Kaufman Center News

Announcing Merkin Concert Hall’s 2010-11 Season!

2010-08-20T18:15:52Z

Welcome to Merkin Concert Hall's 2010-11 season! Check out the new Ecstatic Music Festival and your returning favorites: New Sounds Live, Broadway Close Up, Tuesday Matinees, New York Festival of Song and the family-friendly Broadway Playhouse and Poppy Seed Players!

See photos and video from Lucy Moses School’s Summer String Fest 2010

2010-08-16T19:33:53Z

Lucy Moses School's second annual Summer String Fest wrapped up on August 13, 2010, with a performance in Merkin Concert Hall of works by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Jenkins and LeClair. Coordinated by Lynelle Smith, the week-long Summer String Fest gave young participants the opportunity to take part in individual lessons, art activities, student and faculty rehearsals and chamber ensemble rehearsals with conductor Richard Stout.

See a photo slide show:

Final perfomance in Merkin Concert Hall on 8/13/10: J.S. Bach's Brandenberg Concerto No. 3

Final perfomance in Merkin Concert Hall on 8/13/10: Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile for String Orchestra

Final perfomance in Merkin Concert Hall on 8/13/10: Karl Jenkins's Palladio (Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra)

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2010-08-03T20:23:21Z

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Ecstatic Music Festival: CLOGS (featuring Matt Berninger) - Last Song

2010-08-03T19:50:28Z

Special Music School is a Top-Scoring School!

2010-08-02T13:47:43Z

Kaufman Center's Special Music School ranked number seven on the top ten list of highest-scoring New York City schools, with 96.6% of students achieving proficient scores on state tests in math and English.

July 31 is National Dance Day!

2010-07-30T16:59:21Z

It’s official – Congress has passed a resolution making July 31 National Dance Day. Events are planned across the country, including National Dance Day flash mob at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. hosted by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Nigel Lythgoe, celebrity judge of So You Think You Can Dance. Whether you’re six or 60, get in on the action! Sign up for a dance class at Lucy Moses School today!

Very Young Musicians Try Instruments at Discovery Day

2010-06-17T21:15:57Z

Merkin Concert Hall was THE place for kids and families to be on June 16, when more than 300 visitors showed up for Lucy Moses School’s annual Discovery Day. With the help of LMS faculty members, kids were able to try out the violin, cello, flute, guitar, clarinet, recorder, saxophone, oboe, bassoon and trumpet as well as a sample Dalcroze class. Some of LMS’s talented young students gave impressive performances.

See photos here!

Suzuki Program Open Houses on 6/15, 7/13 & 8/10

2010-06-11T20:25:18Z

Attention parents! Is Lucy Moses School’s Suzuki Program right for your child?

Come meet Suzuki Program Director Matthew Reichert and parents of current Suzuki students and enjoy performances by the students at open houses coming up this summer:

Tuesday, June 15, 6:30-8:30 pm

Tuesday, July 13, 6:30-8:30 pm

Tuesday, August 10, 6:30-8:30 pm

To RSVP, please call 212 501 3360 or email lucymosesschool@kaufman-center.org.

In the Suzuki Program at Lucy Moses School, young children gain a love of music that enriches every aspect of their lives. Kids age 4+ collaborate with teachers and a parent—who attends lessons and acts as a “home teacher”—in a stimulating and nurturing environment. Students take both individual and group lessons and perform in recitals and a yearly festival in Merkin Concert Hall. Choose from violin, viola, cello, flute and guitar.

Tribeca New Music Festival features work by SMS parent Gregor Huebner

2010-06-02T16:05:22Z

The New York Art Ensemble Monsters will perform SMS parent Gregor Huebner’s “Five Latin Pieces” on June 8 in Merkin Concert Hall as part of the Tribeca New Music Festival.

Find out more!

Listen to Face the Music on NPR’s All Things Considered!

2010-05-27T14:50:00Z

Face the Music, Kaufman Center’s teen new music ensemble, was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" on May 27!

See it here!

New Yorker (June 29, 2009)

2010-05-26T18:18:45Z

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2009/06/make-music-new-york.html

New York Times (June 23, 2009)

2010-05-25T17:32:28Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/arts/music/23make.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=%22face%20the%20music%22%20%20kozinn&st=cse

New York Times (May 7, 2009)

2010-05-24T17:35:54Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/arts/music/07kali.html?scp=6&sq=%22face%20the%20music%22%20%20kozinn&st=cse

LMS Suzuki Chair Matthew Reichert Earns Ph.D.

2010-05-24T17:33:39Z

Matthew Reichert, Chair of Lucy Moses School's Suzuki Program, successfully defended his doctoral (D.M.A.) dissertation, Carl Bergmann in New York: Conducting Activity 1852-1876, on May 21, 2010 at the CUNY Graduate Center. A chapter will be published in the forthcoming Music, American Made: Essays in Honor of John Graziano in the Festschrift Series (Michigan: Harmonie Park Press, 2010).

2010-11 Tuesday Matinees Series Announced

2010-05-14T19:11:55Z

Get to know some of the brightest young classical stars from around the world!

The 2010-11 Tuesday Matinees series features a distinguished group of international performers with enough major international prizes and appearances at the world’s most renowned concert halls under their belts to rival much more established classical stars: Benjamin Moser, piano (10/12/10); Afiara String Quartet (11/2/10); Sebastian Bäverstam, cello (12/7/10); A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra (1/11/11); Bella Hristova, violin (2/22/11); Elena Urioste, violin (4/5/11); and Nansong Huang, piano (5/3/11). You’ll be hearing a lot more about these young musicians in years to come—in the meantime, see them at Merkin first!

Click here for a complete schedule!