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James Gandre
President, Manhattan School of Music
Performances and Events
WATCH! MSM Commencement 2025
WATCH! 2025 DMA Hooding and Commencement Awards Ceremony
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MSM Musical Theatre:
Senior Showcase
WATCH! The MSM Precollege Philharmonic
WATCH! MSM Jazz Orchestra
Songs for Mother Earth
WATCH! MSM Opera Theatre:
Rusalka
WATCH! MSM Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Manahan
WATCH! MSM Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta
WATCH! MSM Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Leonard Slatkin
MSM News
News Release: Jim Saltzman is Appointed Dean of Jazz Arts at Manhattan School of Music
The acclaimed composer, conductor, and saxophonist succeeds Ingrid Jensen and will assume the role effective July 1, 2025. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a “postmodern jazz saxophonist [who] plays with passion and intensity” and by All Music as “a force to be reckoned with,” Dr. Saltzman has taught at MSM for 14 years (starting on the Precollege faculty in 2011 and joining the Jazz Arts faculty in 2015).
Highlights of the MSM Gala 2025 and a launch of a special post-Gala online auction from June 12 to 26
On May 21st, Manhattan School of Music hosted its Annual Gala in the spectacular Rainbow Room. See photo highlights in our round-up, and you are also invited to take part in a post-Gala online auction of one-of-a-kind experiences to support MSM’s College Scholarship Fund taking place now through June 26.
MSM faculty member David Krakauer is guest lead artist/ artistic director for La Notta della Taranta, the largest folk festival in Italy
Clarinetist David Krakauer, who teaches in MSM’s Woodwinds and Contemporary Performance programs, is La Notte della Taranta’s 2025 “Maestro Concertatore”. The world-renowned festival tours southern Italy in August and culminates in a final free concert on August 23 in the town of Melpignano with more than 150,000 in attendance.
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