(New York, NY - April 28, 2005) Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, announces The Mannes Beethoven Institute from Sunday, June 5 - Saturday, June 11, 2005, which will explore Beethoven’s sonatas, piano trios and string quartets in a week of intensive study. A distinguished faculty will offer students a mixture of private lessons, master classes, lectures, and public concerts. Students work closely with faculty towards public performances of their own at the end of the Institute.
The Mannes Beethoven Institute takes place at Mannes College of Music, 150 West 85th Street, NYC. Thomas Sauer is the Artistic Director of The Mannes Beethoven Institute.
This summer’s esteemed faculty includes: pianists Randall Hodgkinson, Jacob Lateiner, Robert McDonald and Thomas Sauer; violinists Pamela Frank and Nicholas Kitchen; cellists Colin Carr and Timothy Eddy; Brentano String Quartet; lecturers Joel Lester (Dean of Mannes College of Music) and Carl Schachter.
FOR LISTINGS:
Two all-Beethoven concerts will take place at the Mannes Concert Hall at Mannes College of Music, 150 West 85th Street, NYC. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at Mannes. For more information, call (212) 580-0210, ext. 4838 or e-mail [email protected]. The Web site for the Institute is at www.mannes.edu.
Faculty concerts (Admission is $15.):
Sunday, June 5, 2005, 5:00 p.m.
Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 24
Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81a
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
Performers: Brentano String Quartet, Randall Hodgkinson, Nicholas Kitchen, Thomas Sauer
Wednesday, June 8, 2005, 8:00 p.m.
Cello Sonata in A Major, Op. 69
Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97
Performers: Colin Carr, Timothy Eddy, Serena Canin, Thomas Sauer
Master classes: Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10, 2005, daily from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Lectures:
Monday, June 6, 2005, 5:00 p.m.
Carl Schachter, “Beethoven’s Sketches for Op. 24”
Thursday, June 9, 2005, 5:00 p.m.
Joel Lester, “Aspects of the ‘Ghost’ Trio”
Participant concerts (Free Admission):
Friday, June 10, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 11, 2005, 12:30 and 4:30 p.m.
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 College of Music, call (212) 580-0210 or go to the Web site at www.mannes.edu.