Contacts:
Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
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Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 206
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Patricia A. Neely, Mannes College of Music
212-580-0210, ext. 228
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MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES MASTER CLASS WITH VIOLINIST
GLENN DICTEROW – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2001 AT 4 PM
(New York, NY – August 24, 2001) - Mannes College of Music,
a division of New School University, announces a master class with acclaimed
violinist, Glenn Dicterow. The class will take place on Tuesday, October 16,
2001 at 4PM at Mannes College of Music. Admission is free to this event. For
further information, call Mannes at 212/496-8524. Mannes College of Music is
located at 150 West 85th Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues) in
NYC. (Take the #1/9 subway to 85th Street).
Mr. Dicterow made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
at age twelve and his New York Philharmonic debut at age eighteen. During these
years, he captured the Young Musicians Foundation Grant and the Coleman Competition
Award in Los Angeles, the Kimber and Klumpky Awards in San Francisco, and medals
at both the Merriwether Post Competition in Washington D.C. and the Tchaikovsky
International Competition in Moscow. In 1972, at the age of 23, Mr. Dicterow
joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Associate Concertmaster; was named Concertmaster
in 1976 and served in that capacity until the end of the 1979 season. Since
1980, Mr. Dicterow has had the prestigious position of Concertmaster of the
New York Philharmonic. He has also appeared with the orchestras of San Francisco,
Indianapolis, Seattle, Baltimore, New Jersey, Kansas City and Montreal to name
a few.
Glen Dicterow's recordings include works of Wieniawksi with Zubin
Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Herman Goetz's complete chamber music
for strings, Lee Holdrige's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony, and the
Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic. He was also solo
violinist in the film scores Altered States and The Turning Point.
His teachers have included Ivan Galamian, Naoum Blinder, Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern and Henryk Szeryng. He currently serves on the violin faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School.
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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