September
SEP 16 / SUN
Artists in Residence
American String Quartet
Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, Violin;
Daniel Avshalamov, Viola;
Wolfram Koessel, Cello
With guest artists Karen Dreyfus, Viola; Alan Stepansky, Cello; and Timothy Cobb, Bass
3 PM
Borden Auditorium
$15 adults, $10 seniors and students
SEP 21 / FRI
MSM Jazz at 30
MSM Concert Jazz Band
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
Magic Touch: The Music
of Tadd Dameron
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
All Jazz at 30 Events
SEPT 28 / FRI
MSM Symphony
George Manahan, Conductor
Jacqueline Choi, Cello
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
October
OCT 5 / FRI
MSM Philharmonia
George Manahan, Conductor
Zhi Li, Piano
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
OCT 8 / MON
Cancelled
MSM Chamber Sinfonia
Broadway Revisited
Paul Gemignani, Conductor
With special guests
Kate Baldwin, Soprano
Alexander Gemignani, Lyric Baritone
Tedd Firth, Piano
Larry Lelli, Drums
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
OCT 19 / FRI
MSM Jazz at 30
MSM Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
The Symphonic Ellington
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
All Jazz at 30 Events
OCT 25 / THURS
MSM Philharmonia
David Gilbert, Conductor
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
OCT 26 / FRI
MSM Jazz at 30
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Bobby Sanabria, Director
Harlem Hothouses!
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
All Jazz at 30 Events
November
NOV 2 / FRI
Manhattan Hong Kong Music Festival
Gala Orchestra Concert
MSM Symphony
Johnny M. Poon, Conductor
Chuan-yun Li, Violin
Yuki Ip, Soprano
MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 ("Haffner")
MOZART "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" (from Zaide)
STRAVINSKY "No Word from Tom" (from Rake's Progress)
FUNG LAM Illumination
CHEN GANG and HE ZHAN-HAO The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
Free event
All Manhattan Hong Kong Music Festival Events
Manhattan Hong Kong Music Festival
Cancelled
Chinoiserie Moderne:
Beyond Exoticism
Warren Lee, Nancy Loo, Mary Wu,
and Nina Yip, Piano
Chuan-yun Li, Violin
Andrew Ling, Viola and Violin
Richard Bamping, Cello
Yuki Ip, Soprano
Special appearance by Barbara Fei, Narrator
CHOU WENCHUNG The Willows Are New
TAN DUN Eight Memories in Watercolor
BRIGHT SHENG Three Chinese Love Songs; Seven Tunes Heard in China
ZHOU LONGWu Kai; Wild Grass; Taiping Drum
CHEN YI Tibetan Tunes; Memory; Romance of Hsiao and Ch'in
2 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Avenue
All Manhattan Hong Kong Music Festival Events
NOV 4 / SUN
Artists in Residence
American String Quartet
Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, Violin;
Daniel Avshalamov, Viola;
Wolfram Koessel, Cello
3 PM
Borden Auditorium
$15 adults, $10 seniors and students
NOV 5 / MON
MSM Jazz at 30
Upstarts! MSM at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Bobby Sanabria, Conductor
7:30 & 9:30 PM
Jazz at Lincoln Center / Columbus Circle
For tickets call 212 258 9595
All Jazz at 30 Events
NOV 9 / FRI
MSM Jazz at 30
MSM Jazz Orchestra
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
Dizzy Atmosphere:
The Big Band Music
of Dizzy Gillespie
Featuring Guest Artist
Jon Faddis, Trumpet
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
All Jazz at 30 Events
NOV 12 / MON
MSM Jazz at 30
Upstarts! MSM at
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
MSM Jazz Orchestra
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
7:30 & 9:30 PM
Jazz at Lincoln Center / Columbus Circle
For tickets call 212 258 9595
All Jazz at 30 Events
NOV 16 / FRI
Opera Scenes:
Love Delayed and Denied
Marcello Cormio, Conductor
Richard Gammon, Director
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults; $7 seniors and students
NOV 18 / SUN
Opera Scenes:
Love Delayed and Denied
Marcello Cormio, Conductor
Richard Gammon, Director
2:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults; $7 seniors and students
December
DEC 4 / TUES
MSM Jazz at 30
Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
Oliver Nelson's
Blues and the Abstract Truth
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
All Jazz at 30 Events
DEC 5, 7, 9 / WED, FRI, SUN
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater,
Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director
Thaïs by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Louis Gallet
George Manahan, Conductor
Renaud Doucet, Director and Choreographer
Dec 5 & 7 / WED & FRI
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
Dec 9 / SUN
2:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$30 adults; $15 seniors and students
January
JAN 25 / FRI
Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar: Final Concert
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$20 adults; $12 seniors and students
February
FEB 1 / FRI
MSM Philharmonia
George Manahan, Conductor
Rebecca Krynski, Soprano
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
FEB 8 / FRI
MSM Symphony and Symphonic Chorus at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Philippe Entremont, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ
7:30 PM
St. John the Divine, 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
$20 adults, $12 seniors and students
FEB 15 / FRI
MSM Symphony
Philippe Entremont, Conductor
Wonki Lee, Saxophone
Jessica Santiago, Horn
Winner of the Zaslavsky-Koch Piano Competition, TBD
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
FEB 28 / WED
MSM Symphony, Symphonic Chorus, and Chamber Choir
The Fourth Annual Elizabeth Beinecke Concert
Kent Tritle, Conductor
MENDELSSOHN Elijah
$20 adults, $12 seniors and students
March
MAR 1 / FRI
Harlem Nights
MSM Jazz Orchestra
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
Dave Liebman, Saxophone
Miles Ahead: The Gil Evans-Miles Davis Masterwork
In Honor of Gil Evans's Centennial
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
PRECONCERT TALK
6 PM
Mikowsky Recital Hall
Stephanie Crease, Coordinator
Free
All Harlem Nights Events
MAR 23 / SAT
MSM and the Apollo Theater present
Ask Your Mama
By Laura Karpman
Based on Langston Hughes’s Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods For Jazz
MSM Chamber Sinfonia
George Manahan, Conductor
Jessye Norman, Soprano
Nnenna Freelon, Jazz Vocalist
8 PM
Apollo Theater | 253 West 125th Street
$35, $55, $75, $125
For tickets visit the Apollo Box Office, go to ticketmaster.com, or call Ticketmaster at
800 745 3000
MAR 27, 28, 29, 30 /
WED, THURS, FRI, SAT
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director
Orphée aux enfers
(Orpheus in the Underworld)
by Offenbach
Original Text by Ludovic Halévy
Jorge Parodi, Conductor
Dona D. Vaughn, Director
7:30 PM
Ades Performance Space
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
MAR 28 / THURS
MSM Jazz at 30
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Bobby Sanabria, Director
Harlem Lives!
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
All Jazz at 30 Events
April
Jazz at Lincoln Center | Columbus Circle | 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM
For tickets call 212 258 9595
APR 2 / TUES
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Bobby Sanabria, Director
APR 3 / WED
New Stars
Emerging Artists Night
Remy LeBoeuf, Alto Saxophone
Pascal LeBoeuf, Piano
Linda Oh, Acoustic Bass
Henry Cole, Drums
APR 4 / THURS
MSM Combo Night
7:30 PM The Manhattan Society Orchestra
9:30 PM MSM Mingus Ensemble
APR 5 / FRI
MSM Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
Oliver Nelson’s Blues and the Abstract Truth
APR 6 / SAT
MSM Concert Jazz Band
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
Spring Into Swing!
Featuring faculty guest artists
APR 7 / SUN
MSM Jazz Orchestra
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
Miles Ahead: The Gil Evans-Miles Davis Masterwork
In honor of Gil Evans’s Centennial
Featuring Artist in Residence Dave Liebman, Saxophone
APR 6 & 7 / SAT & SUN
Opera Repertoire Ensemble
Repertoire TBD
Thomas Muraco, Conductor
APR 6 / SAT
7:30 PM
Ades Performance Space
APR 7 / SUN
5 PM
Ades Performance Space
$12 adults; $7 seniors and students
APR 10 / WED
MSM Chamber Choir and Chamber Ensemble at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, Conductor
7:30 PM
St. John the Divine, 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
$20 adults, $12 seniors and students
APR 12 / FRI
MSM Symphonic Chorus at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, Conductor
David Briggs, Organ
7:30 PM
St. John the Divine, 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
$20 adults, $12 seniors and students
Presented as part of the Cathedral's Great Music in a Great Space Series
For tickets visit www.stjohndivine.org
APR 17 / WED
MSM Jazz at 30
MSM Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Justin DiCioccio, Conductor
Featuring Artist in Residence
Dave Liebman, Saxophone
Miles Davis's On The Corner
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$12 adults, $7 seniors and students
All Jazz at 30 Events
APR 24, 26, 28 / WED, FRI, SUN
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahogonny (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) by Kurt Weill
Libretto by Bertoit Brecht
Kynan Johns, Conductor
Dona D. Vaughn, Director
APR 24 & 26 / WED & FRI
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
APR 28 / SUN
2:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$30 adults; $15 seniors and students
This performance is funded in part by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., New York, NY
May
MAY 5 / SUN
Artists in Residence
American String Quartet
Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, Violin;
Daniel Avshalamov, Viola;
Wolfram Koessel, Cello
With guest artist
Richard Stoltzman, Clarinet
3 PM
Merkin Concert Hall
For tickets call 212 501 3330 or visit kauffman-center.org/mch
MAY 7–9 / TUES–THURS
American Musical Theater Ensemble
Side by Side by Sondheim
Carolyn Marlow, Director
Shane Schag, Music Director
7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
$20 adults; $12 seniors and students