Feb 1, 2023 7:30 pm

The wearing of masks is optional inside MSM performance halls

FEB 1 | WED
7:30 PM

Orchestral Performance Program: Faculty-Student Orchestra Concert

MSM Orchestral Performance (OP) program faculty members play alongside their MSM OP program students.

David Chan, Conductor and Head of Orchestral Performance Program

PROGRAM

DEBUSSY Prélude à “L’après-midi d’un faune” (Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”)
REVUELTAS Sensemayá  (Originally a vocal setting of the poem by the Afro-Cuban revolutionary Nicolás Guillén)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, op. 35

FEATURING MSM FACULTY MEMBERS

David Chan (Concertmaster, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), Conductor
Sheryl Staples (Principal Associate Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic), Concertmaster
Lisa Kim (Associate Principal, Second Violin Group, New York Philharmonic), violin
Shmuel Katz (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), viola
Alan Stepansky (former Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic), cello
Orin O’Brien (New York Philharmonic), double bass
Robert Langevin (Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic), flute
Pascual Martinez-Forteza (Acting Associate Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic), clarinet
Michelle Baker (former Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), horn

Neidorff-Karpati Hall
130 Claremont Ave
New York, NY 10027

JT Kane, MSM Dean of Instrumental Studies and Orchestral Performance (OP), talks about this special evening:

MSM Faculty Focus: Shmuel Katz (BM ’98, MM ’00) talks about performing with MSM Orchestral Performance Program students in the concert:

Manhattan School of Music’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.