Events

On March 28, twelve alumni and guests attended a performance by the Miami New World Symphony, which was followed by an alumni reception on stage with conductor Nicholas McGegan (Corpus Christi College).  Nic led the orchestra in a rousing performance of baroque music before joining the reception where he charmed those in attendance with his enthusiasm and fondness for Cambridge. 

"For the London Independent he is 'one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation'. For the New Yorker magazine, 'an expert in 18th century style'. But the Cleveland Plain Dealer cut to the quick when it called Nicholas McGegan 'a welcome Energizer Bunny, bringing rhythmic zest to all things baroque'. And as such he is known throughout the world for performances that match authority with enthusiasm, scholarship with joy, and curatorial responsibility with evangelical exuberance.

"Through more than twenty years as its music director, McGegan has established the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra as the leading period performance band in America - and at the forefront of the 'historical' movement worldwide thanks to notable appearances at Carnegie Hall, the London Proms, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the International Handel Festival, Gottingen where he has been artistic director since 1991.

"Born in England, he was educated at Oxford and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Awards include a professorship at Gottingen University and an official Nicholas McGegan Day, declared by the Mayor of San Francisco in recognition of two decades' distinguished work with the PBO."

Visit Nic McGegan on the web at www.nicholasmcgegan.com.