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The 'Manhattan School of Music' is one of America's leading music conservatories located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition. It is one of the premiere private music conservatories in the world, with nearly 275 faculty members and over 800 students from 40 countries. In addition to this, the school also features a Pre-College Division which trains gifted young students. There are about 500 students currently enrolled in the program. Plus, it has a Summer Program.
Founded in 1917, the school is located on Claremont Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, adjacent to the campus of Columbia University, where it has been since 1969. Many of the students live in the school's residence hall, Andersen Hall. At the present time, 75 percent of the students come from outside New York State and 47 percent from outside the United States.

Contents

History

Prominent faculty

Prominent alumni

Board of Trustees

See also

External links

History

The School was founded in 1917–1918 by Janet D. Schenck, pianist and philanthropist, as the Neighborhood Music School. It was located in a brownstone building on New York City's Upper East Side. Pablo Casals and Harold Bauer were among the first of many distinguished artists who offered guidance to the School. Eventually, its reputation for excellence extended throughout the greater metropolitan area, and its name was changed to Manhattan School of Music.
In 1943, the artistic and academic growth of the School resulted in a charter amendment to grant the bachelor of music degree. Two subsequent amendments authorized the offering in 1947 of the master of music degree and, in 1974, the degree of doctor of musical arts. In 1956, Dr. Schenck retired and John Brownlee, noted Metropolitan Opera baritone, was appointed director, a title later revised to president. President Brownlee initiated the idea of relocating the School to the Morningside Heights neighborhood; his death occurred only months before his efforts were realized. In 1969, George Schick, Metropolitan Opera conductor, accompanist, and distinguished opera coach, succeeded Brownlee as president and led the School's move to its present location.
John O. Crosby, founder and general director of the Santa Fe Opera, was appointed president in 1976. He was followed by Gideon W. Waldrop, who was appointed in 1986, and Peter C. Simon in 1989. On July 1, 1992, Marta Casals Istomin was named President, a position which she held until October 2005 when she retired.
As of October 2005, Dr. Robert Sirota, former director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, took over the presidency of the Manhattan School.

Prominent faculty

★ 'Arkady Aronov'

★ Julia Becker

★ Per Brevig

★ Cecil Bridgewater

★ 'Tim Cobb'

★ Joel Chadabe

★ Jeffrey Cohen

★ Richard Danielpour

★ 'Glenn Dicterow'

★ Mark Delpriora

★ Karen Dreyfus

★ 'David Dubal'

★ Daniel Epstein

★ David Eisenbach

★ Marion Feldman

★ 'David Geber'

★ 'David Gilbert'

★ Midori Goto

★ 'Horacio Gutierrez'

★ Warren Jones

★ 'Grigory Kalinovsky'

★ Philip Kawin

★ Adam Kent

★ Lisa Kim

★ Constance Keene

★ 'Patinka Kopec'

★ Tali Kravitz

★ Ruth Laredo

★ Rhoda Levine

★ Dave Liebman

★ 'Albert Markov'

★ Ursula Mamlok

★ Patricia McCaffrey

★ Jeffrey Milarsky

★ Bob Mintzer

★ Patricia Misslin

★ Jason Moran

★ 'Frank Morelli'

★ 'Orin O'Brien'

★ Joan Patenaude-Yarnell

★ James Preiss

★ Maria Radicheva

★ Nathaniel Rosen

★ Neil Rosenshein

★ Bobby Sanabria

★ Steven Schick

★ Lucy Shelton

★ Paul Sperry

★ Nina Svetlanova

★ 'Alan Stepansky'

★ James Tocco

★ Steve Turre

★ Nils Vigeland

★ Julia Wolfe

★ 'Pinchas Zukerman'

Prominent alumni

★ David Amram

★ Angelo Badalamenti

★ Angela Bofill

★ Guy Braunstein

★ Donald Byrd

★ Mike Ciliberti

★ Ron Carter

★ Harry Connick, Jr.

★ Anton Coppola

★ John Corigliano

★ Thomas Delonge

★ Mark Delpriora

★ Mignon Dunn

★ Josu De Solaun Soto

★ Timothy Eddy

★ Lauren Flanigan

★ Ezio Flagello

★ Nicolas Flagello

★ Reiko Füting

★ Elliot Goldenthal

★ Nicholas Goluses

★ Susan Graham

★ Dave Grusin

★ Herbie Hancock

★ Shuler Hensley

★ Stefon Harris

★ David Higgs

★ Margaret Hillis

★ Rupert Holmes

★ Lisa Hopkins

★ Paul Horn

★ Kelley Jefferson

★ Aaron Jay Kernis

★ Yusef Lateef

★ John Lewis

★ Catherine Malfitano

★ Ursula Mamlok

★ George Manahan

★ Herbie Mann

★ Bob McGrath (Mr. Bob)

★ Johanna Meier

★ Jane Monheit

★ Jason Moran

★ Walter Murphy

★ John Musto

★ Elmar Oliveira

★ Tobias Picker

★ Max Roach

★ Larry Rosen

★ Arthur Russell

★ Don Sebesky

★ Sanford Sylvan

★ Evan Tate

★ Ludmila Ulehla

★ Dawn Upshaw

★ Hendry Wijaya

★ Joe Wilder

★ Carol Wincenc

★ Eleanor Wong

★ Phil Woods

★ Dolora Zajick

★ SDoun pianist and R&B singer

★ Regina Spektor

Board of Trustees

★ David A. Rahm (Chairman)

★ Robert Sirota (President)

★ Alan M. Ades

★ Betty Allen

★ Nancy Terner Behrman

★ Harold M. Chumaceiro

★ Carla Bossi Comelli

★ Marta Istomin

★ Edward Lowenthal

★ William R. Miller

★ The Honorable Richard Owen

★ Robert G. Simon

★ Patrick N.W. Turner

★ Gordon K. Greenfield (Emeritus)

★ Paul Martinson (Emeritus)

See also

★ Music school

★ Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division

External links

★ Official Web Page

★ World Music Central's guide to Music Schools. This guide centers on music schools that teach world music and roots music in general.