Celebrating 100 Years of Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music celebrated its 100th Anniversary in 2018–19 with the re-opening of its fully renovated concert hall, a new campus entrance, and a season of special events and performances to mark this auspicious landmark.
The Centennial Project
After several years of strategic planning and ongoing fundraising, the Centennial Project — comprising a renovation of Manhattan School of Music’s principal performance space and the opening of a grand new campus entrance — has been completed. More than a mere refurbishment of Neidorff-Karpati Hall, this endeavor represents a wholesale re-imagining of the hall’s aesthetic and acoustic environment; its re-opening reverberating through every corner of MSM.
A larger, more open stage easily accommodates the largest symphony orchestras, opera, and musical theatre productions, while new, comfortable chairs in an acoustically sound and resonant listening environment will enhance the live music and theatre experience for future generations of listeners. And getting there is half the fun: all who enter MSM are welcomed through a grand new entrance on Claremont Avenue, one that radiates the warmth of the MSM Community and underscores the artistic excellence for which we are known.
“We’re thrilled to share elements of our past, present, and future with New York audiences and the world in a year of events that tell a ground-breaking story of vision, community, inclusiveness, and artistic excellence.” Dr. James Gandre President of Manhattan School of Music
“We’re thrilled to share elements of our past, present, and future with New York audiences and the world in a year of events that tell a ground-breaking story of vision, community, inclusiveness, and artistic excellence.”
Dr. James Gandre
President of Manhattan School of Music
The 100th Anniversary of this remarkable institution allowed us the opportunity to celebrate the dedication, talent, and vision that have brought MSM to its current place among the world’s great music conservatories, and also allowed us to mark the dawn of our next 100 years. Three prominent concert events, featuring current students, faculty, and distinguished alumni, served as focal points for MSM’s season-long Centennial celebrations:
Please read more details about our Centennial programming in this overview by John Blanchard (MM ’89), Institutional Historian & Director of Archives.
John Corigliano To Music for orchestra Friday, September 28, 2018 Symphony Orchestra, Riverside Church Nave, Roderick Cox, conductor
Nicolas Flagello Burlesca for flute and guitar Friday, September 28, 2018 Concert No. 1: Solo and Chamber Music Showcase
Robert Sirota A Rush of Wings for orchestra * Thursday, October 4, 2018 Philharmonia, Perry So, conductor
Robert Sirota American Pilgrimage for string quartet * Friday, October 5, 2018 American String Quartet
David Noon Anniversary Fanfare for orchestra * Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Chamber Sinfonia, George Manahan, conductor
David Noon Sweelinck Variations for concert band Monday, October 22, 2018 Wind Ensemble, Perry So, conductor
David Noon Threnos for solo piano / Fantasy Variations for solo piano / Simple Variations for solo piano Monday, November 12, 2018 Faculty Composers Concert
Ludmila Ulehla I Met Three Angels the Other Day (1994) * / Tumble, Three Devils (1994) * Monday, November 12, 2018 Faculty Composers Concert
Nils Vigeland Three Variations (1990/2018) * Monday, November 12, 2018 Faculty Composers Concert
Aaron Jay Kernis Harlem River Reveille for brass * Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Brass Ensemble, David Jolley, conductor
John Corigliano The End of the Line for soprano and piano Thursday, January 17, 2019 Faculty Recital: Andrew Gerle (Musical Theatre faculty), piano
Vittorio Giannini “Sing to My Heart a Song” for voice and piano Thursday, January 17, 2019 Faculty Recital: Andrew Gerle (Musical Theatre faculty), piano
Vittorio Giannini Symphony No. 3 for concert band Friday, January 18, 2019 Wind Ensemble, Eugene Corporon, Conductor
Nicolas Flagello Valse Noire, arr. for sax quartet by Walter Simmons (BM ’72 / MM ’74) Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Ursula Mamlok Rückblick for saxophone and piano Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Ellias Tanenbaum Sax Quartet Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Ned Rorem Symphony No. 1 for orchestra Saturday, February 9, 2019 Precollege Philharmonic
Nicolas Flagello A Goldoni Overture for orchestra Friday, February 22, 2019 Philharmonia, George Manahan, conductor
Mike Perdue (MM ’11) L’Histoire du diable for seven percussionists (World Premiere) Friday, September 28, 2018 Percussion Ensemble
Reiko Füting (DMA ’00) Five Meditations on Music from Luigi Rossi’s Collection * Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Faculty Recital: Inesa Sinkevych
Michael Daugherty (MM ’78) On the Air for concert band Friday, October 12, 2018 Wind Ensemble, Daniela Candillari, conductor
Andy Akiho (MM ’09) to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem for percussion Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Percussion Ensemble
Mike Perdue (MM ’11) L’Histoire du diable for seven percussionists Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Percussion Ensemble
Rupert Holmes (’67) Elegy for soprano and piano (World Premiere) Thursday, January 17, 2019 Faculty Recital: Andrew Gerle (Musical Theatre faculty), piano
John Musto (BM ’76 / MM ’80) Recuerdo for soprano and piano Thursday, January 17, 2019 Faculty Recital: Andrew Gerle (Musical Theatre faculty), piano
Anna Clyne (MM ‘05) <<rewind<< for orchestra * Saturday, February 9, 2019 Precollege Philharmonic
John Corigliano (’63 / HonDoc ’92) To Music for orchestra Friday, September 28, 2018 Symphony Orchestra, Riverside Church Nave, Roderick Cox, conductor
Nicolas Flagello (BM ’49 / MM ’50) Burlesca for flute and guitar Friday, September 28, 2018 Concert No. 1: Solo and Chamber Music Showcase
Ludmila Ulehla (BM ’47 / MM ’48) I Met Three Angels the Other Day (1994) * / Tumble, Three Devils (1994) * Monday, November 12, 2018 Faculty Composers Concert
Reiko Füting (DMA ’00) procession – process: peace (dona nobis pacem) (2017) for clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
Susan Botti (MM ’90) Narrow Flame (2005) / listen, it’s snowing (1990) *
Aaron Jay Kernis (BM ’81) Harlem River Reveille for brass * Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Brass Ensemble, David Jolley, conductor
John Corigliano (’63 / HonDoc ’92) The End of the Line for soprano and piano Thursday, January 17, 2019 Faculty Recital: Andrew Gerle (Musical Theatre faculty), piano
Nicolas Flagello (BM ’49 / MM ’50) Valse Noire, arr. for sax quartet by Walter Simmons (BM ’72 / MM ’74) Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Steve Cohen (BM ’76) Trio (2017) for flute, alto saxophone and piano Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Stanley Grill (BM ’75, MM ’82) The Children Are Crying (2018) Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Ursula Mamlok (BM ’57, MM ’58) Rückblick for saxophone and piano Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Nicolas Flagello (BM ’49 / MM ’50) A Goldoni Overture for orchestra Friday, February 22, 2019 Philharmonia, George Manahan, conductor
Adolphus Hailstork (BM ’63 / MM ’65) Epitaph For A Man Who Dreamed for orchestra Friday, February 15, 2019 Chamber Sinfonia, Jane Glover, conductor
Anna Clyne (MM ‘05) <<rewind<< for orchestra * Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Tobias Picker (BM ’76) Emmeline, an opera Thursday–Sunday, April 25–28, 2019 Opera Theatre
Elaine Alvarez (BM ’02 / MM ’04), soprano Elaine Alvarez appears by courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera Friday, September 28, 2018 Symphony and Chorus, Riverside Church
Ronnita Miller (MM ’03), mezzo-soprano Friday, September 28, 2018 Symphony and Chorus, Riverside Church
Bryan Register (MM ’94), tenor Friday, September 28, 2018 Symphony and Chorus, Riverside Church
Jan Williams (BM ’63 / MM ’64), percussion Friday, October 5, 2018 Master Class
Glen Velez (’74), percussion Friday, October 12, 2018 Master Class
Alexandra Beliakovich (BM ’10 / MM ’12), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Simone Dinnerstein (Precollege), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Ruiqi Fang (MM ’13 / PS ’14), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Wael Farouk (PS ’07), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Kirill Gerstein (BM ’99 / MM ’00), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Adam Kent (BM ’86 / MM ’87), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
José Ramón Mendez (BM ’91 / DMA ’02), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Alexandre Moutouzkine (MM ’03 / PS ’05 / AD ’06), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Yuan Sheng (MM ’03), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Inesa Sinkevych (PS ’06), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Chun Wang (PS ’09), piano Monday, October 29, 2018 Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert
Elmar Oliveira (BM ’72 / HonDoc ’85), violin Thursday, November 15, 2018 Master Class
Justin Austin (BM ’14, MM ’17), baritone Sunday, November 18, 2018 Neidorff-Karpati Hall Opening Celebration
Shuler Hensley (BM ’90 / HonDoc ’14), baritone Saturday/Sunday, November 17/18, 2018 Neidorff-Karpati Hall Opening Celebration
Simon O’Neill (MM ’00), tenor Saturday, November 17, 2018 Neidorff-Karpati Hall Opening Celebration
Robert McDonald (DMA ’90), piano Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Master Class
Cree Carrico (MM ’13), soprano Thursday, January 17, 2019 Faculty Recital: Andrew Gerle (Musical Theatre faculty), piano
Matt Decker (MM ’13), percussion Friday, January 18, 2019 Master Class
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe Tuesday, October 30, 2019 with Windscape
Jeff Scott, horn Tuesday, October 30, 2019 with Windscape
Monica Ellis, bassoon Tuesday, October 30, 2019 with Windscape
Allison Brewter Franzetti (BM ’77), violin Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Kathleen Nester (MM ’85), flute Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Wonki Lee (BM ’12, MM ’14), saxophone Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Raymond Kelly (MM ’14), saxophone Thursday, January 24, 2019 Faculty Recital: Paul Cohen
Steve Marzullo (BM ’84), music director Wednesday–Friday, February 13/14/15, 2019 Musical Theatre: And the World Goes ‘Round
Logan Skelton (DMA ’91), piano Wednesday, April 3, 2019 Master Class
Philippe L’Esperance (MM ’17), tenor Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Joshua Sanders (MM ’17), tenor Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
John Bogan (BM ’17), guitar Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Dominic Cheli (BM ’14), piano Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Thomas Lausmann (PS ’00), piano Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
J’Nai Bridges (BM ’09), mezzo-soprano Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Raehann Bryce-Davis (MM ’12, PS ’13), mezzo-soprano Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Blake Friedman (MM ’09, PS ’10), tenor Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Yunpeng Wang (MM ’13), baritone Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Susan Graham (MM ’87 / HonDoc ’08), mezzo-soprano Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Kelly Hall-Tompkins (MM ’95 / HonDoc ’17), violin Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
James Morris, bass Friday, September 28, 2018 Symphony and Chorus, Riverside Church
Olga Kern, pianist Saturday/Sunday, November 17/18, 2018 Neidorff-Karpati Hall Opening Celebration
Nathan Hetherington (MM ’04, MM ’06, Precollege faculty), conductor Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), conductor Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
David Leisner, guitar Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Mark Delpriora (BM ’82, MM ’87), guitar Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
André-Michel Schub, piano Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Kent Tritle, organ Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Terence Blanchard (MSM Board of Trustees), jazz trumpet Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Glenn Dicterow, violinist Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Leonard Slatkin (Distinguished Visiting Guest Artist), conductor Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
Olga Kern, pianist Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Carnegie Hall Gala
MIKE PERDUE (MM ’11) L’Histoire du Diable for seven percussionists (World Premiere) [Work inspired by Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat, which was premiered on September 28, 1918] Friday, September 28, 2018 Concert No. 1: Solo and Chamber Music Showcase
BERNSTEIN New York, New York [Bernstein born in 1918] Friday, September 28, 2018
BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue and Riffs [Bernstein born in 1918] Monday, October 22, 2018 Wind Ensemble, Perry So, conductor
BERNSTEIN / arr. Alan R Kay Trouble in Tahiti Prelude [Bernstein born in 1918] Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Windscape
BERNSTEIN / arr. Alan R Kay Wrong Note Rag (first performance) [Bernstein born in 1918] Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Windscape
DEBUSSY / arr. David Jolley Afternoon of a Faun [Debussy died in 1918] Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Windscape
STRAVINSKY / arr. David Jolley Ragtime [Written in 1918] Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Windscape
BERNSTEIN Selections from Musicals [Bernstein born in 1918] Saturday/Sunday, November 17/18, 2018 Neidorff-Karpati Hall Opening Celebration, George Manahan, conductor
PUCCINI Suor Angelica [Premiered in 1918] Thursday–Sunday, December 6–9, 2018 Opera Theatre
DELIUS A Song Before Sunrise [Written in 1918] Saturday, February 16, 2019 Student Performance Project: Ken Yanagisawa and Joseph Carlomagno, conductors
ELLIOT ROMAN (Current Student) Macte virtute sic itur ad astra for chorus and piano [a World Premiere written in honor of the MSM Centennial, setting the School’s motto] Friday, September 28, 2018 Concert No. 1: Solo and Chamber Music Showcase
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 [this work was performed at the dedication concert of MSM’s John C. Borden Auditorium in 1970] Friday, September 28, 2018 Symphony and Chorus, Riverside Church
“Lives of the Piano” with Lisa Yui (DMA ’05): “Legacies: Celebrating the History of MSM’s Piano Department” — Panel discussion and video presentation on Dora Zaslavsky Koch and Constance Keene, as well as live performances by their former students Thursday, October 18, 2018
Mikowsky Hall Re-Opening Concert Monday, October 29, 2018
BEETHOVEN Consecration of the House Overture [this work was programmed in 1940 at the dedication of MSM’s Hubbard Auditorium on E. 105th Street] Saturday/Sunday, November 17/18, 2018 Neidorff-Karpati Hall Opening Celebration, George Manahan, conductor
JOAN TOWER Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman [this work programmed in honor of MSM’s founder, Janet Daniel Schenck, who was born on November 22, 1883] Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Brass Ensemble, David Jolley, conductor
Student Project in Performance: Brandon Cazden, Tuba “Electrotuba” — Works and arrangements for tuba and electronics, including the premiere of a multimedia tribute to MSM’s history Thursday, January 10, 2019
Student Project in Performance: Thomas Feng, piano “Transcending Tradition: Music Outside the Box” — A retrospective of works by sui generis MSM composers that challenge conventions of classical concert performance, extending practice into unique instrumentations, spoken word, and visual media Monday, January 14, 2019
Faculty Recital: Andrew Gerle (Musical Theatre faculty), piano, featuring alumna Cree Carrico (MM ’13), soprano “A Century in the City” — Works by JOHN MUSTO (BM ’76, MM ’80), LEONARD BERNSTEIN, and former MSM faculty members JOHN CORIGLIANO (’63, HonDMA ’92), and VITTORIO GIANNINI, with world premieres by ANDREW GERLE and RUPERT HOLMES (’67) Thursday, January 17, 2019
Faculty Recital: Saxophones w/ Paul Cohen (MM ’76 / DMA ’85) “MSM Connections” — Works by former MSM faculty members NICOLAS FLAGELLO (BM ’49 / MM ’50), ELIAS TANENBAUM, and URSULA MAMLOK (BM ’57 / MM ’58), and alumnus Steve Cohen (‘76). Thursday, January 24, 2019
Student Project in Performance: Ken Yanagisawa and Joseph Carlomagno, conductors [Orchestral works either published, edited, or orchestrated around the time of MSM’s founding, including Frederick Delius’ 1918 A Song Before Sunrise] Saturday, February 16, 2019
“Lives of the Piano” with Lisa Yui (DMA ’05): “The Piano and the MSM Centenary: Celebrating 10 Decades of Piano Music” Thursday, February 21, 2019
Black History Concert presented by the MSM Black Student Union Celebrating MSM’s longest standing student-run tradition with performances by students, faculty, alumni, and friends Thursday, February 28, 2019
Pinchas Zukerman 70th Birthday Celebration Wednesday, March 20, 2019
*premiere given at MSM
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