{"id":61939,"date":"2018-07-01T13:47:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T17:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=61939"},"modified":"2022-08-16T18:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T22:13:16","slug":"supporting-tomorrows-musicians","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2018\/supporting-tomorrows-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Tomorrow’s Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\"Curme\"Like many music lovers, Cindy Curme (CFA\u201976,\u201980) sometimes worries about the future of classical music.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why she\u2019s one of the most generous supporters of Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI). She sees it as a critical part of the pipeline that is essential to developing the next generation of musicians.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation is the key to the propagation of the art form,\u201d says Curme, a longtime supporter of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, first as an employee, then as a volunteer, and now as a trustee.<\/p>\n

Dedicated students who come to the Berkshires can pursue \u201ca very fine education program\u201d in a seamless continuum, Curme says, \u201cstarting in middle school with DARTS<\/a> [The Days in the Arts, a summer residential program], and then BUTI in high school, and then the Tanglewood Music Center fellowships.\u201d
\nAnd because it\u2019s for high schoolers, she says, BUTI is key to that continuum.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor students who care about music, the high school experience is kind of the turning point,\u201d Curme says. \u201cIf it is truly important to you, that <\/em>is when you figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

She knows that from her own life. As a teenager in Philadelphia, she attended a summer music camp associated with the Settlement Music School, one of the nation\u2019s oldest community music schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt changed my life,\u201d Curme declares. \u201cI was in love with music but hadn\u2019t yet determined that I needed to devote my life to it, and my experience there really solidified that understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

So she came to the Boston University School of Music<\/a>, where she earned both bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in piano performance. And she soon landed her first job with the Boston Symphony, eventually working at the BSO\u2019s Tanglewood Music Center (TMC).<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so happy with the education I got at BU,\u201d she says. \u201cI could have gone to a conservatory, but to have really a conservatory within a university\u2014I think BU does that better than most people would guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Curme, her summer music experience was a crucial step in this journey toward a life in music. It\u2019s the kind of step she wants to give the next generation, through her support of scholarships for BUTI students. And she thinks those students get an even better look at the path ahead than she did, thanks to the institute\u2019s proximity to Tanglewood, its affiliation with the Boston Symphony, and its 50-year history as a unique program of Boston University.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents who come to BUTI not only get exposure to listening to the music at the very highest level, but also are taught by those same musicians,\u201d Curme says. And when they see the students at TMC, the next point in the pipeline, performing alongside BSO musicians, \u201cthe BUTI students get inspired. I\u2019m sure they see that and think, \u2018I want to do that next.\u2019 I think it makes the path very clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s good for the Tanglewood ecosystem, Curme says\u2014and it\u2019s great for BU.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really good for BU to have that connection to Tanglewood, one of the major music festivals in the world, put on by a major symphony orchestra,\u201d she says. That\u2019s why, for her, \u201cthe best way to be connected with BU at this point in my life\u201d is to support BUTI.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m enjoying working with the institute and supporting it philanthropically\u2014it makes me feel really good as a BU alum,\u201d Curme says. \u201cAnd BUTI is a fantastic program. I think it\u2019s an important part of the Tanglewood experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

– by Louise Kennedy<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cynthia and Oliver Curme are the generous sponsors of the 2018 Young Artists Orchestra. Mrs. Curme is a member of the BUTI Advisory Council<\/a>.<\/em><\/h4>\n

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