Alumnotes

Roger Aldridge of Olney, MD, hosts a monthly one-hour program on Rich Pulin’s Internet radio show. Each episode has a theme that features a selection of Aldridge’s original music. Visit rogeraldridge.com.

Tony Corman of Berkeley, CA, and his 17-piece jazz orchestra, the Morchestra, performed concerts featuring jazz singers Jackie Ryan and Nicolas Bearde. Corman, the band’s arranger, is married to pianist Laura Klein ’77. Visit facebook.com/morchestra.

Candace Avery of Nashville, TN, was a 2016 finalist for the International Songwriting Competition (ISC).

Composer Joel Goodman of Topanga, CA, penned the scores for the documentaries Shadowman and Hell on Earth, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April. He also scored Obit, which received theatrical debuts in Los Angeles and New York.

Wendy Little of Los Angeles, CA, is a musician as well as a painter and photographer specializing in gothic art. Visit wendylittleart.com.

Rob De Luca of New York City is in his 10th year of playing bass for the legendary British rock band, UFO. De Luca performed on the band’s two most recent albums, and also plays with the Sebastian Bach Band. De Luca has built the world’s largest vintage bass website listing of 10,000 instruments, amplifiers, and more. Visit VintageBassWorld.

Guitarist Torben Waldorff of Malmö, Sweden, released his fifth album on ArtistShare, entitled Holiday on Fire. It features trumpeter Ingrid Jensen ’89, pianist Maggi Olin ’88, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer Johnathan Blake. Visit waldorff.com.

Ted Armstrong of Northborough, MA, will handle the keyboard chores on a tour with Billy Gilman, the runner-up on season 11 of The Voice. The tour will crisscross the United States.

Rob Macomber of Carmel, NY, received Grammy nominations for two albums he recorded and mixed. Last year, Macomber won a Latin Grammy for engineering Paquito D’Rivera’s Jazz Meets the Classics.

Ivan Bodley of New York City, purchased his first apartment in Forest Hills. A working bassist, Bodley has played with Sam Moore, Darlene Love, Little Anthony, the Shirelles, and others, and in Broadway pit orchestras. Visit funkyboy.net.

Alfred Hochstrasser of Cos Cob, CT, is the executive producer and owner of Music Beast, a music production company in Manhattan specializing in original music for advertising. He has worked with such artists as Britney Spears, Smokey Robinson, Cyndi Lauper, and others. Visit musicbeast.com.

Sam Hicks of Richmond, VA, recently played shows in Boston, Orleans, San Diego, Tallahassee and Orlando.

Samantha Skripko of Manasquan, NJ, is the proud mother of 13-year-old twins and a 10-year-old son that are involved with songwriting, performing, and music technology. Skripko is also teaching and performing music. Visit soundcloud.com/samanthakane.

Dan Belleville of Midland, MI, composed music for season four of the art show Your Brush with Nature, which can be streamed on Netflix. Mike Burke ’93 mastered the theme music used at the beginning and end of each episode. Visit danbellevillemusic.com.

Rebecca Nyerges of Rochester, NY, is working as a vocalist with the Soul’d Out Band and Innervisions Band.

Christopher Oquist of New York, NY, a member of rock band RIBS (ribstheband.com), married Ksenia Berestovskaya last March. Oquist founded and manages the digital experience agency, Dialogue Theory, providing branded interaction design, growth hacking, web design, and content management, and more.

Songwriter Eve Fleishman of San Francisco, CA, released her second solo album, Atmospheric Epic. The backing musicians include Nomad Ovunc ’04 and Keith Cochrane ’82.

Guitarist Aurélien Budynek of New York City completed a European tour with Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, and shows in South America opening for Guns N’ Roses. Budynek is also an active sub for Broadway pit orchestras. Visit aurelienbudynek.com.

Carley Martin of Overland Park, KS, and her husband, Mark Verbeck released their second roots-blues album, Little Tortuga. The album is receiving airplay on radio stations nationwide. Visit scotchhollowmusic.com.

Yunjae Lee of Seoul, South Korea, is a sound designer for Samsung Electronics and worked on the Galaxy S8. To learn more, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuce2moGNcA.

Keith Asack of Stoughton, MA, has released Shuffle, his first album in a decade. He is the owner of Keep the Edge Studios in Quincy, MA, a facility offering audio and video recording that just celebrated its fifth anniversary.

Danielle Deckard of Sidney, Australia released This Is How I Dance, her third EP and her first to include studio recordings of cover songs. Visit http://www.danilelledeckard.com.

Zoe Hillengas of Philadelphia, PA, cowrote the single “Livewire” with Australian singer/songwriter Anikiko. The song was produced by Keath Lowry and is available on all download and streaming sites. Hillengas is a signed as a writer to Groove Control Productions. Visit gcdigi.com.

Amy Mantis of Brighton, MA, and her band Space Between released their first EP, Where the Mountain Should Be, in March. It was recorded, mixed, and produced by Brian Packer ’09, with drums and percussion played by Nate Laguzza, and bass, organ, and piano by Adam Popick ’07. Visit spacebetweenmusic.com

Pianist Yakir Arbib and drummer Roberto Giaquinto ’13, both of Rome, Italy, released the duo album titled Sketches on the Radio, a collection of live, spontaneous improvisations. The duo toured the East Coast of the United States in March. Arbib also appeared as the soloist in his own piano concerto with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and was the subject of a documentary that aired several times on Italian television. He also recently won the Montreux International Piano Solo Competition and has released his first solo piano recording.