Fall 2021
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Adam Nagler’s paddleboard expedition from Virginia to Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 2021 was a natural evolution of years of commitment—and demanded grit and determination. Paddling 724 miles for 34 days on the water required the constant balancing of board and body with every ocean variable, including tropical storms. Nagler’s expedition helped raise funds for a Nantucket community-based mental-health clinic and addiction treatment center.
Photo Credit: KIT NOBLE PHOTOGRAPHY
During more than a year of the pandemic, composer and conductor Djong Victorin Yu ’76, of South Korea, kept his passion for music going by composing, completing his revision of Chopin’s Cello Sonata, and rediscovering his love for the cello. And he looks forward to one day performing his Chopin arrangement and his new compositions before a live audience.
Before March 2020, Vanessa Holroyd ’90 was juggling two successful careers—as an in-demand classical flutist performing throughout the Northeast and as the co-owner of the music/entertainment agency Music Management. But early in the pandemic, due to shuttered concert halls and no in-person events, she had to quickly adapt to the “new normal” for her music and business careers.
Photo Credit: JILL PERSON