Manhattan School of Music News

The next Green Salon on December 9th in New York City promises to be a very special evening.

Kathleen Kim, who sings her first Olympia in the Met's new Les Contes d'H offmann this month, began her singing career early: before she entered middle school in her native Korea, Kim was a member of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's children's chorus, singing and dancing on a weekly Sunday television program.

Simple without being simplistic; straightforward without being strictly straight-ahead; unpretentious, yet artistically thoughtful; humble, yet full of youthful confidence, saxophonist Jon Irabagon , winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Competition, showcased a compelling mix of humor, technique, and engaging music during his October 30 concert at ...

Regional Submitted by Alison Skratt, Gateway Community College, on 2009-11-19.   Gateway Community College in New Haven will host a free concert Wednesday, Dec.

Violin prodigy Sam Weiser likes Tootsie Pops and fantasy football. And at 15 he's already making a name for himself as a musician.

What: Trombonist John Mosca, director of the Grammy-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, performs with the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band in its annual fall concert When: 8 p.m. Nov.

Even the fittest young musician can lose his or her footing when taking that giant evolutionary step from the nurturing sanctuary of the conservatory into the struggle for survival in the Darwinian jungle of the Big Apple.

From : "AGBU Press Office 2" Date : Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:31:33 PST AGBU Press Office 55 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022-1112 Phone: 212.319.6383, x118 Fax: 212.319.6507 Email: press@agbu.org Website: www.agbu.org PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, November 11, 2009 NYSEC Showcases Young Performing Artists at Carnegie Hall, Raises Close to $40,000 for ...

The Lorelei Piano Trio will perform works of Beethoven, Martinu, and Mendelssohn in Avon, this Sunday at 3 p.m. The trio met as classmates at the Manhattan School of Music and continues to be based in New York City.

"It's, like, overwhelming," David Kalwa said, looking around the gilded East Room.

Violinist Olivia De Prato performed Oct. 11 at Fitzgerald's 1928 of Glen Ridge. Cellist Jody Redhage helped fill the Herman Street eatery with the sounds of Eastern European chamber music.

For almost 46 years the Pro-Mozart Society of Atlanta has been hosting classical concerts free of charge as a showcase for their scholarship program for promising young musicians to study at the Mozarteum in Austria.

With two concerts and a series of workshops for young musicians, the White House put a big spotlight on classical music Wednesday and sent a strong message that it's not just for stuffed shirts."Nothing mixes old and new like classical music," first lady Michelle Obama told students who spent the morning in music workshops and then attended an ...

John "Squirrel" Mosley, a local jazz musican, plays the trumpet at the Union Baptist Church in Swissvale.

Special to The Star GILBERTOWN, Ala. - Amy Gustafson will perform a piano concert Sunday, Nov.

The young students coached by Isaac Stern during his visit to China in 1979 have all developed successful careers in performing or teaching.

Justin Walter is the trumpeter in Ann Arbor-based band Nomo and a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Manhattan School of Music.

S oprano Katrina Saporsantos will perform at the Secaucus Public Library Panasonic Room Sunday at 2 p.m. Saporsantos will sing arias by composers including Amy Beach, Augusto Espino, Richard Wagner, Alfredo Catalani, Giacomo Puccini and Jules Massenet.

Raise your hand if you're the next Regina Spektor. Tonight, head to the Upper West Side's Manhattan School of Music to catch the student-run concert series "Jazz CafA©." Enter at the main entrance on West 122nd Street, and follow some stairs down to the cafeteria, also known as the Mitzi Newhouse Pavilion.

Brett Sroka is a native of Lexington, Massachusetts and began playing the trombone at age ten.