, Jackie Joyner P’15, Caroline Pallat P’17, John Pallat P’17, Iona Aibel P’15

Feener’s experience of through-hiking the Appala-chian Trail.

Director of Voice Studies Angela Gooch sang the role of Mrs. Webb in American composer Ned Rorem’s new opera Our Town in New Hampshire this past August.

Creative writing and English faculty member Mike Hep-pner’s darkly funny novella Nada was released on Kindle Single this fall.

Tom Keenan and Kathy Liu, both faculty in the Science Department, developed Chemistry in the Cloud curriculum materials this summer, aided by a summer professional development grant from the School. Their efforts have resulted in the increased use of technology in the department, including the adoption of an electronic textbook.

Theater faculty member Todd Lindamood spent a weekend this summer explor-ing the Estill Voice Model and expanding his toolkit for vocal teaching.

Walnut Hill Physical Therapist Sue Kinney and Director of

Notes from the Hillin my middle school, which until now had none. Second, I’ve been a weekly performer at the Magnet Theater for the past two years. My group is a musical improv group, making up musicals on the spot!”

JULIE RUBINGER recently joined the founding team of a new organization,


Wishbone.org, as director of programs. Based in San Francisco, Wishbone’s mis-sion is to leverage technol-ogy to enable low-income students to discover, access, and attend the nation’s highest-quality summer and after-school programs. Much of her passion for Wishbone’s mission stems from her own experience attending Walnut Hill’s Summer Dance Program, which ultimately brought her to Walnut Hill as a full-time student. She’s excited to grow this new organization to give students across the country similar life-changing experiences. When she’s not working on this new venture, Julie is taking dance classes at Alonzo King LINES Ballet and ODC, and occasionally performing new works with local choreogra-phers.

ANTHONY PINA is currently dancing at Compañia Nacio-nal de Danza in Spain.

KRISTIN SANCKEN was fea-tured this year in a Huffington Post article about her impres-sive career rise as an art cura-tor. She recently had drinks with Jillian Kohl, and although she only attended Walnut Hill for her freshman year, Kristin finds that her main circle in NYC now is made up of

Los Angeles EventNovember 19, 2013

Portland, Maine LunchNovember 14, 2013

ABOVE Kristin Sancken ’05

LEFT TO RIGHT, BY ROW: Top: Meg Wheeler ’62, Ellie Mercer ’58, Jillian Kohl; Bottom: Ellie Sanderson ’52, Mary Reynolds ’48, Sarah Cross Mills ’62, Connie Cross ’59

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Dana Eliassen ’01, Whitney Tenney ’99; Amie Miriello ’00; Ty Freedman ’03, Judith Hoag ’81; Audrey Emerson ’13, Annie Lloyd ’12, Turner Frankosky ’12; Dick Starratt, Ellen Van Alstyne Starratt ’55; Sarah Lakey ’98, Matthew Risch ’00

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almost all Walnuts! Her room-mate is LAUREN WYNER and she sees Walnuts all the time.

In July, Dean of Students Me-lissa Cassel and son Jordan saw ASHLEY WILLIAMS in Annie on Broadway. Ashley is now set to perform in the San Francisco premiere and then Broadway opening of Beauti-ful: The Carole King Musical. Ashley is already becoming a veteran of the Broadway stage!

LAUREN WYNER studied En- glish at Vassar and is currently getting her master’s degree in applied linguistics and TESOL (Teaching English as a Sec-ond Language) at Columbia University. She also works for the university as a program assistant for the Community Language Program.

2006BLAIR BAGLEY ’11 and JACLYN WALSH both received mentions in Dance magazine this year. Blair was featured in the scholarship guide and Jaclyn on the style pages.

JULIA BUNTAINE is currently a graduate student at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and is halfway through getting

her M.F.A. in fine arts. She re-cently launched an online art magazine, SciArt in America, dedicated specifically to science-based art throughout the nation.

SARAH KOENIG-PLONSKIER and CATHERINE HANCOCK’s group, the Moirae Ensemble, recently performed a concert of folk music as it was inter-preted by 20th-century Rus-sian and English composers. All of the proceeds from this concert were to be donated to Women for Women Inter-national.

Congratulations to PAUL MILLER, who was a contes-tant in the Broadway Beauty Pageant, an annual benefit for New York’s Ali Forney Center.

KRISTIN PARKER recently closed a new play on the Lower East Side called Bella’s Dream. Next up is a play called Fat Joey in the Sam French off-off Broadway festival at Theatre Row. This past winter, Kristin starred off-Broadway in The Velveteen Rabbit and got a glowing review in the New York Times. She’s also interning at the National Eating Disorders Association, helping explore the need for a program to ad-dress eating disorder preven-tion, education, and recovery

within the professional artistic community.

JORDAN PIANTEDOSI did all the amazing artwork in the new Cambridge restaurant Beat Hotel. The restaurant is getting great reviews!

JACLYN WALSH is currently touring with Keigwin + Com-pany. They’ve done shows for the Works & Process series at the Guggenheim in NYC. They performed several pieces by artistic director Larry Keigwin, including a work titled Canvas, a com-pany collaboration with New York City Ballet’s Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild. They did a similar performance at the Vail International Dance Festival last summer.

KATHERINE WILKINSON has just returned from two years of living in Australia, where she was a senior teacher and director for Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre. She has just moved to Austin, TX, to continue her theater work.

KATHARYN ZINN is part of a performing violin/piano duo called aTonalHits. They play music from the 20th century and contemporary periods and also create “music videos”—small films employ-ing footage they have shot themselves, experimental animation, and generally any-

ABOVE Ashley Williams ’05 with Jordan and Melissa Cassel

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Dance Michael Owen pre-sented at the International As-sociation for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) annual conference in October. Owen also participated on a panel for the Art Schools Network in New York.

Ronan Noone, faculty mem-ber in the Creative Writing Department, received rave reviews for the New York debut of his site-specific play The Compass Rose, a show about a bartender who takes an impromptu road trip with a customer, then reunites with this patron years later at a bar. The show ran in September at Ryan’s Daughter, a pub on East 85th Street in Manhattan.

Ken Tighe and son Joe Tighe ’16 at the opening reception of A Community of Artists.

Visual art faculty member Ken Tighe’s painting The beginning, and or, end of nostalgia; more or less (2012, 36" x 60", oil on panel) was featured as part of A Com- munity of Artists, a juried exhibition at Framingham’s Danforth Museum of Art in June.

ABOVE Jordan Piantedosi ’06 at the Beat Hotel

RIGHT Jaclyn Walsh ’06 featured in Dance magazine

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thing the two find interesting at the moment. They also put together their own electronic music with some of the films.

2007REBECCA NEHRING’s paint-ings were displayed last year at the Chase Young Gallery in STATE OF THE ART 2013, a group exhibition of emerging artists.

After spending two years teaching community ballet and modern classes in Se-wanee, TN, AMY NELSON is currently earning her master’s degree in English literature at Northwestern University. She plans to specialize in Shake-speare studies and feminist theory, and she hopes to continue her education in a doctoral program after com-pleting her M.A. next summer.

SAMUEL SWANTON is cur-rently dancing with Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre in Brooklyn.

2008NICK CHRISTOPHER performs eight shows a week in Motown: The Musical on Broadway.

2009GRACE HELLWEG stopped by the Walnut Hill campus on her way back from working at a summer camp in Casco, ME. After three years away from the Hill, she wanted to see some of her old favorite spots—all of which have been renovated since she graduated! She was most im-pressed by Eliot Dorm (where she was Dorm President), the murals in the ATC, and the Dance Studios. Gracie gradu-ated from Indiana University this past spring with a dual major in creative writing and communication and culture. She will be working as a di-rector of youth ministries at a Second Presbyterian church in Pennsylvania this fall.

REBEKAH PRIESTLY gradu-ated from Eastman School of Music last year.

In June, NICHOLAS RANAURO traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa, to teach dance in an arts-intensive workshop for students and their moth-ers who have been directly

affected by HIV/AIDS. He worked alongside a team of musicians, actors, and visual artists from NYC, Los Ange-les, and South Africa.

After graduating from Elon University in May, BEN REDDING moved to NYC in September to start rehears-ing for the Broadway tour of West Side Story. The musical opened on November 5 in Memphis, TN, and is currently touring the country.

In May, EDWARD SPOTS and DANIEL SALAS ’12 danced in Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s spring gala at Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater in NYC.

MEGAN WRIGHT was interviewed for the Alumni Spotlight of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program

last spring. She is still living in San Francisco and is now dancing for the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Katharine Hawthorne, Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol, Sharp & Fine, and “some other lovely folks.” She also works in politics occasionally.

2010Bruce Smith and Jillian Kohl took current University of Michigan students KEITH ALLEN, TEAGAN ROSE ’11, and SAVANNAH ROUNDS ’12 to breakfast at a local UM campus spot for a great time and lively conversation.

KEITH ALLEN was part of the 95th season of the famed Muny theater in St. Louis, performing as an ensemble cast member in Les Mis- érables with well-known Broadway veterans Norm Lewis and Hugh Panaro.

ABOVE Bruce Smith, Nick Christopher ’08, and Jillian Kohl backstage at Motown: The Musical

RIGHT Laura Love ’10 (center), the face of the new Vera Wang fragrance and featured model for Anthropologie


COOPER JORDAN was the lead producer of The Rat Pack Undead concert tour based out of NYC.

LAURA LOVE is the face of Vera Wang’s new fragrance, Be Jeweled.

KATE MAXTED just finished her first production, Cinderella (choreographed by Ben Stevenson), at Ballet San Antonio, where she was lucky enough to perform as the Spring Fairy. It was a wonderful production, and Kate reports that she was thrilled to have the stage to herself for the first time in her professional career. Kate has also connected with another Walnut in San Antonio, DANIELLE CAMP-BELL ’01, the artistic assistant to the director in addition to performing with the group in this ballet production.

PETER MILL had a busy sum-mer performing at the Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham, MA. He was cast in the role of Bamatabois in Les Misérables and also played the role of Mary Sunshine in Chicago.

CHRISTINE ZENEL is in her senior year at Scripps. She writes that she has abso-lutely loved her time at the

Claremont Colleges and couldn’t be happier with her decision to attend college there. “I am just starting to brainstorm postgrad plans, so we’ll see where I end up!” Christine hasn’t danced ballet since attending Walnut Hill,

but she takes West African dance classes and has some experience with Polynesian dancing as well.

2011DAHVIN GREENFIELD continues to write and direct plays. She’s had several pieces published in Southern New Hampshire University’s literary journal and school newspaper. She just finished a week’s run of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which she starred as lead character Frank N. Furter. As she notes, that was quite the trip! She continues to credit Allan Reeder, Daniel Bosch, and Ronan Noone for all her success.

EMILIE LERICHE performed at the Joyce Theater with Hubbard Street Dance in May.

ABOVE Kate Maxted ’10

REBECCA REALE was invited to play with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra this year. The organization, an orchestral academy founded by Leonard Bernstein in 1987, is modeled after the American Tanglewood Festival. Re-becca was one of 100 musi-cians under the age of 26 admitted to the academy out of more than 1,200 applicants from 30 cities across North and South America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Reale auditioned in Houston, TX, where she attends the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.

2012EMMA HUELSKAMP dropped by campus in June to visit with Antonio Viva, Jillian Kohl, and others. Emma let us know that she has transferred from Royal College of Music

in London to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. She will be studying political science and hopes to attend law school after graduation.

2013What were some of our most recent music graduates up to over the summer? JAEHYUCK CHOI and MOON SUN YOO had a joint concert with two former Walnuts who matricu-lated to Juilliard. This Walnut Hill event for both current and former parents and students from all departments was very well attended. The concert included video collaboration with former visual art Walnuts.

HENRY MCCALL was accepted into Pacific North-west Ballet’s Professional Division program and is cur-rently out in Seattle.

Summer Alums Congratulations to Rachelle Lefevre, summer alum ’94, on her appearance in CBS’s TV hit Under the Dome, which premiered this summer.

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and longtime friendships. Her greatest loves were her four daughters and their families, including four grandchildren.

SARAH “SALLY” WOODWORTH GALLAGHER ’40 passed away on July 29, 2013, at the Peabody Home in Franklin, NH, in the presence of her loving family. She was 92. Born in Boston, MA, she grew up in Weston, MA, attended the Meadowbrook School, and graduated from Walnut Hill before attending Erskine Junior College. Sally was a longtime supporter of Walnut Hill and had a lifelong passion for the arts, everything from music to fine art. She attended Ogontz Camp, where she developed a lifelong love of horses and riding. She married Charles Theodore Gallagher in June 1949; he predeceased her in 1992. Sally is remembered as a lover of books and children, an active bird-watcher, a lover of classical music, and a lifelong Episcopalian, but mostly for her warmth, good humor, and genuine compassion. Lovingly devoted to family and friends, she is survived by her children and grandchildren, her sister, her niece and great-nephew, and many Woodworth and Gallagher cousins.

*MARY HELEN MITCHELL WILLIAMS ’42 died on September 3, 2013, at age 90. Mary was born in Fairfield, CT. After Walnut Hill, she attended Colby Junior College, now Colby-Sawyer College. Mary was a consistent, longtime donor to Walnut Hill. She worked as a secretary and a residential real estate agent for many years; was a

member of the Junior League of Bridgeport and the Bridgeport Ladies Charitable Society; served on the board of the Burroughs Home in Bridgeport; and volunteered there and at Bridgeport Hospital, Operation Hope, and the Woodfield Home. Mary was a member of United Congregational Church in Bridgeport, Brooklawn Country Club, and Fairfield Beach Club in Fairfield, as well as Ekwanok Country Club in Manchester, VT. Her husband, Arthur Collins Williams, died just weeks after she did. Mary is survived by the couple’s children, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

MARGARET “PEG” WHITNEY JOHNSON ’43 passed away on April 12, 2013, at the Pen Bay Medical Center. She was 88. She was born in Newton, MA, one of three children. Right after World War II, Margaret married her handsome naval officer beau, Murdoch Matheson Johnson II, and they began their life together in Massachusetts, where Murdoch took over ownership of United Laundries, the largest commercial laundry in the Northeast at the time. They enjoyed over 60 years of marriage until Murdoch passed in 2005. Peg was a communicant of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Camden, ME. She loved life, fast cars, going out to lunch (or dinner or breakfast), wildlife and wild animals, hanging clothes out to dry on a summer day, her devoted friends, her church, and her beloved family. She is survived by two of her

In MemoriamWe fondly remember the following members of the Walnut Hill community.

MARIANNA HATCH HEATH ’32 passed away at the age of 97 on May 31, 2013, in Sherborn, MA, where she lived for the past 70 years. She is survived by her husband, Gordon B. Heath, and her daughter and son-in-law. Marianna was a well-known horticulturalist who worked as a grower and designer, founding her own garden design business in the 1960s and remaining active in that business up until her death. She was also an avid racing sailor out of Sandy Bay Yacht Club in Rockport, MA.

We were sorry to learn of the passing of NANCY BROWN STEVENSON ’34 on Septem-ber 11, 2013, at the age of 96. She stayed connected to Walnut Hill for decades and amazingly was able to attend her class’s 2009 Reunion. She was a faithful supporter and took great pride in her alma mater. Nancy will be missed by the entire community.

*NATHENA H. FULLER ’37 died on May 29, 2013, at home surrounded by her family. She was 93. A lifelong resident of Suffield, CT, Nathena attended Bridge Street School, where she was voted the healthiest girl in Suffield and subsequently rode on a cart for the Memorial Day parade that year. She went on to graduate from Walnut Hill and then obtained a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College. Nathena was an extremely generous and longtime

supporter of Walnut Hill and was actively involved with the School for many years. She worked at Aetna for 39 years, before her retirement in 1980. Nathena was an active member of Second Baptist Church in Suffield, where she had served as treasurer and president. She also served as treasurer of the Suffield Land Conser-vancy, volunteered with the handicap workshop at the Suffield Emergency Aid Association, served as a trustee at Suffield Academy, and was past treasurer of the Mount Holyoke Alumni Association. Nathena was a fine athlete in her younger years and enjoyed golf. She was predeceased by one brother but is survived by her other brother, her sister, her sister-in-law, and many nieces and nephews.

PATRICIA FOSS HICKEY ’39 died on June 3, 2013, in Sanford, NC, at age 92. Pat was born in Wooster, Ohio, and lived her younger years there before attending Walnut Hill for her senior year, then William & Mary College and Cornell University. Following graduation, she joined the Navy and used her foreign language and analytical skills as a cryptographer in Washington, DC, during World War II. She married James (Jim) Hickey, and they moved to Richmond, VA, where they began their family. Travel was one of her lifelong passions, as was following ACC football and basketball. She was an avid reader, an accomplished knitter, and someone keenly interested in the stock market. Through her interests and engaging manner, she had many close


three children, along with four of five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sister and brother.

Former WHS Trustee MARGARET “PEGGY” UTTER DURANT ’44 died on Au- gust 27, 2013, at age 87, after a brief illness. Born in Providence, RI, Peggy went on to attend Walnut Hill and was a generous and engaged alumna for many years. She did her under-graduate studies at Wells College and then received a master’s in retailing from Simmons College. Peggy became the beloved wife of John H. Durant. Living in Weston, MA, for 60 years, she was an active member of the Junior League of Boston, the Vincent Club, the Chilton Club, the First Parish Church of Weston, the Weston Garden Club, and the Weston Friendly Society. A cancer survivor, she was a devoted volunteer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Peggy’s 30-year career as a travel agent enabled her and John to travel to all corners of the world. In addition, they enjoyed cruising the New England coast with family and friends. Peggy was predeceased by her husband. She is survived by three children and five grandchildren.

Walnut Hill was sorry to learn recently of the passing of ANNE KATZENBERG ’44 in October 2012. She was a consistent supporter of the School over many years. Anne spent most of her adult life in New York City. She was married to E. Walter Katzenberg for 67

years and had many dear friends who felt that to know her was to love her. She is survived by her husband, two children and their families, and her brother.

*DIANE SHEAFFER ANDERSON ’49 died on September 25, 2013, at the age of 81. She was born in Portland, ME, and attended the Gardiner schools before coming to Walnut Hill. She was a loyal supporter of the School for many years. Diane earned her bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College and a master’s in biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1964, she married Burton Richard Anderson, and the couple lived in East Winthrop, raising their daughter, who was born in 1972. Diane worked as a lab technician in Worcester, MA, under the codeveloper of the birth control pill, whose research led to in vitro fertilization. She was an active volunteer at Christ Church and the Winthrop Grade School library. Diane’s wit and good cheer made her a welcome presence at the bridge table and a tough competitor at other games. She was predeceased by her husband of 49 years. She is survived by a sister, a daughter, a niece, and a nephew.

VIRGINIA “GINGER” SCOTT HEARD ’51 died from complications due to kidney failure on May 12, 2013, at age 79. Born in Long-meadow, MA, Ginger attended Walnut Hill and Pine Manor Junior College. She married Hamilton Heard Jr. in 1953. While raising three daughters in Shirley, MA, Ginger was active in

alumni work for both Walnut Hill and Pine Manor, and she volunteered at the Commu-nity Hospital and at Trinity Chapel in her town. She opened and ran Benjamin Hill Ski Area and Pool and Tennis Club in Shirley from 1961 to 1970. She is a former member of the Garden Club in both Groton and Nantucket, the Junior League of Boston, the Vincent Club of Boston, Sankaty Head Golf Club, and the Nantucket Yacht Club. An outstanding member of the community in Nantucket, Ginger was a founding member of the board of directors of the Nantucket Land Council; a member of the boards of the Nantucket Civic League, Brant Point Association, Nantucket Historic Asso- ciation, and Nantucket Cottage Hospital; and the author of the book Nantucket Gardens and Houses. She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years. She leaves behind their daughters and three grandchildren.

We were sorry to learn of the passing of former student MICHAEL SCOTT NIDAY ’05 on September 8, 2013, in Delray Beach, FL, at age 26. Michael is survived by his parents, Ann and David Niday, who say this in remembrance of Michael: “He had an incredible smile, an infectious laugh, and gave the best bear hugs of anyone we know. He accepted and loved all he met, cheered on the underdog, and made this world just a little bit brighter while he lived in it.”

Walnut Hill, Boston Ballet, and the entire dance community suffered a great loss with the death of dancer, choreographer, and teacher SAMUEL KURKJIAN in November. Born in St. Louis, MO, Sam consistently set an example as both a creative and courageous artist, commit-ted to taking risks that would prove to advance both his own career and the work of those around him. With no prior choreography experience, Sam won Boston Ballet’s first Vestris Prize Competition for Choreography in 1968, and was subsequently invited by founder Virginia Williams to join the company as principal dancer, ballet master, and the company’s first resident choreographer. In later years, he played a variety of guest roles with Boston Ballet as well. Sam joined the faculty at Walnut Hill in 1978. Not only did he lead countless classes in dance and choreography, but Sam staged many performances of The Nutcracker at Walnut Hill. Head of School Antonio Viva and Director of Dance Michael Owen have dedicated the 2013 performances to Sam, whose passion will live on in the hearts and artistry of the hundreds of dancers fortunate enough to have worked with him. According to Sam’s wishes, no funeral will be held. Walnut Hill will be establishing a fund to honor Sam’s memory and his contributions to the dance community.

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A Look Inside a Special ProductionIn honor of National Deaf Awareness Week, students and faculty from the Learning Center for the Deaf joined theater majors for a special Assembly in the Keiter Center. Actors James Caverly and Erica Spyres, along with director M. Bevin O’Gara, presented an American Sign Language–interpreted scene from SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of Nina Raine’s play Tribes and answered questions about the production.

Mezzo-soprano Sondra Kelly, who has appeared in more than 250 per-formances of 23 different roles at the Metropolitan Opera, gave a master class for our Summer Opera Program participants in Boswell Hall in early July. All of the students were eager to take direction from this incredibly down-to-earth professional regarding everything from vocal technique to audition attire!

Tim Horvath, author of Understories (Bellevue Literary Press) and Circula-tion (sunnyoutside), gave a reading and taught a master class for the

Summer Creative Writing Program, during which he played four different interpretations of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to help open up a discussion about the way style works in fiction.

Emilie Leriche, currently a member of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, taught multiple modern dance workshops for the Summer Dance Program. Leriche, who attended Wal-nut Hill from 2007 to 2010, guided students in movement explorations that required a great deal of creativity and commitment.

Music students had a chance to hear from Chris Daly, assistant dean for admissions at New England Conservatory, who spoke on a panel with several Walnut Hill faculty about college and conservatory admissions.

Eli Epstein, chair of the brass de-partment at New England Conserva-tory (NEC), presented an interactive workshop at Walnut Hill to teach mu-sic students about healthful practice techniques that advance deep learn-ing, help to manage performance anxiety, and promote free expression of feelings and stories with oneself and one’s audience.

Hugh Wolff, currently Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras and chair of orches-tral conducting at New England Conservatory, visited the campus to workshop student musical pieces in a master class setting.

Steinway Artist and music alum Gloria Chien ’95 came to Walnut Hill to listen to some piano students and chamber groups while in town for her Sunday Concert Series performance at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Marie-Josee (MJ) Shaar, wellness program designer and coach as well

Kyle Brown, currently a member of the touring cast of the musical Wicked, engaged senior theater majors in a master class where he taught them a Fosse-style dance combination. Afterwards, Brown spoke with the entire Theater Department and answered their questions about the field.

Kyle Brown ’04 Delivers Engaging Master Class

Melissa Marotto taught a dance master class to high school stu-dents this fall. The class, which was livestreamed, focused on the Flying Low Technique, which explores the dancers’ relationship with the floor.


as coauthor of Smarts and Stamina: The Busy Person’s Guide to Optimal Health and Performance, gave a special Assembly talk about some of the topics discussed in her book. She also led professional develop-ment sessions with faculty and a senior seminar about cultivating the right mind-set and habits to manage stress effectively.

Ariel Freeman visited the Dance Studio to teach a class about the Gaga Technique, a movement language developed by Ohad Naharin that is meant to increase self-awareness through the body.

Tobin Del Cuore ’97, dancer with Aszure Barton & Artists, a collec-tive of visual, sound, and performing artists that produces and performs choreographed works to tour across the globe, gave a master class on the Barton Technique to dance students.

Brent Wagner, Arthur F. Thurnau As-sociate Professor and chair of musical theatre at the University of Michigan, spent time in Keiter teaching master classes to theater juniors and seniors, providing feedback on musical theater

songs, and sharing thoughts on the college audition process.

Jack Rowe, artistic director and director of the B.F.A. acting program at the University of Southern California, conducted a master class with senior theater majors.

Cary Libkin, head of the B.F.A. musical theatre and M.F.A. directing programs at Penn State University, provided much-appreciated feedback to senior theater majors.

Filmmaker and screenwriter Steve Collins screened his film You Hurt My Feelings and gave a screen- writing craft talk as part of the Summer Creative Writing Program.

Christa Crewdson, drama teacher at Buckingham Browne & Nichols and founder of Improv Jones Boston, conducted an improv and sketch comedy workshop with creative writing majors.

Madeline Herec Poirier, local film-maker, musician, and educator, came to campus as a guest artist to work with the Introduction to Filmmaking class. Poirier, who has over 10 years of experience making music and films, gave students a lesson on audio editing techniques.

Rosetta Lee Leads Discussion on Identity and Communication

Seattle-based educator and activist Rosetta Lee visited the School to speak at Assembly and to present a variety of workshops with students, faculty, and staff. In the sessions, Lee led activities and

discussions on identity, cross-cultural communication, and multicultural community development.

Fiction Writer John Brandon Visits the Writing Studio

Melissa Marotto ’99 Visits Campus

Fiction writer John Brandon, who has previously taught in the Sum-mer Writing Program, returned to campus to spend time in English classes and the Writing Studio.

Susanne Carpenter Director of Admission and Financial AidArt Program Specialties: Creative Writing and Visual Art

Carpenter joined Walnut Hill earlier

this summer as Director of

Admission and Financial Aid,

bringing with her over 13 years

of experience in admission, from

preschool to college level. She has

had roles in various Massachusetts

schools, most recently as director

of admission at Nashoba Brooks

School in Concord; prior to her work

there, she held the position of

director of admission and financial

aid at Worcester Academy and

assistant director of admission at

Wheaton College in Norton.

Carpenter also spent 18 years

studying ballet, beginning her

training at Connecticut Dance

Over the past six months, Walnut Hill has welcomed a number of new faces to the Admission Office. Each member of our team is dedicated to guiding students and families through the admission process, answering questions, and helping them determine if Walnut Hill is the right fit. Together, the team has over 40 years’ experience in the world of admission, spanning all ages and all types of schools. Drawing on that combined experience, and on what appears to be a limitless supply of energy and creativity, the team members have already begun making their mark on the admission experience at Walnut Hill. Their first significant accomplishment was this year’s highly successful Open House, attended by more than 120 families from across the region and around the world!

Theatre, and holds a B.A. from

Wheaton College. Having worked

with young people of all ages

throughout her career, Carpenter

confesses that high school stu-

dents are her favorite because of

where they are in their own personal

journey, as well as how she and her

team can impact their lives.

Nadine AbigañaAssociate Director of AdmissionArt Program Specialty: Music

Abigaña joined Walnut Hill in July as

Associate Director of Admissions.

She brings with her over nine years

of admissions and arts admin-

istration experience and most

recently worked in admissions at the

New England Conservatory. Prior to

her position at NEC, she worked in

admissions at both Boston Univer-

sity Metropolitan College and the

College of Fine Arts, where she also

worked closely with the Boston

University Tanglewood Institute. She

holds two master’s degrees from

Boston University, one in violin

performance and the other in arts

administration, along with a

bachelor’s degree in violin per-

formance from the Hartt School at

the University of Hartford. With her

NEC experience, Abigaña is a great

resource for our prospective music

families who are interested in our

joint program with NEC Prep.

Amanda Bertone ’05Assistant Director of AdmissionArt Program Specialty: Dance

Bertone, a 2005 alumna of Walnut

Hill, began studying ballet at age

2. As a child, she trained with both

Boston Ballet and Jose Mateo Ballet

Theatre, where she danced in the

ADMISSION TEAM


Meet the Admission Team

school’s preprofessional company

Youth Works. She holds an M.B.A.

from Endicott College, as well as a

B.S. in business management and

an A.S. in fashion merchandising

from Fisher College. While earning

these degrees, Bertone continued to

participate in the Boston arts scene,

working for Boston Ballet’s City

Dance program and performing as

a guest artist with the Boston Urban

Ballet under the direction of Tony

Williams. After over eight years of

working in retail management, sales,

and marketing, she returned to

Walnut Hill in 2012 as Assistant

Director of Admission and currently

serves as a Dorm Parent in North

House. Having worn the hat of

student, staff member, and Dorm

Parent, Bertone offers a wealth of

knowledge about all aspects of the

Walnut Hill experience.

Jason HersomAssociate Director of AdmissionArt Program Specialty: Theater

Hersom joined Walnut Hill earlier this

summer as Associate Director of

Admission. Most recently, he served

as director of communications at

Kents Hill School in Maine, where he

also spent seven years as the as-

sociate director of admissions. Ad-

ditionally, he served as a member of

the performing arts faculty at Kents

Hill, directing such musical produc-

tions as Carnival!, Pippin, and The

Wizard of Oz. Hersom holds a B.F.A.

in musical theater from the Hartt

School at the University of Hartford.

With so much direct experience in

the studying, performing, and directing

of theater, he is in a perfect position

to help young theater artists navigate

the Walnut Hill admission process!

Kristin GoodwillieAdmission AssistantSpecialty: General Admission Questions and Campus Visit Logistics

Goodwillie first became a part of the

Walnut Hill community in 1999 when

her daughter Susan was admitted

to the theater program. After Susan

graduated in 2002, Goodwillie

came to Walnut Hill herself in the

fall of 2003, both as an Admission

Assistant and as a Dorm Parent in

North House. She held both of

these positions for three years

and then “retired” briefly, before

returning to her Admission Assis-

tant post in 2009. She has a B.A.

in French from Ohio State Univer-

sity and a Certificate of Appraisal

Studies from New York University.

She remains eternally grateful to

her daughter for introducing her to

this amazing school and is a great

resource for all things Walnut Hill. ♦

“I love Walnut Hill so much, I want to share it with other prospective students,” read the application of one of dozens of students who joined the Walnut Hill Admissions Guide (WHAG) program this fall.

With a roster of over 45 trained tour guides, the campus visit at Walnut Hill has been trans-formed into a dynamic experi-ence for prospective students and families. “By seeing our campus through the eyes of a current student, we are offer-ing families an authentic look at our community,” explains Susanne Carpenter, Director of Admission and Financial Aid. “We're able to more accurately reflect the culture of Walnut Hill to the applicant pool.”

Student tour guides, led by co-heads Gabi Samels ’14, Andrew Purdy ’16, and Alex-andra Berube ’16, have so far given over 60 campus tours, in addition to helping at this fall’s Admission Open House.

Last semester, tour guides from every art area on campus, representing 19 U.S. states and 4 countries, gave of their time and energy as part of the pro-gram. This semester, WHAG is on track to expand even deeper into the Walnut Hill community, as new tour guides are trained and join their classmates in this exciting work!


WHAGWalnut Hill Admission Guides


PERSPECTIVE

The Process of Creating New Narrative: A Conversation with designLAB

all of the people—clients, administrators, teachers, students, consultants, engineers, etc.—become a part of the zeitgeist of each project. Similarly, we draw from the passive pieces of each project’s culture as well. Local architectural styles, cultural history, and institutional character all provide insight into the ideals by which our clients live. We try to tap into that narrative so that our projects can really embody each client’s unique aspirations.

This collaborative endeavor takes shape in a process we liken to collage, or improvisation. Pieces of impor-tant cultural and institutional identity are collected through dialogue, interactive workshops, and general immersion into each project. Then we reassemble them in new ways to create new narratives that are born from the existing fabric of each institution. Ultimately, the success of this approach hinges at the macro-scale on our ability to collect and interpret the individual stories from each client, and on the micro-scale to translate these stories into the craft of building. Material choices, details of how they come together, sequences of space, and treatment of light all contribute to creating an environment that speaks in different ways to the ideals we are trying to communicate.

The team at designLAB (from left: Bob Miklos, Sam Batchelor, and Kelly Haigh) has been chosen to work with Walnut Hill to help execute Phase One of the Master Plan.

Q Tell us a little about designLAB.

A designLAB is a collaborative architecture studio in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston. We work almost exclusively for institutions in education, arts, and culture, and have focused on these kinds of projects since our founding in 2005. Bob [founder Robert Miklos] has worked with some of the leading architectural practices in Boston and served as design principal at two of them before founding designLAB. In designLAB, we sought to create a different kind of practice, one that is focused exclusively on projects where the clients’ mission is directed primarily to the greater good and that is built on a culture of collaboration, energy, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Q What’s the philosophy of your studio? How do you approach projects like ours?

A Our studio is fundamentally a collaborative endeavor: we try to find ways to let every piece of each project influence the final result. This means that

Photo by Joe Pugliese


Q What do you find compelling about working with Walnut Hill?

A The people. Every single person we’ve worked with here is incredibly talented, thoughtful, and in-sightful. It’s such a fantastic experience working with a group like this because it really elevates our work to a higher level. As we talk about creating a collage of the collected institutional values, it makes it all the more powerful (and exciting!) when the people and culture you are immersing yourself into are as creative and wonderful as the people at Walnut Hill. Also, you guys are just a lot of fun to hang out with!

Q What do you find most exciting about this particular project?

A It’s always enjoyable to work with arts groups, but it’s even more fascinating when you’re designing for art that has not yet been conceptualized. Walnut Hill already has so many unique performances and events, yet the community sees this project as an opportunity to really push the envelope and expand into new, unimag-ined expressions. That is an exciting challenge for us, because the spaces can really become a canvas for future artistic endeavors. Given the incredible talent that will pass through Studio 5 over the course of its life, we’re extremely excited to see the kinds of amazing performances and events it will house and inspire.

Q What’s your vision for the impact this first phase of the Master Plan will have on the campus as a land-scape and on the School as an institution?

A To borrow Antonio Viva’s phrase, we hope that the project can announce to the world that Walnut Hill “has arrived.” We talked in our workshops about blending the legacy of a 19th-century girls’ prepara-

tory school with the innovation of a 21st-century arts school. We think this project will give very visible physical form to that evolution. We’re working hard to capture that full story so the contemporary pieces of campus can have a meaningful dialogue with the historic aspects.

It’s also important to note that both pieces of this first phase—the enabling work along Bacon Street and Studio 5 on Highland Street—are both happening at edges of the campus and will serve as physical thresholds to the School. There is tremendous op-portunity to shape people’s first impressions as they arrive at Walnut Hill. Our focus on expressing the identity and culture of a place is further amplified when it creates the first impression. It adds a degree of pressure to the design, but also a degree of excite-ment.

Q We have noticed that you are very open to exploring ideas and trying to find unexpected solu-tions. It’s also clear that you put just as much empha-sis on the process as you do on the product. How do you think that impacts your work at Walnut Hill and, in particular, on Studio 5, which will support, inspire, and house both process and product?

A We do place a lot of emphasis on process, because it’s the process that embeds all the subtle ideas of identity, culture, and history that really make a project sing. That’s a key reason why we really enjoy working for educational institutions. Educational clients often appreciate and emphasize the process as much as the product. While the Studio 5 performances will undoubtedly be exceptional, the educational experience of preparing for a performance, developing a talent, and working together to create something extraordinary is just as important as the final product. We like to make spaces that truly celebrate these moments, that give some insight into the incredible effort that goes into a production and make a statement about all the collabo-ration behind every performance. The entire process of education is one that celebrates the duality of process and product, and we seek that throughout the entire life of the project. ♦

1,154 Thanks The musical Rent famously celebrates love and friendship with the song lyrics “Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes . . . How do you measure, measure a year?” At Walnut Hill, where we similarly celebrate community, commitment, and caring, we were able to measure this past year through 1,154 (and more) acts of kindness and expressions of appreciation: gifts from students, alumni, parents past and present, staff, faculty, Trustees, and both longtime friends and new ones, as well as thank-you calls and notes to and from all of the same.

The gifts came in response to traditional mailings, e-appeals, Give Day, phonathons, Behind Stowe, Gala, and personal conversations. Many more came unbidden, prompted by a memory, a smile, or a handshake. On the deepest level, these gifts come from a sense of gratitude, a reflection of thanksgiving for the difference Walnut Hill has made in the lives of the individuals listed on these pages.

On behalf of Walnut Hill School for the Arts, it is my turn to express my deep gratitude. As Chief Development Officer, I am privileged to ask for your support and then to say thank you when it is given. This vibrant and uniquely powerful community simply would not exist without your gifts. The Annual Fund, financial aid, the endowment, and all other forms of support make possible what happens every day on these 41 acres.

These acts of kindness ultimately reach far beyond our campus, because Walnut Hill students are steeped in the core values of respect, growth, creativity, community, and excellence, and will transform the world. As artists and as human beings, they are imbued with the grit, determination, and passion to take risks and live boldly. We therefore give thanks—beyond measure—for all of your 1,154 kindnesses, and for the spirit of generosity, dedication, and yes, love and friendship that helps enable our students to thrive.

Bruce E. Smith P’16Chief Development Officer

TOTAL DOLLARS BY CONSTITUENCY—PAST 3 YEARS


Annual Report of Gifts: July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013

FY11 FY12 FY13

ALUMNI $286,440 $449,890 $453,207

BOARD OF TRUSTEES $965,702 $817,424 $1,031,916

CURRENT PARENTS $85,620 $171,676 $653,919

PARENTS OF ALUMNI $77,499 $212,398 $44,238

ORGANIZATION $26,815 $111,860 $45,881

OTHER $203,927 $234,756 $94,185

TOTAL $1,646,003 $1,998,005 $2,323,346

A N N U A L R E P O R T

With Gratitude to Our Alumni, Parents of Alumni, and FriendsWe are most grateful to the following individuals and organizations who made philanthropic gifts in support of Walnut Hill between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.


$50,000+Lois Werme Bull ’46^The Cox Foundation Martha Whiting Cox ’51+Sandra and Kevin Delbridge P’00/’05T#Robert E. Keiter ^+Charlie and Ann Thacher T#

$25,000–$49,999Marcia Hall ’58^#Anne Morgan T#Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation

$10,000–$24,999Anonymous John and Mollie Byrnes ’63Jennifer Caldwell ’78Catherine Chan T#Citizens BankConnie Allen Eastburn ’54Lenira and Hugo Fleck P’11TJane Oxford Keiter ’60^*Betsy Paine McClendon ’65T^+Linda Harper McLane ’66^*Morgan Palmer +Janet and John Pattillo T#The Michael and Louisa von Clemm Foundation Louisa Hunnewell von Clemm Stefanie von ClemmSuzanne Smith Yeaw ’49^+Zac Young ’01

$5,000–$9,999Lynda Beck and Susan Ratnoff T#Daniel and Ann Bernstein #Patricia Davidson ’83T#Molly Hunter Dobson ’40^*Sally Winter French ’49^+ and Holger NissenCharlotte Hall ’50T^+Elizabeth HunnewellCollie and Charlie Hutter P’00John and Joan JakobsonElizabeth Lummus Keenan ’53^+Stewart and Rhonda Lassner P’01/’05Gerry and Leslie Lorusso P’08

Cheryl Marotto P’99T^#Marcia Hunter Matthews ’63+The Prudential FoundationJudith Kalloch Racely ’51^+Mary Hyman Samuels ’36Pixley Lewis Schiciano ’78Margaret Fallon Wheeler ’62^* and William A. Wheeler III

$2,500–$4,999Elizabeth Spiegel Anderson ’83+Jane Stocker Barrett ’56^Frances Fuller Connelly ’39, P’66/’70^Susan Leonard Egan ’63Richard and Ann Faulstich #Baila Issokson Janock ’58^Lois Aronson Lopatin ’58^+Wendy and Richard MitchellCynthia Newell Oliver ’62#Sayles and Maddocks Family FoundationWilliam VickeryAntonio Viva and Maria FredaJulie Nevius Young ’56

$1,000–$2,499Robin Rolfe Bagley ’53, P’78*Lola Fortmiller Baldwin ’51^+Katharine Colt BodenJanet BrittleMartha Flynn Cunningham ’63Peter De MasiDorothy Braude Edinburg ’38, P’66+Andrew FaulknerGerrish FlynnVirginia Turner Friberg ’62+Louisa Hammond Garrison ’67^+Olive Milne Glaser ’47^+Goldman Sachs & Co.Kathryn Orbeton Greenberg ’65Kristin and Dawn Harkness P’09Royce Wolfe and Donna Harris P’12Sally Schwabacher Hottle ’55+Nancy Wright Howard ’61+Lisa Leinbach Huertas ’76#Allison Perry Iantosca ’90T+Cynthia Rolfe Jones ’50+Martha Legg Katz ’48#Judith Spicer Knutson ’61#

Tony and Mallen Komlyn P’88#Sabreena Kiviat Kropp ’94^Pamela Apostol Kukla ’63^+Marianne Durham Lakatos ’37^Sandra Stone Linker ’53+Marjorie and Michael LoebJordan McCullough ’94#Louis and Berneda MeeksLyle and Anne MicheliNancy Nevius Milczanowski ’53+Kristin MumfordArthur Nelson ^+Dorothy Bigelow Neuberger ’54T^+Janet Carol Norton ’88Caroline Watt PalmerJoanne Holbrook Patton P’80#Lori Renn Parker and Marsten Parker P’06#Mary Bartlett Reynolds ’48^Michele and Ron Riggi P’05T#DeAnne Rosenberg ’57^# and Myron LewisMargaret Sarkela and John Curtis P’04#Breda Shernan and Howard Levine P’99Patricia Silver ’62Bruce Smith and Katherine Malin P’16Ann and Tom Schwarz P’81^Patricia and Steve Snider ’50#Susan Barnes Titus ’61Kristine and John Van AmsterdamBarrie Osborn Vanderpoel ’58Richard and Jeanette Walsh P’06#Wells Fargo BankLinda Roberts Williams ’70 Mingde Hong and Kun Yan P’11Bethany Andres Zaheer ’00

$500–$999AnonymousJoseph and Betty Ann Bonis P’11Melissa Cassel #Richard ChasinCitizens Charitable FoundationElisabeth de Gramont ’02Adriane Aldrich de Savorgnani ’58#

Christine and Dino DepellegriniAlice Dodds ’42^+Wendelyn and Don Duquette P’12Barbara Kline Eldridge ’53#Julie Faulstich #Bruce Figueroa TMargaret Finch ’63^Mary Forsberg ’69+Carolyn Fleming Fruci ’81Mary Lyon Fuller ’59Nicole Gakidis ’81#Catherine Giarrusso ’99Elizabeth Haartz ’75Justine Hand ’88T^+Randall and Roma Hansis P’00Sherry Howell Hatch ’52, P’79^+Carol Hauptfuhrer ’65^Ann HigginsWalter and Lila HunnewellKatherine Hutter ’00Jennifer Jewiss ’84^Martha D. and Ronald E. Kleinman ^+Michele LevyThe Marks Family FoundationSusan Scott McInnis ’56#Franklin Mead and Penelope Bragonier +Alice Burr Mobley ’63Cherry Talbott Morjikian ’56Barbara Holden Moulton ’49+Joel and Joyce Nelson P’94+Susan Rothschild Peirson ’55^Deborah Lawton Petruccy ’63Richard and Janet Post P’91Charles Rappaport and Penny Hall P’96Elizabeth RuffSarah Tracy Russell ’56+Eleonore Phillips Sanderson ’52^+Ruth Stoller Scheer ’57^Carolyn Kinsey Singers ’42^*Victoria Stolper ’09

Donors

* Consecutive Donor for 30+ years+ Consecutive Donor for 20–29 years# Donor for 10–19 years^ Member of the Ellison CircleT Trustee


Lloyd Alderson and Katherine Ruiz de Luzuriaga P’13Joseph and Heather Alston P’14Diane and Tom Anderson P’15Albert Ang and Veronica Lim P’14William Avila and Irma Olivares-Avila P’13Wan Ki Baek and Jung Hyun Lee P’13Sarah Banse P’16Rodolfo Baquerizo and Priscilla Trinchet P’15Carrie and Stephen Berube P’16Thaddeus and Sondra Bird P’14John and Melissa Bissell P’13Joanne and James Brown P’14Gerard and Maryann Burdi P’15Ugun Byun and Hyekyung Kang P’13Guoxiang Cao and Hao Jin P’15Andrew and Elizabeth Carter P’13Florisca and Carl Carter P’13Charlie and Sirirat Charuvastr P’13Clayton and Margaret Chessman P’14JungJe Cho and Youngsoo Lee P’14Sung Young Choi and Soon Joo Youn P’13Thomas and June Chong P’15John and Kim Christopher P’13Joong Mo Chung and Seon Young Bang P’13John Coakley and Teresa Triana P’16Virgil and Brenda Collins P’13Carol Davies P’14Jane and David Dehaven P’14Karen and Patrick Demasco P’13Frank Elbers P’14

Timothy and Terri Ellerbe P’15Robert and Jeanette Emerson P’13Sam Kwang Eom P’15Adam Pires and Cheryl Ferrari-Pires P’15David Flahive and Catherine Stramer P’15Richard and Janice Flynn P’14Alan and Jennifer Freedman P’15Jeff and Deborah Friedman P’13Greg and Hannah Friedman P’15Mary and James Fuller P’13Leonardo and Cynthia Galletto P’14Hugh and Deborah Gelch P’13

Yuna and Toshi Hayashi P’13Shintaro and Setsuko Hori P’14Lisa Isom P’13Sven Jensen and Carol Schumacher P’15Kevin and Pamela Johnson P’13Lisa Johnson Quinlivan P’13Carline Jules P’16Dong Woo Kang and Hye Kyung Baek P’16Betsy and Andrew Kessler P’14Elizabeth Ketudat P’13David and June Kim P’14Hyunil Kim and Mi Ran Song P’14Sin Jo Kim and Se Kyung Lee P’14Sungil Kim and Sehee Park P’14Sun Hee Kim and Sang Yun Na P’13Nathan Kimball and Nancy Hair P’13Xiaojian and Katie Li P’13Loren and Corinne Lidsky P’13John Lilley and Natasha Davison P’13Jin-Seok Lim and Eun-Suk Go P’13Chae-Sung Lim and Soo-Jung Lee P’14Chien-Chih Lin and Chao-Ying Huang P’13Jerome and Peggy Maas P’16Neal and Marilee Mackertich P’16Lawrence and Shannon Majewski P’13/’17Joseph Maloney P’14Melissa McAllister P’14Jenny and Tony McAuliffe P’15Alvin McCall and Anna Lackschewitz P’13Kevin and Susan McDonald P’13Jack and Celeste McGlone P’13Anya McGuirk P’14

Mark and Stacey Meredith P’14Masao and Yuki Nakagome P’14Elizabeth and William Near P’14John and Mary Norris P’15H. Michael O’Brien and Susan Reisler P’13Robin Okun P’13Steve and Leigh Oler P’13Carol and Tim Olmstead P’14Juan and Jean Ormaza P’13Thomas and Lorraine Pangle P’13Edith-Marie Paradiso P’16Dong Young Park and So Young Jeong P’14

Joung In Park and Young Sil Jeong P’14Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison P’15Lori and David Place P’14Lincoln and Nancy Purdy P’16Rosanna Queirolo P’15Michael Quinlivan P’13Wendy and Hugh Ractliffe P’16Conrad and Amanda Radcliffe P’16Kishore Ramachandran and Vrinda Ashoka P’16Peter Ramsey and Isabel Phillips P’14Katrina Rivers P’13Elena Romm and Vladimir Osherovich P’13Mhayse and Tanja Samalya P’13Eileen and James Samels P’14Andy Scarlatos and Jeanne Bachman-Scarlatos P’13Christopher Scheib and Antonietta Sculimbrene P’13Jared and Katherine Schott P’14Michele Senibaldi P’14Mark and Maria Shepherd P’15Jeffrey and Ahn Silverstein P’14Ellen Simon P’13Bruce Smith and Katherine Malin P’16Young Ho Sohn and Il Wha Lee P’14Peter Stastny and Iona Aibel P’15JoEllen and David Staub P’13Scot Stewart and Lisa Perrone-Stewart P’15Kevin and Tonya Stump P’14Heung Soo Sung and Hee Kyung Jung P’13Peter Sussman and Heather Hartt-Sussman P’15Felisa Tibbits P’14Peter Tollman and Linda Kaplan P’13Byron Treaster and Jane Gray P’09/’13Ren-Sheng Tsai and Zi-Ying Lin P’15Gerry and Carmel Tuffy P’15Abbas and Tina Vazin P’16Henry Voegler and Leonor Brown P’13Songzhu Wan and Rong Du P’14Wenbin Wang and Juan Liu P’16Mark and Kate Ward P’14Philip and Donna Wilson P’14Michael Wright P’14Jai Chan Yoo and Eun Young Jung P’13Joseph Zaia and Jeanne Cahill P’16

Thank You for Your Continued Investment Parents make a significant investment in Walnut Hill every day. We are most grateful to the following families for their support and charitable commitments last year.

82 members of Walnut Hill’s faculty and staff made gifts to the Annual Fund, raising $14,144 for the School.

Parent Donors 2012–2013



Michael and Susan Thonis P’12Nancy Connelly Truesdell ’66James and Nancy VaughnDavid and Roberta Whitney P’10Benjamin Williams +Marilyn Falk Wolpert ’57^+

$100–$499Carrie Hubbard Adams ’47+Susan Little Adamson ’46^+Nancy Beetham Aiello ’53Alchemy FoundationP.K. and Phoebe AllenLucy and Gordon AmbachEleanor Pope Abel Ammen ’46, P’79^Jill Springer Andrews ’86Richard ArminioRaymonde ArseneauRobin Bahr Casey and Jack CaseySally and Lisle BakerJennie Lee Colosi Balboni ’73Isabel Curtis Baldridge ’68Ellen Brooks Baldwin ’54^+Jocelyn Scheffel Ballantine ’89Nancy Ober Batchelder ’51Emily Wells Bechtold ’40Jeffrey and Barbara BeckerElizabeth Bellino P’11Annetta Smith Benedict ’63John and Deborah Benker P’12Lois Rozefsky Berg ’54#Marcia BernsteinAmanda Bertone ’05Betsy BlazarSarah Dewey Blouch ’60*Carol Booth ’63Constance Judkins Bowman ’40^+Margaret McNeil Boyer ’54^+Rabbi Anne Levine Brener ’65#Marc and Arlyn Brierre P’12David and Diane Brooks P’99Whitman BrownMarion Browning ’74Suzanne BucceriBrenda Buhler ’80+Lucinda Weil Bunnen ’48Joe Cabral and Michael BuccoLaura Cahners-Ford ’66#Nancy Wiggin Cameron ’50Alice Foster Camp ’44Patience CampbellEmily Carey P’06James and Dana Dee Carragher P’96#Ann Winans Carson ’49

Kevin Carson and Debra Ruf-Carson P’07Mary Turner Cattan ’60+Jennifer Caudle ’95TWard Chapman and Judith Fullerton P’03Sarah Chasin ’04Elizabeth Ellis Cherry ’52Sui and Sophia Chin P’11Sau Lan ChoiMatan Chorev ’01TAlison Clapp ’68Priscilla Clapp ’59Caroline Brawner Clifford ’80Anne Gagnebin Coffin ’57*Carol Cronk Cole ’50^+Joseph and Margaret Ann Comito P’93#Judith Perry Connolly ’54+Stephanie Williams Convey ’57Charles CookLucy Lee Coombs ’42+Christie Coon ’60^Prudence Costa Jenkins ’58Jay and Diane Crawford-Kelly #Constance Cross ’59^+Patrick Curry ’07Alice CutlerMarjorie Heinrich Damon ’60Sue Ellen Taylor Damour ’60Wayne and Beth Davies P’12Ann Gouger Davis ’57^Jessica Delbridge De Kler ’00Emanuela De Musis ’88Angela de VisserRobert and Margaret DemersMatthew Deponte ’96Kristine Dillon and John Curry P’07Diane Huston Dobbins ’60*Samuel and Laurie DocknevichChris Dodge and Hilary BerkmanDenis Dubois and Sally Carter-Dubois P’99#Dorothy Anne DykersEli Lilly and CompanyDorothy Sanborn Elliott ’66John and Maureen Elms P’94Henry and Sandy ElsteinJay and Candyce Emlen P’02Arnold and Jane Epstein P’03Andrea Scudder Evans ’64#Sarah Jayne Everdell ’67+Donna Farrell and Charles JobsonRalph Farris ’89TJames and Sandra FeeneyNancy Fenton ’64#Jennifer Fink ’84

Sandra Newbert Fitts ’61Elisabeth West FitzHugh ’44^*Patty and Tom Fleming Paul FlemingRosemary Jaicks Flinn ’47+Jane McGown Flynn ’59Jennifer Emerson Foreman ’93Betty and P. Wesley FosterSusan Rosenbaum Fraga ’73#Stephen and Jane FrankSusan Frawley ’72#Daniel and Linda Freedman P’03Judith Nissen Freeman ’67#Louise Hodgkins Freeman ’51^+Constance and Michael FulenwiderAnne Havens Fuller ’49+

Avery and John FunkhouserMargaret Funkhouser and Jason StumpfCharlotte Young Gregory ’62Adrienne Jabush Gang ’66J. Ritchie and Carla Garrison P’00#Sara Hayden Garrod ’52Oliver and Joan GayleyEdward and Mary Geary P’06Ros and Nickie GendreauJames and Laurel Giarrusso P’99#Judith Wernick Gilmore ’60Joan Girgus and Alan Chimacoff +Mary and Bill Gnichtel #Martha Unobskey Goldner ’50^Angela GoochKristin Goodwillie P’02Katharine Veasey Goodwin ’45Rochelle Wise Gorgos ’65Elaine Platt Goss ’66^#Harvey and Adrienne Gossett P’91

Mel and Joyce GreenbergCourtney Greene ’94^#Benjamin GreggMary Gregg ’83+Meredith Yahn Grenier ’60Dr. Sue Griffey ’68Adam Griffin ’88Happy Anthony Griffiths ’55Lois GrowPatricia Wright Gwyn ’47Andrew and Elizabeth HahnSuzanne Stevens Hamblett ’59Ann Bigelow Hamilton ’47+Patricia Wardley Hamilton ’48Carrie HanoverRichard Harper ’02Harriet Lipton Harris ’54Nancy Sawtelle Harris ’62

John and Jill Harrison P’12Jane and Tom HealyHelen Platt Higgs ’53#Miriam Elder Hilton ’42Susan Roberts Hines ’64Richard and Jane Hinson P’06Gerald and Betty Holling P’83Laura Barnes Hollon ’64PJ Homer ’73Blanche HunnewellFrank and Emily HunnewellOakes Hunnewell TAnne Clarke Hunt ’68Douglas and Joanne HuntMargaret HuntPeter and Teresa ImhoffMarie and Peter IrzykNancy Bere Janus ’55Ann Brawner Jeffries ’52Nicole Johnson ’91


PARENT DONATIONS CONTINUE TO CLIMB!

41% of current parents made

gifts last year.

FY13: total $332,178

FY12: total $207,289

FY11: total $116,640


GIVE DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! 179 donors made gifts within a 24-hour period on March 30, raising a total of $43,416 for Walnut Hill.

Thank you to all who participated and gave in honor of their teachers, classmates, and students.

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Vanessa Johnson ’97Paul Kahane and Starr Taylor P’09Ivan and Joan KaufmanJoe and Barbara Keefe Thomas KeenanKimball FarmsAriadne Kimberly-Huque ’86Nancy Kindelan and Charles CombsRichard Kittredge and Tanya Korelsky P’05#Hanya KizemchukJillian and Bryan KohlChristine Krench-Retzer ’93 and Clarke Retzer ’93Catherine van de Velde Lambe ’68Eve Larner ’86^Beth Lassner ’01Andrew LawlerJanet Murphy Leavitt ’62#Elise Legere ’74Sara Backes Leighton ’48

Cordelia Seeley Lenz ’45+Laurence Lesser and Masuko UshiodaReilly and Beth Lewis P’96Jean LiebermanKen and Toni LiebmanVirginia Rouse Lippetz ’63Judith Blustein Liss ’64#Kathy Liu and Jonathan Zalesky #Susan Livingston ’56*Judith Hedstrom Loomis ’55#Gonzalo Lopez and Judy Cascales P’92Charles LordCynthia Lord ’66#Joan Deveney Lovejoy ’64Sarah Hoenig LovelyRebecca Lovingood ’57#Dave and Joan Luciano P’08Mary MacCready ’67#Pamela Fineman Maltz ’63Amelia Marks ’66^#Angela and Dennis MartinezLaura Brush Matson ’75Meghan Hoover Maughan ’97Annalisa Munk McBride ’85Diane and Richard McCullough P’94#John McDonoughMichael McGovern ’99

Julaine McInnisCatherine McKay ’81Marilyn Hedstrom McKenzie ’49Sally Burch McLagan ’49*Florence Metcalf and Lee CarmichaelCarolyn Walstrom Meyer ’60Sarah Cross Mills ’62^+Margaret Cowan Moller ’40^#Janet and Daniel MoranNancy Porter Morrill ’56^#Douglass and Elsie Morse P’89Robert and Joanne MossJane Herrick Mueller ’68Mary Barlow Mueller ’65#Deborah Murray ’76Katie and Mike MyerJeanne Ames Niederer ’49Christopher Nishimura ’11Anne Siedenburg Noser ’53Marie and Mark O’ConnorKendra and Patrick O’DonnellSiobhan O’Neill ’84Jane Dielhenn Otis ’61#Michael Owen #Nancy Pawle ’47#Stephanie Bonnell Perrin ’^Fin and Trish Perry P’90+Carol Alger Peschel ’62Mary Jo PhillipsDianne Pink and Jonathon Pottle

Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz ’66^#Lia and William PoorvuBill and Suzie Prescott #David and Jean Ramsey P’99Jonathan and Rana RappaportEmily Freeman Rasi ’38+Patricia Blanchar Redstone ’58Damon Reed ’58Ron and Heather Reid #John and Laurette RindlaubTed and Peggy RobbRosemary RocconiLinda and Hays RockwellSuzanne Hiss Roos ’51+Cheryl Finkelstein Rosenberg ’70John and Martha RossRuth Braidy Rothseid ’70+Stacy Kaufman Rubin ’87Julie Rubinger ’05Richard and Noriko Rubinger P’05#Thomas and Joan Rudd P’09Laura RutherfordThad and Cyndy Salmon P’05Ann Samuels P’88+Sylvia Burleigh Sanchez ’46^#Jacquelyn Sand and Gus Freedman P’95Shaun SantelloAnne Fairbanks Sayers ’60+



Ann SchefflerJo Anne Jolicoeur Schiller ’56Michael and Joan Schnell P’99Henry SchniewindMichele Fallon Scott ’90Angela and Daniel SerigNancy Patterson Sharp ’44#Laura Shedenhelm P’09Laura and Bill ShucartAlan and Judith Siegel P’02Sally Butler Signore ’67+Sarah Ward Slusher ’58Beverley Smith ’67+Heather Archer Smith ’84Esther SpauldingMary Ellen Murphy Stahlman ’80Charles Stampler P’64#STARR CompaniesRichard and Connie Stebbins P’09Jonathan SteeleJoan Corcoran Steiger ’56Melanie Stern ’71Terri White Stevens ’61Thomas Sturtevant and Carol MullinElizabeth Grady Sullivan ’72Target Corporation #Carol and Steven TargumGayelynn Taxey ’80Elizabeth Taylor-Huey ’62William TessmerDouglas and Louise Thiltgen P’87+Ann Colucci Thompson ’67^Carol Skillin Thwaits ’54, P’76+Suzanne Tisne ’61Jennifer TumSudenHillery Barker Tura ’68Susan Woodward Twing ’63Elizabeth French Van Gundy ’65+Leah Poole Vartanian ’65Patricia Smith-Petersen Ventry ’64+James and Joan VernonDeborah Viles ’63Dylan Vizy ’87Terry and Robert WadsworthVirginia WardAlden WarnerKayce Waters P’87Jennifer Wells ’87^Joan Gagnebin Wicks ’59John and Noa WilliamsLouise Williams P’71^Jane Lewis Wilson ’61Marily Dwight Wilson ’55Nancy Wilson

Ellen Winner and Howard GardnerEllen Wolf ’90Kristin Yensen ’76Jonathan and Susan Young P’01Cathy YunEdward and Sandy Zaritt P’96#Kenneth Zaslav and Erica Mindes P’12Nancy Zwieback ’82

$1–$99Anonymous (4)Korbi Adams ’04Michael AdcockTaylor Adkin ’13Owen Alderson ’13Leila Alhamoodah ’08Burleigh and Joan Anderson P’86Erika Anderson ’12Phebe McCarty Anderson ’63Phillip and Sybil Anderson P’12Janina Arendt ’05Diane Arvanites and Tommy Neblett P’05Juliet Morse Aucreman ’89Allison Avila-Olivares ’13Min Kyong Baek ’13Naomi BailisJeanne and Lee BarbieriSheldon and Sandra Bass P’88/90Courtney BassettVirginia and Richard BauerElli Beasley ’13Yvette BecklesSue Beebee +Leo BelangerMelanie Benker ’12Shayna Bentkover ’04Gabriel Berger ’13Eve Berman T#Paul and Brenda Bernstein P’93Lisa Bianco ’84Kim Bonasera Bickford ’76#Elisabeth Brawner Bingham ’47Tess Bissell ’13Joan Bissell-LaPrade ’96Jean Gyger Black ’48+Deborah Sidebottom Bodnar ’72Arifa and Thomas Boehler P’93Vascen and Pamela BogigianZsolt Bognar ’00Mildred Bonazzoli-Beckman ’63Lizzie Bonis ’11Sheila Bonnell and Mon CochranJames and Leslie Bothwell P’11Sammi Bottom-Tanzer ’13

Maria BragaRhona and Steven BrandElizabeth Ahr Bright ’63Gracie Brletic ’13Angela BrooksRobert Brooks ’92Hannah BrothertonBarbara Brown Watts ’46#Monica BurkeRobert and Ann Burroughs P’91Anne Buschenfeldt +Ian ButtermoreHannah Byun ’13Carolina Caban ’13Elizabeth Callaway ’60^Elizabeth Main Cannon ’45^+Lana CaplanKaren Salovitz Cardinell ’77Keene Carter ’13Khaleel Carter ’13Jane CarverCatherine ChaffeeRita Chang ’93Wayne Chang ’13Pupp Charuvastr ’13Katherine Chatel ’01Jennifer Cracknell Chen ’73Rick Chen ’13Amy Cheng ’92Annabel Chiu ’13Fonghsiang and Lily Cho

Jaehyuck Choi ’13Kyra Christopher ’13Rebecca Chuang ’13Jin Woo Chung ’13Martha McCully Cobbs ’47Scott Coffey ’11Prilla Coffin ’62Deborah Coon Colgan ’81Brooke Lieberman Collins ’01Martha Collins ’13Jennifer ColonePauline ConnorsMaura ConryAmanda CorreaSarah Perry Correia ’72Sarah Lord Corson ’59+Leah Keever Cotton ’43Rory CoughlanJudith Crane ’66Marti CraneMartha-Ann Robinson Crevier ’65Nicole Gallant Criss ’92^CrossingsDianna Holton Crossman ’78Kathryn Crowley ’06Ariana Cubillos-Voegler ’13Kay Brown Cunningham ’46+Hope Cushman ’53Angela D’Amico ’11Ms. Maria D’Angelantonio

ENDOWED FUNDS Endowed Funds provide a long-lasting legacy of support. The following funds were strengthened by additional gifts in 2012–2013.

Joanna Rappaport ’96 Award FundWheeler Scholarship Fund

Sarah Gayley Scholarship FundClass of 1942 Scholarship Fund

Catherine Nelson Nevius Scholarship FundFrancis Oakes Hunnewell Scholarship Fund

Robert E. Keiter Scholarship FundClass of 1958 Scholarship Fund

Lakatos Scholarship FundJane Byron Taylor-Wydra ’64 Scholarship Fund

Sandra Lea Williams ’58 Scholarship FundDelaney Building Endowment Fund


IN HONOR OF Gifts were made in honor of the following individuals and departments.

In honor of Mme. Arseneau Michael and LisaDawn Rounds

In honor of Sharon Bass Winn ’88 and Shayna Bass ’90 Sheldon and Sandra Bass

In honor of Bianca Carragher Bryan ’96 James and Dana Dee Carragher

In honor of Joe Cabral Randall and Roma Hansis

In honor of Benjamin Carson ’07 Kevin Carson and Debra Ruf-Carson Martha Kleinman

In honor of Steve CarverValerie B. McKee

In honor of Katherine Daly ’03Jean D. Lieberman

In honor of Sandra Delbridge P’00/’05Maria D’Angelantonio

In honor of Van Hansis ’00Michael AdcockYvette BecklesSau Lan ChoiHolly FentonKenneth FrantzMonique GarthoffSyl HondersEsther HuismanNaomi JappElly OostemaJen RichardsKelley RothermelJennifer SarabokJulie StephensonAngela de VisserPatricia Watts

In honor of Blake Hinson ’06 Richard and Jane Hinson

In honor of Allison Iantosca ’90Patricia L. Davidson

In honor of Joe KeefeKristine Van Amsterdam

In honor of Pam Kukla ’63 Patricia M. Silver

In Honor of Stewart Lassner P’01/’05Carol and Steven Targum

In honor of Caroline LoebMarjorie Loeb

In honor of Laura Love ’10Nicholas Love

In honor of Sarah LovelySigrid Johannessen

In honor of Ruby MacDougall ’99 Bruce MacDougall and Margaret Hawthorn

In honor of Betsy Paine McClendon ’65Florence Metcalf and Lee CarmichaelVirginia Ward

In honor of Hillary Williams Pike and the Class of 1971Louise Williams

In honor of Sophie Reppert ’09 Diane Reppert

In honor of Holly Rudd ’09Thomas Rudd

In honor of Emily Salmon ’05 Joseph and Cynthia Salmon

In honor of Jackie Sand and Jan MacBethJill Andrews

In honor of Mr. Owen, Ms. Lewis, and Ms. Arvanites Yuna and Toshifumi Hayashi

In honor of the Class of 1956 Jane Barrett

In honor of the Class of 1993 Christine Krench-Retzer

In honor of the Music Department Katie and Xiaojian Li

In honor of the Theater Department Leonardo and Cynthia Galletto

In honor of Holly Worthington, Jim Woodside, and the Visual Arts DepartmentAlan and Judith Siegel

In honor of the Visual Art DepartmentBeth LassnerSongzhu Wan and Rong Du

Martha Nagle Dare ’56Mary Jane Kase Davis ’55Sandra Hall Davis ’60John Day and Jane Doyle P’02Edna DeeSusan DeeringLelia DeJesusAlyce Delbridge ’05Evangeline Delgado ’11Bree Demasco ’13Nicole Deponte ’96Barbara Coryell Devor ’42^Michael Dewar P’08Mel Lane Donoghue ’58Elizabeth Wellacott Doughty ’69Scott and Wylie Doughty P’87Sara Denslow-Gonzalez Downing ’93Hannah Doyle ’13

Kacie Dragan ’10Lisa Fabbricotti Drake ’73Laura and Kenneth DriscollLiam DugganMarybeth Dull ’13Zoey Dunivin ’13Nikki Duquette ’12Steven Durning and Dawn Hammond P’10+Laurel Durning-Hammond ’10Mimi Dye/Dunham ’51+Leslie Eagle P’02Joanne Elfers ’69^Audrey Emerson ’13John and Patti Emerson P’93Erik and Micki EsselstynCharles EstabrookConstance Crehore Ezer ’50^#Sarah Williams Farrow ’61

Kelly Wells Feeney ^#Holly FentonWendy and Charles FeltonDonna Kaplan Figueroa ’81Heather Rafferty Finkel ’90Caroline Locke Flanders ’95Carol Erskine Flint ’42Nikki Florimbi ’13Hubert FortmillerSarah Pieksen Foster ’75Janis Franklin and Jonathan HufstaderKenneth FrantzNancy FraserTy Freedman ’03Molly Friedman ’13Jane Guyer Fujita ’99Jan Fuller ’13Anne Weaver Gabbett ’45

Joyce Brier Galkin ’51Theresa and John GallantMaryann Whitmore Gallivan ’63Thomas and Dora GarabedianMary Garcia ’00Mary Heinrichs Garner ’46+Monique GarthoffLindsey Gates-McKinley ’93Marjorie Coon Gauley ’63GE FoundationMiranda Gelch ’13Christopher and Evelyn GetmanBarbara GlenfieldLynn GnirkJungwook Go ’13Amber GodeDeborah Gold P’10Rebekka Goldberg



IN MEMORY OF The following members of the Walnut Hill community are remembered by

friends and family through gifts to the school they loved.


In memory of Betsey Berg and Jonathan Berg Lois Berg

In memory of Chandler Braley ’01Isaac J. Spencer

In memory of Daphne Brown ’96Jonathan C. Steele

In memory of Amanda Burr ’98 Julie E. Whitton

In memory of Michele Dionne P’14Michael Wright

In memory of Edith Cecil Flynn ’32Martha CunninghamGerrish C. Flynn

In memory of Frank HunnewellWalter and Lila HunnewellLouis and Berneda Meeks

In memory of Harry Hill Rhona and Steven Brand

In memory of Anne Moody Ingersoll ’51John P. Ingersoll

In memory of Ann Kesslen ’63Phebe A. Anderson

In memory of Alden LandisEllen Starratt

In memory of Sylvester Joseph and Beatrice Miles Florisca and Carl Carter

In memory of Jared Nathan ’04Catherine Epstein

In memory of "Raysie"Lauren C. Lewis

In memory of Margo Sweet ’63Pamela D. Kukla

In memory of Marie Emmott Tessmer ’44William J. Tessmer

In memory of the deceased classmates of 1947Olive S. Glaser

In memory of Wendy WheelerP.K. and Phoebe AllenLucy and Gordon AmbachSarah and Lisle BakerVirginia and Richard BauerMarcia BernsteinPatience CampbellRichard and Laura ChasinCharles CookCrossingsAlice CutlerSusan DeeringChris Dodge and Hilary BerkmanDorothy Anne DykersJohn and Maureen ElmsHenry and Sandy ElsteinErik and June EsselstynJames and Sandra FeeneyKelly FeeneyBetty and P. Wesley FosterStephen and Jane FrankNancy FraserChristopher and Evelyn GetmanBarbara GlenfieldCarol HazenJane and Thomas HealyAnn HigginsJohn and Joan JakobsonIvan and Joan KaufmanCelia KettleJoan and Alan Kliger

Andrew LawlerKenneth and Tony LiebmanCharles LordElizabeth and Vincent ManningJane Marsching and Victor McSurelyJohn McDonoughWilla and Howard NeedlerDorothy NeubergerLia and William PoorvuRon and Heather ReidJohn and Laurette RindlaubTheodore and Margaret RobbWhitney RobbinsJean and Frank RobinsonLinda and Hays RockwellJohn and Martha RossJacquelyn SandPaul and Judith SchroetePixley SchicianoPaul and Elizabeth SittenfeldEsther SpauldingThomas Sturtevant and Carol MullinCharles and Ann ThacherJodi Ann TuckerJames and Nancy VaughnAlden WarnerNancy WestMargaret Wheeler

We are especially grateful to Virginia Gaylor Neely ’38 and her estate. Although she is no longer with us, her generous bequest will continue to help shape our community.

Mario Gonzalez and Lisa Weber-Gonzalez P’11Jeannette GoosenElizabeth Bjornlund Grater ’42Amanda GrazioliAnn Livingston Gregg ’55*Robin Griffey ’74Denise GrothmanRebecca Grover ’13Cassie GunningJennifer Haas-Scott ’01Elizabeth Doonan Hampton ’70Greg Hampton

Amy Zumbrun Hance ’79John and Elizabeth Haney P’90Carol Peabody Hardy ’71Kate Harkness ’09Freddie Hart P’92^Jane Murray Hartley ’64Stephanie Reed Hastings ’61Nicole Hayashi ’13Carol HazenMontroe Headd ’70Sarah Watson Healy ’63+Briga Heelan ’05Kevin and Kim Heelan P’05

Sonja Randolph Heintz ’91Sarah Geraghty Herndon ’66#Andrea Herrick ’87Charles Hess ’94Isabel HolmesKelsey Holmes ’13Katherine Kinney Holt ’54#Syl HondersAlessandra Bono Horton ’00Marion Cook Houston ’54Kevin Huang ’13Sara Hughes ’13Stephen Hughes

Julia Hui ’85Ester HuismanFrances Hungerford ’96Susan Wickenden Hunter ’65#IBM Corporation



* Consecutive Donor for 30+ years+Consecutive Donor for 20–29 years# Donor for 10–19 years^ Member of the Ellison CircleT Trustee

Elizabeth Ingalls ’65John IngersollDustin Isom ’13Theodora Hughes Jackson ’61+Jake Jacobsen ’05Arnold Jacobson P’84Naomi JappSue Jensen ’68Sigrid Johannessen P’12Margit Johansson ’57Daniel Johnson ’13Elizabeth Pool Johnson ’56*Joan JudsonHenry and Elissa KatzSusan Wenman Kavalew ’84Marsha Burden Kelley ’64Emily Kessler ’14Celia KettleNaree Ketudat ’13Ji Hyo Kim ’13Ju Won Kim ’13Stephanie Kim ’13Hannah Kimball ’13Mary Kirkendall P’15Judy and Steven Kiviat P’94 # Joan and Alan KligerRebecca Tannebring Kling ’51#Barbara Knickerbocker ’68Maureen KohlLorie Komlyn ’88Emmanuel Krasner and Patricia Frisella P’05Maxine Kuo ’00Cacia LaCount ’12Cheryl LagaceConstance Waterman Lampert ’59Lexie Lankiewicz ’13John and Dawnette LaRoseMarie Dresser Larsen ’62Michael and Suzanne Lascoe P’06Jessica Lawrence ’98Elizabeth Fryling Lechner ’65Jieun Lee ’13Monica LeeLuis and Stephanie Leguia P’09Adele Leikauskas ’13Adea Lennox ’13Craig Leon and Laura Donoso P’12Joanna Levine ’93Lauren Lewis ’96

George Li ’13Arlene and Robert LianBen Lidsky ’13Marc and Linda Lieberman P’01Claire Lilley ’13Ji Soo Lim ’13Cindy Lin ’13Mark LindbergLowell LindgrenGary Liu ’13Anne Lloyd ’12Lissa Loucks ’84Anne Delamater Lovaas ’50Nicholas Love P’10Megan Luck ’03Jane Noble Lundy ’58#Ersiman Luo ’13Beverly Smerdon Luongo ’64Kristin Vinje Lyden ’83Carol Ring Lynch ’64Bruce MacDougall and Margaret Hawthorn P’99/’02Jill MackAshlynn Majewski ’13Katherine Malone ’04Christina Hill Maloney ’68Elizabeth and Vincent ManningConstance Miller Manter ’59Jane Marsching and Victor McSurelyVirginia MartinsKatherine Maxted ’10Corinne Bates Mayer ’82Courtney McCain ’13Henry McCall ’13Hunter McCormick ’12Judith Moser McCutcheon ’52+Katie McDonald ’13JJ McGlone ’13Sarah Peterson McGovern ’03Valerie McKee ’95Kirsten McKinneyJulia McLainSani McLaughlin ’13Julie McNamara ’10Meghan McSkimmingLauren Mefferd ’99Mary Nelson Megias ’62Cynthia Watkins Melendy ’68Eleanor Sager Mercer ’58Susan Fancy Mercury ’74Merrill LynchGene and Christy Meyers P’97#Michael MicucciElizabeth Ramsey Middour ’79Emily Miller ’04Nami Miwa ’12Emily Monich ’07Ivana Monteiro

Erin Moody ’13Bailey Moon ’11Keith and Jane Moon P’11Annie Moor ’04Elisabeth MorrayMiguel Morrissey ’13Miranda Mortensen ’13Cynthia MulderKatherine Myles Mullen ’56Anne Murphy +Casey Murtagh ’13Yu Kyung Na ’13Willa and Howard NeedlerNils Neubert ’03Carol Neuls-Bates ’57Jane Cushman Nickerson ’53##

Koji and Mary Nishimura P’11Cornelia Thompson Northrop ’58Gillian O’Brien ’13Steve Oler ’13Erika Olson ’12Elly OostemaFrancisco Ormaza ’13Mitchell Osherovich ’13Ann Ostergaard ’54Richard and Coreen PackerBuff Paine P’65/’69#Sophie Pangle ’13Jamie Park ’13Moscelyne ParkeHarrison ’15Mary Drexler Parker ’56Alynn Parola ’12Nancy ParsonsMartha Corbosiero Patrick ’72Joan Wilson Payne ’51Susan Weil Percival ’68Jorge Pérez de Acha ’11Amy Perry ’97Gabriela Choy Philippon ’87Jordan Piantedosi ’06Shelly Pires ’13Carolyn Brastow Pledger ’51+Joan Potter ’49+Brooke Powers ’90Ann Price ’59Teddy Quinlivan ’13Allan ReederGwen Reichert ’03Diane Reppert P’09Felicisimo Requiro and Janet Weinstein P’03Margarita RestrepoMicheal and Gina Richard P’12Renee Richard ’12Holly Woodward Rist ’78Phyllis Tater Ritvo ’54Whitney RobbinsPaul and Debbie RobershotteTatum Robertson ’13

Ashley Robillard ’13Jean and Frank RobinsonNicole Rodriguez ’08Susan Haynes Roos ’77Nahshon Rosenfeld ’13Kelley RothermelArlene Saxe Rothschild ’51+Michael and Lisa Dawn Rounds P’12Allison and Vincent RuggeriDonna Sacco ’78Jennifer SalamoneAmy and Ralph Salas P’12Daniel Salas ’12Marion Lloyd Salois ’74Rosemary Salvucci ’10Mina Samalya ’13Jennifer SarabokCarl and Joan Saslow P’01Ryan SaucierAlix Scarlatos ’13Sam Scheib ’13Christine Schnelle-Carter ’74Paul and Judith SchroeterBarbara Schade Schwallie ’54+Richard SchwartzDonna Scott Sarah Scott ’07Sophia Shapiro ’13Jean Sherman Sharry ’70Junhee Shin ’13Rue Reinke Siegel ’55#Bosba Sisombat ’15Paul and Elizabeth SittenfeldLaura Skold ’11Tina Willis Slosberg ’62#Laure SmithTim SmithVanessa Smith ’02Barbara Faden Smithson ’64Susan Gleason So ’72Ellen SollimaNancy Gilday Spark ’68Mary St. Jean and Mark St. JeanCarol Adams Stanford ’57Ellen Van Alstyne Starratt ’55+Jamie Staub ’13Heather Stebbins ’09Pamela Garland Stebbins ’59Julie StephensonNancy Littlefield Stine ’51, P’78Susan Fish Strayer ’69Amelia Sturt-Dilley ’11William Su ’13Jea Min Sung ’13Michael Szabo ’01Elizabeth Bundy Taft ’53Susan Webster Talbott ’57Richard Taylor ’94

As a nonprofit institution, Walnut Hill manages its finances with the goal of achieving a balanced and responsible budget that enables us to maximize funds for our strategic priorities.


Income

Tuition & Fees 80% $14,272,516

Other Income 10% $1,854,680

Current Use Gifts 6% $986,260

Interest & Dividends 2% $367,711

Endowment Draw 2% $300,060

Restricted Gifts <1% $17,474

Total Income $17,798,701

Summary of Income and Expenses

Expenses

Educational Expenses 29% $5,209,344

Administrative Expenses 25% $4,515,287

Facilities 18% $3,229,716

Financial Aid 18% $3,121,748

Debt Service & Fees 6% $968,133

Other Income Expenses 4% $717,496

Total Expenses $17,761,724

Kalahn Taylor-Clark ’95E.B.G. te LinteloJoan McMaster Terry ’64Lucy TerzisDeborah Thompson P’98Cornelia Lehmann Throssel ’65Mary Shriner Thurlow ’73Marian Hume Tibbetts ’56#Carol More Tilton ’56Susan Nee Todd ’67Sarah Tollman ’13Emily Tracey ’12Sarah Treaster ’13Megan Tresca ’13Alayne Tresch +

Carol Trust ’61*Jodi Ann TuckerNicholas TuozzoloDana Vanderburgh ’13Jaclyn Matayoshi Vary ’02Madi Vest ’13Gretchen Hug Vienna ’58Sarah Vollmann ’88Linda Damon Wakefield ’62Patrick Wasserman ’08Patricia WattsMary Munroe West ’51#Nancy WestPeter Weyler P’12Audrey White ’85

Janna White ’03Miriam White ’99Julie Thompson Whitton ’97Dorothy Ritter Widergren ’46+Anya Wilkening ’12Randall and Greta Wilkening P’12Katherine Wilkins ’12Ashley Williams ’05Kathryn Williams ’71^Nancy McClelland Wilson ’50Paula Wilson ’97Taylor Wolfe ’12Susan Woodrow

Jim Woodside and Holly Worthington P’05Megan Wright ’09Yi Qun Xu ’13Suzanne McCabe Yamarone ’75#Hyo Bin Yang ’13Julia Yermolenko ’13Janet Elder Yeutter ’62Moon Sun Yoo ’13Jake YoumellAlex Zaslav ’12Shuangshuang Zhang ’13Jiayi Zheng ’13Sophie Zimmer ’13

We’ve experienced a full fall season of wonderful performances: see some sneak peek photos below. For a full performance review, stay tuned for our Spring/Summer 2014 issue.

A Sampling of Our First-Semester Performances

Liza Voll


PERFORMANCES

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Songs for a New World; New Ink; Crimes of the Heart; The Nutcracker, dedicated to Samuel Kurkjian; The Learned Ladies.

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IN MEMORIAM:SAMUEL KURKJIAN

Walnut Hill, Boston Ballet, and the entire dance community suffered a great loss with the death of dancer, choreographer, and teacher Samuel Kurkjian in November.

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Samuel Kurkjian teaching at Walnut Hill, circa 2000

Behind Stowe Fall 2013

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