![Alumni Spotlight: Eriel Indigo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1651241934/walnuthill/h3hyf7bwibjkflqh9xaa/ERIELINDIGOboomboxBanner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1651241934/walnuthill/h3hyf7bwibjkflqh9xaa/ERIELINDIGOboomboxBanner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1651241934/walnuthill/h3hyf7bwibjkflqh9xaa/ERIELINDIGOboomboxBanner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1651241934/walnuthill/h3hyf7bwibjkflqh9xaa/ERIELINDIGOboomboxBanner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1651241934/walnuthill/h3hyf7bwibjkflqh9xaa/ERIELINDIGOboomboxBanner.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1651241934/walnuthill/h3hyf7bwibjkflqh9xaa/ERIELINDIGOboomboxBanner.jpg","width":2200}])
This month, we caught up with Eriel Indigo, a graduate of our Theater Department. Eriel spoke to us about her Walnut Hill experience, as well as the evolution of her career as a recording artist, a creative director, and an activist.
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William made his Metropolitan Opera debut earlier this year, playing the Jailer in Puccini's Tosca.
![Alumni Spotlight: Nicole Hayashi '13]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1648139663/walnuthill/r2qarnezsj7cdgrqnrup/2013-hayashi.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1648139663/walnuthill/r2qarnezsj7cdgrqnrup/2013-hayashi.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1648139663/walnuthill/r2qarnezsj7cdgrqnrup/2013-hayashi.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1648139663/walnuthill/r2qarnezsj7cdgrqnrup/2013-hayashi.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1648139663/walnuthill/r2qarnezsj7cdgrqnrup/2013-hayashi.jpg","width":1365}])
This month, we caught up with Nicole Hayashi, a 2013 alum of the Dance Department who has explored several different career paths in the nine years since she graduated from Walnut Hill. Nicole currently works for AARMY, a fitness studio, and filled us in on how this new career has transformed her life.
![Alumni Spotlight: Ethan Van Ness '09 and Yi Qun Xu '13]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1645630966/walnuthill/x1nsscvpotldtc7kj36p/vannessxu.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1645630966/walnuthill/x1nsscvpotldtc7kj36p/vannessxu.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1645630966/walnuthill/x1nsscvpotldtc7kj36p/vannessxu.png","width":578}])
This month, we are pleased to feature two alumni, theater major Ethan Van Ness ’09 and music major Yi Qun Xu ’13, who have taken two very different paths in their post–Walnut Hill journeys . . .
![Yi Qun Xu '13 Performing at Gardner Museum]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1644855071/walnuthill/umbloprubiobsdoi6tne/2013-xu.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1644855071/walnuthill/umbloprubiobsdoi6tne/2013-xu.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1644855071/walnuthill/umbloprubiobsdoi6tne/2013-xu.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1644855071/walnuthill/umbloprubiobsdoi6tne/2013-xu.png","width":827}])
On March 13, cellist Yi Qun will perform at Calderwood Hall as part of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Weekend Concert Series.
![Chris Riggi '05 and Jimmy Fowlie '04 in A Spy Movie]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1639586945/walnuthill/k9lungtcyat0ttguyl2z/2005-riggi.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1639586945/walnuthill/k9lungtcyat0ttguyl2z/2005-riggi.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1639586945/walnuthill/k9lungtcyat0ttguyl2z/2005-riggi.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1639586945/walnuthill/k9lungtcyat0ttguyl2z/2005-riggi.png","width":821}])
Chris and Jimmy both appear in the recent satirical spy film A Spy Movie.
![Ryan Shannon '10 at Juventas New Music Ensemble]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1639585360/walnuthill/qt8eo5jdkexir3mrn7ci/2010-shannon.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1639585360/walnuthill/qt8eo5jdkexir3mrn7ci/2010-shannon.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1639585360/walnuthill/qt8eo5jdkexir3mrn7ci/2010-shannon.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1639585360/walnuthill/qt8eo5jdkexir3mrn7ci/2010-shannon.jpg","width":900}])
Ryan will give a concert in Cambridge on January 29, presented by Juventas New Music Ensemble.
![Ja Ho "Jacob" Song '19 honored by South Korean government]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1639584882/walnuthill/bm2yvj5kw2imgp5mgtre/2019-song.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1639584882/walnuthill/bm2yvj5kw2imgp5mgtre/2019-song.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1639584882/walnuthill/bm2yvj5kw2imgp5mgtre/2019-song.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1639584882/walnuthill/bm2yvj5kw2imgp5mgtre/2019-song.jpg","width":1151}])
Jacob was recently presented an award by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
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Grace Meredith ’17, who graduates this spring from Berklee College of Music, sings the vocal track of the title song for the new film The In Between starring Joey King, released in February on Paramount Plus.
Ben is currently living in Berlin, Germany, having recently accepted a full time position in the chorus of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Travis is in the cast of the Moulin Rouge tour, opening March 19. He is a Swing, and joins Conor Ryan '10, who plays Christian.
Drew recently announced the grand re-opening of his bodywork studio, themonkeybody. His mission is to make pain-free living accessible to all. Check out his website for more information, as well as a free video manual!