Mannes College the new school for music announces winter-Spring 2010
Music performances and events
NEW YORK, New York, January 4, 2010—The highlights of the spring-semester performances at Mannes College The New School for Music are two concerts by The Mannes Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center and a fully staged production by the crucially acclaimed Mannes Opera of Mozart’s masterpiece Così fan tutte at the Kaye Playhouse. Among the cast for Così will be Mannes undergraduate Nadine Sierra, a winner of the 2009 Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions—at age 20, the youngest winner in a generation.
The Mannes Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall on Thursday, February 4, will perform Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1, Vivaldi’s Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in E minor with 2009 Mannes Concerto Competition winner Thomas Fleming as soloist, and Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben. On Tuesday, April 6, the program includes Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with 2009 Mannes Concerto Competition winner Francesco Lecce-Chong, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
On May 6 and 7, The Mannes Opera, directed by Metropolitan Opera Conductor Joseph Colaneri with coaching by Master Artist-in-Residence Regina Resnik, will present Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Kaye Playhouse. In 2007, the New York Times review of The Mannes Opera’s production of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites noted that "The Mannes Opera . . . has earned a stellar reputation for the quality of its presentations and the excellence of its student singers . . . [The production] lived up to the expected high standard."
The Schneider Concerts will continue its season with four concerts by award-winning young ensembles.
HIGHLIGHTS—SPRING 2010
Please note: All public programs are subject to change. For a complete listing of concerts please visit http://www.newschool.edu/Mannes/events.aspx.
THE SCHNEIDER CONCERTS: CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET
Sunday, January 17, 2:00 p.m.
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $17.50; $15 seniors; $5 student stand-by. For more information and to obtain tickets, call 212.243.9937 or visit www.newschool.edu/concerts.
Winners of the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York, the Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition, and major prizes at the Bordeaux, London, and Osaka competitions, the Anglo-Irish Carducci String Quartet has established an enthusiastic international following. Based in the United Kingdom, the quartet holds residencies at Trinity College of Music in London, Cardiff University, and at the Cork School of Music in Ireland. The quartet will perform the music of Haydn, Moeran, and Beethoven.
THE MANNES ORCHESTRA
Thursday, February 4, 8:00 p.m.
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
65th Street and Broadway
Pick up free tickets at the Alice Tully Box Office, 212.671.4050
This concert will feature The Mannes Orchestra and David Hayes, conductor and director of orchestral and conducting studies, in a performance J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066, Vivaldi’s Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in E minor with 2009 Mannes Concerto Competition winnner Thomas Fleming as soloist, and Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, op. 40.
THE NEWMAN AND OLTMAN GUITAR DUO—MANNES ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE
Friday, February 5, 8:00 p.m.
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street
Admission: Free, no tickets required. For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817.
Hailed by the New York Times as fresh, hot, and headed for fame,” the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo continues to fulfill that promise with 30 years of international touring, 12 critically-acclaimed recordings, and development of a new repertory for the ensemble. Recognized as one of America’s foremost instrumental ensembles, the duo’s concert tours have taken them all over the world. Ensemble-in-Residence at New York’s Mannes College for 20 years, recent Artists-in-Residence at Lafayette College and Cornell University, and recipients of numerous grants and awards including those from the National Endowment for the Arts and Chamber Music America, Newman and Oltman are acclaimed as innovators in the chamber music field. Program TBA.
THE SCHNEIDER CONCERTS: BOREALIS STRING QUARTET
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $17.50; $15 seniors; $5 student stand-by. For more information and to obtain tickets, call 212.243.9937 or visit www.newschool.edu/concerts.
Founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in the fall of 2000 and rapidly establishing a stellar reputation, the Borealis String Quartet created a national sensation as the only classical ensemble televised on the Great Canadian Music Dream Competition hosted by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). The Borealis Quartet made its New York debut on the Schneider Concerts series in February 2005. The quartet will perform the music of Haydn, Raminsh, and Mendelssohn.
THE SCHNEIDER CONCERTS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM VERMONT
Sunday, March 7, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $17.50; $15 seniors; $5 student stand-by. For more information and to obtain tickets, call 212.243.9937 or visit www.newschool.edu/concerts.From the Vermont music festival that brought us the Guarneri String Quartet and many other great performers, we offer renowned artists and some of their younger colleagues playing the music of Haydn, Kodály, and Brahms.
THE ORION STRING QUARTET—MANNES ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE
Wednesday, March 17 , 8:00 p.m.
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street
Admission: Orion Quartet tickets are free and must be picked up on the day of the concert starting at 6:00 p.m. at the security desk, one ticket per person. Seating begins at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Mannes Ensemble in Residence the Orion String Quartet, with violinists Daniel and Todd Phillips, violist Steven Tenenbom, and cellist Timothy Eddy, gained immediate attention in the classical music world when its founding members, each with distinguished solo and chamber music careers, formed the ensemble in 1987. They have been consistently praised for the fresh perspective and individuality they bring to performing a broad range of repertoire. In its residency at Mannes, the Orion Quartet presents four free concerts each year, in addition to working with student ensembles in a series of chamber music master classes. Program TBA.
THE MANNES ORCHESTRA
Tuesday, April 6, 8:00 p.m.
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
65th Street and Broadway
Pick up free tickets at the Alice Tully Box Office, 212.671.4050
This concert will feature The Mannes Orchestra and David Hayes, conductor and director of orchestral and conducting studies, in a performance Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with 2009 Mannes Concerto Competition winner Francesco Lecce-Chong as soloist, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
THE ORION STRING QUARTET—MANNES ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE
Friday, April 9, 8:00 p.m.
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street
Admission: Orion Quartet tickets are free and must be picked up on the day of the concert starting at 6:00 p.m. at the security desk, one ticket per person. Seating begins at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Mannes Ensemble in Residence the Orion String Quartet, featuring violinists Daniel and Todd Phillips, violist Steven Tenenbom and cellist Timothy Eddy, gained immediate attention in the classical music world when its founding members, each with distinguished solo and chamber music careers, formed the ensemble in 1987. They have been consistently praised for the fresh perspective and individuality they bring to performing a broad range of repertoire. In its residency at Mannes, the Orion Quartet presents four free concerts each year, in addition to working with student ensembles in a series of chamber music master classes. Program TBA.
THE SCHNEIDER CONCERTS: AFIARA STRING QUARTET
Sunday, April 18, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $17.50; $15 seniors; $5 student stand-by. For more information and to obtain tickets, call 212.243.9937 or visit www.newschool.edu/concerts.
The all-Canadian Afiara String Quartet is the recently announced Juilliard Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence. In 2008, the Afiara Quartet won the Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York, following a top prize at the Munich ARD International Music Competition in the same year. The quartet is the only Canadian ensemble to win top honors in either of these historic competitions. The San Francisco Classical Voice calls the Afiara Quartet "a terrifically unified, versatile, and moving ensemble" with "startling intensity" and a "powerful, keen-edged collective sound." The quartet will perform works by Beethoven, Bartók, and Mendelssohn.
MANNES CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL:CIRCE (COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE)
COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE: JOHN MUSTO
Friday, April 30, 8:00 p.m.
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street
Admission: Free, no tickets required. For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817
John Musto's reputation as a master of the concert song has long been secure, both as composer and pianist. Mr. Musto is recording his two piano concertos with conductor Glen Cortese and the Greeley Philharmonic for Bridge records. In the past four years, there have been productions of three new operas, with a fourth currently being composed for the Wolf Trap Opera company. Musto has recorded for Bridge, Harmonia Mundi, Nonesuch, the Milken Archive, Naxos, Harbinger, CRI, and EMI; his compositions have been recorded on Hyperion, Harmonia Mundi, MusicMasters, Innova, Channel Classics, Albany Records, and New World Records.
MANNES CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL: MANNES PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Monday, May 3, 8:00 p.m.
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street
Admission: Free, no tickets required. For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817
The Mannes Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of James Baker, is dedicated to performing both new and classic solo and ensemble works for percussion in two performances each year, the spring concert is part of the Contemporary Music Festival and will feature new works for percussion. Program TBA.
MANNES CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL: NEWMUSICMANNES
Tuesday, May 4, 8:00 p.m.
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street
Admission: Free, no tickets required. For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817
Under the direction of Madeleine Shapiro, NewMusicMannes concerts feature solo and chamber works of new music. Program TBA.
MANNES CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL: THE MANNES ORCHESTRA
Thursday, May 5, 8:00 p.m.
Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street
Admission: Free, no tickets required. For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817
This concert by The Mannes Orchestra will feature Composer-In-Residence John Musto performing his own Piano Concerto No. 2. It will also include a work by Mannes Composition Faculty member and Director of the Extension Division David Tcimpidis: Symphony at a Time of Peace (which was premiered by the Mannes Orchestra 10 years ago) and works by Mannes composition students TBA.
THE MANNES OPERA: COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Thursday, May 6, 7:30 p.m. and Friday, May 7, 7:30 p.m.
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues
Tickets: $30; students/seniors: $15; call the Kaye Box Office at 212.772.4448. For more information call 212.712.1973.
Under the direction of Metropolitan Opera conductor Joseph Colaneri, with coaching by Master Artist-in-Residence Regina Resnik, the critically acclaimed Mannes Opera presents a fully staged production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte with The Mannes Orchestra.
About Mannes College
Mannes College The New School for Music is a leading conservatory located in New York City. 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 is the only conservatory in Manhattan that is part of a leading university. 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 an exceptional setting for musicians to grow into great artists. Mannes students are featured in more than 400 concerts produced by the school each year at its two concert halls and in venues throughout the New York metropolitan area. For over 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, visit www.mannes.newschool.edu.
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