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Nancy Long (Camper 1990's) reports that she's enjoying the greater New York area and dancing at Bollywood Performing Arts in Hicksville, NY (www.bollyarts.com) where she studies with Anil Diwaker, one of Bollywood's brightest and best choreographers. Nancy has passed the FDNY exam to be an arson investigator and is still playing piano when she has the time.	Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez (Camper 2000's) has performed at the National Orchestra Competition in Kansas City and at Carnegie Hall with his high school chamber orchestra. Jake studies chamber music with Alysha Edelberg in New York City, is the drum major for the Nyack High School Marching Band and a member of the National Honor Society.

Sam Kupferberg (Camper 2000's) has been appointed first chair clarinet in the Westchester All-County Intermediate Orchestra, achieving the highest audition score of all the Clarinetists who auditioned!	Jake Feldman (Camper 1990's) is now working at www.pianotracker.com a specialized site that helps aspiring pianists track their schedule, auditions, activities and competitions. Another interesting use of the internet!

Elana Hammel with her daughter, Siena Eris, practicing for their next Carnegie Hall Appearance.	Elana Hammel (Camper 1980's) is busy these days as a performing pianist and a mommie! She writes "Our daughter, Siena Eris, was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, on Sept-11-2006 at 2:45 PM - exactly five years --to the minute-- after the New York-bound flight that was carrying her father (Jonathan Kitzen) landed in St John's, having been diverted there due to the WTC attacks. His accidental arrival in 2001 led to our purchasing a house there in 2003 and to her birth on that very meaningful day five years later. In June 2007, nine months after her birth, I had my NYC debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as part of my piano duo, the Duo Scarbó. We performed an all Gershwin/Ravel program, which we also played throughout New York State, Florida and Spain and which we recorded to be released on CD this year. Currently I am back in Spain rehearsing for an upcoming concerto performance in Toronto with the Brampton Symphony Orchestra. I send hugs to fellow campers and staff from '87-'89 and '92. Would love to hear from you! www.duoscarbo.com

Trent Austin (Staff 2000's) is a blur of performing, coaching, teaching, broadcasting, adjudicating and otherwise just spreading great Trumpet vibes throughout New England! Check out his amazing schedule on his website: www.trentaustin.com.	Joe Oneschuck (Staff 1990s) is still holding down the fort as the high school band director at Wayland, MA high school. Joe also does some guest conducting and has recently been asked to conduct the United States Wind Ensemble in Europe for three weeks this coming summer. Bravo Joe!

Sara Rachlin (Camper & Staff 1990s) has been working at Coffee Labs Roasters in Tarrytown, NY, and will soon embark on a national road trip, visiting coffee shops, coffee companies, and coffee roasters that are environmentally sustainable and strive to be part of a global socially responsible coffee industry. They are being sponsored, in part, by Coffee Labs; recently voted the #2 small coffee roaster/cafe in the country. You can read their trip blog at: Coffee In Action	David Eure (Staff 1970s) teaches at the New England Conservatory Preparatory Department in Boston, and is very active in the Boston area as a performer on violin, jazz violin and viola. Dave's most recent appearances include The Beehive, The Four Season Hotel, and Vernissage in Brookline, MA. You can see Dave doing his jazz violin thing on Youtube right here.

	Jefferson Friedman (Camper 1980's) has become an internationally renowned composer, regularly having his works reviewed by top critics and performed by major symphony orchestras around the world. For a complete update on Jeff, see his website.

Allegra Martin (Camper 1990s) has left her part time job at Winchester High School and will be the new music director at First Parish Unitarian Church in Cohassett, MA. Allegra is the operations manager for the Boston Cecilia Society and recently conducted a performance of HMS Pinafore at MIT.	Adrian Martin (Camper 1990s) will graduate this May from Georgetown University with a master's degree in security studies and is engaged to be married shortly following his graduation! Congratulatoins Adrian!

The Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School performed in NEC's Jordan Hall in January, in a program that featured works by Rossini, Prokofiev and Berlioz. Encore/Coda alumni currently performing with the YP are: Brendan O'Donnell (Camper 2000's), Hannah Saltman (Camper 1990's & 2000's), Jacob Shack (Camper 2000's), Rainer Crosett (Camper 2000's), Jennine Dearolf (Camper 2000's) and Diana Bartenstein (Camper 2000's). The YP performed in Worcester's beautiful Mechanics Hall in February, part of another great year or performances following their acclaimed concert tour to China last June.	Hannah Saltman (Camper 1990's & 2000's) and Charlotte Malin (Camper 2000's) play together in a string quartet at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and performed in January as a part NEC's Winter Chamber Music Festival. Other camp alumni that performed in the festival were Diana Bartenstein (Camper 2000's), Jenny Charness (Camper 1990's, 2000's), Jacob Shack (Camper 2000's), Rainer Crosett (Camper 2000's), Brian Diehl (Staff 1990s), Jacob Thonis (Camper 2000's), Gabe Mairson (Camper 2000's), Oliver Baverstam (Camper 2000's) and Alexandra Guest (Camper 2000's).

	Grace Kelly (Camper 2000's - pictured at left with Jazz great Diana Krall)) is playing all over the country on a regular basis, most recently at the Grammy Awards in California, where she played at many performances for people like McCoy Tyner, Bill Cosby, Aretha Franklin, Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider and others. Grace has been awarded the 2008 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers award and has been accepted to study at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. For a complete update on all of Grace's many activities, please visit her website.

Erin Whelan (Camper 1990's) has left Verve Records and has opened up a beautiful woman's clothing boutique in New York City named for her great grandmother: Clarabella's	Noam Weinstein (Camper 1980's) is busy performing to rave reviews all over New York and New England, including such venues as The Living Room, The Rockwood Music Hall and The Abrons Arts Center. You can keep up to date with all of Noam's activities at his website.

Jamie, Ellen & Hannah had a wonderful trip to Nashville, TN in February for Hannah's audition at the Blair School of Music, part of Vanderbilt University. While there, happy camp reunions were had with Marty Leinwand (Camper 1960's, Staff 1980's) & his wife, Steve Tolman (Camper 1960's, Staff 1970's) and his family, Jonah Rabinowitz (Staff 1980's) and Steve Riddle (Staff 2000's).	Jonah Rabinowitz, Ellen & Jamie
Hannah Saltman, Katie Tolman, Steve Tolman, Ellen, Cathy Tolman & Jenny Tolman	Steve Riddle & Ellen

Jonah Rabinowitz (Staff 1980's) has been the director of the W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School in Nashville, TN for the past 13 years. Jonah has developed the school and raised it's profile considerably in that time and is now presiding over a long awaited expansion into a huge new facility that will provide about ten times as much space as the current site! To get the complete picture & see all of Jonah's good work, check out the school's website.	New site of the O.C. Smith/Nashville Community Music School - due to open September of 2008

	Maine has had one of the snowiest winters in living memory this year, with more than 180" of snow falling in many parts of the state. This has kept Dale and his crews quite busy, shoveling off all the roofs in camp multiple times to try and stay ahead of the weather. BRAVO to Dale for his usual great job keeping all those roofs shoveled off and staying on top of things!

Jo Horsley (Camper, Staff 1990s) and his brother have just won the grand prize in the pop category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, with their song "I Want Your Love" from their new album Strangers In The Valley. You can check out all the details of this award and all the other activities of their rock band "Little Horse" on their website.	Eric Alterman (Camper, Staff 2000s) gave an excellent junior cello recital at Brandeis University on March 16th, featuring music by Bach, Debussy and Brahms. Eric is a music and politics major at Brandeis, where he studies cello with Joshua Gordon of the Lydian String Quartet, currently in residence at Brandeis.

Daphne Uviller (Camper, Staff 1990s) is proud to announce the birth of her son, Gabriel, born April 13, 208 in New York City. At right, daughter Talia holds her new brother, Gabriel. Daphne has also co-authored a book about being an only child, called "Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows", currently on sale at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and other vendors. See everything Daphne's been up to at her website.

The touring life of jazz pianist and songwriter John Regen (Camper 1980s) was profiled in the New York Times on March 4, 2008. Read about it here.	Grace Kelly on Alto Sax and Emmet Cohen on Piano (both Campers 2000s) recently performed together in the 2008 Grammy Jazz Quartet. See both tracks available on Youtube here.

	Tom Armbruster (Waterfront Director 1970's) is now the Consul General of the United States consulate in Vladivostok, Russia. Tom writes that the 'Polar Bear' song still comes in handy even though he's now "in the diplomacy business". Tom has traveled to all corners of the globe during a long, broad career in the foreign service of the U.S.. You can read all about it on the US department of state website right here.

Glen Nelson (Staff 1990's) has a new song out in tribute tot he new Indiana Jones movie to be released this summer : "The Ballad of Indiana" Check it out right here. And check out Glen's Spaghetti Cake band, issuing new children's rock tunes on a regular basis, right here. Pictured at right are Glen and his wife Susan, with their three future campers Vayle, Fox and Aidan

	Jeffrey Hodes (Camper '78-'79) and his wife, Nastaran, are a married writing/producing team with a 20-year career in television. They live in Los Angeles with their daughter, Katrina. Jeffrey has recently survived a life threatening illness and several reconstructive operations. He's doing well now, glad to be alive, and happy to hear from any old Encore-Coda friends at HDSDB1@MAC.COM

Larry Goldings (Camper 1980's) is featured in the May newsletter of pop star James Taylor. Larry is the "One Man Band" featured on James' most recent world tour, and CD by the same name. Check it all out right here.

	The New England Conservatory's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra played it's final concert of the year on May 30th, in NEC's beautiful Jordan Hall. The orchestra included many 2000's E/C alums, including Brendon O'Donnell, Diana Bartenstein, Hannah Saltman, Jacob Shack, Amanda German, Malinda PacPherson, Rainer Crosett, Jeanine Dearolf and Steve Savitt. The program included works by Bartok, Schumann and Brahms and was played magnificiently by these talented students!