Manhattan School of Music Alumni Association

MSM faculty member and alumna Kelly Hall-Tompkins Violinist (MM ’95, HonDMA ’17) will be a guest host tonight on WQXR! For her guest appearance, Kelly has chosen works and recordings that inspire her by Mahler, Debussy, Brahms, Price, and others.

MSM alumnus Justin Austin (BM '14, MM '17) will star in City Lyric Opera's virtual production of The Three Penny Opera running October 29November 15. For tickets and more information, visit https://www.citylyricopera.org/threepenny-opera

#TBT In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor Marta Casals Istomin Manhattan School of Music President from 19922005 and current Trustee Emerita ... who was born Marta Montánez Martínez in Puerto Rico. She is pictured here at MSM over the years since her appointment, as well as (bottom row) a 1958 visit to the School and a 1960 lesson with Casals. More info on Mme. Istomin can be found on this newly-published Presidents page of our website: https://www.msmnyc.edu/about/history/presidents/

WATCH! Manhattan School of Music's Virtual Gala 2020a star-studded evening with performances by talented students, alumni, and facultyis now available to view... online Enjoy the recording from October 2nd live broadcast here: https://www.msmnyc.edu/livestream/msm-virtual-gala-2020/ Support MSM by visiting msmnyc.edu/giving.

Recent graduate Jarrett Winters Morley (BM '20) is taking part in BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage Season 2 singing competition! The winner of the contest will ear...n a $1000 donation to the charity of their choice. If selected as a winner, Jarrett plans to donate to The Trevor Project, an organization that offers crisis intervention and suicide prevention to LGBTQ people under age 25. Click the link below to vote for Jarrett and hear his performance of "How it Ends" from Big Fish on Broadway

WATCH LIVE! MSM President James Gandre and Founding Partner and CEO of Values Partnerships Joshua DuBois host an MSM Community Town Hall discussion, Where is t...he Country on Racial Equity and Inclusion? Please note, comments made in the Facebook Live Chat will not be addressed during the livestream discussion. We invite you to submit your questions here for follow-up https://bit.ly/2FaOikG

#TBT October 9, 1946: Freshman pianist Roy Eaton gives a recital of works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Dohnanyi, Gruen, and Falla, at Manhattan School of... Music's former location on E. 105th Street. Eaton would go on to earn his bachelor’s, win the first-ever The Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Award, and become a top music Ad Men executive. See more

While in-person audiences are not permitted, Manhattan School of Music Recording Arts is livestreaming as many performances as possible for our virtual audience! In this livestream, Kyle Ritenauer (BM ’11, MM ’15) conducts the MSM String Chamber Orchestra in a performance of works by Carl Nielsen, Jessie Montgomery, Andy Akiho, and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Join us for the first in a series of Town Halls with our partners at Values Partnerships discussing racial equity and inclusion. Our first Town Hall will be led by Joshua DuBois and President Gandre and will be open to anyone! Tune in on the Manhattan School of Music FB page to watch it this Thursday October 8th at 4pm.

Leon Lee Dorsey (MM ’86) has reimagined the iconic Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, released as Wolff Clark Dorsey Play Sgt. Pepper on the Jazzavenue 1 label. Dorsey is Assistant Professor of Jazz Composition & Arranging at Berklee College of Music. More info from an All About Jazz feature here:

Mezzo-soprano and alumna J’Nai Bridges (BM '09) sings Peter Lieberson’s songs on poetry from Pablo Neruda, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, in this video posted on September 25.

#TBT October 1, 2007: A concert in Manhattan School of Music's newly opened Ades Performance Space showcases the Graduate Program in Orchestral Performance, wit...h students performing side-by-side with faculty, including Program Chair Glenn Dicterow, Concert Master of the New York Philharmonic (top left photo). See more

How are conservatories reopening for the fall semester? Find out what Schools of Music across the US, including MSM, are doing. Written by alumna Heather O'Donovan (MM '20) Pictured: MSM students having a socially distanced rehearsal.

#TBT September 28, 1998: Visiting jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson gives a master class at Manhattan School of Music.