Current Season

Kaufman Music Center Welcomes Imani Winds & Conductor Kyle Ritenauer Will Join the Face the Music Team

This season, Face the Music’s Chamber Orchestra will begin rehearsals in person for the first time in 18 months! The orchestra will collaborate with the Grammy-nominated quintet and Kaufman Music Center Artists-in-Residence Imani Winds for Face the Music’s season opening concert on December 7 in Merkin Hall. Plus, Face the Music is thrilled to welcome a new member of the coaching team, the acclaimed conductor and Uptown Philharmonic founder and artistic director Kyle Ritenauer. He’ll bring a wealth of creativity and new-music experience along with him as he leads the orchestra this year!

 

FACE THE MUSIC INVITES MUSICIANS TO AUDITION!

Face the Music is Kaufman Music Center’s contemporary music program for teens, dedicated to studying and performing music by living composers. Musicians ages 12 -18 may apply today Online Here! Auditions will be considered on a rolling basis and are still encouraged for teens looking to join the 2021-22 Season. Ensembles are meeting in-person on Saturdays, and Covid-19 Health & Safety Protocols can be reviewed Online Here. Please see full program, timeline, tuition, and audition information in the 2021-22 Program Brochure Online Here. 

ANNOUNCING: ELECTRONIC MUSIC WORKSHOP

Face the Music's Electronic Music Workshop with Murat Çolak begins this April, 2022.
Email facethemusic@kaufmanmusiccenter.org to ask questions or to enroll!

The Electronic Music Workshop is designed for musicians who are interested in producing electronic or electroacoustic music. In this workshop students will explore and grow essential skills within Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software: playing, programming, and recording virtual instruments and drum machines; discovering sound design tools and techniques; manipulating and processing sounds to sculpt their own; creating beats and seeing a composition through the arrangement process to a finished project. By the end of the workshop, each participant will have produced an electronic track to be played in a showcase. 

Dates: Saturdays, 4/2, 4/9, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 & 6/4
Time: 3:15pm - 4:30pm 
Location: In-Person at Kaufman Music Center (129 W. 67th St.)
Ages: Teens ages 12-18yrs
Tuition: $125 Add-on Tuition for Face the Music Members; $250 Tuition for Non-Members

 


Get News from Us

Sign Up