Ralph Locke of The Boston Musical Intelligencer calls the recording a “fun” and “strong performance” by Manhattan School of Music students of this 1810 opera by Nicolas Isouard. The CD was released in May 2018 on Arkiv Music.
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The respected classical music station WQXR (operated by New York City’s NPR network WNYC) is streaming performances by Precollege students at Manhattan School of Music. This Saturday-only program at MSM during the academic year, is for talented musicians ages 5-18. Featured ensembles on the WQXR broadcast initially on Dec 12, 2018, include the Precollege Philharmonic, Precollege Symphony, and the Senior Select Chorus, in a program of Arnold, Holst, Schubert, Reinecke and more.
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Nikita Stepanenko, is a junior at Manhattan School of Music, and a student of Alexandre Moutouzkine. He is one of five students to receive the 10K scholarship from Boro, a leader in personal and auto loans for all college students, who gives this award to international students who have excelled during their educational endeavors in the United States. Nikita is from Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
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The album Character Study on Steeplechase Records “showcases a sound rooted in modern jazz, informed by classical composition.. a rare depth of lyricism, authoritative swing and compositional intelligence,” writes the online publication Jazz Fuel. The Toronto-native, who received a Doctorate in Music from MSM, is joined on the recording by Tim Hagans (trumpet), Gary Versace (piano), Jay Anderson (bass), and Bill Stewart (drums).
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The former MSM Precollege student performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in early December. Patrick Rucker of The Washington Post writes “Dinnerstein is an artist of strikingly original ideas and irrefutable integrity. These attributes, combined with elegance and grace, lend her music-making its captivating beauty.”
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Congratulations to the MSM alumni and faculty nominated in nine categories for the 61st Grammy Awards, including best jazz solo (Regina Carter), best large jazz ensemble (Jim McNeely) and best classical solo vocal album (Anthony Roth Costanzo MM ’08). The awards will be broadcast FEB 10, 2019 on CBS.
Read the full list of MSM nominees here.
American Dream, Bearthoven’s sophomore release (Cantaloupe Music), “is a reflection of the contemporary American state of mind. Rather than making a political statement, this album reflects the paradoxical nature of the ‘American Dream’ in our current era,” says the group. Consisting of three monumental new works by MSM composition graduate Scott Wollschleger, American Dream will be available on on FEB 8, 2019, with an album release performance at the Tenri Cultural Institute in NYC at 8 PM.
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The respected on-line publication New York Classical Week reviewed the first of three 10th anniversary concerts this month by the loadbang ensemble comprised of baritone Jeffrey Gavett (MM ’09), trumpeter Andy Kozar (MM’09), clarinetist Carlos Cordeiro (MM ’12), and trombonist William Lang (MM ’09). The four met as students while attending MSM’s Contemporary Performance Program. The DEC 5 concert at the Church of the Intercession in NYC included a work by MSM composition faculty member and alum Reiko Fueting (DMA ’00), who is on the artistic advisory board of loadbang. Also on their advisory board are MSM Faculty members Todd Reynolds and Mike Lowenstein. loadbang is also performing DEC 6 at the Jerome Robbins Theatre at the Baryshnikov Arts Center at 7:30 PM.
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Soprano Shaina Martinez (MM ’18) is taking part in the Maria Callas tribute as a winner of the Talents of the World 2nd International Voice Competition. In 2018, she also won the Eisenberg-Fried Competion, 3rd place in the Concurso Internacional de Cano Lirico in Trujillo, Peru, as well as an award for the Best Interpretation of a Peruvian Art Song, for her selection, sung in Quechua. She was a featured artist this fall with the MSM Philharmonia (photo), under the baton of Perry So. The program of the Dec 21 concert at Carnegie Hall “reflects Maria Callas’s versatile voice and will include some of the best-known soprano arias and ensembles from Roméo and Juliette, Norma, Tosca, La Traviata, and others.”
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Current MSM Precollege Students:
Jason Arkins, jazz baritone saxophone – honorable mention Esteban Castro, jazz piano – finalist Ethan Furman, jazz percussion – honorable mention Abraham Gold, jazz piano – honorable mention Anton Kot, jazz percussion – honorable mention Cheng Io Lo, classical violin – honorable mention Abigail Nishiwaki, classical violin – honorable mention Satchel Peterson, jazz guitar – honorable mention Vittorio Stropoli, jazz piano – honorable mention Rebecca Webster, jazz percussion – merit Chelsea Xia, classical violin – merit
MSM Precollege Alumni:
Zachary Davis, jazz trumpet – honorable mention Joanna Lau, classical flute – honorable mention Patrick Leavy, jazz double bass – honorable mention Coby Petricone-Berg, jazz alto saxophone — honorable mention Nico Wohl, jazz guitar – finalist
MSM Precollege Alumnus and current MSM College Student:
Varun Das, jazz percussion – finalist
Learn more about the awards here
This jazz opera is based on the family story of MSM faculty member Ted Rosenthal — letters written by Rosenthal’s grandmother in Nazi Germany to her son in Chicago, where he was studying, having left Germany only a few months before Kristallnacht. This heartbreaking yet hopeful story will have its world premiere with the New York City Opera at National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene on Jan 9 to 13.
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It is a busy season for MSM voice department faculty member Judy Clurman! Performances of “Songs of Freedom: A Celebration of Chanukah” arranged by Judith Clurman, Larry Hockman and Brian Stokes Mitchell will take place in December by symphonies in Boston, Houston, and Toronto. She will be Music Director and Conductor at Carnegie Hall on Dec 21-22 of the Essential Voices USA who are performing with The New York Pops; and “Eight Days of Lights” by Judith Clurman and David Chase will have its world premiere in December by the Boston Symphony Children’s Chorus in Symphony Hall, Boston.
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Reviewer Jeremy Nicholas calls the recording “outstanding,” describing Xiayin Wang’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concertos – No 1, Op 23; No 3, Op 75, accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, as “one of the freshest and most enjoyable accounts I have ever heard,” and her interpretation of Scriabin Piano Concerto, Op 20 as “among the most deeply felt and warm-hearted accounts you will hear.”
December issue of Gramophone here Buy the recording here
David is interviewed by host Eamonn Lenihan on the Talk Mode podcast, speaking about his projects, working with Miles Davis, hanging out with jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd Sax, his appreciation of jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Sidney Bechet — and shares what he enjoys about teaching at MSM.
Carolina is a first year Masters Voice student at MSM, studying with Shirley Close, and is currently appearing in the role of Mariuccia in the MSM Opera Theatre production of I due timidi by composer Nino Rota (DEC 6-9). The Bolivian-Albanian soprano, born and raised in Germany, won the First Grand Prize this year at the Berliner International Music Competition, and was awarded the Special Prize at the TV production, SWR Young Opera Stars 2018. The ICSC competition, presented by American Vocal Arts, will announce the winners in 2019. The “Audience Favorite Award” is selected by votes from the public — to vote, visit the ICSC website.
Learn more here More about Carolina López Moreno here
In 1893, Dvořák premiered original works on Beethoven’s birthday at what was then a newly opened Carnegie Hall. This important moment in musical history is being celebrated this Dec 18 with the concert “Dvořák at Carnegie Hall.” Featured performers include the ASQ performing Dvořák’s Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 alongside MSM alum, the celebrated Chinese-born pianist Tian Jiang (MM ’89).
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The Vietnamese-American concert pianist is interviewed and performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt on Philadelphia’s jazz and classical music radio station. Alexander Bui’s solo graduation recital at Manhattan School of Music earlier this year was described by The Press of Atlantic City as “a dazzling display of virtuosity and temperament.” He was a semi-finalist on the hit TV show, “America’s Got Talent” in 2010, and his recent solo performance with Ocean City Pops was praised by the Ocean City Sentinel.
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The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is showcasing compositions by four women, performed by women, marking the year that New Zealand became the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. A New Zealand native, Salina Fisher is a composer and violinist studying at MSM with composer and singer Susan Botti. A composition by Fisher was recently performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; She has twice been the recipient of New Zealand’s top composition award.
For Monica Ellis, a native of Pittsburgh’s Hill District, the bassoon signaled a ticket to the world, a path through high school, college, career, fame, travel and purpose.
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Created to accompany his latest album “ARC,” the performance at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Nov 26 and 27 features choreography by Tony-award winner Justin Peck and live artwork by George Condo, produced from behind a backlit screen. Videos directed by nine artists will play, and audience members will be transported from one space to another, with all performers wearing costumes designed by Raf Simons of Calvin Klein. Produced in collaboration with Opera Philadelphia, National Sawdust, the art-fashion media company Visionaire, and Cath Brittan.
Founded in 2015, the Hanoi New Music Ensemble is the first professional contemporary music ensemble in Vietnam. Its members are among the nation’s best professional musicians and teachers, and its mission is to present new Vietnamese music throughout the country and to represent Vietnam to international audiences. Nguyen studies with MSM faculty member and composer, Reiko Füting.
The Grammy-winning singer performs as the witch, in a cast that includes mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, sopranos Liv Redpath and Melody Moore, and bass-baritone Craig Colclough. James Conlon conducts this work by 19th century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, with a libretto by Humperdinck’s sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale.
The esteemed MSM faculty member, violinist, violist and conductor, will conduct works by Chausson and Elgar, and play viola in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, alongside renowned German violinist and his former pupil Viviane Hagner (PD ’00). Mr. Zukerman was Music Director of the NAC Orchestra for 16 years and returns several times each season. At MSM, he accepts a limited number of exceptionally gifted violinists and violists as private students in the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program.
The New Zealand-native, considered one of the nation’s best singers and one of the world’s best Heldentenors, speaks about his career on Nov. 20 at the NZSO event In Conversation with Simon O’Neill. On Nov. 17 & 18, Simon O’Neill was a featured soloist in performances celebrating the reopening of Manhattan School of Music’s Neidorff-Karpati Hall.
Dawn will perform in Maria Schneider’s Winter Morning Walks — for which the soprano won her most recent Grammy for best classical solo performance — and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Xian Zhang conducts.
“The Insects Became Magnetic” is scored for orchestra and electronics, and is a commission by the LA Philharmonic. Leading the orchestra is Roderick Cox, who was guest conductor for MSM’s Centennial Opening Day Celebration concert in Sept. 2018.
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After earning his MM in Contemporary Performance at MSM, Alejandro pursued his MFA at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His new position is a cross-departmental position split between Vanderbilt’s Cinema and Media Arts Program, and its Department of Art.
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The November issue of Jazziz magazine spotlights Stefon’s latest release Sonic Creed, recorded with his band Black Out. Music from the album is featured on the Jazziz playlist, “Music From The Magazine.”
Jingping He has been studying with Linda Chesis, as a student in MSM’s Orchestral Performance Program.
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The great trumpeter, educator composer, and educator is renowned for both his playing, and for his expertise in the field of music education. He’s playing two sets at this prestigious jazz club at Lincoln Center with his quartet, JFQ.
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