 1977 Wayne Branco, Trombone
Stephen Burns, Trumpet
Chicago, Illinois
Having lived in Wellesley, New York, and Paris, and Bloomington, Indiana, where I taught at Indiana University, I came to Chicago as Artist in Residence with Performing Arts Chicago. Now I am the Artistic Director for the Fulcrum Point New Music Project whose mission is to present multi-disciplinary concerts and outreach programs which explore new art music and its global cultural connections and relevance.
Ed Chansky, Trombone
Westport, Connecticut
I live in Westport, Connecticut, where I practice law by day and play trombone at night -- with one opera company, two orchestras, a brass quartet, a rock band, the local dinner-theater pit band, and whatever else the phone rings for. I recently spoke with Hal Janks, the GBYSO Wind Ensemble in 1975, who is bass-trombonist at the Metropolitan Opera. I met Hal through GBYSO, took lessons from him, and still have the Bach 42-B he helped me buy in 1976.
Lisa (Ford) Hirayama, Flute
After high school/GBYSO, I attended Oberlin College, where I continued to study flute, but did not pursue a music major. Instead I studied Japanese/East Asian Studies and Sociology, and then went to graduate school for a masters in Counseling. I am married, have two sons (Kai is 15 and Kian is 7), and have lived in Seattle for 20 years now, working as an International Student Advisor at a local community college. I still play the flute for fun (and occasionally for money!), and relive my youth symphony memories through my son Kai, who plays clarinet with the Seattle Youth Symphony. Previous Page Back to Where are they now? Next Page |