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“At MSM we promote the highest standards of excellence in our supportive atmosphere, infused with the incomparable creative energy of New York City.”
James Gandre
President, Manhattan School of Music
NEWS RELEASE: Manhattan School of Music (MSM) today announced that President James Gandre will retire from his position in June 2028, concluding a 15-year tenure as the School’s ninth president. President Gandre, who first served MSM in a variety of administrative and leadership roles from 1985 to 2000, returned to the School as president in 2013. At more than 13 years, he is already the second-longest-serving president in MSM’s history, surpassed only by the School’s founder, Janet Daniels Schenck.
NEWS RELEASE: Renowned international music conservatory Manhattan School of Music (MSM) has received a $3.5-million gift from Carl Kanter. In recognition of this generous support, MSM’s largest academic division will be named the Kanter Family Instrumental Studies and Orchestral Performance Division.
Resident Life Assistants — known more familiarly as RAs — are MSM students hired and trained by staff members of MSM’s Residence Life office in Student Affairs, overseen by Director of Residence Life April Jenkins and Assistant Director of Residence Life Makila Kirchner. Get to know this year's RAs!
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