Welcome to Mannes School of Music, one of the country’s most innovative conservatories, a place where classical music is reimagined for the 21st century. Here you’ll find a rare balance between the traditional and the experimental, created in a highly collaborative community of musicians, composers, conductors, and theater trailblazers who respond to the world through their art. Mannes offers you rigorous training along with unique opportunities to grow as an artist through cross-disciplinary work, entrepreneurial ventures, and social engagement. Study with legendary faculty mentors, join world-class ensembles, and gain access to groundbreaking artists, both on our campus and on stages across the city and beyond. In 1916, concertmaster and conductor David Mannes and pianist-educator Clara Damrosch established a school that embodied their revolutionary ideas about education and belief in the power of music to improve lives. Today our community carries forward their ideals, redefining what it means to be an art
