MSM History

1990

爵士传奇人物马克斯·罗奇(52届本科生)在毕业典礼上被授予荣誉博士学位.

December — The John Brownlee Opera Theatre presents the American Premiere of Cornet Christoph Rilke’s Song of Love and Death by Siegfried Matthus. John Rockwell of the New York Times wrote: “Manhattan School has done the opera proud. 音乐表演是由伯纳德·雅各布森翻译的，非常专业.”

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• Steve Reich receives Grammy for Best Contemporary Composition for Different Trains, recorded by Kronos Quartet on Nonesuch label.
• Joan Tower is first woman awarded Grawemeyer Award in Composition.
• Evgeny Kissin gives New York debut.
• Dawn Upshaw (MSM alumna) wins a Grammy Award for her recording Knoxville – Summer of 1915 (Music of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky).

1991

管弦乐表演研究生课程开始，这是北美首个此类课程. It offers intensive study with members of prominent area ensembles. 创始成员包括纽约爱乐乐团音乐大师格伦·迪特罗(如图)和首席双簧管演奏家约瑟夫·罗宾逊.

Summer — Manhattan School of Music founds Professional Musical Theater Workshop, Paul Gemignani, Director.

11月——女高音歌唱家Birgit Nilsson有幸举办了一场盛大的音乐会，庆祝她在学校的大师班学习多年. Guest performers include Sherrill Milnes and several luminary alumni. George Manahan (Class of 1976) leads the School’s Symphony.

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• Kurt Masur appointed conductor of New York Philharmonic.
• Lionel Hampton, age 82, records live with his Golden Men at Blue Note.
• Carnegie Hall celebrates 100th birthday.
• Mario Bauzá comes out of retirement to record his suite Tanga, orchestrated by Chico O’Farill, with Bobby Sanabria (current MSM faculty) on drums, and receives Grammy nomination.
• Susan Graham (MSM alumna) makes her debut with the Metropolitan Opera on September 26, as Dorabella in Così fan tutte. Graham will go on to give 188 performances with the company.

1992

Marta Casals Istomin, formerly artistic director of the Kennedy Center, becomes president (president until 2005).

在美国第一个音乐剧合奏团——卡罗琳·马洛的指导下， Love Songs and Alka Selzer, is performed.

Composer John Corigliano (Class of 1963) receives an honorary doctorate.

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• Ghosts of Versailles由John Corigliano (MSM校友)为大都会歌剧院百年纪念而委托制作. The cast includes Lauren Flanigan (MSM alumna).
• Phillip Glass’s opera The Voyage 在大都会歌剧院首演，以纪念发现美洲500周年.
• Lauren Flanigan (MSM校友)成为头条新闻，代替威尔第生病的april Millo I Lombardi at the Metropolitan Opera. She performs wiih no stage rehearsal, opposite Luciano Pavarotti, in an internationally televised broadcast.
• The AIDS Quilt Songbook premiered on July 4 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, organized by William Parker “responding to the stigma surrounding, ignorance of, and grief caused by the spread of HIV/AIDS.” Performers included Sanford Sylvan (MSM alumnus), John Musto (MSM alumnus), Ned Rorem (former MSM faculty), and David Krakaer (MSM faculty). 为该项目创作的歌曲中有克里斯·德布拉西奥(男同性恋者校友)创作的《newbb电子》。.

1993

11月4日，校友Dawn Upshaw (MM ' 84)在博登礼堂举办大师班(图为她与女中音Patricia Cay).

The School celebrates its 75th anniversary.

The School has 875 students, having admitted 39% of 1,725 applicants. The preparatory division has 470 students.

一个特别的表演节目将在秋季与平查斯·祖克曼(照片摄于男男性接触者大师班)一起开始。, 为极具天赋的小提琴家和中提琴手提供为期两年的强化课程.

Jazz Orchestra features guest artists Wynton Marsalis, Priscilla Baskerville (Class of 1974), and Jon Hendricks, in a performance of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert.

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• Tania León becomes Music Advisor to Kurt Masur and New York Philharmonic.
• Luciano Pavarotti gives concert on Great Lawn in Central Park, drawing an audience of more than 250,000.
• “A Day Without Art” is held on December 1: the lights on Broadway, the Empire State Building, 为了纪念那些死于艾滋病的人，曼哈顿所有的桥梁都变暗了.
• 市长大卫·丁金斯将百老汇和第65街的街角重新命名为“伦纳德·伯恩斯坦广场”.”

1994

5月16日——75周年纪念季的高潮活动是库尔特·马苏尔指挥newbb电子交响乐团的盛大音乐会. 音乐会包括德国著名作曲家齐格弗里德·马苏斯的《newbb电子平台》的全球首演, commissioned by the School for its anniversary. After intermission, the School confers an honorary doctorate upon Maestro Masur.

奥古斯丁吉他系列搬到newbb电子，由大卫·罗素呈现独奏会, Eduardo Fernandez, and Julian Bream in its first year.

New York Wind Soloists (later renamed Windscape) becomes an ensemble in residence.

December — The Opera Theatre presents Miss Julie by Ned Rorem. A live, premiere recording is later released (Newport Classics label).

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• 贝弗利·希尔斯当选林肯表演艺术中心董事会主席, the first woman and first professional musician to hold this position.
• 普利策奖授予Gunther Schuller (MSM Prep校友，前教员) Of Reminiscences and Reflections.

1995

Wynton Marsalis (pictured with President Marta Istomin and Dean Richard E. Adams ’61) is awarded an honorary doctorate.

Students travel to Washington, D.C., to perform with soloist David Sanborn at the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton.

Jazz drummer Elvin Jones gives a master class in Borden Auditorium.

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• Max Roach (MSM alumnus) is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
• 艾伦·塔菲·兹威里奇成为卡内基音乐厅作曲家椅子的第一位坐席人，并创作了“创作音乐”系列音乐会, focusing on living composers.
• George Manahan (BM ’73 / MM ’76) is appointed Music Director of New York City Opera.

1996

拉斐尔·布朗斯坦(1950-1988年小提琴教师)留下的遗产在约翰C. Borden Auditorium on February 11 by alumni, faculty, friends, and colleagues. The gala concert, organized by the Alumni Affairs office, establishes an award given each year at commencement.

Jazz pianist and composer John Lewis (Class of 1953) is given an honorary doctorate.

A Gala Benefit Concert is held on October 4. Guest artists include Pinchas Zukerman, Lauren Flanigan (Class of 1984), and John Lewis (Class of 1953).

11月1日，在newbb电子开始了视频会议，备受尊敬的法国作曲家亨利·迪蒂勒在巴黎波登礼堂举行了一场音乐会，其中包括他的作品的纽约首演, Timbres, espace, mouvement. 现场国际问答环节允许学生和观众向迪蒂勒大师询问他的音乐, life, and compositional process.

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• Paul Kellogg is appointed general and artistic director of New York City Opera.
• Jonathan Larson’s Rent premieres at the Nederlander Theater (runs for 5,075+ performances).
• Jorge Caballero (MSM alumnus) receives the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Guitar Award.

1997

5月18日——第二次跨大西洋视频会议使学院能够授予Mstislav Rostropovich(他在法国)和Clark Terry(他在纽约)同时荣誉博士学位。. 伊斯托明总统授予两位音乐家荣誉，并在法国向她致以年度毕业典礼的问候.

Four recordings of the School’s opera productions are released on CD: Rorem’s Miss Julie, Donizetti’s Il campanello di notte, Britten’s Albert Herring, and Daniel Catán’s Rappaccini’s Daughter.

夏季，爵士乐团开始在荷兰、意大利和瑞士进行欧洲巡演.

11月举行了一场纪念音乐会，纪念莉莲·富克斯(1962年加入该学院)。, organized by the Alumni Affairs office. It inaugurates an annual chamber music concert series in her name.

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• The Lion King, music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice, directed by Julie Taymor, opens at the New Amsterdam Theater (4,450 + performances).

1998

March — A performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 is given at The Riverside Church. A CD (on Titanic) and later a DVD (on VAI) are released. 《newbb电子》(American Record Guide)宣称:“……它的表演很棒，可以自豪地与唱片目录中最好的竞争对手相提并论。.”

A benefit concert for MSM’s scholarship fund is held. 特色表演者(如图)由教职员工沃伦·琼斯陪同，其中包括在读学生, as well as bass James Morris, mezzo and alumna Susan Quittmeyer (Class of 1978), mezzo Marilyn Horne, and soprano Ruth Ann Swenson.

Alumnus Ron Carter

毕业典礼:Ludmila Ulehla(1947届)因其50年的卓越教学而获得第一届总统杰出贡献奖. Soprano Dawn Upshaw (Class of 1985) and jazz bassist Ron Carter (Class of 1961), given honorary doctorates. Mr. Carter is pictured here outside Borden Auditorium.

玛尔塔·卡萨尔斯·伊斯托明总统是6月14日在纽约市第五大道举行的年度波多黎各国庆日游行的大司仪. She is pictured here, front row / fourth from the right, next to Tito Puente and with other dignitaries.

A daylong, 与哥伦比亚大学哈里曼研究所联合举办德米特里·肖斯塔科维奇跨学科研讨会. 尤里·特米尔卡诺夫与学生管弦乐队音乐家一起朗读肖斯塔科维奇的第十交响曲.

来自柏林爱乐乐团的六位主要音乐家带领马勒第一号交响曲的分段排练. 3 with the School’s Symphony. A full orchestra rehearsal of the work, conducted by Graziella Contratto, follows.

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• Aaron Jay Kernis (BM ’81) receives Pulitzer Prize for second string quartet, musica instrumentalis, premiered on January 10 at Merkin Concert Hall.
• New York City Board of Education establishes the JD Award, named for MSM faculty member and alumnus Justin DiCioccio (MM ’71), to be awarded annually for outstanding service to music in NYC schools.

1999

Dianne Danese-Flagello (Class of 1952), director of the preparatory division for 25 years, receives an honorary doctorate.

7月5日——newbb电子暑期音乐夏令营专门面向来自五个行政区的5至8年级的公立学校学生开放, created in association with the NYC Dept. of Education and the ASCAP Foundation. (图为露营者与来访的艺术家，录音二人组阿什福德和辛普森.)

将于12日举行的第2届“重要作曲家研讨会”将研究勃拉姆斯的音乐. Kurt Masur (pictured), music director of the New York Philharmonic, leads the Manhattan School of Music Symphony in a reading of Brahms’s Symphony No. 1.

Justin DiCioccio (Class of 1971) is appointed chair of the Jazz Department.

December — The Opera Theatre presents A Death in the Family by William Mayer. A live, premiere recording is later released (Albany label).

Other Highlights of New York City Musical History:

• New York composer John Corigliano (MSM alumnus, former faculty) wins an Academy Award for Original Music Score for The Red Violin.
• John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by James Levine, with MSM alumnae Dawn Upshaw ’84 and Susan Graham ’87 in leading roles.

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