Congo in Harlem is an annual series of films and special events at Maysles Documentary Center, focused on the history, politics, and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the flagship event of CONGO WEEK, launched by Friends of the Congo. Each year we present a diverse program that challenges assumptions and encourages critical […]
Conducted by George Manahan (BM '73, MM '76) MSM CAMERATA NOVA Live from Neidorff-Karpati Hall, the Manhattan School of Music Camerata Nova, conducted by George Manahan (BM '73, MM '76), performs Luciano Berio's Folk Songs for mezzo-soprano and seven instruments, and Trevor Weston's Messages. WATCH LIVESTREAM
From newly pieced together digital organs, instruments lent by friendly neighbors, or at home staples, the Cathedral's Music department is determined to bring the stunning concerts they are known for into your home. Concerts will be streamed to Facebook, YouTube, and this website every Tuesday at 6 pm. Make sure to follow us for even more great […]
Jazz quartet featuring Justin Flynn, tenor saxophone See us on Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCwYSeG2u09tnzroDdoOq5aw
Our second concert highlights the melodic element of music. Piano faculty member Nuno Marques performs Beethoven’s lyrical Piano Sonata Op. 110 whose first movement is marked espressivo cantabile molto which translates “in a singing style, very expressively”. Voice faculty member Rachel Querreveld performs her own original songs with such titles as Just Say the Word and Can You Keep a Secret. RSVP
Our second concert highlights the melodic element of music. Piano faculty member Nuno Marques performs Beethoven’s lyrical Piano Sonata Op. 110 whose first movement is marked espressivo cantabile molto which translates “in a singing style, very expressively”. Voice faculty member Rachel Querreveld performs her own original songs with such titles as Just Say the Word and Can You Keep a Secret. RSVP
A Feast of Sacred Vocal Music Meghann Vaughn, mezzo-soprano Christopher Johnson, piano and organ Including selections from John Carter’s electrifying work “Cantata”, based on African American Spirituals, and timeless classics of the sacred vocal repertoire. See it on Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCwYSeG2u09tnzroDdoOq5aw
Mr. Arjomand will present an electrifying program tuned to the present moment. Having gained wide renown especially for his complex, long-form improvisations, he performs at the Academy’s Teatro without a live audience, in accordance with guidelines from the CDC and the University. Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro Illustrazioni (Four Illustrations of Vishnu’s metamorphoses, 1953) Ramin Amir Arjomand: […]
Presented by Lisa Yui (DMA ’05) Celebrating the 20th season of the “Lives of the Piano Series,” presenting students, faculty, and friends of Manhattan School of Music. This concert will be live streamed (check back soon for the link to stream). Program François Morel (1926-2018): Étude de sonorité No. 2 (1954) Performed by Lisa Yui Drew Hemenger (b. 1968): from Four Places in New York (2002) […]
John Sheppard, conductor On the program: Gabrieli, Bach, Walker, Pachelbel, and Dahl Livestream from Neidorff-Karpati Hall Manhattan School of Music WATCH LIVESTREAM
This concert features the combination of violin and piano in repertoire from around the world. Piano faculty member Mina Kusomoto and guest Everhard Paredes will perform transcriptions of such composers as Chopin, Rameau and Liszt. Resident Teaching Artists Naho Parrini and Marc Peloquin will present William Grant Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano, a work that […]
OCT 31 | 12:15 PM EDT MSM CAMERATA NOVA Kyle Ritenauer (BM '11, MM '15), conductor On the program: Coleridge-Taylor, Schoenberg Livestream from Neidorff-Karpati Hall Manhattan School of Music WATCH LIVESTREAM
NOV 2 | 12:15 PM EDT MSM STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA George Manahan (BM '73, MM '76), conductor On the program: David Diamond, James Lee III, Tchaikovsky Livestream from Neidorff-Karpati Hall Manhattan School of Music WATCH LIVESTREAM
From Russia with Love: String Quartets for Catherine the Great The Diderot String Quartet’s energetic performers Johanna Novom, Adriane Post, Kyle Miller, and Paul Dwyer find themselves irresistibly drawn to unusual 17th- and 18th-century repertory. They have selected a fresh sounding quartet by Anton Ferdinand Titz, a favorite composer of Catherine the Great, doyenne of […]
Portraits et Caractères: Couperin, Rameau, Duphly “Acrobatic finesse” describes Aya Hamada’s performances, whether in solo, concerto, or chamber pieces. She has assembled works by the great keyboard masters d’Agincourt, Couperin, Rameau, Duphly, and Forqueray. The music conjures up an evening worthy of an 18th-century Parisian salon: effervescent portraits and character pieces, flights of fancy that bring to mind […]
Byways and Backwaters: German Harpsichord Music Not by J. S. Bach World-renowned and versatile keyboardist Peter Sykes has come up with a twist on the ubiquitous Bach recital. He will play sonatas and suites in fashionable French or Italian style by Bach’s contemporaries, Graupner, Mattheson, Marpurg, and others—some better known than Bach was in his […]
Plein Jeu The prizewinning virtuosos Martin Bernstein, recorders, and Justin Taylor, harpsichord, will perform a century of French Baroque chamber and solo keyboard works that mesh the instrumental timbres to perfection. Intimate conversations emerge when the keyboard’s left and right hands or the treble and bass of the two instruments are joined together. Music ranges […]
