Kaufman Music Center's 2013 Gala, held on May 6 at The Pierre, is the Center's largest annual fundraising event. This year, we were thrilled to recognize three Honorees who have made invaluable contributions to the world of music, arts and education:
Vladimir Feltsman: Creative Arts Award Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber: Educational Leadership Award City Council...
Highlights Include Performances at BAMcafé, Merkin Concert Hall,
The New Music USA Awards Ceremony, Make Music New York
and Conrad Tao’s UNPLAY Festival
Kaufman Music Center’s Face the Music, NYC’s only youth ensemble dedicated to performing music by living classical composers, has taken its place as a full-fledged player in New York City’s vibrant contemporary...
Kaufman Music Center’s 2013 Spring Showcase concert in Merkin Concert Hall on May 2 at 7:30 pm features solo performances by Special Music School 8th graders and graduating seniors in the Center’s Young Artist Program as well as a collaborative performance of Corigliano’s Fern Hill by SMS’s Vox Nova Chorus and the Queens College Choir.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced on April 23 that Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music School is one of 817 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Special Music School is recommended for a $65,000 grant to support the school’s music program.
A groundbreaking K-12 public school for musically...
Sunday April 28 at 2:30 pm
Ann Goodman Recital Hall Free Admission
Matti Raekallio is a prominent concert pianist and a sought after pedagogue. He is on the faculty of the Juilliard School in New York City and has previously held professorships at the University of Music and Drama in Hanover, Germany, the Sibelius Academy in...
Kaufman Music Center's Face the Music "alt-classical" youth ensemble has been busy this spring, performing at venues from the Baryshnikov Arts Center to Lincoln Center's Rubenstein Atrium.
The ensemble is featured on Christine Southworth's new album String Quartets along with Kronos Quartet and the Calder Quartet, performing the song "Volcano." Click here to listen.
Kaufman Music Center's Tuesday Matinees series presents some of today’s finest young classical performers who are well on their way to international renown. The 2013-14 artists include some extraordinary ensembles, including ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra), the Ariel Quartet, the Lysander Piano Trio and MultiPiano, a dazzling keyboard spectacle featuring young...
LMS Discovery Day is June 11
View photos from Kaufman Music Center’s 2013 Gala 
Face the Music Announces New Concerts & Recordings 
See photos from the May 2 Spring Showcase 
Kaufman Music Center Faculty Member Robinson McClellan Premieres 4 New Works 
Special Music School Receives NEA Grant 
Piano Masterclass with Matti Raekallio 
Face the Music Featured on New Christine Southworth Album 
Announcing the 2013-14 Tuesday Matinees! 
Cheryl Seltzer Faculty Recital 
