Practice Change with Art
Arts Management and Entrepreneurship student tells the story of her country through music and collaboration.
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Develop your talent in a unique learning environment under the guidance of world-class faculty. New York City is at the crossroads of American music, and the faculty who teach at Mannes are active participants in the evolution of the future of music. At Mannes, you will find a mentor who will not only help you develop the advanced technique you need to compete in any setting but also nurture your creative self in a way that will help you chart your own path as a 21st-century artist.
Mannes is a unique place, one where you will find the flexibility and freedom to direct your development as a singer. Get rigorous classical training from a faculty of renowned and revolutionary performers, who will also help you find your place in the landscape of contemporary music in New York City.
You'll receive highly focused technical training in weekly private voice lessons, as well as opera coaching, language and diction classes, and vocal repertory electives on subjects such as American, Spanish, and Russian art song; German lieder; French mélodies; and Italian arias. You'll also benefit from master classes with visiting artists and music professionals, who support you as you polish your technique and make essential career connections.
Our Voice faculty includes a preeminent collection of musicians. You'll study with world-renowned artists who go to great lengths to support the growth of every young artist. The same can be said for the vocal coaching faculty. You'll also draw inspiration from star alums like international opera singers Frederica von Stade, Danielle de Niese, Yonghoon Lee, Nadine Sierra, and Olga Makarina.
With New York City as your classroom, you'll find ways to jump-start your career from the moment you set foot on campus. A remarkable range of performance opportunities awaits you. Opera productions run the gamut from standard works of Mozart and Verdi—performed with The Mannes Orchestra—to contemporary and experimental works such as Philip Glass' The Fall of the House of Usher and Robert Ashley's Dust.
You may find yourself performing chamber music in the Mannes Sounds Festival or contemporary works with the Mannes American Composers Ensemble. Musical theater flourishes at the College of Performing Arts, allowing you to collaborate with students from the School of Drama and the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. Explore, discover, choose, experiment, and define yourself as an artist. Throughout New York City, find new, inspired ways to expand who you are as an artist and performer and benefit from the opportunity to learn and perform with some of the world's leading musicians.
Perform at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, apprentice with members of the Orchestra of St. Luke's, join the Martha Graham Dance Company in riveting productions, and take the stage with The Mannes Opera. Experience firsthand what it's like to be a working musician in one of the most vibrant music scenes in the world.
Don't just learn how to play your instrument; learn how to perform. Develop your artistry alongside peers from the College of Performing Arts, Parsons, and across The New School by creating multidisciplinary projects with theater directors, designers, and media students. Record an album with jazz students. Make new work with actors, writers, and directors. You'll never run out of opportunities to grow and showcase your talent in new and original ways.
Today's artists are makers and doers. Performers are composers, composers are improvisers, musicians are changemakers. At Mannes, you can develop your artistry through a curriculum that goes far beyond that of the traditional conservatory. In courses like The Stone Workshops, Improv Artists Lab, and The Digital Revolution, you'll have the opportunity to play alongside boundary-breaking artists and award-winning faculty members. Take courses that will challenge you to make music in new and inspired ways.
Arts Management and Entrepreneurship student tells the story of her country through music and collaboration.
Arts Management and Entrepreneurship student tells the story of her country through music and collaboration.

ABOUT OLEG BEZBORODKOOleg Bezborodko is a Ukrainian pianist and composer whose works have been performed in more than twenty-five countries across Europe, North America, and Asia. His artistic path combines performance, composition, and teaching, making him one of the most versatile representatives of contemporary Ukrainian music.After studying piano and composition in Ukraine and Switzerland, he earned a Ph.D. from the Ukrainian National Academy of Music, where he currently serves as Head of the Piano Department. Alongside his academic role, he is in demand as both a chamber musician and an interpreter of contemporary repertoire. His interpretations of Valentin Silvestrov’s music, in particular, have been praised by the composer himself.Oleg’s music has been performed by leading ensembles such as musikFabrik, the Chain Ensemble, and the Kyiv Piano Duo, as well as by acclaimed soloists including pianists Stephen Gutman, Roglit Ishay, Timothy Hoft, and Dmytro Choni; violinists Dmytro Tkachenko and Orest Smovzh; and violist Tatjana Masurenko. He has collaborated with all major Ukrainian orchestras, both as a pianist and as a composer, and his works have been performed under the direction of conductors such as Andrey Boreyko, Hobart Earle, Kirill Karabits, Volodymyr Kozhukhar, Vincent Kozlowski, Ivan Ostapovych, Viktor Ploskina, Natalia Ponomarchuk, Volodymyr Sheyko, and Volodymyr Sirenko.His music has been presented at international festivals including Kyiv Music Fest, Contrasts (Lviv), Two Days and Two Nights (Odesa), Euphonie (Warsaw), Iš ARTI (Kaunas), the Biennial Festival of New Music at Florida State University (Tallahassee), INS OFFENE (Berlin), and the Brandenburgisches Fest der Neuen Musik (Potsdam).A laureate of national and international competitions, he received the Levko Revutsky Music Prize (2008) from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and the Mykola Lysenko Composition Award (2017). His works have been commissioned by the Goethe-Institut, the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, the Ukrainian National Academic Concert Band, Musica Mundi Frankfurt, and the Lviv Organ Hall.Since 2023, Oleg has served as Artistic Director of the “Kyiv Music Premieres” festival, one of Ukraine’s leading platforms for new music.In recent years, his orchestral works have gained particular recognition. In 2025, his Symphony Peine Del Viento (Comb of the Wind) received second prize at the San Sebastián Symphony Concours, organized by County Hall Arts in London. That same year, on June 10, his Symphony Unbroken was performed alongside Beethoven’s Eroica at the closing concert of Kharkiv Music Fest — the first symphonic concert in Kharkiv since the start of the full-scale war.Presented by Mannes Sounds Festival in collaboration with the Mannes Composition Department / Composition Forum.

Dr. Michal Tal is one of Israel’s most distinguished and influential musicians. She is the recipient of the Frank Pelleg Lifetime Achievement Award for sustained artistic contribution at the highest level, presented by the Ministry of Culture (2024)Her multifaceted career spans three continents and includes numerous performances and recordings as both soloist and chamber musician. She is regularly invited to festivals, masterclasses, and teaching residencies, and serves as adjudicator at competitions at leading festivals and conservatories worldwide.Dr. Tal educates the next generation of piano teachers at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music (Tel Aviv University).She initiated and directed the “Young Piano” program at the Jerusalem Music Centre. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of PianoWebFest, the international online piano festival, PianoFest Arad, and the “Tav HaNegev” association.

Experience Buster Keaton’s beloved silent-film classic The General on the big screen, with Carl Davis’s celebrated score, performed live by the (Un)Silent Film Orchestra.Set during the American Civil War, The General follows railroad engineer Johnnie Gray as he sets out on an extraordinary mission to rescue his beloved locomotive, and the woman he loves. Widely regarded as one of the greatest silent comedies ever made, the film combines Keaton’s signature physical comedy, daring stunts, and inventive visual storytelling. ABOUT THE (UN)SILENT FILM SERIES The (Un)Silent Film series has been critical in advancing the resurgence of film screenings with live music and has been hosted by Matthew Broderick, Bill Irwin, Rob Bartlett, Ed Rothstein, and Michael Bacon. (Un)Silent Film nights have presented world premieres of works composed for The Birds and The Immigrant (by Nathan Kamal and Alexis Cuadrado, respectively), a New York premiere of a score by Hollywood composer Craig Marks for Sherlock, Jr., and Charlie Chaplin’s original scores for The Gold Rush and other Chaplin classics. In Spring 2024, (Un)Silent presented the world premiere of a new score for the iconic film Metropolis, composed by Mannes student Amir Sanjari. In Fall 2024, the acclaimed Philip Glass score for Tod Browning’s 1931 classic Dracula, originally composed for the Kronos Quartet, was performed live to film by the Orange Road Quartet. The 2025–26 season continued the series’ tradition of pairing classic cinema with live music. (Un)Silent Film presented F.W. Murnau’s 1927 classic Sunrise with a modern score by Joe Kraemer, composer of film scores for The Way of the Gun, Jack Reacher, and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The season also featured The Phantom Carriage (1921), directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, with a world-premiere score by Mannes student Amir Sanjari, performed live to film by the Orange Road Quartet.(Un)Silent Film Orchestra features students from the Mannes School of Music and the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School.
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