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...
The crowds lining the Mall at the Presidential Inauguration on Monday, January 21 were treated to a special performance, via video, of the Special Music School Elementary Chorus performing the song "We Have the Power" by Sean Hartley, Director of Kaufman Music Center's Theater Wing, and Jihwan Kim. Congratulations to Sean, Jihwan and the children!
Kaufman Center's 2012 Summer String Fest concluded on August 17 with a rousing final concert in Merkin Concert Hall with works by Copland, Schubert, Barber, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff. Directed by Lynelle Smith, the instensive week-long program for kids age 10-19 includes private lessons along with chamber orchestra and sectional instruction.
New York’s largest community arts school opens its doors to the public for its fourth annual Discovery Day. At this FREE event, children ages four and up can try out a wide range of instruments under the guidance of Lucy Moses School’s dedicated and experienced faculty members. This is a great opportunity for beginners as well as young music students thinking about...
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Mariam Wallentin, hailed for her “beyond gorgeous” voice (Prefix) in the band Wildbirds & Peacedrums, teams up with acclaimed composer Mikael Karlsson to create a new song cycle, The Spirit & the Cloud, performed with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. The evening will also include a selection of Karlsson’s instrumental compositions and arrangements of Wildbirds...
Rob Moose and C.J. Camerieri of yMusic talk with Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry and Son Lux (aka Ryan Lott) about their collaboration for the February 8 Ecstatic Music Festival concert.
Sxip Shirey and Angélica Negrón talk about their February 7 Ecstatic Music Festival concert. At Merkin Concert Hall they'll be joined by special guests Todd Reynolds, Noveller, Jonny Rodgers and Face the Music. Find out more about the concert.
My Brightest Diamond (aka Shara Worden) will join the New York Guitar Festival at Merkin Concert Hall on Jan 17, 2012. The 2012 festival, “Silent Films/Live Guitars,” pairs performers with silent films by one of the greatest comic actor-directors in the history of cinema: Buster Keaton. The festival also features Lee Ranaldo, Kaki King, Dan Zanes, Gyan Riley, Keller...
Face the Music Announces New Concerts & Recordings
Special Music School Chorus Performs at Presidential Inauguration 
See Photos & Video from the 2012 Summer String Fest! 
Kids Can Try Out Instruments at Discovery Day on June 21! 
ComposerCraft Students to Premiere Works at (Le) Poisson Rouge on May 19 
Lucy Moses School’s Young People’s Division has a new video! 
NEW VIDEOS! EMF preview with Mikael Karlsson and Mariam Wallentin 
NEW ECSTATIC VIDEOS! yMusic with Richard Reed Parry & Son Lux 
NEW VIDEO! Sxip Shirey & Angélica Negrón preview their 2/7 Ecstatic Music Festival collaboration 
My Brightest Diamond Joins NY Guitar Festival Lineup 
