The stellar faculty at Mannes includes Pulitzer, Grammy, MacArthur Genius, Guggenheim, and Avery Fisher Prize winners. This collection of working musicians represents all areas of the music world-concert artists, chamber musicians, successful freelancers, established composers. They are members of leading organizations such as the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New York City Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.