Lucy Moses School News

LMS Discovery Day is June 11

DISCOVERY DAY

Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 4-7 pm

Children Are Invited Try Different Musical Instruments at this FREE Annual Event
at New York City’s Largest Community Arts School

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...

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See photos from the May 2 Spring Showcase

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.

The SMS 8th graders...

Kaufman Music Center Faculty Member Robinson McClellan Premieres 4 New Works

Composer and Kaufman Music Center composition faculty member Robinson McClellan teaches ComposerCraft at Lucy Moses School and, starting this fall will direct NYC's only dedicated high school-level composition major at the new Special Music School High School. He also teaches music theory and composition at Rutgers, Noteflight, Music-COMP, YCIW and Wagner College.

Piano Masterclass with Matti Raekallio

Piano Masterclass with Matti Raekallio

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...

LMS Early Registration Begins March 15

Attention Lucy Moses School Parents:

It’s time to make plans for the 2013-14 school year - early registration is here!

March 15 to May 1 is our early registration period, when current Young People’s Division students can register for next year with a deposit of just $40. Registration is open exclusively to current students until May 1; on this date, registration...

Annual Luncheon Supports Scholarships at Lucy Moses School

Benefit Supports Music Scholarships for Children at Kaufman Music Center

Piano Faculty Member Chaim Freiberg to be honored for his 40 years of teaching
at Lucy Moses School

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, Kaufman Music Center will hold its annual Scholarship Luncheon, which supports scholarships for deserving and motivated children studying at the Center’s Lucy Moses...

PRESIDENTS’ WEEK BREAK

Lucy Moses School is not in session:
Sunday, February 17 – Friday, February 22
(Presidents’ Week Break)

The building will be closed Monday, February 18.

During the break, many teachers will offer makeups.
Please speak to your teacher for details.

View Photos of Lucy Moses School Faculty in Concert

Members of Lucy Moses School's acclaimed faculty performed a variety of chamber music, including pieces written by our composition faculty, in Merkin Concert Hall on January 30. The concert featured Mary Barto, Roni Ben-Hur, Julia Bruskin, Sage Cole, Susan Friedlander, Valerie Holms, Mikyung Kim, Brian Krinke, Hector Martignon, Mara Milkis, Nils Neubert, Morrie Sherry,...

Alumni Profile: Vitaly Paley

What does Debussy have to do with pan roasted oysters served with sea urchin butter? The path from piano prodigy to “Iron Chef” may seem unusual, but it makes perfect sense to Vitaly Paley, an accomplished pianist and award-winning chef and restaurateur widely recognized as a trailblazer in the American culinary scene.

Vitaly, an alumnus of Kaufman Music Center's Lucy...

Kaufman Music Center Student & Faculty News

STUDENT NOTES

On November 20, four SMS and two LMS flute students of Valerie Holmes performed at the Guggenheim Museum in conjunction with the “Picasso Black and White” exhibition.
 

SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL

Special Music School received the highest rating on its first Department of Education quality review, a thorough analysis of the school’s academic and music...