1977 – Merrywood Music School

Summer of 1977

Adria Benjamin:

A viola teacher and conductor at Merrywood, Adria has been a longtime member of Orchestra Lumos’s viola section and serves as the orchestra’s personnel manager. She has worked at the Mannes College Preparatory Division teaching viola, chamber music, and conducting the orchestra.

Margi Kugelman Hofer:

A viola student at Merrywood, Margi is currently the Executive Director of the Coby Foundation (www.cobyfoundation.org) as well as an Independent Curator (www.margihofer.com). She has written and published several books, including: A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls; Making it Modern: the Folk Art Collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman; Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York; and The Games We Played: the Golden Age of Board and Table Games. She currently lives in NYC with her husband Andrew. She has 3 adult sons and one grandson. To this day, she still plays the viola and enjoys playing chamber music.

Anna Kuwabara:

A violin student at Merrywood, Anna is now lives in NY and is an arts and education consultant.

Sarah Paul:

A violin student at Merrywood, Sarah is now a psychiatrist in private practice in NYC. She is married with two grown children, both of whom played musical instruments (violin and cello) and attended music camp at Kinhaven.

Nick Rozen:

A trumpet student at Merrywood, he earned his Master’s degree in Engineering. Now an aerospace engineer, he works for a non-profit research organization. He married a “lovely woman from Ireland” with whom he has children. He notes that “music was good for my brain and soul. I’m still not a ‘great’ player but I’ve at least had some fun playing jazz and classical. Still noodling around. Still love jazz, which Mrs. Hurwitz barely tolerated.”

David Salvin:

A clarinet student at Merrywood, David worked in the finance industry from 1983-2001. He then joined WNYC from 2001-2003. A stay-at-home parent for the next nine years, he is now a ski instructor in Colorado.

David Vogel:

Both a violin and viola student and teacher at Merrywood, David currently plays with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. A physician, he is also an adjunct assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Barbara Chaffe:

https://www.sanfranciscoballetorchestra.org/barbara-chaffe-principal-flute/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RfEXqCp5dk

Cathy Chutich:

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cathy-chutich/403464009

Angus Cooke:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-20-vl-3640-story.html
https://thatsgoodenoughforme.com/bad-astronaut-announce-untethered-album-of-reimagined-tracks-release-grey-suits/

Elizabeth Dabney Hochman:

https://www.theinterfaithobserver.org/contributors/tag/Elizabeth+Dabney+Hochman
https://www.kidspiritonline.com/about/community/#board
https://www.deseret.com/2012/10/26/20508790/life-s-big-questions-kidspirit-gives-tweens-teens-a-place-to-discuss-the-spiritual-and-philosphical/

Evan Drachman:

https://www.cello.org/freepage/drachman.html
https://shoutoutarizona.com/meet-evan-drachman-cellist-artistic-director-and-founder-of-the-piatigorsky-foundation/

Sharon Baker:
https://www.sharonreissbaker.com

Adria Benjamin:
https://www.newschool.edu/mannes/faculty/Adria-Benjamin/
https://orchestralumos.org/musicians
https://www.feenotes.com/database/artists/benjamin-adria/