Susanna Phillips News

Wayne Oquin's latest composition, 'On the Words of Walt Whitman,' will debut at St. Bartholomew's Church in NYC, conducted by Kent Tritle.

Renowned conductor Kent Tritle will lead a series of spring 2026 concerts at St. John the Divine, featuring A German REquieum, Alexander's Feast, and more.

Pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown will release TWELVE BLOCKS, the first album devoted entirely to his original compositions, on First Hand Records.

Musica Sacra will present “Classics for Christmas,” a concert of festive delights, for its annual holiday concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring orchestral works by Corelli, Poulenc, Helena Paish, and Randall Thompson.

The New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will continue its NYFOS Next series with The Many Worlds Interpretation on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at The Theater at 150W17TH.

New York Festival of Song will kick off its 2025-2026 season with the 16th annual NYFOS Next Festival in October. Learn more and see how to attend here!

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, has announced its 2025-26 season of performances, including four Mainstage Series programs at Merkin Hall, co-presented with Kaufman Music Center. The season also includes the ​​NYFOS Next Festival at The Theater at 150 W 17 and NYFOS's annual residency at The Juilliard School.

Award-winning composer Lewis Flinn, along with special guests Julie Benko (Broadway's Funny Girl) and Susanna Phillips (Metropolitan Opera) will perform a one-night-only concert at the Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 W 42nd St) this Friday, June 20 at 7PM, doors opening at 5:30PM. 

The Metropolitan Opera has named soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen the winner of the 2025 Beverly Sills Artist Award. The annual $50,000 award recognizes extraordinarily gifted singers with rising Met careers.

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation has announced the recipients of its prestigious Richard Tucker Award, Richard Tucker Career Grant, and Sara Tucker Study Grant. 

By definition, the historical view of the oratorio is that it’s typically religious in nature, performed unstaged and without costumes or scenery. Going by that description, The Oratorio Society of New York’s (OSNY) program at Carnegie Hall this week—a combination of contemporary and classical works--under conductor Kent Tritle, broke some rules in both parts of its stirring, gorgeously sung and played program.

On May 30 2025, pianist Simone Dinnerstein releases her new album, Complicité, on the Supertrain Records label. This is her first recording with the string ensemble she founded and directs, Baroklyn (the ensemble's name is a portmanteau of Baroque and Brooklyn, Dinnerstein's home borough), and features the music of J.S. Bach and Philip Lasser.

The Oratorio Society of New York, led by Music Director Kent Tritle, has announced the winners of its 48th Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals Concert held at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 1:30 pm.

The renowned Oratorio Society of New York (OSNY), led by Music Director Kent Tritle, concludes its 2024-2025 season with the world premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s All Shall Rise, as well as Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang on Monday, May 5, 2025 at 7:00 pm at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

On March 28, 2025, Deutsche Grammophon releases Finnish-Cuban pianist Anton Mejias' first solo album, The Art of Memory, featuring the world premiere recording of Philip Lasser's Twelve Preludes: The Art of Memory, a companion piece to Book II of J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.

The internationally lauded American pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown will return to the Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival in Key Largo, FL. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

Mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey and pianist Myra Huang will perform at The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater in January, presented by Vocal Arts DC. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

GRAMMY-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein, will be a guest soloist with Musica Sacra for its annual holiday season concert next month at Carnegie Hall.

Music Director Kent Tritle will lead “Classics for Christmas: Mozart, Bach & Beethoven,” a festive program with two renowned guest artists: Mozart’s ebullient motet Exsultate at Carnegie Hall.

Musica Sacra has announced its 2024-25 season featuring 'SurRound II,' a holiday program at Carnegie Hall, and a performance of 'Messiah' with the New York Philharmonic.