Manhattan School of Music

Join the BPO and Maestro Cho for an evening of performances next month. Learn more about the upcoming performance and find out how to get tickets to the show here!

The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University has appointed David Chan as Professor of Violin, starting full time in the fall of 2025. Learn more about Chan here!

Composer Peri Mauer's new piece Things Going By for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon will be premiered March 31, 2025, 7pm, at Lucille's Coffee and Cocktal. Learn more here!

Composer, pianist, and pedagogue Nils Vigeland has released a portrait album of his piano works, Perfect Happiness, performed by Chinese-born pianist and Steinway Artist Jing Yang. Listen to it now.

Inspired by the beloved independent film and brought to life on Broadway, Tony®-nominated WAITRESS is cherished by audiences all over the world. WAITRESS offers a special recipe for finding happiness in unexpected places. See the video!

The Appell Center for the Performing Arts will present the 2nd annual York County Student Music Festival, showcasing the massive talents of local young musicians. Learn how to take part.

Manhattan Musical Theatre Lab has officially relaunched as of January 2025, under new leadership, after pausing in 2018. Learn more about the company and its mission here!

Composer, pianist, and pedagogue Nils Vigeland will release a portrait album of his piano works, Perfect Happiness, performed by Chinese-born pianist and Steinway Artist Jing Yang. Learn more about the album.

The distinguished clarinetist Charles Neidich, the first clarinetist to win the Walter W. Naumburg Competition in 1985, will be presented by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation in partnership with Manhattan School of Music in a recital. Learn more!

Composer Peri Mauer's new piece for piano and drum set, Late Day Thunder will be premiered this weekend in a concert of new music presented by Composers Concordance at Kostabi World.

Emerging cabaret artist Francis Garner and musical director Andy Lantz will bring 'Over the Hill: Dating Gay After 30' to one of downtown's favorite spots, Pangea Cabaret & Supper Club.

The Albany Symphony recently held auditions and appointed ten new talented musicians including Christina Bouey (concertmaster), and more. Learn more about the new members!

Rob Rokicki, known for THE LIGHTNING THIEF, announced the digital release of his concept album THE REAL GEMMA JORDAN, featuring a book by Anna K. Jacobs and a cast of Broadway stars. Learn more!

The Riverside Opera Company will present A Night at the Opera on Saturday, November 9.  Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

CLUB44 RECORDS has released “Silver Bells” – the new holiday single from celebrated jazz vocal stylist Jane Monheit – on streaming and digital formats. The song, a joyously infectious Latin-inspired take on the seasonal classic, was originally released as a bonus track on last year's vinyl edition of her 2022 album, The Merriest.