MSM Precollege faculty member Kariné Poghosyan (2005年的MM, 2007年的DMA)在the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on February 14.

节目的重头戏是世界首演100周年庆典 George Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue which debuted on February 12, 1924. The concert was presented by the 亚美尼亚常驻联合国代表团.

“We were happy to have partnered, once again this year, with our distinguished artist, 纽约的亚美尼亚裔美国钢琴家karin Poghosyan, 把亲爱的朋友和同事聚集在一起,” said His Excellency Ambassador Mher Margaryan 在音乐会开始前，他向联合国常驻代表发表了讲话.N. member states.

The Armenian Weekly 说表演“精彩……(她有)无可挑剔的措辞?, breathtaking vulnerability and power.”

亚美尼亚驻美国大使馆文化顾问.S., Vicki Shoghag Hovanessian 他说:“karin Poghosyan是一位出色的钢琴演奏家，拥有非凡的耐力和音乐技巧，以及令人惊叹的表演. It’s a musical reverie to attend Ms. Poghosyan’s performances.”

Read the review in The Armenian Weekly here.

钢琴家，大学预科教师，男同性恋者校友 Kariné Poghosyan (MM ' 05, DMA ' 07)将举行音乐会，纪念首演100周年 George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on February 14 at 8 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Presented by 亚美尼亚共和国常驻联合国代表团, the concert will also feature works by Alberto Ginastera, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Tania León, and Arno Babajanian.

Rhapsody in Blue 对我来说，这是一个标志性的作品，它对每个人都有意义，”Poghosyan说. 这首歌是格什温创作目标的典范——消除不同音乐流派和风格之间的界限. Therefore, 来庆祝它首映100周年, 我创建了一个程序，突出了古典音乐的神奇结合, jazz and Latin elements, alongside works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Alberto Ginastera and Tania Leon, 通过Arno Babajanian的精湛选段，我融入了一点亚美尼亚血统.”

了解更多关于音乐会的信息并购买门票 here.

Eugene Drucker -小提琴家、作家、教育家、作曲家、美国小提琴学会创始成员 Emerson String Quartet, and MSM violin faculty member — has been named Artistic Director of The Berkshire Bach Society (BBS). 这个拥有34年历史的艺术组织在伯克郡和周边地区举办世界级音乐家的巴洛克音乐现场演出.

Mr. Drucker is a longtime member of the Berkshire Bach Ensemble 也是巴赫新年系列音乐会的指挥. As Artistic Director of the BBS, 他将帮助开拓新的编程和表演机会.

这一任命是在爱默生弦乐四重奏退休之后做出的. Drucker co-founded 47 years ago. Over the course of its existence, the Emerson earned nine Grammy Awards, three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, 以及《newbb电子平台》的“年度最佳乐团”奖.

MSM faculty member pianist Elio Villafranca 他将是著名的音乐家和 University of Arkansas每年的研讨会致力于教育和让社区了解美国黑人对音乐的贡献. The 11th annual conference will be held Jan. 31 to Feb. 4.

The theme for the 2024 symposium, “Celebrating Afro-Caribbean Music,探索加勒比国家丰富的文化和他们对音乐流派的贡献，从雷鬼舞、萨尔萨舞到梅伦格舞, calypso and more. Throughout the symposium, 将会有支持这个主题的讲座，探讨加勒比黑人音乐与黑人音乐家的经历以及社会运动之间的关系.

2月2日，Elio Villafranca将发表一篇关于“T加勒比地区散居非洲人的音乐,” hold a master class, 并成为晚间音乐会的主角. 

More information on the event here.

MSM faculty member Andrew Gerle 是作曲家/作词人、词作者、钢琴家和作家，其最近的作品是 Whisper Darkly, set at the height of Prohibition in 1928, 这是世界上第一部折衷摇摆音乐剧吗,” he says, 一个身临其境的戏剧体验，跟随三个女人的生活，过着自己的生活. The music and lyrics are by Andrew Gerle; the book and concept is by librettist DJ Salisbury.

制作的视频预告片是在 The Back Room它是禁酒令时期仍在纽约经营的最后一家地下酒吧之一.

更多关于音乐剧，并看到制作和录音的预告片, visit the production’s website here.

Learn more about Andrew Gerle here.

The album Dynamic Maximum Tension 由MSM爵士艺术作曲教员 Darcy James Argue has been named to NPR的2023年50张最佳专辑名单，以及 Slate’s list of Best Jazz Albums of 2023.

这张专辑已被提名为格莱美最佳大型爵士乐团专辑.

Find the NPR list here.

Find the Slate list here.

The 2023 Kurt Weill Book Prize 自1900年以来关于音乐戏剧的杰出学术著作被授予 Making Broadway Dance, by Liza Gennaro他是newbb电子音乐剧学院院长，也是一名编舞家.

Her book, published by Oxford University Press, 被库尔特·威尔图书奖顾问小组一致选为今年奖项的首选.

评委会称赞丽莎的书是一部“杰出的作品”, 它既平易近人，又引人入胜，因为它是经过仔细研究的,并称赞书中“对一些编舞作品作者的误解进行了许多有启发性的、早该进行的纠正”, 以及由此引发的关于某些黄金时代音乐剧遗产的挑衅性问题.”

Learn more about the book here.

Violin faculty member Lucie Robert was a jury member at the 国际全球音乐教育联盟小提琴比赛 于11月3日至13日在中国北京举行.

There were four rounds to the competition. 最后两轮分别是莫扎特和浪漫协奏曲，乐团成员包括 Philadelphia Orchestra. 比赛奖金从5000美元到10万美元不等.

图片:国际评审团成员与六名决赛选手合影，其中包括男男性接触者学生 Risa Hokamura, along with competition pianists. 露西·罗伯特坐在后排，左边第一个.

Dynamic Maximum Tension, the new album on Nonesuch records by MSM Jazz Arts faculty member Darcy James Argue and his group Secret Society -这张唱片还邀请了爵士艺术学院院长 Ingrid Jensen  -最近在两家国家媒体上作了专题报道: The New York Times 在其专栏“你现在可以听的5张古典音乐专辑”中对这张专辑进行了评论，这张专辑也被刊登在网站上 NPR‘s program Fresh Air.

Read The New York Times article here.

Listen to the NPR program here.

MSM faculty member violinist Ilmar Gavilán 将在一场特别的音乐会上与 Tucson Symphony Orchestra on October 28 and 29,  Strings without Borders. Also performing is with violist Jaime Amador. 两人目前都是图森交响乐团的驻团艺术家.

Learn more here.

MSM faculty member Valerie Coleman and MSM alumnus cellist Thomas Mesa (DMA ' 17)都是新专辑S的独奏家ongs for Our Times by Sphinx Virtuosi released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

Ms. Coleman is featured on two songs, 追寻弦乐乐团的愿景I: Till. and Tracing for String Orchestra II: Amandla!

Cuban-American cellist Thomas Mesa, 2016年狮身人面像大赛和2017年星界艺术家全国海选一等奖得主, is soloist on the concerto Divided, written for Thomas and Sphinx Virtuosi by Jesse Montgomery.

Sphinx Virtuosi是由18名杰出的年轻黑人和拉丁裔弦乐演奏家组成的开创性的美国自导弦乐团.

More about the album here.
Listen to the album on Spotify here.

The Village Trip GuitarFest 从三州地区为新的和旧的吉他音乐为期三天的节日有才华的吉他手.

Sept 14 showcases a tribute to the late Scott Johnson 用两把电吉他演奏他的“Bowery出没”, performed by MSM guitar faculty member Oren Fader, joined by William Anderson.

On Sept 16 at 6 PM, the Bowers Fader Duo will perform “Beyond the Line of Blue”, by Damon Ferrante, and Oren is joined by guitarist Jack Ward 在马丁·罗奇的《newbb电子》中.晚上8点，鲍尔斯·费德二人组表演理查德·卡梅伦-伍尔夫的《newbb电子平台》.鲍尔斯·费德二人组也将在9月19日和29日进行演出.

Festival information is found here.

MSM guitar faculty member David Leisner 会在三强赛中独唱吗 GuitarFest concerts in the Village Trip Festival in New York City.  大卫将演奏他最近委托并首演的第二部演出作品:

MSM faculty member Lisa Yui 她说她发布这两张唱片是因为对她来说, 这些作品是人类思想和心灵最伟大的遗产.”

这张CD是2017年在纽约用三天时间录制的. Ms. Yui在一篇文章中写下了她等待六年才释放的原因 here.

Schumann Fantasie in C major; Liszt Sonata in B minor is available on Bandcamp and was released on Sep. 7, 2023 on all major streaming platforms.

Joanne Polk19世纪法国作曲家的钢琴独奏CD Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) is released today on the Steinway & Sons label.

Entitled The Silence Between the Notes, the CD features, according to Joanne, “gorgeous poetic moments, 还有一些很有挑战性的练习曲.  Most of the music has never heard before.”

The CD is available on on streaming platforms; MSM students, faculty, 及职员可在男同性恋图书馆的NAXOS网页收听光碟.

More about the CD and Joanne Polk here.
More about Louise Farrenc here.

The New York Times classical music critic Zachary Wolfe reviewed Treemonisha praising MSM alumnus and faculty member Damien Sneed’s reworking of Scott Joplin’s opera.

这位评论家写道:“斯尼德在新创作的材料中大胆地使用了乔普林式的习语。.

Zachary Wolfe also hailed MSM alumnus Justin Austin (BM ’14, 在该剧中担任主角的男演员:“男中音贾斯汀·奥斯汀饰演乔普林和雷姆斯，生活充满激情.”

Read article here.

German composer Reiko Füting, 他是男同性恋者学校的作曲系教员和系管理员, 他的歌剧的全球首演唱片正在发行吗 Mechthild with libretto by poet and theologian Christian Lehnert on New Focus Recordings.

Füting’s subject, Mechthild of Magdeburg, 是一位13世纪的女性基督教神秘主义者，她有影响力的作品在19世纪被重新发现. f丁和莱纳特的乐谱在语言固有的音乐性的背景下探讨了信仰和禁欲主义的主题, 通过时间和记忆连接不同时代的艺术表现.

Learn more about the recording here.
Purchase the album here.
观看一段关于录音的德语视频 here.

MSM faculty member violinist Peter Winograd, a member of the American String Quartet, 是由乔治·马里纳·莫尔指挥并演出的探索乐团Saint-Saëns“管风琴”交响曲的首席小提琴手吗, 将于4月22日上午11点在WNET(纽约PSB分支机构)在线所有艺术频道播出.

由这个艾美奖提名和电视奖获奖交响乐团和它的91位音乐家于去年10月录制, the interactive, 教育音乐会也将于5月1日由美国公共电视台(APT)在全美播出.S. 公共电视台(查看本地列表).

More info here.

MSM Precollege faculty member Judith Insell 被授予“爵士英雄”倡导奖 Jazz Journalist Association是爵士乐行业最受尊敬的协会. 她因领导布朗克斯艺术团而获得这一荣誉. Judith has been executive director of the Bronx Arts Ensemble 自2021年3月起担任艺术总监.

Learn more here.

On April 7, MSM piano faculty members Jeffrey Cohen (照片中间)和男同性恋者弦乐教师 Lucie Robert (小提琴)将在布达佩斯李斯特音乐学院的室内独奏会上演奏勃拉姆斯和舒伯特, Hungary, along with Gábor Farkas (in photo on left).

Admission is free.

More information about the concert here.

男男性接触者理论和作曲教员的新工作 Paolo Marchettini is called Armoniosi accenti and was commissioned by the Orchestra Haydn of Bolzano in Italy. 它将于5月16日和17日在意大利博尔扎诺和特伦托举行首演，由著名指挥家和羽管键琴演奏家指挥 Ottavio Dantone.

“Armoniosi accenti 具有与莫扎特的《newbb电子》相同的不同寻常的乐器, 和海顿第96交响曲一起演出的,” says Paolo.

More information about the concert here.

MSM音乐剧《newbb电子》讲师 LaDonna Burns is an understudy performing in White Girl in Danger这是托尼奖和普利策奖得主的最新音乐剧 Michael R. Jackson.

这部非百老汇的作品将于4月10日在纽约托尼·基瑟剧院(Tony Kiser Theater)举行全球首演，由两位导演联合制作 Second Stage Theater and Vineyard Theatre.

Learn more here.

MSM校友兼钢琴教师Lisa Yui的一篇题为“来自亚洲作曲家的钢琴音乐:亚洲钢琴史”的文章已于2023年春季版发表 Piano Magazine.

Dr. Yui是MSM的长期教员，并在格林菲尔德大厅主持正在进行的系列表演 Lives of the Piano.

Read the article in Piano Magazine here.

男同性恋者当代表演项目教员 Todd Reynolds 是即将在百老汇上演的 Parade该剧将在百老汇上演 New York City Center last fall.

该剧由托尼奖提名导演 Michael Arden，由托尼，普利策和奥斯卡奖得主撰写 Jason Robert Brown. 它是由托尼奖得主传奇共同构思的 Harold Prince.

《newbb电子》将于2月21日首映，3月16日首映. 该节目将在8月6日结束.

More info about Parade here.
Learn more about Todd Reynolds here.

MSM piano faculty member, alumnus, 大都会交响乐团成员Bryan Wagorn (DMA ' 13)将在大都会歌剧院的作品《 Fedora, as a pianist.

《纽约时报》(New York Times)报道了大都会交响乐团成员扮演的这一引人注目的特殊角色 here.

MSM Musical Theatre program Music Director David Loud 他是即将到来的百老汇演出的编曲人吗 New York, New York which opens in previews on March 24.

David recently authored his autobiography, Facing the Music.

Learn more about the new musical here.

MSM教师，国际知名钢琴家 Yefim Bronfman (HonDMA ’15) returns to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra 将于11月2日至5日演奏莫扎特欢快的第一钢琴协奏曲. 22.

Also on the program, 音乐总监雅普·范兹维登带领乐团演奏了安东·布鲁克纳不朽的《newbb电子》. 7.

More about the concert here.

More about Yefim Bronfman here.

爵士钢琴家，作曲家和男同性恋教师 Phil Markowitz has released Solo Piano Live in Rome这是一段近90分钟的现场录音，记录了在纽约举行的一场音乐会 Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. 三个返场演出包括原创作品和重新想象的标准. The album is Mr. 这是马科维茨漫长而传奇的职业生涯中的第一张个人专辑.

Available at Amazon Music and iTunes. More about the album here.

10月下旬，格雷厄姆院长将在 Brigham Young University 谈谈研究生课程的面试过程.

院长格雷厄姆也被邀请出席达伦伍兹的全体会议 National Opera Association Conference in Houston in January 2023.

Conductor and baritone Malcolm J. Merriweather (DMA ’15), an MSM alumnus and faculty member, 被任命为新成立的纽约爱乐合唱团的首任总监. 该团将在纽约举行首演 David Geffen Hall 开幕晚会将于10月26日晚7点开始，音乐会将邀请一些歌剧和百老汇最著名的明星, including Renée Fleming, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bernadette Peters, and Vanessa Williams.

Learn more about the appointment here.
Learn more about Malcom here.