Sherry Sylar, Oboist with the New York Philharmonic, recently sat down with us to provide some audition tips for oboe applicants! Sherry Sylar and Leonard Bernstein, photographed in 1989. What are>>>

A special guest of MSM’s recently staged Bye Bye Birdie was Charles Strouse (in photo, center), the composer of the 1963 musical. He attended both a rehearsal and performance and gave enthusiastic>>>

MSM was recently featured on CBS-TV for considerable power savings each year thanks to upgrades with the energy company Con Edison. The savings are equivalent to the amount of energy that 96>>>

 PM.jpeg About the concert: A Q&A with Justin Bischof and Chloé Kiffer Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98), Chair of the MSM Alumni Council:  We are looking forward to making our return>>>

Hannah Jones (MM ’24) is a second year master’s student from Houston, Texas studying under the tutelage of Ashley Putnam. She sings the role of Hermia, a headstrong ‘ride-or-die’ young lady in A>>>

Kyle Ritenauer (BM ’11, MM ’15) is the director of the MSM Percussion Ensemble who are in concert at MSM on Sunday, NOV 12 at 7:30 PM in Neidorff-Karpati Hall. He tells us about the performance, and>>>

MSM Contemporary Performance students Adeline DeBella (MM ’24), Grace Pressley (MM ’24), and Sam Friedman (MM ’24) will be in concert at MSM on November 8 at 7:30 PM with their Dice Trio, featuring>>>

The new and improved Reed Room at MSM for double reed students was unveiled one year ago on the first floor in Room 116 — its upgrade is thanks to the generous support of donors including the Stephen>>>

Niko Charney (BM ’25) from Shelton, Connecticut, is a junior MSM Musical Theatre major studying with Bob Stillman. Niko plays Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie, “a kindhearted ‘Mamma’s boy’ who wants>>>

Kianna Kelly-Futch is an MSM senior Musical Theatre major from Washington, DC studying with Samuel McKelton. She plays the role of Nia Banks in Forget Me Not taking place October 27–29 at The>>>

Baritone, Johannes Linneballe is a second year Vocal Arts master student studying with Dimitri Pittas. We spoke with Johannes about the upcoming MSM Opera Theatre production of Evidence of Things Not>>>

MSM Jazz Arts alumnus Jahari Stampley, 23, of Chicago, Illinois is named first place winner of the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition; four of eight semi-finalists>>>

Violinist Eugenia Cho (MM ’25) is a first year master’s student in the MSM Orchestral Performance program, studying under the tutelage of David Chan and Lisa Kim. We spoke with Eugenia about the>>>

Jazz trumpeter Grace Fox (BM ’25) is a featured performer in the MSM Jazz Orchestra concert on OCT 6 at 7:30 PM, Celebrating the Music of Thad Jones. Grace has had a very busy and exciting past few>>>

Aaron Haettenschwiller (BM ’22, MM ’24) is a second year master student studying classical oboe under the tutelage of Robert Botti. He is playing in the upcoming Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) concert>>>

by Justin Bischof (DMA ’98)Alumni Council Chair Noted for his advocacy of American and contemporary music, conductor, arranger, and pianist Scott Dunn has a special interest in cross-over and film>>>

Orientation at MSM is an eight-day event packed with activities for new students — with the highlight of a sunset cruise around New York Harbor at the southern tip of Manhattan. More than 400 new>>>

Learn about the more than 600 performances and concerts taking place this academic year in classical, voice, jazz, and musical theatre! Visit our website performance listings for the year’s schedule>>>

Build a profile that reflects your professional areas and activities!  Users are able to communicate with other alumni through intra-platform messaging, audio, or video calls, and can schedule these>>>

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>>>