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NEW ECSTATIC VIDEOS! yMusic with Richard Reed Parry & Son Lux

Rob Moose and C.J. Camerieri of yMusic talk with Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry and Son Lux (aka Ryan Lott) about their collaboration for the February 8 Ecstatic Music Festival concert.

Videos by Steve Taylor.

NEW VIDEO! Sxip Shirey & Angélica Negrón preview their 2/7 Ecstatic Music Festival collaboration

Sxip Shirey and Angélica Negrón talk about their February 7 Ecstatic Music Festival concert. At Merkin Concert Hall they'll be joined by special guests Todd Reynolds, Noveller, Jonny Rodgers and Face the Music. Find out more about the concert.

Video by Steve Taylor.

2012 Concerto Competition Winners Announced!

Kaufman's Center's 2012 Concerto Competition took place this past Sunday, January 22 at 2:30 pm in Merkin Concert Hall. All participants are students are from Lucy Moses School, Special Music School and Kaufman Center's Young Artist Program. Students chose to perform either a 15 minute instrumental piece or two vocal arias.

Kaufman Center is pleased to announce the...

NY Public Radio’s Greene Space to Host Ecstatic Music Festival Preview

Get a taste of the 2012 Ecstatic Music Festival on Wednesday, February 1 at New York Public Radio's Greene Space! Hosted by WQXR’s Terrance McKnight, Q2 Music’s preview concert will  feature music and conversation with Ecstatic Music Festival composer-performers Jason Treuting, Sxip Shirey, Angélica Negrón and Jherek Bischoff as well as a conversation with composer and...

Kaufman Center is looking for a Manager of Institutional Giving

Manager of Institutional Giving

Kaufman Center seeks a gifted Manager of Institutional Giving to join an energetic, high-volume development department consisting of four staff members plus one intern. The Manager of Institutional Giving reports to and works closely with the Director of Development to implement an effective, responsive institutional giving program. As...

Lucy Moses School’s Winter Arts Camp Returns February 21!

This President's Week, Lucy Moses School's annual Winter Arts Camp returns for a week of singing, dancing, acting and making art!

The Winter Arts Camp is a unique, multi-arts experience for boys and girls age 6-11. Children will explore a single theme through four different media: drama, dance, music and visual art. (Past year's themes include Time Machines, Treasure...

Kaufman Center Announces New Board Leadership

At its annual meeting in November, Kaufman Center’s Board of Trustees elected Rosalind Devon as the new Chairman of the Board, and Andrea Brown was elected as the Board’s President.  At this meeting, Bethany Millard completed her service as Chairman of the Board, and several other officers completed their terms as well.

Bethany Millard served as Chairman during a...

Elliot Chang

Lucy Moses School student Elliott Chang (piano) won first prize in the 2011 Merle J. Isaac Junior Division Composition Competition.

Announcing the 2012 Ecstatic Music Festival

This winter, Kaufman Center's second annual Ecstatic Music Festival will feature nearly 150 performers and composers from different musical backgrounds who are re-defining music today. In 11 collaborative concerts – all with first performances of new works – the festival will put its finger on the pulse of contemporary “post-classical” music, where lines between genres...

Free Broadway Playhouse Tickets Available for Title 1 Schools

Attention New York City educators!

Free tickets for Kaufman Center’s Broadway Playhouse series at Merkin Concert Hall are available for children at Title 1 schools. The 2012 performances for schools will take place at 10 am on three Mondays: Jan 9, Feb 5 and Mar 19.

Last season more than 800 children from seven Title 1 NYC public schools attended these school...

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