Alumni Selected for Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program
Pianist Charles Berofsky ’24 MM and violinist Joshua Brown ’22, ’24 MM, ’26 AD were chosen for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s highly selective Bowers Program and will each participate in a three-year residency.
This year’s participants in The Bowers Program were chosen from an international pool of 192 individual candidates and 17 ensemble candidates through competitive auditions. The twelve individual artists and one ensemble, who hail from six countries, range in age from 24 to 32, and are award winners and recipients of some of the world’s most prestigious classical music honors for young musicians.
Equally accomplished as a solo pianist, collaborator, and composer, Charles Berofsky ’24 MM has performed at major global festivals like IMS Prussia Cove, Taos, and the Music Academy of the West. His recent highlights include appearances with the Málaga and Segovia symphony orchestras, recitals at Munich’s Schloss Nymphenburg, and a guest feature at the 2026 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium. An active chamber musician, Berofsky performs with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and is a member of Trio Sponte, Trio Monacum, and the Berofsky Piano Quartet. A prizewinner at several international and conservatory competitions, he is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Robert McDonald since receiving his Master of Music at NEC studying with HaeSun Paik '87, '89 MM, '92 AD.
Joshua Brown ’22, ’24 MM, ’26 AD gained international attention after winning Second Prize and two audience awards at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition, followed by a 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Currently represented by Concert Artists Guild as a Louis and Susan Meisel Prize recipient, he has performed globally since his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, appearing with ensembles such as the Munich Radio Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, and Indianapolis Symphony. He studied under Donald Weilerstein at NEC, as well as Almita and Roland Vamos at the Music Institute of Chicago. Joshua performs on a c. 1635–40 Nicolò Amati violin, on extended loan through the Mary B. Galvin Foundation and the Stradivari Society.
Congratulations to Charles and Joshua!
