Administration and History
Administration
Kate Sheeran, Interim Director
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Beth Anderson, Program Assistant
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Kate Sheeran, Interim Director
MM, Yale School of Music; BM, Performer's Certificate, Certificate in Arts Leadership, Eastman School of Music. Horn studies with W. Peter Kurau, and William Purvis. Chamber music studies with Frank Morelli, David Shifrin, Allan Dean, Richard Killmer, and Claude Frank.
Performances with Alarm Will Sound, Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Music Festival Orchestra, Wordless Music Orchestra, Harrisburg Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic, Lancaster Symphony, SATORI Chamber Music Collective, Cayman Arts Festival Orchestra. Performances at the 2007 Holland Festival, 2002 International Horn Society Symposium, Cal Performances Series, Carnegie Hall. Former member, Dickinson College Faculty Wind and Brass Quintets. Aspen Music School Fellowship, 2001-02. Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Career Grant, 2004-05. Recordings on Cantaloupe, Nonesuch, Western Vinyl, and for commercial television and film. Personnel Manager, Alarm Will Sound, 2004-08. Board of trustees, Kinhaven Music School. Former performance faculty, Bucknell University, Dickinson College, Susquehanna University. Associate Director, Mannes Preparatory Division, since 2007. Interim Director, Mannes Preparatory Division, since 2010.
Beth Anderson, Program Assistant
MM, Manhattan School of Music;MSW, New York University; MA, Jersey City State College; BM, University of Missouri at Kansas City (Sigma Alpha Iota). Diploma, Institute for Sociotherapy. Flute studies with William Kincaid, Harold Bennett, and Sue Ann Kahn. Piano studies with Angelica Morales von Sauer. Chamber music studies with Jacob Glick, Patricia Stenberg. Musicology with Fritz Kramer and Joseph Braunstein. Music theory studies with Stephen Jay and Justine Shirrcliff.
Solo flute performances at Weill Recital Hall, Killian Hall (M.I.T.), Tufts University, and with Washington Heights Orchestra, Bloomingdale Chamber Orchestra, and Marshall (MO) Philharmonic. Member, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra and Amato Opera Theater orchestrina. Founding member and director, Gramercy Ensembles. Commissioned and premiered solo and chamber works by Linda Bouchard, Donald Johnston, Stuart Jones, Allen Shawn, and Lynn Steele. Recorded for CRI. Former member, Washington Heights Orchestra, Kansas City Philharmonic, and Ruffino Opera Company. Former faculty, Longy School of Music, Summer Festival of the Arts (ME). Former administrative director, Chamber Music Conference and Composers’ Forum of the East; former assistant director, Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division; former assistant director and chamber music co-ordinator, Longy School of Music. Program assistant, Mannes Preparatory Division, since 1998.
History
Founded by David and Clara Mannes in 1916, Mannes College The New School for Music has made a significant contribution to the musical life of America. Renowned as a violin and piano duo, the Manneses toured extensively at the turn of the century, bringing classical and contemporary music to audiences throughout the nation. As a result of their wide musical experience, David and Clara Mannes came to believe that the education of every child should include the study of music. To that end, they founded the David Mannes Music School, now called Mannes College The New School for Music, which has produced such distinguished concert artists as Murray Perahia, Richard Goode, and Pamela Frank.
The Preparatory Division continues to fulfill the original mission of David and Clara Mannes to develop cultured and literate future generations through the careful and complete musical education of young people. Its students, central to the history of the school, now have full access to the resources of a major conservatory.