Join the College of Performing Arts Winter Performances
The College of Performing Arts (CoPA) invites you to enjoy in-person and online performances that push the boundaries of convention and reinvent traditional forms of artistic expression. Join us for these upcoming events featuring gifted students from across the college.
Mannes Orchestra: An Evening of Rochberg, Eastman and BartĂłk
The Mannes Orchestra returns to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in a concert featuring the recently rediscovered and acclaimed Symphony No. II – The Faithful Friend: The Lover Friend’s Love for the Beloved, by Julius Eastman. The New York Times calls it a “…symphony that radiates cosmic grandeur,” and said “…the quality of this student orchestra is as much a revelation as the dark brilliance of Eastman’s rediscovered work.” Mannes Orchestra performed the World Premiere in 2018 and is thrilled to perform this mesmerizing symphony to new audiences.
In addition to the Eastman selection, the orchestra will perform two dynamic works created for the ballet: George Rochberg’s Black Sounds, scored for wind, brass and percussion (no strings) and Bela BartĂłk’s, Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, a tumultuous and tragic love story with an element of redemption at its close. Conductor: David Hayes.
Program:
George Rochberg: Black Sounds
Julius Eastman: Symphony No. II – The Faithful Friend: The Lover Friend’s Love for the Beloved
BĂ©la BartĂłk: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 7:30PM (EST)
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
Mannes Sounds
The Mannes Sounds Festival presents more than 20 concerts annually performed by young artists from Mannes, the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and the School of Drama as well as master classes and lectures by distinguished faculty members and renowned guest artists and is one of the outstanding components of Mannes’ performance program. Founded in 1999 by Pavlina Dokovska, chair of the Mannes Piano department, the festival events are held at various prestigious New York City concert venues and cultural institutions.
Mannes Sounds Piano Cantabile: Something Borrowed
Friday, December 1, 2023
7:00PM to 9:00PM (EST)
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall at Arnhold Hall
55 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Featuring piano arrangements of music by: Dave Brubeck, Queen, Mary Lou Williams, Sting, George Gershwin, Coldplay, and Philip Glass.
Curated by Blair McMillen.
Mannes Sounds Piano Cantabile: An Evening of the Concert Etude
Sunday, December 3, 2023
7:00PM to 9:00PM (EST)
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall at Arnhold Hall
55 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Featuring works by: Brahms-Paganini, Chopin, Czerny, Glass, Kapustin, Ligeti, Liszt, Lyapunov, Moscheles, Moszkowski, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Scriabin.
Curated by Vladimir Valjarevic.
Mannes Sounds Piano Cantabile: A Night at the Ballet
Friday, December 8, 2023
7:00PM to 9:00PM (EST)
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall at Arnhold Hall
55 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Featuring works by: Barber, Beethoven, Chopin, Gluck-Sgambati, Falla, Gounod-Liszt, Joplin, Prokofiev, Ravel, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, and Debussy.
Curated by John Novacek.
Mannes Sounds Piano Cantabile: Musical Reflections on Water
Sunday, December 10, 2023
7:00PM to 9:00PM (EST)
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall at Arnhold Hall
Featuring music by: Andres, Berio, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Lyapunov, Nevin, Ravel, Ruo Huang, Tanaka, and Takemitsu.
Curated by Xiayin Wang.
Mannes Sounds: Mozart meets MysliveÄŤek: an Evening of Opera and Chamber Works
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
7:00PM to 9:00PM (EST)
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street New York, NY 10021
Featuring opera selections from Josef MysliveÄŤek and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and instrumental works including piano sonatas and chamber music for strings and winds.Â
Curated and directed by William Gustafson.
The Valerie Coleman Studio Presents: In Concert
Monday, December 4, 2023
7:30PM to 9:30PM (EST)
Glassbox Theater
55 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Join us for an evening of original music, improvisation, and chamber music without boundaries, hosted by Grammy nominated Mannes faculty member Valerie Coleman, and artists from the Composition, Performance, and Performer-Composer programs.
Artists include Talia Fuchs; the Mosaic Composers Collective: Aidan Arbona, Alexa Letournea; and the Red Clay Wind Quintetu, Naamia Rivera, Murph Severtson.
Program:
Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Composer: Valerie Coleman
Performers: Claudia Montoya-Hernandez, flute; Daniel Gurevich, oboe; Haoru Liu, Clarinet; Luisito Montesdeoca, Horn; Trey Coudret, Bassoon
spread
*World Premiere
Performer/Composer: Murph Severtson
Instrumentation: Solo accordion and electronics
No Thunder (Only Rain)
Composer: Athos Maestrom
Performers: Jae Author, Bassoon
Yuhwa
Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
Performer: Yannan Zhu, Flute
Breath of Fresh Air/An Unsettling Fate
Composer: Naomi Rivera
Performers: Claudia Montoya-Hernandez, flute; Daniel Gurevich, oboe; Haoru Liu, Clarinet; Luisito Montesdeoca, Horn; Trey Coudret, Bassoon
Life and Art
*World Premiere
Composer: Isaac Ismael Cortijo
Performers: Blue Akira Shelton, Jocylin Grace Braun, Lizzy Felando
Defender of Blackbirds
*World Premiere
Performer/Composer: Alexa Letourneau
Performers: Aglet Ensemble: Alexa Letourneau and Arjan Singh Dogra
Improv Set with Talia Fuchs
Performer/Composer: Talia Fuchs, Voice and Piano
Sleeping through the Sunrise
*World Premiere
Performer/Composer: Aidan Arbona
Performers: Aidan Arbona and Adam Guo