
CCM students, alumni unite in virtual performance of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’
Alumnus Harrison Sheckler organized 300 musicians from around the world for the special concert
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus Harrison Sheckler (BM Piano, ’19) united 300 musicians from 15 countries for a virtual performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel. The performance is available to watch online.
Now a student at the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College, Sheckler spent over 200 hours promoting, organizing submissions and video editing the project. He collected tracks from countries all over the world, including the United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Vietnam, Israel, Australia, South Africa and more.
The video features 30 CCM students and alumni representing multiple areas of the college including musical theatre, composition, music education, violin, cello, double bass, oboe, flute, piano, tuba, horn and more. It was produced by CCM Commercial Music Production alumni Josh Meyer and Grant Bayer, who are audio engineers at Cincinnati’s Zated Records. CCM students and alumni involved in the performance include:
- Jenny Mollet (BFA Musical Theatre, ’19)
- Giselle Haas (BM Music Education, ’19)
- Kanako Shimasaki – current DMA Violin student
- Maciej Latawiec (Matthew) – current DMA Violin student
- Li-Han Eliza Tseng (DMA Violoncello, ’19)
- Maksym Mahlay – current BM Composition and Piano student
- Carolyn Regula – former DMA Violoncello student
- Isabel Dimoff (BM Violoncello, ’18)
- Jonathan Lin (BM Violoncello, ’18)
- Micah Donar (BM Violoncello, ’17; MM Violoncello, ‘19)
- Peter Ryan (MM Violoncello, ’19) – current DMA Violoncello current
- Kimber Elayne Sprawl (BFA Musical Theatre, ’14)
- Natalie Orth (BM Violin, ’20)
- Taiga Benito – current BM Double Bass student
- Dan Qiao (MM Violin, ’17) – current DMA Violin student
- Taylor Overholt (BM Clarinet, ’19)
- Collin Goff – current BM Music Education and Clarinet
- Katie Riley – current BM Flute student
- Ray Haim (BM Music Education, ’18)
- Sarah Minneman – current DMA Oboe student
- Bryan Lyons (BM Oboe, ’97) – current DMA Oboe student
- Patrick Grimone (BM Oboe, ’19)
- Eliza Edge (BM Horn, ’19)
- Griffin Botts (BM Horn, ’17) – current MM Horn student
- Ryan Penshorn – former BM Horn student
- Phillip Palmore (BM Horn, ’20)
- Evan Sacks-Wilner – current BM Tuba student
- Harrison Sheckler (BM Piano, ’19)
- Josh Meyer (BM Commercial Music Production, ’18)
- Grant Bayer (BM Commercial Music Production, ’18)
The performance has garnered media attention from Broadway World and Musical America Worldwide.
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