2021 Manhattan School of Music Spring Performance Calendar

SPRING 2021 Performance Calendar

CHAMBER MUSIC A p r 11 | S u n

M ay 6 | T H U R S

MSM PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

CONTEMPOR ARY PERFORMANCE PROGR AM Margaret Kampmeier, Artistic Director and Chair

Mike Perdue (MM ’11) and Jude Traxler (MM ’10), Directors

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JOAN TOWER Black Topaz

JOE W. MOORE, III Spiritual Gifts

TOSHIO HOSOKAWA Duo for Violin and Cello

BRETT DIETZ Masvikiro JOOHYUN PARC Merge (World Premiere) HENRY COWELL Ostinato pianissimo

REIKO FÜTING Land of Silence IGOR SANTOS Amina KEVIN ZETINA Shepard Tone

JOHN BERGAMO Piru Bole

ELLIOTT CARTER Enchanted Preludes

4 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

JEFF SCOTT Un Abrazo para Sharon

12 PM from Neidorff-Karpati and Greenfield Halls

Apr 25 & 26 | Sun & Mon Electronic Music Concert

M a y 1 7 –1 9 | M O N – W E D

7 PM from around the world

Spring Chamber Music Festival

M ay 2 | Su n

12:30 PM from Neidorff Karpati Hall 7:30 PM from Greenfield Hall

David Adamcyk, Instructor and Director Student works

May 17

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MSM ARTISTS - IN - RESIDENCE

AMERICAN STRING QUARTET Peter Winograd, Laurie Carney, violin Daniel Avshalamov, viola Wolfram Koessel, cello Works by SCHUBERT and BRAHMS With a World Premiere by NILES LUTHER (BM ’19)

3 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

May 18 & 19 12 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

M ay 18 | T u e s Ruth Widder Competition Winners’ Concert 2 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

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TAC T US

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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J i x u e Ya n g , pi a n 0 Tac t us OCTOBER 14, 2019

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OPERA & VOICE

TA Z E W E L L T H O M P S O N , D I R EC T O R O F O PE R A S T U D I E S

MAITL AND PETERS, VOICE DEPARTMENT CHAIR

APR 18 | Sun

Making Words Sing!

A Tribute to Langston Hughes

Catherine Malfitano, Artistic Concept and Direction Chun-Wei Kang, Music Direction Simon Yu, Director of Photography and Video Editor A video tribute with performances recorded at MSM and around the world.

8 PM from Greenfield Hall

Apr 30 | Fri Graduate Opera Scenes

The Family Dynamic — Untangling the Ties that Bind A. Scott Parry, Director Bryan Wagorn (DMA ’13), Music Director

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7:30 PM

M ay 7 | F r I Singers and Collaborative Pianists Seminar Kenneth Merrill, Director 2 PM from Greenfield

Dat e to B e A n n o u n ce d Senior Opera Theatre Tazewell Thompson, Director Jorge Parodi, Music Director Simon Yu, Director of Photography and Video Editor Opera scenes and arias performed by MSM’s senior voice students

Junior Opera Theatre Catherine Malfitano, Director

Contemporary Opera Ensemble Amato Opera-in-Brief Discover Opera l i v e s t r e a m

M SM J u n i o r O pe r a T h e at r e Harmony in Solitude MAY 13, 2020

Musical Theatre Lab Spring Cabaret

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M SM O PE R A T H E AT R E I DUE FIGARO DECEMBER 13, 2019

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IMANI ROUSSELLE WILLIAMS MSM JAZZ ORCHESTRA OCTOBER 17, 2019

JAZZ ARTS I N G R I D J E N S E N , A S S O C I AT E D E A N A N D D I R EC T O R Apr 16 | Fri

M a y 1 1 –1 4 | T u e s – F r i

Spring ComboFest

MSM JAZZ ORCHESTRA Miguel Zenón (MM ’01), Conductor

Identities are Changeable: The Music of Miguel Zenón 8:30 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

MSM Jazz Arts led by faculty Jamie Baum, Theo Bleckmann, Rogerio Boccato, Marc Cary, Frank Lacy, Jeremy Manasia, Phil Markowitz, Ted Rosenthal, Harvie S, Jim Saltzman, Kendrick Scott, Jaleel Shaw, Damien Sneed, Dayna Stephen, Richard Sussman, Elio Villafranca, Scott Wendholt, Buster Williams, Miguel Zenón (MM ’01)

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Solene Cairoli & Dominick Branch Elio Villafranca Ensemble DECEMBER 11, 2020

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ORCHESTRAL GEORGE MANAHAN (BM ’73, MM ’76), DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTR AL ACTIVITIES Apr 20 | Tues

Apr 7 | Weds

M S M C A M E R ATA N OVA George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor Shannyn Rinker (MM ’20), mezzo-soprano

Part 1

MSM STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor EDVARD GRIEG Holberg Suite, Op. 40 ADOLPHOUS HAILSTORK (BM ’63, MM ’65)

PIERRE BOULEZ Improvisations sur Mallarmé, No. 1

10:30 AM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

Part 11

Church Street Serenade

In celebration of Hailstork’s 80th birthday HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1

JAMES LEE III Iron Teeth, Pompous Words from Night

12:15 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

Visions of Kippur MAURICE RAVEL Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals 12:15 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

Apr 23 | Fri

M S M C A M E R ATA N OVA Benjamin Grow (MM ’16), Conductor

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Apr 9 | Fri

12:15 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

MSM STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

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Kyle Ritenauer (BM ’11, MM ’15), Conductor LEOS JANÁČEK Suite for String Orchestra

MSM BRASS ENSEMBLE

JOSEPH BOLOGNE Symphonie Concertante for

Two Violins and Orchestra, Op. 13 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (ARR. BARSHAI) Chamber

Symphony for Strings in C Minor, Op. 110a 12:15 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

Apr 15 | Thurs

MSM BRASS ENSEMBLE John Sheppard (BM ’86), Conductor 12:15 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

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m sm c a m e r ata N ova FEBRUARY 26, 2021

John Sheppard (BM ’86), Conductor 12:15 PM from Neidorff-Karpati Hall

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MSM Philharmonia SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

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MUSICAL THEATRE L I Z A G E N N A R O, A S S O C I AT E D E A N A N D D I R EC T O R Dat e s to b e a n n o u n ce d

The Drowsy Chaperone

Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar Evan Pappas, Director Liza Gennaro, Choreographer David Loud, Music Director

Iron John

Lyrics by Rebecca Hart Music by Jacinth Greywoode Book by Rebecca Hart & Jacinth Greywoode Chloe Treat, Director Andrea Grody, Music Director

FRED EBB FOUNDATION MUSICAL IN DE VELOPMENT

Starblasters

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Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Velez Book by Katie Hathaway Jaki Bradley, Director Banji Aborisade, Choreographer David Gardos, Music Director

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LE COMTE NOIR JANUARY 16, 2021

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M SM m u s i c a l T h e at r e sweeney todd: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET NOVEMBER 7, 2019

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MSM precollege concert ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 29, 2020

PRECOLLEGE A pr 10 | S at Precollege Honors Recitals TBA

A pr 17 | S at Nana’s Way Scholarship Recital 5 PM

M ay 8 | S at Dianne Danese Flagello Scholarship Recital 12 PM

Dat e S to b e a n n o u n ce d

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PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA REPERTORY ORCHESTRA CONCERT ORCHESTRA SENIOR SELECT CHOIR M A N H AT TA N C H O R A L E YOUTH CHORUS

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msm precollege symphony orchestra MAY 15, 2020

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