MANNES ORCHESTRA OPENS 2006-07 SEASON AT LINCOLN CENTER

Free concert at Alice Tully Hall, October 16 at 8 p.m.
features works by Wagner, R. Strauss, and Berlioz

New York City, October 5, 2006 — Love is the theme when The Mannes Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro David Hayes, opens its 2006/2007 season with Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod, Richard Strauss’s Don Juan, and excerpts from Hector Berlioz’s Romeo et Juliette.  The concert takes place at Alice Tully Hall, 65th Street and Broadway, on Monday, October 16, at 8 p.m.  Free tickets are available at the Alice Tully box office: 212.875.5050.

About The Mannes Orchestra

Mannes College The New School for Music has a single orchestra that includes about half of its 300 college students.  This allows younger undergraduates to learn from their more experienced graduate-level colleagues who, in turn, serve as mentors.  Under the leadership of David Hayes, Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies at Mannes, the highly regarded Mannes Orchestral Studies Program prepares young musical artists for careers as orchestral musicians.  During each academic year in public concerts, The Mannes Orchestra performs a comprehensive symphonic repertoire ranging from classical to modern in a series of public concerts mostly at Alice Tully Hall and participates in Mannes Opera productions.  Guest conductors who have led concerts or readings in recent years include Philippe Entremont, Paul Nadler, Leonard Slatkin, and Mannes graduates Yves Abel and JoAnn Falletta. 

Kurt Masur, after directing a reading of Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony, was inspired to write, “I must tell you what a joy it was to rehearse the Mannes Orchestra.  It is clear from the students’ responsiveness, musicality, and willing eagerness to try new ideas that Mannes provides them with a thorough, comprehensive musical education.”

About Mannes

Mannes College The New School for Music is one of the world’s leading conservatories. Founded in 1916, Mannes nurtures tomorrow’s musical leaders in an intimate, supportive community true to the values of classical music. Its eminent faculty and comprehensive curriculum teach musical artistry and impart deep knowledge of music and its structures. Mannes College’s connection to The New School and its location in New York City—just minutes from the world's great concert halls and museums—offer a unique setting for musicians to grow into great artists. For nearly 90 years, the artistic ideals of David and Clara Mannes, the college’s founders, have sustained a vibrant international community of musicians whose diversity stretches across races, cultures, and ethnicities.  For more information, please visit www.mannes.newschool.edu.