CONDUCTOR DAVID HAYES LEADS THE MANNES ORCHESTRA ON
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2003, 8 PM

CONCERT SPOTLIGHTS MANNES STUDENTS: CONDUCTOR DAVID
ROSENMEYER AND VIOLINIST MINGZHAO ZHOU

(New York, NY – March 10, 2003) Conductor David Hayes leads The Mannes Orchestra of Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, on Thursday, April 10, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. at John Jay College, located at 899 Tenth Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets. The free concert spotlights two talented Mannes students: conductor David Rosenmeyer and violinist Mingzhao Zhou. The program features Stravinsky's "Le Baiser de la fee" conducted by David Rosenmeyer (graduating M.M. candidate), Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D with Mingzhao Zhou (second-year student in the B.M. program) as the violin soloist, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 ("Pathétique"). No tickets are required for this free event. For more information, call (212) 496-8524.

David Hayes is Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies at Mannes College of Music. Samuel Wong is the Principal Conductor of The Mannes Orchestra.

David Rosenmeyer makes his debut as conductor of The Mannes Orchestra with his graduation presentation for his Master of Music degree, which he will receive in May 2003. Mr. Rosenmeyer was born in Argentina and began his music studies in Israel, where he lived through his high school years. Returning to Argentina, he graduated from the orchestral conducting program of the Catholic University of Argentina and from the choral conducting program of Juan Jose Castro Conservatory of Music. In 1995, he was awarded 1st Prize at the Argentine Ministry of Music Conducting Competition, and in 1997, he won 1st Prize at The Chamber Orchestra of The National Congress of Argentina Conducting Competition.

In 1996 and 2002, Mr. Rosenmeyer conducted the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Argentina, becoming one of the youngest conductors of the orchestra in its history, and he has also appeared as guest conductor with other orchestras in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.

Mr. Rosenmeyer, who studies with David Hayes, has been active in organizing and conducting extra-curricular concerts at Mannes College of Music, which have featured world premieres of compositions by faculty members Robert Cuckson and David Loeb. An accomplished pianist, he has performed in many recitals in collaboration with student instrumentalists and singers. On April 23, 2003, he and his wife, mezzo-soprano Melena Dayen, also a Mannes student, will perform in a concert at The Spanish Institute as part of the 2003 yearlong Mannes Festival, "The Birth of Romanticism: From Haydn to Schubert." After receiving his Master's degree in Orchestral Conducting, he plans to continue at Mannes as a Master of Music candidate in Theory, while he embarks on his professional career.

Violinist Mingzhao Zhou makes her debut as soloist with The Mannes Orchestra. Her performance of Stravinsky's Violin Concerto with The Mannes Orchestra is her award as 1st Place winner of the Violin Division of the 2002 Mannes Concerto Competition. Ms. Zhou began her study of the violin at age four and a half in her native China. Her first teacher was her father, Yuhua Zhou. At age eight, she appeared as soloist with her community youth orchestra performing Mozart's Fourth Violin Concerto, and Bach's A minor Violin Concerto. At age nine, she entered the Shanghai Conservatory Pre-College School, where she performed frequently in the school orchestra, often as principal violin, as well as in chamber music presentation and solo recitals. In 2001, she came to New York to study at Mannes, where she was chosen to perform in the 2002 Mannes Spring Chamber Music Festival. She has participated in master classes presented by Cho-Liang Lin, and Pamela Frank. At present, Ms. Zhou is a second year Bachelor of Music candidate at Mannes, where she receives a full scholarship, and studies with Lucie Robert.

The next concert in The Mannes Orchestra series will take place on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at the Miller Theater, Columbia University, with conductor Samuel Wong. The Mannes Orchestra will also perform "La Boheme" with the Mannes Opera on Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11, 2003 at the Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College.

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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. Notable alumni from Mannes include soprano Frederica von Stade, pianists Murray Perahia and Richard Goode, and conductors Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whun Chung, JoAnn Falletta and Julius Rudel. 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.

New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students and 25,000 continuing education students, is a New York City university committed to critical scholarship, artistic integrity, and ethical responsibility in the social sciences, humanities, the arts and design. It is comprised of a liberal arts foundation of three schools: The New School, Eugene Lang College and the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, and five professional schools: Parsons School of Design, Mannes College of Music, Actors Studio Drama School, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Jazz & Contemporary Music Program. 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) 5Ave-321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu.