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MSM News

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.

MSM Commencement 2025

WATCH LIVE on May 22 at 1 PM! MSM's annual Commencement ceremony at The Riverside Church is an important celebration of the enormous achievements of our graduates. View the ceremony on this page.

“To my incredible class: we did it—and I’m so proud of us.” Meet Eugenia Cho, the student speaker for MSM Commencement 2025!

Eugenia Cho (MM ’25), Orchestral Violin, is this year's student commencement speaker! We spoke to Eugenia about her time at MSM, her parting words for her class, and what she would like to tell her younger self.

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