<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, they did graduate in the same year. Murray later moved to London; Richard continues to live in NYC; <div>both maintain close friendship with C Schachter. I believe Murray was a conducting major at Mannes. </div><div>And I recall that, at the celebration for Schachter at Queens College in the spring of 99, Murray stood in the </div><div>back taking notes as Bill Rothstein delivered his analysis of Chopin's BM Nocturne, Op 62, No 1.</div><div><br></div><div>Donna</div><div><br></div><div>________________<br><div><div>On Apr 22, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Murphy, Scott Brandon wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px">Thank you. It looks like Goode and Perahia even graduated from Mannes in the same year (1969)!<br> <br> -Scott<br> <br> <br> on 4/21/09 7:36 PM, Donna Doyle at <a href="mailto:donnadoyle@att.net">donnadoyle@att.net</a> wrote:<br> <br> </span></font><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px">Dear Scott:<br> <br> There is the pianist Richard Goode, who also went to Mannes, who occasionally teaches there<br> and is a dear friend of Carl Schachter.<br> <br> Donna Doyle<br></span></font><font size="4"><font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0px">Aaron Copland School of Music<br> </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px"> </span></font><font size="4"><font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0px">Queens College<br> </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px"> </span></font><font size="4"><font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0px">65-30 Kissena Blvd.</span></font></font></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><font size="4"><font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0px">Flushing, NY 11367<br></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px"> ______________________<br> <br> <br> <br> On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Murphy, Scott Brandon wrote:<br> <br> </span></font><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px">Dear collective wisdom,<br> <br> Is there any performer working today comparable to Murray Perahia both in<br> stature and success as a performer, and in knowledge of and devotion to<br> Schenker's ideas?<br> <br> Thanks,<br> <br> Scott<br> </span></font></blockquote></blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><br> </span></font> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>