Alumnotes
Oscar Feldman '94
1994
Saxophonist Oscar Feldman of
New York City released his debut
album, Oscar e Familia. He also plays
with Berklee faculty member Dave
Samuels and his Caribbean Jazz
Project. Visit www.oscarfeldman.ar.
Alfredo Villela of Marblehead, MA,
released the CD Detachment, an
album of shamanic music created to
assist those seeking to quit addictive
or destructive behaviors. Blending
old and new instrumentation, Villela
plays pre-Hispanic Mexican instruments as well as synthesziers.
1995
Walter Gross, of Brooklyn, NY, EMI
Music's senior director of digital
marketing, announced Blue Note
Records' new Spotify App.
Pianist Paulo Tozzi of São Paulo,
Brazil, has released two albums:
a CD of duos and trios and a solo
piano CD.
1996
Bleu of Los Angeles, CA, completed a
successful PledgeMusic campaign to
fund his fifth album To Hell with You.
Julián Graciano of Buenos Aires,
Argentina, released the CD Caminos
with his Tango En Tres trio.
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Julián Graciano '96
Stefan Redtenbacher of
Hampshire, England, and his group
Redtenhbacher's Funkestra released
the album A Very Funky Christmas.
Visit www.stefanredtenbacher.com.
Erik Steigen of Santa Monica, CA,
launched a music and media company, USA Media Rights Inc. Visit
www.usamediarights.com.
1997
Ayala Asherov Kalus of Charleston,
SC, received a grant from the South
Carolina Film Commission. She is
working on an animated short with
the College of Charleston Orchestra.
Visit www.ayalaasherov.com.
Brian Satterwhite '97
1998
Sheryl Cohen of Brooklyn, NY, and
Chris Young received a Grammy
nomination in the Best Pop
Performance category for the Olivia
Brown song "Everything Will Be
Alright." Visit www.sherylcohen.
com.
Tim Huling's piece "Demeter
& Persephone" received a
Grammy nomination in the Best
Contemporary Classical Composition
category. Visit www.timhuling.com.
Zoe Rahman won the Best Jazz Act
Award at the 2012 Music of Black
Origin Awards held in the United
Kingdom.
JC Monterrosa of Murfreesboro,
TN, and JJ Brown released the song
"Say A Little Prayer." Proceeds from
downloads of the song will benefit
the Hugs Project, which helps overseas military personnel. Visit www.
jjbrownmusic.com.
1999
Brian Satterwhite of Austin, TX,
scored the film Man on a Mission,
and was commissioned to score
two silent films, A Sailor-Made Man
and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Visit
www.nuancemusic.com/blog.
Matt Cusson of Pittsfield, MA,
released the EP It's Christmas Time.
Bassist Ben Zwerin of Brooklyn, NY,
worked on albums by Daisy Jopling,
and LIONZ featuring Lionel Loueke
'00 and Yuval Lion '96. He appeared
in Bass Musician magazine, and
recorded "I Forgot To Be Your Lover"
for the film The Man With The Iron
Fists.
Tom Childs of Lansing, MI, completed a doctorate in composition and is a theory instructor at
Interlochen Center For The Arts.
Richard Furch of North Hollywood,
CA, mixed and recorded Tyrese's
album Open Invitation. Its single "Stay" topped the Urban
Contemporary chart and won in the
Song of the Year category at the
Soul Train Awards 2012. Furch also
did mixing for Frank Ocean's recording Nostalgia Ultra. Visit www.
richardfurch.com.
Knut Knutson '99
George Kallis of Kingston upon
Thames, England, wrote the music
for the biopic Gagarin: First in Space.
Visit www.georgekallis.com.
Knut Knutson of Berlin, Germany,
scored music for the documentary Gold Rush Ghost Ships. He also
played on Planet Rock featuring IceT, Chuck D., and Afrika Bambaataa.
Visit www.lovebombmusic.com.
Katie Miner Eckardt of Franklin, TN,
released a Christmas album titled O
Come, All Ye Faithful. Visit www.
katieminer.com.
Pianist and songwriter Oli
Rockberger of Brooklyn, NY, is planning a March release of his new
album titled Old Habits. Rockberger
has been working with several top
musicians, including bassist Will Lee,
trumpeter Randy Brecker, and songwriter James Maddock.
2000
Eric Maltz of Brooklyn, NY, released
the album Retinae. Visit www.
archipelagorecords.com.
Benji Nichols of Decorah, IA, and
his wife are in the fifth year of
their startup, Inspire(d) Media. He
recently mixed a show for Luciana
Souza '88, as well as events for the
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
presidential campaigns. Visit www.
theinspiredmedia.com.