Contacts:

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

Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 215
[email protected]

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

MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES
MASTER CLASS WITH CELLIST PETER WILEY
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2002 AT 4PM

(New York, NY – January 2, 2002) - Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, announces a master class with acclaimed cellist, Peter Wiley. The class will take place on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 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 86th Street).

Mr. Wiley is a member of the renowned Guarneri String Quartet, which has played in the world's most prestigious halls in North and South America, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. He attended the Curtis Institute at just thirteen years of age under the tutelage of David Soyer. He continued his impressive youthful accomplishments with his appointment as Principal Cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony at age 20. He has been awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant and was nominated with the Beaux Arts Trio for a Grammy Award in 1998. Peter Wiley has been a faculty artist at Caramoor's "Rising Stars" program, and has taught at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, the Mannes College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He is currently on the faculty at SUNY Purchase and the Curtis Institute of Music.

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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