Contacts:
Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
[email protected]
Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 206
[email protected]
Patricia A. Neely, Mannes College of Music
(212) 580-0210, ext. 228
[email protected]
SAMUEL WONG TO CONDUCT THE MANNES ORCHESTRA
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2001 AT 8 PM
PROGRAM AT THE JOHN JAY COLLEGE THEATER TO INCLUDE WORKS
BY BERLIOZ, MOZART AND WAGNER
(New York, NY – August 24, 2001) Samuel Wong will conduct
The Mannes Orchestra in the first concert of the season on Tuesday, October
9, 2001 at 8 PM at the John Jay College Theater. The program will feature Berlioz’s
Roman Carnival, Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 "Prague,"
Wagner’s Die Walk_re: Ride of the Valkyries, Siegfried: Forest Murmurs,
and Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey. The John
Jay College Theater is located at 899 10th Avenue, between 58th and 59th Streets.
No tickets are required for this free performance. For further information on
Mannes College of Music events, call (212) 496-8524.
The next concert in The Mannes Orchestra series will take place
on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 8 PM at the John Jay College Theater.
Conductor Samuel Wong was appointed Music Director of The Mannes Orchestra in 1999. This season, in addition to his work with Mannes, Maestro Wong will return to the Toronto Symphony, the Orchestra of Castilla y Leon in Spain and the Honolulu Symphony. He will make his debut with the Orchestras in Milan, Italy and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Mannes College of Music, founded in 1916, is one of
the world’s major conservatories of music. A division of New School University,
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, call (212) 580-0210 or go to the Web site at www.mannes.edu
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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
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