The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) has named educator, director, and arts ambassador Dr. Carleen Graham as its inaugural Associate Dean and Director of Vocal Arts. Graham assumes her new role beginning on June 1, 2021. Graham currently serves as the director of Houston Grand Opera’s HGOco, a celebrated initiative that connects the company to its community through learning and {…}
Manhattan School of Music, one of the premier music schools in the United States, announced a roster of 24 Black artists ranging from instrumentalists to educators, authors, activists, composers, and singers to become Artists Scholars. The illustrious roster includes Pulitzer Prize winning composer Anthony Davis, classical pianist Lara Downes, and novelist Tayari Jones. The Artists Scholars will take part in {…}
(Credit: Fabian Obispo) The Manhattan School of Music has announced that opera and theatre director Tazewell Thompson has been named as their Director of Opera Studies, effective immediately. He will be responsible for developing the artistic vision of the program, teaching and directing the students in the Senior Opera Theatre program, and shaping performance opportunities for graduate students. As a {…}
Theodore Front Music Literature, Inc., a leading sheet music and music book dealer based in Santa Clarita, California has named Black composer, Dr. Adolphus Hailstork as its composer of the month. Hailstork is currently at work on a George Floyd requiem cantata titled “A Knee On a Neck.” The piece is scored for orchestra, chorus, tenor, baritone, and mezzo-soprano. The {…}
The Manhattan School of Music has announced its fall 2019 performance season which will feature a number of orchestral, musical theater, and opera showcases. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the vocal and operatic performances. The first major vocal showcase will be Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street.” The production {…}
The Metropolitan Opera’s General Manager Peter Gelb will be among those receiving honorary doctorates of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music during its commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10, 2019. Gelb will also give a Commencement address at the Ceremony, which is part of the institution’s 100th anniversary celebration. Gelb will be honored alongside conductor Jane Glover, composer {…}
On May 3, 2019, Australian soprano Yvette Keong will perform her graduation recital at the Manhattan School of Music’s Greenfield Hall. While still a member of the school’s Senior Opera Theater, Keong has quickly begun to make a name for herself with recent appearances in the role of Pamina in the Berlin Opera Academy’s 2018 production of “Die Zauberflöte,” which {…}
Saturday, April 13, 2019 saw the second performance of the Manhattan School of Music’s production of the Springtime favorite, “Albert Herring.” With the production running for three nights, each night featured a different cast, comprised of students from the school’s Senior Opera Theater, headed by conductor Jorge Parodi and director Dona D. Vaughn. This effervescent work, composed by Benjamin Britten, {…}
The 2019 first-place winner of Manhattan School of Music’s prestigious Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition has been announced. This year the winner of the competition was soprano Hyeree Shin, a Professional Studies Certificate candidate at the School. Shin received $20,000 in prize money to be used towards her professional development. Soprano Kelly Singer, a second year graduate student at MSM, {…}
It’s the holiday season and Handel’s “Messiah” cropping up everywhere you look in New York City. But the New York City Master Chorale is set to take a new approach to the famed oratorio. Per a press release, the holiday favorite will feature new solo movements by Emily Lau for its presentation on Dec. 8, 2018 at 8 p.m. at the {…}
After a delightful performance of Isouard’s “Cendrillon” during their fall 2017 season, Manhattan School of Music (MSM) showcased another version of the beloved story of Cinderella this weekend, with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola. ” While still celebrating the success of “The Barber of Seville” and not yet 25-years-old, Gioacchino Rossini met Jacopo Ferretti and together they decided to create “La Cenerentola, Ossia La {…}