The US premiere of Carla Bley’s “Escalator Over the Hill” is set to take place at the New School. The cross-genre ‘jazz opera,’ “Escalator Over the Hill” was written in 1971 by Bley and Paul Haines. The piece will be performed in its entirety by a vocal ensemble of students, alum, and faculty from the School of Jazz & Contemporary {…}
The faculty union at New York City’s Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege division has voted for a strike authorization. In 2024, the school’s precollege faculty launched a petition calling for their salary to be brought in line with the industry standard for pre-college music teaching in NYC. The petition garnered nearly 2,000 signatures. According to the petition, staff pay rates {…}
Jennifer Patten, an educator, administrator, cellist, and dancer based in New York City, has been appointed as the new Executive Director of The Diller-Quaile School of Music. Patten begins her role on August 12. The appointment was announced by the School’s Board of Directors following an extensive search process conducted in partnership with the executive search firm Isaacson, Miller. Kirsten {…}