Motifs: March 2025
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Sondra (Raines) Brooks (IAA 74-77) released her memoir, Not Good Enough Girl: A Memoir of an Inconvenient Daughter, on March 4, 2025. The book is distributed by Simon & Schuster and is available at all major outlets.
Jim Stephenson (IAC/NMC 79-84, 86; IAA 83-86; IAC Fac 04; AS Fac 08) composed the score for the Joffrey Ballet’s production of The Princess and the Pea, which ran Feb. 20 through March 2. The Texas Christian University Wind Symphony will premiere Stephenson’s Symphony No. 5 on March 28 as part of the College Band Directors National Association National Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
Howard Lovy (IAC St 84-85) wrote the novel, Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story, which will be released through Vine Leaves Press on April 29. Set partly at Interlochen in 1985 and 2025, it follows young musicians Jake Rosner and Caitlin Doyle, whose summer romance ends abruptly. Forty years later, their old song goes viral, forcing them to reunite. The novel explores music, aging, and second chances.
Marshall Gilkes (IAC 94, IAA 95-96) was named Associate Professor of Jazz Trombone at Eastman School of Music.
Mezzo-soprano Cayenne Teeter (IAA 19-20) was recognized as one of four winners in the St. Louis District of The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Teeter appeared with the Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center in 2023 and 2024 and will join the Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Artist Program in the summer of 2025.
