Education
Harvard University.
Harvard University.
Cushman made his solo orchestral debut at the age of eight with the Great Neck Philharmonic and, at the age of nine, was featured on the nationally televised Columbia Broadcasting System Early Show with Bryant Gumbel after winning the Food and Agriculture Organization/Columbia Broadcasting System international talent search. In 2002, he was selected to perform as Microsoft"s Symbol of Potential for its annual convention in the New Orleans Superdome where he received a standing ovation from the 14,000 attendees, leading to additional performances under Microsoft’s sponsorship. He also gave two performances at Madison Square Garden for audiences of 19,000 in the Knicks Kids Talent Search semi-finals and finals where he earned the title of "Most Talented Boy of 2002-2003".
Cushman was also flown by Swiss Orange Communications to Zürich, Switzerland to give a benefit performance for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, performed as a soloist at Lincoln Center"s Avery Fisher Hall, and gave a solo recital to a full house at Manhattan’s Steinway Hall, which raised significant funds for the concert’s sponsor, the Variety, the Children"s Charity.
He was also given a third appearance at Madison Square Garden when the Garden featured the best performers from years past Cushman has appeared with a variety of orchestras including as a guest soloist with the New York Riverside Orchestra, the Queens Symphony Orchestra, the Queensborough Orchestra, the Great Neck Philharmonic, and as a repeat guest soloist with the Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra.
In June 2006 he performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Scottsdale Symphony in Scottsdale, Arizona, and in October 2007 he was invited to give a solo recital as part of the Artists Ascending concert series in Memphis, Tennessee. In June 2008 he performed Bruch"s Violin Concerto Number.
1 in Carnegie Hall with the Young Symphonic Ensemble.
Cushman has also performed for the Dance Theater of Harlem at a program hosted by Arthur Mitchell, provided the music for the opening night reception of Franco Doctorate"Alessandro" General’ s Office-Broadway play "Roman Nights" where he entertained such notables as Pia Lindstrom, Isabella Rossellini and Peter Bogdanovich, and participated in a special 9/11 memorial ceremony hosted by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the United Nations. In addition, Cushman spent many years as the featured soloist for the Tarumi Violinists, performing in Carnegie Hall, and the White House, at the official New York City and New York State celebrations of Israel"s 50th anniversary hosted, respectively, by Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Governor George Pataki, and on concert tours of Japan, Taiwan, Argentina and Hong Kong. Cushman graduated as valedictorian of Benjamin North. Cardozo High School in 2008 and received a Bachelor of Arts in physics from Harvard College in 2012.
He received a Master of Surgery in physics from Yale University in 2012 and is currently a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at the same, working on the CUORE Experiment.