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MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES MASTER CLASS WITH CELLIST FRED SHERRY - NOVEMBER 27, 2001 AT 4PM

(New York, NY — October 12, 2001) - Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, announces a master class with acclaimed cellist, Fred Sherry. The class will take place on Tuesday, November 27, 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 subway to 85th Street).

Cellist Fred Sherry, who has performed nearly 1,500 times with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society since the early 1970's, became an Artist Member in 1984 and served as its Artistic Director from 1989 to 1992. A champion of contemporary music, Mr. Sherry has introduced audiences on five continents and all 50 United States to music of our time through his close association with composers including Babbitt, Berio, Carter, Davidovsky, Foss, Knussen, Lieberson, Mackey, Takemitsu, and Wuorinen. Mr. Sherry was a founding member of Tashi and Speculum Musicae, a member of the Galimir String Quartet and the Group for Contemporary Music, and is one of seven Resident Artists of Bargemusic, Ltd. He is a member of the faculty of The Juilliard School and is working on a treatise about modern string playing. Mr. Sherry is the creator and director of "A Great Day in New York," the groundbreaking festival featuring 52 living composers, presented by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Merkin Concert Hall in January and February 2001.

In the vast scope of his recording career, Fred Sherry has been a soloist and "sideman" on hundreds of commercial and esoteric recordings for RCA, Nonesuch, Vanguard, Koch International, ECM, and Delos, in music ranging from Heinrich Schutz to Chick Corea. Recently he recorded the Schoenberg-Monn cello concerto with Robert Craft and the Philharmonia Orchestra of London for Koch International.

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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