The Boston Globe: Richard Ortner, Boston Conservatory’s final president, dies at 71

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The Boston Globe: Richard Ortner, Boston Conservatory’s final president, dies at 71

The Boston Globe spoke to Berklee President Roger H. Brown, Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Cathy Young, and others in the Boston arts scene regarding the passing of Richard Ortner, former president of Boston Conservatory at Berklee, in an obituary.

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