Contacts:

Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
[email protected]

Patricia A. Neely, Mannes College of Music,
212/229-580-0210, ext. 228
[email protected]

MANNES ART SONG INSTITUTE WITH SOPRANO ELLY AMELING
TO TAKE PLACE AT MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Sunday, August 26 through Thursday, August 30, 2001

(New York, NY – July 30, 2001) The Mannes Art Song Institute, a five-day intensive workshop with soprano Elly Ameling will take place from August 26-30, 2001 at Mannes College of Music. The focus of the workshop will be on the Lieder of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. Master classes will take place with Elly Ameling and be coached by Artistic Director Brian Zeger and others. The Mannes Art Song Institute will also present lectures on German lyric poetry and song by noted scholars.

For further information, call Mannes at 212/580-0210, ext. 303. Tuition is $603 for singers and $458 for pianists. General admission tickets are available at $100 for the week of events or $20 per master class. Evening lecture tickets are available at $10 per ticket. All tickets may be purchased at the door. Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, is located 150 West 85th Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues) in NYC. (Take the #1/9 subway to 85th Street.)

Soprano Elly Ameling has made several recent appearances at Mannes College of Music, sharing her expertise and artistry with the talented singers in the program. Ms. Ameling is admired throughout the world for her expressive voice. Her 1995 farewell tour marked a milestone in a remarkable artistic career. She began her professional debut as a concert singer in Rotterdam in 1953. She performed for more than 40 years in virtually every major cultural center in the world – from Tasmania to Iceland, from Nairobi on the Equator to Finland in the Arctic Circle. Her annual tours and frequent appearances with the leading international orchestras have established her as one of the greatest singers of our age.

THE MANNES ART SONG INSTITUTE WITH ELLY AMELING
BRIAN ZEGER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC
AUGUST 26-30, 2001

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Sunday, August 26, 2001: Students begin rehearsals. Closed sessions.

Monday, August 27, 2001: Master classes from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the Mannes Concert Hall. Admission is $20 per class.

Tuesday, August 28, 2001: Master classes from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the Mannes Concert Hall. Admission is $20 per class.
"On Schubert Reading Poetry," the evening lecture, will take place from 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM at Mannes’s Goldmark Hall. Admission is $10 per ticket.

Wednesday, August 29, 2001: Master classes from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the Mannes Concert Hall. Admission is $20 per class.
The evening lecture (to be announced) will take place from 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM at Mannes’s Goldmark Hall. Admission is $10 per ticket.

Thursday, August 30, 2001: Master classes from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM at the Mannes Concert Hall. Admission is $20 per class.

MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC
150 WEST 85TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10025

For further information: 212/580-0210

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Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, was founded in 1916. It is one of the world’s major conservatories of music. Mannes offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as a Professional Studies Diploma program. Joel Lester is Dean of the College. For further information on Mannes College of Music, call 212/ 580-0210 or go to the Web site at www.mannes.edu

New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students and 25,000 continuing education students, is comprised of seven academic divisions: The New School, the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Mannes College of Music, the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Actors Studio Drama School, as well as the University's B.F.A. in Jazz and Contemporary Music. New School Online University offers one of the largest selections of online courses in the nation. For further information about admission to New School University, call 877-528-3321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu.