Founders Day Concert & Celebration

Miller Hall, Manhattan School of Music at 11 am

Quartet for 4 Violins by Grażyna Bacewicz

Hear Precollege faculty violin quartet featuring Julia Choi, Bela Horvath, Chloe Kiffer, and Xiao Wang followed by a short discussion on the history of MSM with MSM Institutional Historian and Director of Archives John Blanchard.

Join us as Antonio Galera presents a performance inspired by musical references found in personal correspondence from the Hispanic Society Library archive. In addition to a range of classical music, the performance will feature readings from letters written by Joaquín Sorolla, Rubén Darío, Gabriela Mistral, Federico García Lorca, and more.

Repertoire to include Malagueña, Casals' El Cant dels Ocells, Turina’s Círculo, Ginastera’s Danza de la Moza Donosa, Ponce-Heifetz’s Estrellita, and more.

Antonio Galera and Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
Thomas Mesa, cello
Julia Choi, violin

Please note this event takes place at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which is located next to the Hispanic Society on Audubon Terrace.

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Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 with the Vilacello Festival Chamber Orchestra

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Corelli 12 Trio Sonatas, No. 1 in F major, op. 3
Corelli 12 Trio Sonatas, No. 8 in C major, op. 3
Brahms Piano Trio No.3 in c-minor, op.101
Grieg String Quartet in g-minor, op. 27

with Timothy Chooi, Bartholomew Fortino-Shields, Jennifer Choi, Chan Mi Jean

Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending with CIMF Artist Chamber Orchestra
Julia Choi, violin

CIMF Artist-Faculty and the Artist Chamber Orchestra perform small ensemble and chamber orchestra works by 2022 composer-in-residence Jared Miller, Paul Frucht, Andrea Casarrubios, Ralph Vaughn Williams, and the 2025 call-for-scores winner, Sam Wu.

Featuring CIMF Artists violinist Julia Choi, George Meyer, Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez, and Chelsea Starbuck Smith, violists Leah Ferguson and Jacob Shack, cellists Mitch Lyon and Arianna Nelson, double bassist Jonathan Borden, flutist Katie Althen-Velázquez, clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson, bassoonist Rémy Taghavi, and guest musicians, directed by conductor Jacob Joyce.

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CIMF Artists pianist Mika Sasaki, violinists Julia Choi, George Meyer, and Chelsea Starbuck Smith, violist Jacob Shack, cellists Mitch Lyon and Francesca McNeeley, and harpist Emily Levin perform works by Jon Cziner, Mark Adamo, Paul Frucht, and Johannes Brahms.

J. Brahms — Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8, with pianist Mika Sasaki and cellist Francesca McNeeley
P. Frucht — “Come Fly With Me” with pianist Mika Sasaki

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Harp Trio Recital at the Elms (Newport RI)

Program repertoire to include works by:
Ibert, Ravel, Le Rossignol, Saans, Negrón, Renie

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A program of all three Sonatas for Violin & Piano by Johannes Brahms, ending with Clara Schumann’s Romances.

JOHANNES & CLARA is presented by the West Side Concert Series.
The concert will be held in Ridgewood, NJ.

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The NSO’s final concert of the season features soloist Julia Choi, first Violinist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Ms. Choi will perform Bruch Violin Concerto, one of the most quintessential in the violin repertoire.  Also on the program is Borodin’s Symphony No. 2 and Verdi’s Nabucco Overture.

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The always-evolving Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble features musicians from the legendary Met Orchestra in a variety of unique programs. Together, along with special guest artists from the Metropolitan Opera and beyond, they explore a boundless world of chamber music, adapting to fit the instrumental needs of any piece—from all-time classics to hard-to-find hidden gems and standout works by many of today’s significant composers. In this performance, the ensemble treats listeners to an “Italian Serenade.”

Program:
BRICCIALDI Wind Quintet No. 1
PUCCINI Crisantemi
ROTA Nonetto
WOLF Italian Serenade (arr. Hadamowsky)
VERDI String Quartet in E Minor

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NCPA Tata Theatre in Mumbai, India

Nicolas Alstaedt, conductor/cello

On Tour with Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

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Grammy-winning soprano and AMOC* member, Julia Bullock’s El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered flips the script on the traditional Christmas Nativity story. With the groundbreaking music of John Adams, one of America’s most renowned composers, and libretto by Peter Sellars, it’s a bold and modern exploration of birth, resilience, and humanity. Performed by AMOC*, the renowned Trinity Church NYC Choir, AMOC* member and bass-baritone, Davóne Tines, and a cast of superstars featuring mezzo-soprano, Rachael Wilson, and countertenor, Kyle Tingzon, conducted by Christian Reif, this production embodies the essence of New York City and its people. Experience the Nativity reimagined like never before at the breathtaking St. John the Divine on December 19! 

Tickets at www.stjohnthedivine.org 

In celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the Korean Cultural Center New York, we invite you to our annual Holiday Concert, titled "Thank You Notes."

Join us at the newly opened Korea Center New York, a space that embodies the spirit of cultural exchange and celebration. Together, we will reflect on the remarkable achievements of the past year while looking ahead to the exciting moments yet to come.

Featuring a heartwarming program of performances by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Musicians, the evening will conclude with a warm gathering over light refreshments, offering an opportunity to connect and celebrate this special occasion together.

Program

Antonin Dvořák | Quintet in G Major for Two Violins, Viola, Cello and Bass, Op. 77 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 

Conversation with Musicians moderated by So-Chung Shinn, Chair of the Patron Program at The Metropolitan Opera & Selection of Holiday Music!

Artists 

• Julia Choi, Qianwen Angela Shen, Wen Qian, Jeehae Lee (violin) 

• Zoë Martin-Doike, Mary Hammann (viola) 

• Kari Jane Docter, Joel Noyes (cello) 

• Edward Francis-Smith, Daniel Krekeler (bass)

https://www.koreanculture.org/performing-arts/2024/12/08/thank-you-notes-2024

MARTINŮ Nonet, H. 374

JANÁČEK String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"

DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings

The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Workshop of a new opera, She Who Dared, by Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah Mouton

DiMenna Center

Opera Gala Concert in NYC’s Central Park at the Naumburg Band Shell

This year’s concert includes arias and scenes from all of Puccini’s great operas to honor the Centennial of his death, as well as orchestral solos including Intermezzos from Cavalleria Rusticana, Manon Lescaut, William Tell Overture.

Large ensembles perform Inconvenient Wounds by Rene Email, And Birds Are Still by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Nifrasch by Jon Cziner, Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel, and The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, with addendum by Paul Frucht

INFINITE presented by the Charles Ives Music Festival in collaboration with MoCA Westport. The concert will be held at MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike, Westport, CT. For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE.

An engaging program including Sonata No. 4 by Charles Ives, The Old Question by Alex Weiser, Romance by Amy Beach, selections from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, and Sonata for Violin and Piano by John Corigliano.

AMERICAN is presented by the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra and Lounsbury House as part of the Music at the Mansion series. The concert was sold out, an dheld at Lounsbury House, 316 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.

MSM studio recital
Students will play works by Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Bach, Bruch, and Prokofiev

Workshop of a new opera, Working for the Macbeths, by Johnny Navarro and Marcus Yi

DiMenna Center

The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Anthony Roth Constanzo, Yannick Nézét-Séguin

Handel: “Eternal source of light divine” from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
Handel: “Still amare” from Tolomeo
Golijov: The Fire Outlives the Spark
Golijov: Laika (World Premiere)
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84

Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie

Immediately following their album recording earlier in the week, musicians Julia Choi, Christine Lamprea, and Emily Levin perform the groundbreaking Trio by French harpist Henriette Renié, along with premiere performances of works by Angélica Negrón and Reena Esmail.

Central Commons, Dallas TX

Mozart Trio E-flat Major, K. 407 with Enriqueta Somarriba, piano and Hugo Valverde, horn

MSM Pre-College Faculty Recital

Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music (130 Claremont Avenue)

An AMOC* Production

This chamber music arrangement—written specially for AMOC*—was first performed at The Met Cloisters in 2018, in the beautiful San Martín at Fuentidueña chapel. The New York Times called it “intimate, affecting and quietly rich with activism.” The piece, which celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women, returned for a one-night-only engagement in December 2022 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. In December 2023, El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered tours to Opera Omaha, Stanford University, and Yale University before returning to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a second year. A rarely performed work, El Niño “ruminates on the notion that with the promise of new life, there is the equal threat of inexplicable violence and sacrifice,” said Bullock, “one of opera’s fastest-rising stars” (Vanity Fair), who curated the selections being performed.

Music by JOHN ADAMS
Libretto compilation by PETER SELLARS
Musical selections by JULIA BULLOCK
Musical arrangement by CHRISTIAN REIF

Free to the public

Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67

with Sarah Vonsattel, Dora Figueroa, Mary Hammann, and Bryan Wagorn

Violin and cello duo for an art lecture series introduction in Chelsea, NY

Mozart Duo K. 423 in G Major

Ravel Duo for Violin and Cello

Sonatas for violin and cello by Boccherini and Ravel, as well as an original arrangement of “Fly Me To the Moon”

An afternoon of Chamber Music presented by P.S. 205

Renié Trio
Angélica Negrón Trio

Puerto Rico Conservatory Strings Festival

Strauss Metamorphosen with the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and Yannick Nézet-Séguin