Manhattan School of Music 14–15 Overview

Manhattan School of Music

“YOUNG, GIFTED AND PALPABLY ENTHUSIASTIC MUSICIANS” — N EW YORK TIM ES

MISSION Manhattan School of Music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the School’s environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. Recognized as one of the world’s leading music conservatories, MSM inspires and empowers highly talented individuals to realize their potential. We take full advantage of New York’s abundant learning and performance opportunities, preparing our students to be passionate performers, composers and teachers, and imaginative, effective contributors to the arts and society.

OVERVIEW Founded as a community music school by Janet Daniels Schenck in 1918, today MSM is recognized for its 900 superbly talented undergraduate and graduate students who come from more than 50 countries and nearly all 50 states; a world-renowned artist-teacher faculty; and innovative curricula.

The School is dedicated to the personal, artistic, and intellectual development of aspiring musicians, from its Precollege students through those pursuing postgraduate studies.

Offering both classical and jazz training, Manhattan School of Music grants Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees, as well as the Professional Studies Certificate and Artist Diploma. True to MSM’s origins as a music school for children, the Precollege program continues to offer superior music instruction to young musicians between the ages of 5 and 18. Manhattan School of Music also serves some 2,000 New York City schoolchildren through its Arts-in-Education program, and another 2,000 students through its critically acclaimed Distance Learning program.

VISION FOR THE FUTURE Looking ahead to Manhattan School of Music’s centennial in 2018–19, the Board of Trustees recently approved a new, five-year strategic plan to leverage MSM’s extraordinary legacy of achievement; strengthen its leadership; and enhance its recognition as a premier international conservatory. The plan seeks to polish and fully support the School’s already outstanding academic and performance programs, to undertake significant capital improvements to its historic facilities, and to advance its technological capacity and global presence.

Under the leadership of Dr. James Gandre, who assumed the presidency of Manhattan School of Music in May 2013, the Board of Trustees with the support of the entire MSM community, is steadfast in its commitment to advance the mission that Janet Schenck established more than 90 years ago. MSM looks forward with enormous pride and excitement to the next 100 years.

“AS WE PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO THRIVE IN AN EVER-EVOLVING ARTISTIC ENVIRONMENT, WE EMPHASIZE THAT THEIR ART MUST SPEAK TO, ENLIGHTEN, AND ENRICH GREAT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE.” P R E S I D E N T J A M E S G A N D R E , M U S I C A L A M ER I C A D E C E M B E R 2 013

MUSICAL EXCELLENCE With innovative curricula in orchestral and chamber music, jazz, opera, and musical theater, MSM provides outstanding artistic and technical training for the aspiring professional musician.

We offer the classical performer intensive coaching and ample performance opportunities ranging from small chamber ensembles through full orchestra. The Graduate Program in Orchestral Performance produces polished musicians of the highest artistic caliber, who are exceptionally well prepared for careers as symphonic players. The program features master classes with principal players from world-renowned orchestras and vigorous training in audition preparation.

Our jazz program, one of the richest of its kind, develops skilled performers, composers, and arrangers in preparation for a career in jazz, by providing systematic and rigorous conservatory training combined with a myriad of performance and networking opportunities in New York City.

Manhattan School of Music’s Opera Program has a long and proud tradition of producing some of the finest operatic artists in the world. It attracts gifted young singers from the United States and more than fifty other countries and is consistently praised for the quality of its Opera Theater productions.

“THE DE FALLA DOUBLE BILL REPRESENTED ONE OF THE MORE AUDACIOUS, INTRIGUING OPERATIC UNDERTAKINGS TO HIT A NEW YORK STAGE THIS SEASON.” S T E V E S M I T H , TH E N EW YO R K TI M ES , A P R I L 2 9 , 2 011

FACULTY Manhattan School of Music’s reputation as one of the best conservatories in the country rests upon its outstanding faculty of devoted musicians and mentors. Our distinguished teachers are dedicated to shaping over 900 students from 54 countries into world-class musicians.

They are some of the world’s best-known performing artists, who bring their depth of experience to Manhattan School of Music. They are acclaimed soloists, conductors, singers, and composers. They hold prominent positions in New York’s most renowned ensembles:

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THE METROPOLITAN OPERA THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER THE LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA THE ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA NEW YORK CITY BALLET ORCHESTRA

“THE ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM WAS ESSENTIAL IN PREPARING ME FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL WORLD. THE FACULTY IS UNSURPASSED.” A N N A B U R D E N ( P S ’ 0 9 ), A S S O C I AT E P R I N C I P A L C E L L O , ORCHES T RE SY M PHO NIQUE DE M O N T RÉ A L

“WHERE ELSE CAN YOU GO AND LEAVE YOUR UNDERGRAD PROGRAM WITH A GRAMMY NOMINATION? IT DEFINITELY DEVELOPED ME INTO A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN.” J A K E G O L D B A S ( B M ’11 / M M ’13)

ALUMNI Our alumni inhabit the great stages of the world, from Lincoln Center to Broadway to the Montreux Jazz Festival to Covent Garden. They include Grammy Award winners and nominees, MacArthur Fellows, Avery Fisher Grant recipients, Oscar winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, a Tony winner, and winners of prizes in the Van Cliburn, Naumburg, Tchaikovsky, and Rubinstein competitions.

They include the CEOs of Miami’s New World Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, and the League of American Orchestras, and the recently appointed head of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Our alumni perform with major orchestras and teach in countless conservatories, colleges, and K-12 schools throughout the world. In recent seasons, 48 of our graduates have appeared in featured roles at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera alone.

DISTANCE LEARNING

CENTER FOR MUSIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Manhattan School of Music launched its groundbreaking Distance Learning Program in 1996, the first of its kind at a major conservatory. It continues to be preeminent in the field. Using state-of-the-art interactive videoconference technology to enhance MSM students’ curriculum, we have developed programs to connect students, educators, and distinguished artists around the globe. Our live webstreamed concerts and master classes, featuring MSM student ensembles and acclaimed faculty, now attract a worldwide audience.

In today’s marketplace, musicians need more than artistic excellence: they need the entrepreneurial skills and vision to build rewarding and sustainable careers. Focused on turning ideas into action, the Center for Music Entrepreneurship fosters the mindset, experience, skills, and contacts musicians need to create their own success.

By offering “next step” mentoring and targeted services, the CME helps students and alumni create innovative career paths, income streams, and business models that are transforming the music profession.

OUTREACH The Manhattan School of Music Arts-inEducation program prepares students to be effective artist-educators by offering pedagogical instruction and practical teaching experience in New York City schools. Our commitment to arts education in New York City remains central to the mission of the School. More than 2,100 New York City schoolchildren participate annually in our outreach program.

“THE SCHOOL HAS A GREAT FACULTY AND OFFERS MORE POSSIBILITIES THAN OTHER SCHOOLS.” K I M B E R L Y T H O M P S O N ( B M ’ 0 3) P E R C U S S I O N I S T, BE YONCÉ WORLD TOUR, L ATE N I G HT W ITH S ETH M EY ER S

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC LEADERSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Lorraine Gallard, Chair Edward Lowenthal, Vice Chair and Treasurer Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72), Secretary Ed Annunziato Claude Mann Carla Bossi-Comelli Linda Bell Mercuro Linda Chesis David A. Rahm, Chair Emeritus Glenn Dicterow Ted Rosenthal (BM ’81, MM ’83) Peter Duchin Leonard Slatkin Susan Ennis James Gandre, President Trustees Emeriti Marcia Clay Hamilton Alan M. Ades Thomas Hampson William R. Miller Nancy Freund Heller The Honorable Richard Owen Marta Istomin Robert G. Simon David G. Knott

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Carla Bossi-Comelli, Chair, Switzerland Mita Aparicio, Mexico Delin Bru, United States Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain JeeHyun Kim, South Korea Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy

ARTISTIC ADVISORY COUNCIL

Charles Bergman John Corigliano Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Glenn Dicterow Richard Gaddes

PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL

James Gandre, President Marjorie Merryman, Provost and Dean of the College Helen Ouellette, Interim Vice President for Business and Finance Andrea T. Sanseverino Galan, Vice President for Advancement Jeff Breithaupt, Vice President for Media and Communications David Geber, Vice Provost and Dean of Artistic Affairs

Brian C. McK. Henderson, United States Margot Patron, Mexico Chiona X. Schwarz, Germany Guillermo F. Vogel, Mexico Satoko Yahata, Japan

Thomas Hampson Lang Lang Robert Mann Ealan Wingate Pinchas Zukerman

Amy Anderson, Dean of Enrollment Monica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts Carol Matos, Director of Administration and Human Relations/Special Assistant to the President Luis Plaza, Director of Facilities Kelly Sawatsky, Dean of the Precollege

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“MSM GAVE ME MASTER CLASSES WITH RENOWNED SINGERS, WHOSE EXPERIENCE IS INVALUABLE, AND PERFORMANCES THAT GOT REVIEWED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL.” S U S A N G R A H A M ( M M ’ 8 7, V O I C E ) M E T R O P O L I TA N O P E R A ME ZZO -SO PR A N O

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