Joyce B Cowin News

 The American LGBTQ+ Museum and the New-York Historical Society's Center for Women's History will welcome guests to a night of fashion, witchcraft, and tarot reading on January 20, 2023. Glamour Magick is the fourth in a series co-hosted by the Museum and New-York Historical in support of the exhibition The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming, which closes on January 22, 2023.

The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation presents Ukrainian pianist, 21-year old Illia Ovcharenko, first prizewinner of the 2022 New York International Piano Competition, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 7:30 pm in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

From the grand ballroom of The Plaza, guests received a warm virtual welcome to this year’s New York Living Landmarks Celebration from Peg Breen, President of the Landmarks Conservancy, accompanied by Stephen S. Lash, longtime Conservancy trustee and former Living Landmark honoree.

Last night in the historic University Club some of New York's most esteemed citizens gathered to honor two of the most remarkable men in the music world……  Pianists, Educators, and humanitarians Melvin Stecher & Norman Horowitz.  The Gala celebrated the 60 years of the Stecher Horowitz Foundation and it's Founders and Executive Directors Melvin and Norman.  

The 2018 winners of the New York International Piano Competition (TheNYIPC), under the auspices of the Stecher & Horowitz Foundation, were announced at an Awards Ceremony at Manhattan School of Music on Friday evening (June 22). Prizes and awards totaling $50,000 were presented.  Robert Sherman served as Master of Ceremonies.  The week-long event began on June 18.

In actuality all the pianists competing in The Ninth New York International Piano Competition are winners because no contestant gets eliminated during the grueling four day event.

BroadwayWorld was there for the Gala Benefit Evening celebrating The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation. Check out the photos below!

Teachers College, Columbia University's Campaign for Educational Equity, in collaboration with the Epic Theatre Ensemble, is presenting 10467, an original, educational equity-themed play written and performed by high school students on Wednesday, March 23, 5:30-8:00 pm, at the College's Joyce B. Cowin Center Auditorium (Broadway bet. 120th & 121st Sts.), Manhattan.

In the next edition of NYC-ARTS, THIRTEEN's weekly arts and culture multi-platform showcase for the tri-state area, viewers will be treated to a behind-the-scenes peek at the musical FINDING NEVERLAND.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be filled with the sights, sounds, and tastes of Latin America today evening, September 18, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Organized in conjunction with National Hispanic Heritage Month, and part of the MetTodays series, ¡Noche en el Met! Celebrate Latin America will offer a range of activities in both English and Spanish, all free with Museum admission. The event also marks the Metropolitan Museum's growing commitment to art from Latin America, including new acquisitions, exhibitions, and increased public programs. MetTodays-'New York's Night Out'-offer visitors wide ranging programming today evenings, when the Museum is open until 9:00 p.m.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be filled with the sights, sounds, and tastes of Latin America on Friday evening, September 18, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Organized in conjunction with National Hispanic Heritage Month, and part of the MetFridays series, ¡Noche en el Met! Celebrate Latin America will offer a range of activities in both English and Spanish, all free with Museum admission. The event also marks the Metropolitan Museum's growing commitment to art from Latin America, including new acquisitions, exhibitions, and increased public programs. MetFridays-'New York's Night Out'-offer visitors wide ranging programming on Friday evenings, when the Museum is open until 9:00 p.m.

NYC-ARTS provides arts lovers in the tri-state area with an all-access pass to the New York City area's myriad cultural offerings: from music and dance concerts, to the theater, museums and galleries-from the classic to the contemporary.

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The punch line of that old joke is "practice", however in the world of classical music it also takes concerned citizens to support an nurture young artists. Few have been more supportive and inspiring in this endeavor than the legendary performing piano duo of Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz. These two distinguished musicians created the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation, a non-profit organization as an outgrowth of The Stecher and Horowitz School of the Arts in Cedarhurst, New York.

The next edition of NYC-ARTS, THIRTEEN's weekly arts and culture multi-platform showcase for the tri-state area, will feature a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Franz Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow. Staged by five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman, in her Metropolitan Opera debut, the segment will air tonight, December 18 at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN, and will be available for streaming on NYC-ARTS.org.

The next edition of NYC-ARTS, THIRTEEN's weekly arts and culture multi-platform showcase for the tri-state area, will feature a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Franz Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow. Staged by five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman, in her Metropolitan Opera debut, the segment will air on Thursday, December 18 at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN, and will be available for streaming on NYC-ARTS.org.

The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation has announced 18-year old Jun Hwi Cho of Seoul, South Korea as the Joyce B. Cowin First Prize Winner of the Seventh New York International Piano Competition. In addition to a $10,000 cash prize, the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation will also present Mr. Cho in distinguished venues throughout the United States, beginning in the 2014-15 season.