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Deborah Voigt at Mannes Opera superstar Deborah Voigt joined Mannes in fall, 2009 as Master Artist-In-Residence,and has made time in her immensely busy schedule for several days of teaching sessionswith a number of lucky voice majors. During a day of wall-to-wall sessions in January atthe Mannes Opera Room, right across the street from the Met where she was starring inStrauss’s Electra, she generously gave up a bit of her lunch break for an interview withMannes News.

turning out to be a perfect sort of situa-tion. I’ve found that the quality of thestudents is very high. They are so talented,and having worked with Ruth and thevoice and opera faculty, they’re in reallygood shape. They seem to be having a verywell-rounded educational experience interms of ample opportunities to sing rolesin scenes and full operas, work onlanguages, and get the professional trainingthey need. I’m hoping my association withMannes will continue for some time.

Since you could teach at any conservatoryin the world, why did you choose Mannes,and how do you feel about your experienceso far?

To begin with, most of my time off is inNew York; I sing at the Met a few times ayear, so I’m here more than anywhere else.But the main reason I was drawn toMannes was Ruth Falcon. I’ve studiedwith Ruth for about 17 years; shesuggested that I might want to get my feetwet teaching a little bit, and Mannes is

Do you have any particular advice toyoung singers?

It’s crucial for a voice student to find ateacher who is a good match – someonewho can help develop a really healthy vocaltechnique, because that’s the foundation ofeverything a singer will do. You need ateacher whose vocabulary you can reallyunderstand. Much of singing and learninghow to sing is based on verbal communica-tion of concepts and images. Acquiringtechnique in voice is very different from, say, the violin. We singers can’t remove ourinstruments from our throats and say, “wellif I do the bowing and fingering differently,I’ll produce better sound.” Good voiceteaching involves saying to a student“imagine this” or “play with this idea.”

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� ALUMNI OFFICE UPDATETHE NEW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WANTS YOU!

The New School Alumni Association is seeking talented and dedicated alumni to join the association board. Nominate a fellow alum oryourself by filling out the nomination form online at www.newschool.edu/alumni/about/formsupdateinfo/NominationForm. To obtaininformation about the association, its guidelines, and ways to get involved, visit www.newschool.edu/alumni/about. And as always, send yourquestions or comments to us at alumni@newschool.edu.

Dear Alumni and Friends,As the end of the 2009-10 academic year approaches, Mannes has a

lot to celebrate. For starters, the 2010 admissions cycle is off to a great start, with a

record number of applicants – not only a record number for the Marchauditions . . . but more applicants for March alone than Mannes hasever had for an entire year! Reports from the audition panels tell aboutthe high quality of applicants.

And something else wonderful happened in March – two of thenine finalists in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditionswere Mannes singers: Maya Lahyani (MM ‘07, PDPL ‘09) and HyoNa Kim (MM ‘08, PDPL candidate). Combined with Nadine Sierra(BM candidate), who was a winner last year. Being the school attendedby about one-sixth of all the finalists over the past two years at themost important North American vocal competition is quite an achieve-ment for a small conservatory!

Also heartwarming is the continuing dedication, loyalty, andimagination of the Mannes donor community. This has been evidentin spades this year.

In October, Mannes Board of Governors member William A.Schwartz received The New School’s Distinguished Service Award forhis service beyond the call of duty – not only donating to Mannes ourfinest Steinway D piano for the Concert Hall, not only presentingseveral Mannes pianists in New York City debut recitals, but alsohelping out in innumerable ways and providing valuable counsel to theDean and the Board of Governors. By receiving his award, Bill joinscurrent and past Mannes Board of Governors members David andEugenia Ames, John E. Beerbower, Patricia Forelle, Michael Gellert,Peter M. Gross, August Heckscher, Dorothy Hirshon, Lois List, RobertJ. Morgado, Philip Scaturro, and Lee Slaughter in being so honored.

Mannes is joining with the other performing-arts divisions of The

New School to create the Young Patrons Society – an opportunity foryoung professionals and recent alumni of Mannes, The New Schoolfor Drama, and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music toenjoy events focusing on the performing arts. The first meeting of theYoung Patrons Society took place on April 15, featuring Emmy Award-winning actor John Turturro as the featured guest.

Several members of the Mannes Board of Governors and theMannes development community have played a leading roleorganizing the Young Patrons Society, including Alexander Glantz,Diana Wagner, and Soléne Romieu.

A special honor within The New School goes this year to agraduating Mannes student. Alex Fortes, a violinist who is completinghis Master of Music degree, will be the student speaker, representingthe entire university’s class of 2010, at The New SchoolCommencement at Madison Square Garden on May 21.

Lastly, we are already planning an exciting 2010-11 season. Amongour more notable events presented free and open to the public will beconcerts by The Mannes Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and Alice TullyHall, and for the first time, The Mannes Opera’s Evenings of OperaScenes in January will be presented at Kaye Playhouse at HunterCollege, allowing our students better opportunities to develop theirskills, and allowing a larger audience to enjoy our students’ artistry.

Thank you, friends of Mannes, for making it possible for Mannes tocontinue to evolve as much as it has in recent years!

Joel LesterDean

Messagefrom the Dean

JOEL LESTER

At the Distinguished Service Award Ceremony. Left to right: President Bob Kerrey,William A. Schwartz, Dean Joel Lester

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12th Yearlong Festival:

Schumann & Chopin: 2010

On February 3, 2010, Mannes celebrated theopening of its twelfth yearlong festival with agala concert and reception at the Ana TzarevGallery, the first festival event to be held at thatelegant new venue on West 57th Street. Like theeleven festivals that preceded it, the 2010festival offers a year’s worth of programs focusedon a specific theme, this time the music ofRobert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin, each ofwhom was born 200 years ago. The 2010festival will present more than twenty events,including student performances at elegantvenues around New York, master classes andlectures in the Mannes Concert Hall presentedby some of the world’s most admired artists andscholars, and a grand closing concert atCarnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.

Pavlina Dokovska, Festival Artistic Directorand Mannes Piano Department Chair,comments, “How fortunate that Schumann andChopin were both born in the same year,because that gives our students a chance toconcentrate on studying and performing theworks of two of the greatest masters in conjunc-tion with each other, and to increase theirunderstanding of their personal and artistic rela-tionship. In 1831, Schumann hailed thepublication of Chopin’s variations on Mozart’s‘La ci darem la mano’ with the words ‘Hats off,gentleman, a genius!’ and included a musical

At the opening concert, left to right: violinist Ari Issacman-Beck, pianist Anastasiya Popova, pianist Nimrod David Pfeffer,Artistic Director Pavlina Dokovska, pianist Javor Bracic, cellist Elad Kabilo, soprano Katharine Dain

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portrait of Chopin in Carnaval, while Chopinreturned the favor by dedicating his F MajorBallade to Schumann.

“It is appropriate that the ‘Schumann &Chopin’ festival follows Mannes’s enormouslysuccessful 2009 festival ‘The MendelssohnSalon,’ which celebrated Felix Mendelssohn’s200th birthday with an exploration of the erahe and his musically talented sister Fanny shared– in particular, the famed salons that were at thecenter of European cultural life, at which Felix,Fanny, as well as Schumann, Chopin, andeveryone who was anyone were hosts andguests.

“And in a sense, our festival events are likemodern day salons. They are certainly gatheringsof people deeply involved with the musical arts –our gifted students performing for and social-izing with the discerning listeners who make upthe wider Mannes community. It is also fittingthat in twelve years of festivals, we have gone fullcircle. Our first festival, ‘Chopin at Mannes1999’ honored the 150th anniversary ofChopin’s death. And our third festival ‘TheSchumanns and Their Circle’ investigated theworld Robert and Clara Schumann shared. Now,our celebration of Chopin’s and Schumann’sbirthdays also celebrates the wonderful conti-nuity of great music as expressed in Mannes’songoing yearlong festival series.”

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Young Joo An (voice, MM ‘07, PDPL‘09) will sing the bass solo in Bach’s BMinor Mass with the St. Cecilia Chorusat Carnegie Hall in May.

Jonathan Bell (piano) was praised forhis “celestial” and “evocative” score forSara Ruhl’s hit play In the Next Room,produced by Lincoln Center Theater inBroadway’s Lyceum Theater in November.

Rosa Betancourt (voice, PDPL ‘07) washailed by the Boston Globe and New YorkTimes for singing “gorgeously” and“powerfully” at Tanglewood in August.

Caroline Chéhadé (violin, PDPL ‘09)won the 2009 Canada Council for theArts Music Instrument BankCompetition. Her prize: playing aStradivarius violin for three years.

Akiko Chiba (piano, MM ‘04, PDPL‘06) and Laura Metcalf (cello, MM ‘06)with violinist Angelia Cho as theAnsonia Trio won first prize in the 2009Joan and Daniel Rutenberg ChamberMusic Competition.

Barry Crawford (flute, PDPL ‘99, MM‘00) has joined the faculty at BuffaloUniversity.

Spencer Cromwell (PreparatoryDivision Diploma ‘08) was the firstrecipient of the Choral ConductingAssistant Scholarship of the GreaterNew Haven Community Chorus.

Malena Dayen (voice, MM ‘04, PDPL‘06) sang Rosina in The Barber of Sevilleconducted by David Rosenmeyer(conducting/theory MM ‘04) with theBleecker Street Opera, and Dorabella inCosì fan tutte with the Pocket Opera ofNew York.

J. Andrew Dickenson (guitar, MM ‘04)is Assistant Professor at Cecil College inMaryland.

Inna Dukach (voice, MM ‘00) sangMusetta in La Bohème with The RoyalOpera at Covent Garden in December.

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Grammy-Winning AlumnaJoAnn Falletta Returns toMannes Podium

In the Alice Tully Hall Green Room, left to right: Pavlina Dokovska, Jialiang Wu, JoAnn Falletta, Joel Lester

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What a season for The Mannes Orchestra!The 2009-10 academic year included 13 publicperformances, with four concerts at Alice TullyHall, two at Symphony Space, two at theMannes Concert Hall, and five opera presenta-tions at the Kaye Playhouse, Merkin ConcertHall, and The New School for Drama Theater.But our hardworking students took this schedulein their stride like the professionals they are fastbecoming, under the leadership of Director ofOrchestral and Conducting Studies DavidHayes, The Mannes Opera’s Artistic DirectorJoseph Colaneri, and Director of InstrumentalStudies Chris Gulhaugen, with special thanks toguest conductor Paul Nadler (who led the firstconcert at Symphony Space in October).

A highlight of the season was the November19 concert at Alice Tully Hall with guestconductor JoAnn Falletta (BM, guitar ‘76) inher first appearance with The Mannes Orchestrasince April, 2004. Milestones in her trailblazingcareer as a woman conductor include ArtisticDirectorships of the Buffalo Philharmonic andthe Virginia Symphony, an Honorary Doctoratefrom The New School in 2007, and twoGrammy awards in 2009. Maestra Falletta waskind enough to share her thoughts on her latestMannes experience:

“Returning to Mannes is always an emotionalexperience for me. Even though the Mannes I

attended was on the Upper East Side, its currentUpper West Side home is filled with pictures,artworks, and furniture from the original location,and reminds me very strongly of my wonderfulexperience there.

“The Mannes Orchestra took on the chal-lenge of a very difficult program with skill,enthusiasm, and absolute daring. Both theRachmaninoff and the Berlioz shone with color,passion, and technical brilliance, and theperformance was marked by a sense of abandonand risk-taking that made it a truly specialevent. Bravo to pianist Jialiang Wu for his virtu-osic Rachmaninoff Third Concerto! I wasactually very sorry to realize at the end of theBerlioz that the performance was drawing to aclose – it had been such tremendous fun.

“Most significant to me was the realizationthat Mannes still possesses its singular andwonderful spirit – a beautiful melding of a veryhigh standard of quality and a uniquely caringenvironment. A faculty that nurtures excellenceand a student body dedicated to pursuing musicon the highest level make Mannes an extraordi-nary place to study.

“I was very proud to return to my almamater, and want to say how grateful I am toMannes for believing in the potential of a youngwoman who dreamed of becoming a conductormany years ago.”

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continued from page 3Joel Feigin (piano/composition) had hisElegy, in memoriam Otto Leuningperformed by the Vancouver SymphonyOrchestra in February.

Benjamin Hochman (piano, MM ‘03),was hailed by the New York Times as a“gifted, fast-rising artist” when heperformed Bach’s keyboard partitas atColumbia University.

Maya Lahyani (voice, BM ‘07, MM‘09), a finalist in the 2010 MetropolitanOpera National Council Auditions, is anAdler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera.

Yonghoon Lee (voice, PDPL ‘04, MM‘06) is having a banner year, with debutsat the Vienna Staatsoper, Covent Garden,Glyndbourne, Chicago Lyric Opera, andin November, the Metropolitan Operain the title role of Verdi’s Don Carlos.

Shu Ying Li (voice, PDPL ‘01), in theNew York City Opera’s Emmy Awardwinning production of MadamaButterfly, was praised in the New YorkTimes for portraying Cio-Cio San “withdainty tread and a powerful, expressivevoice” and in The New Yorker for a“remarkable” performance, a “round,penetrating, and formidable” voice.

Alma Moshonov (voice, BM ‘06) is inthe Opernstudio of Deutsche Oper amRhein in Düsseldorf.

Hafez Nazeri (composition, EDPL ‘05)was the first Iranian composer ever toheadline at Carnegie Hall with his RumiSymphony Project: Iranian Sounds ofPeace.

Heather O’Donnell (piano, MM ‘99)released a CD, Responses to Ives, on ModeRecords and performed at Poisson Rouge.

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello, MM ‘90)received a favorable New York Timesreview for his New York debut at theFrick Museum in March.

Eric Richards (theory, BS ‘66) wasinterviewed in the summer ‘09 issue ofAmerican Music.

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IN MEMORIAM…CRAIG D. BURRELL, M.D. passed away on November 18, 2009. He was a member of theMannes Board of Governors from 1975-1980, serving as Chair of the Board from 1976-1979.Dr. Burrell’s efforts to develop and strengthen the school and its programs, and his courage indefending its integrity in its time of need in the late 1970s are remembered with deep gratitude bythe entire Mannes community.

EREZ RAPOPORT, Mannes alumnus, music theorist and teacher, died in Tel Aviv onNovember 24, 2009 at age 50. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1987, and hisMaster of Music the following year, making him the first graduate student at Mannes to majorin music theory. At Mannes and in subsequent doctoral studies at CUNY, he worked withMannes Techniques of Music faculty member Carl Schachter, who is among Mr. Rapoport’smany colleagues, students, friends, and loved ones who deeply feel his loss.

JAMES C. SLAUGHTER died on December 15, 2009. Known as Jimmy to all, hisgenerosity toward and care for Mannes since the early 1980s is truly without equal. Theentire Mannes community offers sincerest condolences to his wife Lee, a Mannes alumna,whose loyalty to the school through her service on the Mannes Board of Governors, and onThe New School Board of Trustees is simply extraordinary. As a Trustee of the HoraceGoldsmith Foundation, Jimmy ensured millions of dollars of gifts to Mannes that supportedgeneral operations, provided scholarships and stipends to students, enabled Mannes to createthe Goldmark Practice Center, and so much else. Mannes’s debt to him is eternal.

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continued from page 4David Rosenmeyer (theory/conducting, MM ‘04) conductedBritten’s Te Deum at Carnegie Hallwith the Oratorio Society of NY.

Morgan Smith (voice, MM ‘99) singsroles by Rossini, Johann Strauss, andProkofiev this year with Oper Leipzig andMarcello in La Bohème with the BerlinStaatsoper. He sang in the premiere of JakeHeggie’s Moby Dick at the Dallas Opera.

Jennifer Zetlan (voice, BM ‘04) washailed in a New York Times review forher “technical assurance, gleaming toneand abundant charisma” in Tan Dun’smusic in Alice Tully Hall. In the March20, ‘10 edition of the New York Times,her performance as Laoula in Chabrier’sL’Étoile was described as “radiant.”

Dan Zhu (violin, BM ‘04, MM ‘05,PDPL ‘07) performs this year with“Lang Lang and Friends” in OrangeCounty, CA, plays recitals in SouthAfrica, and appears as concerto soloist inEurope and the US.

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Tomer Adaddi (composition, MMcandidate) composed the song chosen torepresent Israel at the Eurovision songcompetition in May, where Tomer willplay piano.

Stefanie Rose Airey (voice, BMcandidate) produced and performed abenefit concert in Calgary in Decemberto support Alberta fine arts education.

Emily Duncan-Brown (voice, MM ‘08,PDPL candidate) and Deanna Breiwick(voice, BM ‘09) will perform in Strauss’sAriadne auf Naxos with The BostonSymphony, conducted by James Levinethis summer at Tanglewood.

Pierre Ferreyra-Mansilla (guitar, BMcandidate) scored the only “SeniorDivision Honorable Mention” in thestring division at the ASTA competitionin New Jersey.

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So it’s necessary to find a teacher whose imageryand use of words you can naturally grasp andrespond to.

How about what happens after graduation?First of all, there are lots of different kinds of

careers to be had in singing, and it may sound alittle bit arrogant for me to say that because Iam so very fortunate. But it’s important torecognize that you can have a smaller career andstill be a fine artist with a rewarding life inmusic. You have to be as honest with yourselfabout your abilities as possible. The desire tohave a magnificent career is wonderful, but youhave to be realistic in determining where you fitinto the scheme of things – in deciding if you’rereally ready for the Metropolitan Opera, or ifyou should spend a couple of seasons singing insmaller houses in Europe, working on languagesand repertoire.

It’s also important to think very seriouslyabout what you want in your private life, and tobe aware that a successful career doesn’t neces-sarily bring personal fulfillment. The traveling isextremely difficult, your time is not always yourown, and it’s hard to maintain long distancerelationships with friends and family. So youhave to be realistic about the choices you aremaking, the problems of balancing career withmarriage and children, and where your priori-ties in life really are.

Finally, always be as prepared as you possiblycan – to audition, sing as a sub, whatever. Muchof what will happens in the course of a career isa matter of luck and chance – opportunitiesthat may or may not come your way. Andthere’s nothing you can do to control that.However, when an opportunity does presentitself, you’d better be ready to grab it and runwith it.

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Thank You, Mannes DonorsMannes is proud to acknowledge and thank each member of the Board of Governors and ourdonor community for the generous gifts we have received, including gifts-in-kind, January 1,2009 through April 5, 2010.

Over $250,000 The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Lee*† & James C. Slaughter

$100,000 - $249,999 Eugenia*† & David* AmesMary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust

$50,000 - $99,999 Harold & Helene Schonberg Pianist

Scholarship Trust Ernst C. Stiefel Foundation The Otto & Fran Walter Foundation, Inc.

$25,000 - $49,999 Baisley Powell Elebash Fund John† & Cynthia BeerbowerMichael E.† & Mary GellertAnn & Gordon† Getty Foundation Sol Goldman Charitable Trust

Jane GoldmanPeter† & Gaye GrossThe Marie Josephine Hartford Foundation The Ambrose Monell Foundation David† & Melanie NiemiecLinda Rappaport† & Leonard ChazenThe Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels

FoundationWilliam A. Schwartz†The Starr Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999 Alan AldaWayne AlpernHildegarde D. Becher* FoundationBeatrice*† & Douglas BroadwaterDuncan BrownDaniel & Rhea ChoyColburn Foundation Martin D. CosandLouise Crane FoundationMax & Victoria Dreyfus FoundationPatricia† & John ForelleNellie & Robert L. GipsonFrank & Helen Hermann FoundationInternational Keyboard Institute & Festival The Kanbar Charitable Trust

Maurice KanbarMiriam Kartch-Hughes*Jane KitselmanJayme Koszyn†

Koszyn & CompanyThe Lanie and Ethel Foundation

Thurmond SmithgallLCU Foundation John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation Edwin MorgensOsceola Foundation

Deborah* & Mark BealeLorna PowerFrank Salomon

The Schneider Fund for Young Musicians William Strizever† & Ivan KovacevicJudith ValeFay VincentDonald† & Diana Wagner

Capital Group Companies CharitableFoundation

$5,000 - $9,999 The Augustine Foundation

Stephen GreisgraberThe Theodore H. Barth Foundation The Capital Group Companies Charitable

Foundation Marie de Lucia & Lee SolotAnthony Della SallaDunard Fund USA, Ltd. Harvey FeinCody Franchetti*Donald Gilbert & Kate LandowneDavid & Susan HorowitzIBM International Foundation Janet JacobsJana Foundation, Inc. Jephson Educational Trust Howard & Sally LepowMiller Khoshkish Foundation Carol MortonPeter OundjianParamount Group The Marie Powers TrustJulius Rudel*Lenore RubenFrank SalomonCarl Schachter*The George L. Shields Foundation

Ann Schein CarlyssHarry & Rizel Sigele

IBM Matching GiftWalter H. Simson FoundationSpektor Family Foundation

Mira Spektor*Vera SternTides Foundation Barbara WinslowAnonymous (1)

$2,500 - $4,999 Peter AndrewsEmanuel AxDeborah Carmichael

The Philanthropic CollaborativeRoxanne Brandt*David BushlerTheodore CohnCosta & Yvonne ConstantineJudith Copeland

Morgan Stanley Matching GiftDara Partners, LP

Dominick DeRisoJack EllenbergerMark EpsteinSylvia FuhrmanFlorentine Music

Elma Moy*Peter* & Lucy Frank

Alaria Chamber EnsembleElizabeth GillAlexander† & Kirsten GlantzTheodore HarrisBetty Iu, MDWolf & Emily KahnBarbara KellerPatricia KozakElisabeth LorinLena LiuHadassah MarksonH. Roemer McPheePECO FoundationThe NAN AwardSusan Butler PlumThe Presser FoundationJaime Loredo and Sharon RobinsonEric & Alice RoperAlfred & Jane Ross FoundationStern Charitable FoundationAndrea StillmanJacqueline TaylorDaniel WatkissIsabel Stainow WilcoxMitchell WolfsonJames Wolfensohn

Wolfensohn Family Foundation

$1,000 - $2,499 E. Nelson Asiel*John E. BaumgardnerKathleen BeakleyThe Bialkin Family FoundationMargot Bridger

in memory of Richard ShirkKatherine BrushThomas CastleStanley & Paula ChaitLucy Pang Yoa Chang FoundationBruce & Nancy CooperD’Addario Foundation for the Performing

Arts Lisa Danzinger

in memory of Blossom LinderPavlina DokovskaMelinda Papp DurhamJudith & Anthony Evnin

AE Charitable FoundationJoAnn Falletta* & Robert AlemanyJoan FarberWilliam Fuchs*Linda Genereux & Timur Galen Glenford Intermediates, Inc.

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continued from page 5Joshua Gleich (voice, BM ‘08, MMcandidate) joined the National Chorale,New York’s premier professional choralcompany, for their 2009-10 season.

Yoon Jin Alexis Kim (PreparatoryDivision student) was Third Place Winnerin the 2010 American Protégé InternationalPiano and Strings Competition.

Nadine Sierra (voice, BM candidate)performed in a recital in the MarilynHorne Foundation’s 2010 festival “TheSong Continues” at Carnegie Hall’s WeillRecital Hall in January, and was featuredin the December ‘09 Classical Singermagazine as a 2009 Metropolitan OperaNational Council Auditions winner.

Diyi Tang (piano, BM & MM ‘08,PDPL candidate) won Third Prize inthe 2009 Heida Hermanns InternationalPiano Competition.

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Elizabeth Aaron (Techniques of Music)presented a paper “One Conservatory’sApproach to the Development of the Ear:Schubert’s Des Müllers Blumen” in “TheMusical Ear,” an aural skills conferencein September at Indiana Universityorganized by Mannes alumnus KyleAdams (piano BM ‘97, MM ‘99).

Judith Bettina (Voice, PreparatoryDivision) was praised by the New YorkTimes as “dazzling in her lucidity andcommitment” for her performance inJanuary of Milton Babbitt’s The Head of theBed with the Metropolitan Opera ChamberPlayers conducted by James Levine.

Amy Burton (Voice) was singled out as“the lustrous soprano” in the New YorkTimes review of the New York CityOpera Gala in November.

A recent book by Allan Evans (MusicHistory, Extension Division), IgnazFriedman: Romantic Master Pianist, wasamong the top 25 books listed by theNonprofit Bookstore SupportingEducation.

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continued from page 6Roger Malouf (Opera, ExtensionDivision) was Assistant Conductor forthe Metropolitan Opera’s production ofthe Ring in spring ‘09.

Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo(Ensemble in Residence) was praised byNew Music Box for their CD Musicfrom the Raritan River.

The Orion String Quartet (Ensemble-in-Residence) joined with Yo-Yo Ma, JeremyDenk, and others at a memorial concert atColumbia University in October honoringthe late composer Leon Kirchner.

Jerome Rose (Piano) was the focus of acover interview in the summer ‘09 issueof Piano Journal ’s series “Who’s Who ofGreat Pianists and Piano Pedagogues.”

Marcy Rosen (Cello) performed for theBrooklyn Friends of Chamber Music inOctober with mezzo-soprano StephanieHoutzeel and pianist Pei-Yao Wang(piano, BM ‘02).

Richard Russell (Assistant Director,Extension Division) was commissionedby Fordham University and the journal19th-Century Music to compose songsfor Fordham’s acclaimed “Poets OutLoud” series in April.

A work for alto sax by Faye-EllenSilverman (Music History) was premieredby Allen Won (Saxophone) and will bepublished this summer by Seesaw/Subito.

A Naxos CD of Ge Gan-Ru stringquartets performed by ModernWorks,including cellist Madeleine Shapiro(Director, NewMusic Mannes), wascited by the New York Times as one ofthe worthy recordings of 2009.

David Taylor (Trombone) was Artist-in-Residence in both the classical and thejazz division of the University of Musicand the Performing Arts in Graz, Austriain March.

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Richard Goode*Judy HarrisGary Horowitz & Marcy WachtelPeter HorvathThea IervolinoMarta IstominKonstantin & Pavlina Ivanov

Johnson & Johnson Matching GiftRobert J. JacobsonRobert JonesPeter & Joan KaskellNora & John KerrMarcia KlauJoseph KlugerL & L Foundation

Mildred BrinnEugene M. Lang

Eugene M. Lang FoundationDeborah Slaner Larkin & John F. LarkinCurtis Chong & Catherine Lecce-ChongJoseph LeeCathy LeffAura LevitasCho-Liang LinDavid Loeb*Karen G. Mandelbaum*Anothony McGillMeyers Charitable Family Fund The National Christian Foundation Michael NimetzJose NoyesPaula Oreck-SarnoffPeter PastreichDavid & Lane PeaceJudith PragerLillian Pyne-CorbinCynthia ReadJames RichardsonGeorge RockmanWalter RosenbergerDonn RussellRalph SauerJune SchneiderHedi SiegelEpp-Karike Sonin*Melville Straus Charitable TrustEllen Strommen

The National Christian FoundationAso TavitianJohn TorsonStephen & Linda WeissKatherine WeissmanRobert WerbelRosalind WhiteheadKathleen WilliamsM. Zalles Wells College et al. TrustAnonymous (2)

$500 - $999 Tony AcostaArkady AronovHildegard BachertJeremy Barnum & Caitlin MacyVivian Barton DozorPeter BerkleyEllen Blair

Sam & Anna Lopin Foundation

Ralph & Elizabeth BrownAnn Marie CarrMarie CarterAnthony ChristoffVivien R. ClarkDavid CutnerLaura DeMarco

in memory of Stanley Lewis CohenPierre de VeghPaula DeitzLee MacCormick EdwardsDavid Finkelstein & Evelyn LetfussRenee FishermanJane GrossStewart GrossGabriella Gruder-PoniMark Hansen & Mark FidelmanMark HanulikJohn A. HargravesBarbara HeymanMichael HegartyMing-I Huang & Jon RobertsCarol IvanickLynn JanovskyJohn & Susan JavensJohnson & Johnson Family of Companies Suk Soon KimShirley Maytag KingNeil & Naomi KleinhandlerDavid & Amy KornblauWarren & Amanda LarrickAndreas LazarJoan LernerJoel & Bonnie LesterWoodrow & Andrea LeungCharles & Marjorie MacLachlanJeremy Mack

The Mack FoundationAntoinette Fleisch-MessierGeorge Melas-Kyriazi & Heidi GiffordFrank NemhauserFernando NottebohmAmy OshiroRichard A. PaceSimon & Elaine ParisierStephen Trevor & Ronnie PlanalpKaren Bentley PollickAnna Polyanina

in memory of Richard ShirkBosilijka RaditsaFrederick Ruvkun

in memory of Richard ShirkLinda SemesLois SilbermanEllen SilversteinAnne SimonArnold SteinhardtRuth SternMaurice Summerfield Trans Britannia

Enterprise PkCecile TorzsIvan Torzs*Johanna TreeDorothea von HaeftenMarian Marcus Wahl Memorial

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offered two interesting innovations. First, thesomewhat out-of-the-box program waslargely twentieth-century opera in Englishwith excepts from Britten’s Albert Herring,Mark Adamo’s Little Women, and Stravinsky’sThe Rake’s Progress. Verdi’s Un Ballo inMaschera brought the evening to a close. Thesecond innovation was the newly conceived

and constructed stage setting, designed byRoger Hanna, which resourcefully exploitedthe theater’s limited space with a curvaceousshape that provided numerous and flexibledramatic options for stage director LauraAlley, while integrating the orchestra with theset in a way that made the players virtualparticipants in the action.

The Mannes Opera Sets the Scene

Photo by Roger Hanna

On January 8th and 9th at The NewSchool for Drama Theater on Bank Street,The Mannes Opera presented its annualEvenings of Opera Scenes with the MannesOrchestra, conducted by Artistic Director ofThe Mannes Opera Joseph Colaneri andfaculty members Susan Woodruff-Versageand Ted Taylor. This year’s production

Mannes News | Spring 2010

Editors: David Ames, Heather Campanelli, Joel LesterStaff Photographer: Eugenia AmesGraphic Designer: Judith Rew

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