MSM History

1980

MSM Spring Bulletin 1980

Joseph W. 波利西被任命为学生事务主任.

大师班由小提琴家约瑟夫·金戈尔德教授, flutist Carol Wincenc, bass Jerome Hines, violinist Isaak Vigdorchik, flutist Harvey Sollberger, baritone Renato Capecchi, and violinist Erica Morini.

Josephine C. 教务长惠特福德退休. She is named Dean Emeritus.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• Film musical Fame opens; features appearances by MSM Prep students Anne-Marie McDermott, Maureen McDermott, and Kerry McDermott, 以及校友Jonathan Strasser(1970届), 谁指挥电影的结尾, “I Sing the Body Electric.”
• A Pulitzer Prize is awarded David Del Tredici (former MSM faculty) for his In Memory of a Summer Day是为女高音独奏和管弦乐队而作的作品.

1981

《火博体育》课程在春季开课. 由安置主任Richard E. 亚当斯(MM ' 61)，这是同类课程的第一门. Alexandra Honigsberg (BM ’81) writes: “When Richard came to the Placement Office he brought enthusiasm with him – and then he did the Business of Music class and I said, ‘Sign me up!’ and was not disappointed. 他很务实，见多识广，而且总是很积极. Our big project was to take a mythical string quartet on tour… so when I went on to be the tour manager for the band I was in as fiddle player, that was easy by comparison.”

At commencement, Margaret Hillis, 芝加哥交响乐团的创始人和总监, is featured speaker. She reminds students that it is talent, brains, and discipline that “gets one to Carnegie Hall.”

The New York Brass Quintet begin their residency at MSM; members are Robert Nagel, Allan Dean, Paul Ingraham, John Swallow, and Toby Hanks.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• Glenn Dicterow (MSM faculty and chair of Orchestral Performance Program) appointed concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, music director and conductor.
• Joan Tower’s Sequoia 为纽约爱乐乐团创作的.
• Philip Glass’s opera Satyagraha 在布鲁克林音乐学院首演.
• Wynton Marsalis signs recording contracts for both classical and jazz labels simultaneously. His recording career is influenced by Irwin Katz (Class of BM ’51 / MM ’52), A&R for Columbia Records.
• Martin E. Segal is elected Chairman of the Board of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

1982

四月——约翰·克罗斯比指挥约翰·布朗利歌剧院的双票演出 Le mariage aux lanternes by Jacques Offenbach and Eine florentinische Tragödie by Alexander von Zemlinsky.

While still an MSM student, Dolora Zajick (MM ‘83) wins the bronze medal at the 7th Tchaikovsky International Competition. (这张照片是她在男男性接触者制作的 Suor Angelica.)

Prep students in the Grand Ballroom of the White House with First Lady Nancy Reagan.

In July 1982, students from Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege (then called the Preparatory Division) are invited to perform at the Reagan White House. Dianne Flagello, former Director of the Prep, writes: “One of our prep students’ grandfather was a very close friend of Ronald Reagan and he arranged for the White House to send a representative to hear us. 结果我们被邀请去演出一场音乐会. Burton Kaplan conducted our chamber orchestra and I asked alumnus/violinist Elmar Oliveira, 刚刚赢得柴可夫斯基比赛的人, to present us. 这是一件非常美妙的事情.”

爵士研究课程是第一次提供.

Glenn Dicterow, concert master of the New York Philharmonic, joins the faculty.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• Cats 作者:安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯，歌词改编自T.S. Eliot, opens with Betty Buckley at the Winter Garden Theater (7,485 performances).
• Little Shop of Horrors, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman, 和布鲁克林出生的艾伦·格林, 在百老汇外的奥菲姆剧院上演,209 performances).
• 小提琴家Midori和Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg在纽约首次亮相.
• Zubin Mehta, Itzahk Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, and New York Philharmonic receive Grammy for Best Classical Performance for Isaac Stern’s 60th Anniversary Celebration.

1983

三月——约翰·布朗利歌剧院将上演三场演出: Renard by Igor Stravinsky; Sancta Susanna by Paul Hindemith (Dawn Upshaw, pictured, sings the lead); and The Ring of Polycrates by Erich Korngold.

10月——Birgit Nilsson(如图)教授大师班, her first anywhere, 在特别邀请的观众面前, 由学生主任佩吉·图勒组织. This begins a series of annual appearances at the School for the next several years.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich becomes first woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize in Composition for her Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1).
• 杰西·诺曼在大都会歌剧院首演.
• Philip Glass writes his opera Akhnaten.
• The Next Wave Festival of new music is inaugurated at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

1984

美国弦乐四重奏成为常驻四重奏.

Jazz/commercial music major is announced with courses offered are towards a master’s degree.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• Steve Reich composes The Desert Music, 人声和管弦乐队的作品.
• Sunday in the Park with George 《火博体育》在布斯剧院开幕(共604场).
• Dawn Upshaw (MSM alumnus) makes her debut with the Metropolitan Opera on October 11, 并将随剧团演出300多场.

1985

Violinist Elmar Oliveira (Class of 1972) receives an honorary doctorate at commencement. (Pictured here with President
John Crosby.)

American mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn, pictured here as Azucena for a Metropolitan Opera production of
Il trovatore, joins the voice faculty.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• 莱昂泰恩·普莱斯在大都会歌剧院进行告别演出.
• 介绍了光盘和CD播放机.
• 黎明厄普肖(男同性恋女校友)收到沃尔特W. 诺姆堡基金会之声奖.
• 无线电城音乐厅被指定为纽约市的地标.
• 乌木歌剧世界首演多萝西·拉德·摩尔 Frederick Douglass 在城市学院的亚伦戴维斯大厅.
• Sonny Rollins records an album of live solo-saxophone improvisations at MOMA.
• Charles Neidich(后来加入了男男性接触者学院)获得Walter W. 诺姆堡基金会单簧管奖.

1986

Gideon W. Waldrop — composer, conductor, and former dean of The Juilliard School — becomes president (president until 1989).

Dora Zaslavsky Koch, 学院的第一批毕业生之一, 因为她60年的卓越教学而被授予荣誉博士学位. (图为作曲家维吉尔·汤姆森在她纽约的公寓里.) Current faculty member Phillip Kawin (BM ’82 / MM ’85) writes: “Dora Zaslavsky imparted to me the limitless means of musical expression that are part of the tradition of the great masters. She was extremely instrumental in giving me the insight and necessary tools to communicate through the music. 朵拉一直是，也将永远是我的指导力量和灵感.”

钢琴家巴里·哈里斯在博登礼堂举办爵士大师班.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• 詹姆斯·莱文成为大都会歌剧院的艺术总监.
• 卡内基音乐厅将关闭7个月，耗资6000万美元进行翻修.

1987

爵士/商业音乐系提供新的学士学位课程.

Jazz Orchestra wins its first Down Beat magazine “Outstanding College Jazz Band of the Year” award, for its first recording, Shades of Time.

March — Classical guitar legend Andrés Segovia is awarded an honorary doctorate following a series of master classes. 吉迪恩·沃尔德罗总统主持了这次特别会议, where Butros Butros-Galli, 联合国秘书长, gave the keynote address.

A tribute concert is given in memory of percussion faculty member Paul Price, who had died in 1986, 导演:Claire Heldrich (MM ' 72). 该节目包括Richard Trythall的作品, Lou Harrison, Lukas Foss, Frank Zappa, 约翰·凯奇(他也出席了). The New York Times wrote: “One suspects that Mr. 普赖斯一定会赞成这种宽容的态度. 海德里希的计时效率高得惊人, of the spirited, accurate performances, 还有那些喊得嗓子都哑了的热情观众.”

Chérubin 《火博体育》将于三月在歌剧院上演. Susan Graham (MM ’87 / HD ’08) remembers: “The School gave me … opera performances that got reviewed in the New York Times and set me off on a very satisfying career journey. 我永远感激火博体育.” (Pictured is Ms. 格雷厄姆在男同性恋者的头衔角色.)

Gunther Schuller (alumnus of the Preparatory Division) is awarded an honorary doctorate at the May commencement ceremonies.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• Bang on a Can节成立.
• John Adams’ opera Nixon in China 在纽约布鲁克林音乐学院首演.
• Les Miserables, Claude-Michel Schonberg作曲, Alain Boubil和Herbert Kretzmer作词, 在帝国剧院开幕,680 performances).
• Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim, with Bernadette Peters, opens at the Martin Beck Theater (764 performances).

1988

Frances Hall Ballard, a member of the piano faculty from 1932–81 and benefactress of the music library, 被授予荣誉博士学位.

New recording facilities and a performance space are established in memory of Charles Myers (Class of 1965).

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• David Del Tredici (former MSM Composition Faculty) appointed composer in residence of New York Philharmonic.
• Phantom of the Opera, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, directed by Harold Prince, 迈克尔·克劳福德和莎拉·布莱曼, 在雄伟剧院上映(6月6日),075 + performances).
• Dolora Zajick (MSM alumna) makes her debut on October 8 with the Metropolitan Opera, as Azucena in Verdi’s Il trovatore. 此后，她将随剧团演出259场.

1989

Peter Simon, pianist and former director of academic studies at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, 成为总统(1991年卸任).

The Honorable Richard Owen (Class of 1960) — a member of the Board of Trustees, a composer, and a U.S. 地区法官-被授予荣誉博士学位.

Marc Silverman (Class of 1983) is appointed chair of the piano department.

纽约音乐史上的其他亮点:

• Blue Note jazz recording label celebrates 50th anniversary with Carnegie Hall concert, part of JVC Jazz Festival.
• Mannes School of Music joins the New School for Social Research (known now as the New School).

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