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Throughout the world, former Manhattan School of Music students
demonstrate high achievement in a wide range of careers. From New
York to Tokyo, Chicago to Berlin, and San Francisco to London, our
alumni have found placement with great orchestras and opera companies;
are highly acclaimed chamber music and solo performers; perform
in renowned jazz clubs; are among the premier recording artists
of our time; hold esteemed teaching appointments in universities
and schools; and are leaders in arts administration. Our former
students have also found success outside the music industry in business,
information technology, law, and medicine, to name only a few. In
short, a Manhattan School of Music education can lead to fulfillment
in many chosen fields.
We are fortunate to have among our former students many well-recognized
names in music, including: David Amram, Angelo Badalamenti, Angela
Bofill, Donald Byrd, Ron Carter, Harry Connick Jr., Anton Coppola,
John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Art Davis, Lauren Flanigan,
Ezio Flagello, Nicolas Flagello, Elliot Goldenthal, Susan Graham,
Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, Stefon Harris, Margaret Hillis, Rupert
Holmes, Paul Horn, Aaron Jay Kernis, Yusef Lateef, John Lewis, Catherine
Malfitano, Ursula Mamlock, George Manahan, Johnny Madel, Herbie
Mann, Hugh Masekela, Robert “Mr. Bob” McGrath, Johanna Meier, Jane
Monheit, Jason Moran, Elmar Oliveira, Tobias Picker, Max Roach,
Larry Rosen, Don Sebesky, Sanford Sylvan, Steve Turre, Ludmila Ulehla,
Dawn Upshaw, Joe Wilder, Carol Wincenc, Phil Woods, and Dolora Zajick.
We take equal pride in the thousands of our alumni engaged in a
wide variety of activities and associations, some of which can be
viewed in detail on our Alumni Directory page (to be completed in
the future).
In the midst of intense competition, scores
of graduates from our Graduate Program in Orchestral Performance
have won professional positions with leading orchestras such as
the New York Philharmonic, the Lyric Opera Orchestra, the San Francisco
Symphony, the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, and the Royal Danish
Opera Orchestra, among others. For a representative list of orchestral
positions won in recent years, please click
here.
"The School gave me the opportunity to explore the diversity of
both classical and jazz music and find the direction I wanted to
go artistically ...."
—Stefon Harris (pictured above), B.M. '95 jazz vibraphone
/ M.M. '97 percussion, Grammy-nominated Blue Note recording
artist
Alumni Affairs Office - Suite
305 (please note new location)
John Blanchard, director (917-493-4496 or jblanchard@msmnyc.edu)
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