Manhattan School of Music News

Pianist Michelle Nam is one of 30 musicians in the 2012 Stepping Stone competition.

Submit a new article Find our more about RiotACT/Read the FAQ Register a user account Find out about advertising on RiotACT Enter a giveaway Contact a site administrator The Australian National University has recently announced serious changes to the School of Music in Canberra.

When Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, takes his place at the Thornton School of Music in 2014, his colleagues will not be strangers, but old friends.

The proposed restructure of the ANU School of Music has come under fire again after the Vice President of the Manhattan School of Music claimed her college was not consulted about the changes which include an increase in distance education between the two schools.

Area jazz lovers need not travel to Boston or New York to hear amazing jazz musicians - especially when nationally recognized high school jazz bands are in your own backyard.

On June 14, Beth El Temple will host a 20 th anniversary musical tribute to Joseph Ness, the synagogue's cantor, musical director and teacher of its bar and bat mitzvah candidates.

Jazz education is a tough road that requires hard work and focus; it's also an entry point into an obscure process that can be somewhat confusing.

A "Celebration of Nancy's Life" will be conducted Saturday for Nancy Takahashi Hatamiya, who died May 15 after a year-long battle with lung cancer.

This year, a true multi-interdisciplinary project has taken place between the music department, the CAD classes, and the agriculture program at Prattsburgh Central School.

Picture: Actor Alec Baldwin and pianist Lang Lang received an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music at Riverside Church New York City, USA.... Alec Baldwin will be shooting a documentary at the Cannes Film Festival detailing his efforts to get his next movie project off the ground.

Picture: Actor Alec Baldwin and pianist Lang Lang received an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music at Riverside Church New York City, USA.... A New York judge has extended an order of protection against a Canadian woman accused of stalking Alec Baldwin for another two months.

It was a touching moment for Alec Baldwin today as the actor received an honorary doctorate at the Manhattan School of Music.

Tyler native Meredith McCook returns to Tyler on Sunday, May 20 for a cello recital at Liberty Hall in Downtown Tyler.

Albany Records Release Party Music of Debussy, Mozart, and Noon Sunday, June 10, 7 p.m. Nighttown Jazz Club and Restaurant 12387 Cedar Road Cleveland Heights, OH New recording by Almeda Trio pianist/Cleveland State University/Music Settlement faculty member released by Albany Records on May 1 Robert Cassidy performs at Nighttown jazz club and ... (more)

Actor Alec Baldwin is set to receive an honorary degree from a prestigious school in his native New York.

As a follow-up to yesterday's thoughts around BADBADNOTGOOD , the improvising band that many folks are talking about, I'd like to submit this brief video interview with young pianist Christian Sands .

I have no talent. Well, no musical talent that is. I can do one or two things well enough, I suppose, but I am in complete awe of talented musicians.

The only thing richer than the onstage chemistry between Kirill Gerstein and Gary Burton is their history together.

On May 23rd, you're invited to a special evening celebrating the Latin American influence on the world of classical music.