New World Symphony prepares graduates of music programs for leadership roles in professional orchestras and ensembles. Meet the seven orchestra Fellows who are alumni from Manhattan School of Music>>>

MSM continues to make capital improvements to our historic Morningside Heights campus—ensuring that our facilities have a level of excellence that our students, faculty, staff and other stakeholders>>>

Good Luck In Space is a new musical comedy by the creators of Urinetown who use 1960s-era science fiction influences to explore the changing power dynamic between genders. The show opens Friday>>>

MSM Director of Student Engagement Jesse Goldberg is heading up a Voting Initiatives campaign at MSM to encourage the community to register to vote on November 5! She talks to us about the three>>>

73 MSM College alumni, along with 11 MSM Precollege alumni, will be performing at Carnegie Hall this season, which runs from October 8 through June 18, 2025 The MSM alumni performing at Carnegie Hall>>>

Hollywood screenwriter Steve Armour (MM ’89) discusses his first career as a jazz and Broadway trombonist, transitioning into writing and film, and MSM’s impact throughout. A few years into an>>>

WATCH VIDEOS! On this page, meet the Chair of the Guitar Department David Leisner and three guitar faculty members, Mark Delpriora, David Starobin, and Oren Fader, who share interesting tips, advice>>>

Orientation 2024 at MSM took place over eight days from August 28 to September 2 — It’s an annual event packed with activities for new students, including the highlight: a sunset cruise around New>>>

MSM is very pleased to present the 20 outstanding musicians who have joined Manhattan School of Music’s prestigious faculty this fall, instructing in our Strings, Jazz Arts, Vocal Arts, Musical>>>

MSM Vocal Arts alumnus, bass-baritone Le Bu (MM ’22) won first prize, along with soprano Kathleen O’Mara, in the 2024 Operalia Competition. The two winners also won the competition’s Birgit Nilsson>>>

We invite you to read the following Community Perspective message from Ellen Segarra, Director of Financial Aid. Community Perspectives is a series of written messages that amplify the voices of the>>>

We are thrilled to present the Performance Season Brochure for the 2024–25 season at Manhattan School of Music, listing hundreds of classical and jazz concerts, musical theatre and opera>>>

Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Beyond the Horizon, in an operatic setting by composer Nicolas Flagello (BM ’49, MM ’50) and co-librettist Walter Simmons (BM ’72, MM ’74), received its>>>

Congratulations to 11 of our alumni who recently received appointments with major orchestras in the United States, Canada, and in Asia. Discover the alumni who in the past few months have been named>>>

Congratulations to 11 of our alumni who recently received appointments with major orchestras in the United States, Canada, and in Asia. Discover the alumni who in the past few months have been named>>>

Congratulations to 11 of our alumni who recently received appointments with major orchestras in the United States, Canada, and in Asia. Discover the alumni who in the past few months have been named>>>

The MSM alumni named as finalists are: Tenor Jonathan Tetelman (BM ’11) in the “Male Singer” category, and baritone Justin Austin (BM ’14, MM ’17) along with bass William Guanbo Su (BM ’17) in the>>>

Orientation Leaders — known more familiarly as OLs — play an important role in acclimating new incoming students to campus and getting them ready for a new academic year. Each year, the MSM Student>>>

Three recent MSM graduates — Hannah Jeané Jones (MM ’24), in photo above fourth from left, Ye In Kwak (MM ’24), second from left, and Yeongtaek Yang (MM ’24), in center wearing glasses — have been>>>

These student leaders play an important role in MSM residence life, assisting other students at MSM. Resident Life Assistants — known more familiarly as RAs — are MSM students who are hired and>>>

This summer, 34 MSM students and alumni participated in the acclaimed Aspen Music Festival and School — a number that represents roughly one in every 14 festival participants. Founded in 1949, the>>>

IN MEMORIAMNina Svetlanova (1932–2024) Manhattan School of Music mourns the loss of longtime member of the College and Precollege piano faculty Nina Svetlanova, an extraordinary musician and teacher>>>

MSM Dean of Vocal Arts Carleen Graham has been named to the Board of Opera America’s National Opera Center, New York City’s “communal home for opera and the performing arts.” The Center’s custom>>>