Mannes School of Music is a

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, a

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. In the fall of 2015, Mannes moved from its previous location on

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to join the rest of the New School campus in Arnhold Hall at 55 W. 13th Street.

History

Originally called The David Mannes Music School, it was founded in 1916 by

David Mannes David Mannes (16 February 186625 April 1959) was an American violinist, conductor, educator, and community organizer. Biography David Mannes was born in New York in 1866. He studied the violin in Harlem with composer and violinist John Thomas D ...

, concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Clara Damrosch, sister of

Walter Damrosch Walter Johannes Damrosch (January 30, 1862December 22, 1950) was a German-born American conductor and composer. He was the director of the New York Symphony Orchestra and conducted the world premiere performances of various works, including Geo ...

, then conductor of that orchestra, and Frank Damrosch. The Damrosch and Mannes families were perhaps the most important music families in America at that time, with David Mannes emerging as one of the first American born violin recitalists to achieve significant status. David Mannes was the director of the

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as well as founder of

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, all prior to founding the Mannes School. The school was originally housed on East 70th Street (later occupied by the Dalcroze School). A larger campus was created out of four converted brownstones beginning at 157

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, in

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. After 1938, the school was known as the Mannes Music School in recognition of the broader course of study that expanded the school well beyond that of a community music school, including the three-year Artist Diploma. When Clara died in 1948, their son

Leopold Mannes Leopold Damrosch Mannes (December 26, 1899 – August 11, 1964) was an American musician, who, together with Leopold Godowsky Jr., created the first practical color transparency film, Kodachrome. Life and career Mannes was born in New York Cit ...

became president, endowing the school with his fortune from co-inventing

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film. In 1953 the school began offering a bachelor of science degree and changed its name to the Mannes College of Music. In 1960 it merged with the Chatham Square Music School. In 1984 the school moved to larger quarters on West 85th Street. In 1989 Mannes joined

. In 2005, the New School administration changed the name to Mannes College: the New School for Music. In 2015, the university renamed it Mannes School of Music, and moved it to Arnhold Hall in the West Village. It is now part of the College of Performing Arts at The New School, which also includes the School of Drama and the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. The College of Performing Arts, including Mannes Prep, has a total of 1,450 students. The students in any of the three schools of the College of Performing Arts can take courses in the three schools (Drama, Jazz, Mannes), no matter which school they are directly enrolled in, expanding the opportunities for self-directed study.

Academics

Two academic divisions constitute the conservatory: * College: the academic spine of the school, conferring undergraduate and graduate degrees and diplomas * Preparatory: pre-college training for children and adolescents The Techniques of Music program is the foundation for academic musical study in the two divisions at Mannes, encompassing the range of elementary to advanced

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and

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and analysis classes. Music theory was taught at Mannes from its inception, with David Mannes hiring important figures such as Ernest Bloch and Rosario Scalero to teach theory and composition. in 1931 Hans Weisse was hired, one of the leading students of

Heinrich Schenker Heinrich Schenker (19 June 1868 – 14 January 1935) was a Galician-born Austrian music theorist whose writings have had a profound influence on subsequent musical analysis. His approach, now termed Schenkerian analysis, was most fully ex ...

. Over the following nine years, Weisse promoted not just the study of

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but the incorporation of it into the musical life of the school, including performance and composition. Because of his association with the school, Schenker's publication ''Five Graphic Music Analyses'' (''Fünf Urlinie-Tafeln'') was published jointly by his regular publisher,

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and the David Mannes School in 1932. In 1940, Weisse died unexpectedly and was replaced by

Felix Salzer Felix Salzer (June 13, 1904 – August 12, 1986) was an Austrian-American music theorist, musicologist and pedagogue. He was one of the principal followers of Heinrich Schenker, and did much to refine and explain Schenkerian analysis after Sc ...

. Salzer, also a student of Schenker, built upon Weisse's foundation by reorganizing the theory program into the Techniques of Music department. The philosophy behind this move was and is to integrate musicianship, theory, and performance, which was based on Schenker's concept of the role of theory in tonal music. Salzer's leading student,

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, as well as his students, continued and strengthened the department. Today the Mannes program is rapidly evolving and expanding in both the study of performance and theory. Mannes has revised its curriculum to include the incorporation of music technology classes, improvisation ensembles, teaching artistry, arts journalism, film music composition, creative entrepreneurship and more, all tied to a new commitment to contemporary music well beyond the tonal-based approach of Schenker. The Mannes of today includes an ever-increasing number of programs in partnership with its sister conservatory, School of Jazz.

Notable people

College faculty

* Michael Bacon – film composition *

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. As well as producing music ...

– composition *

Howard Brockway Howard A. Brockway (November 22, 1870 – February 20, 1951) was an American composer. Brockway was born on November 22, 1870 in Brooklyn, New York. He spent five years in Berlin, studying composition under Otis Bardwell Boise and piano und ...

– piano *

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– voice * Semyon Bychkov – conducting * Joseph Colaneri – Director of Opera Program *

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– improvisation *

Valerie Coleman Valerie Coleman is an American composer and flutist as well as the creator of the wind quintet Imani Winds. Coleman is a distinguished artist of the century who was named Performance Today's 2020 Classical Woman of the year and was listed as “ ...

– flute, composition *

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– piano *

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– composition, theory, analysis *

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– composition *

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– piano *

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– oboe *

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– interpretation *

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– voice *

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– piano *

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– violin, chamber music *

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– violin, chamber music *

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– piano * David Hayes – conducting (present Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies) * Anna Jacobs – Art of Engagement * Charles Kaufman – history, theory, President *

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– conducting *

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– violin *

Lowell Liebermann Lowell Liebermann (born February 22, 1961 in New York City) is an American composer, pianist and conductor. Life and career At the age of sixteen, Liebermann performed at Carnegie Hall, playing his Piano Sonata, op. 1. He studied at the Juilliar ...

– composition, director of the Mannes American Composers Ensemble *

Clara Mannes Clara Mannes (born Clara Damrosch; 12 December 1869, Breslau, Silesia – 16 March 1948, New York City) was a German-born American musician and music educator. She and her brother Frank Damrosch also taught at the Veltin School for Girls in Manha ...

– chamber music *

– conducting, violin *

– theory *

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– composition *

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– composition *

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– cello *

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– oboe, English horn * Jessie Montgomery – violinist and composer *

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– violinist *

Charles Neidich Charles Neidich (born 1953 in New York City) is an American classical clarinetist, composer, and conductor. Early career A native New Yorker of Russian and Greek descent, Charles Neidich began his clarinet studies with his father, Irving Neidich ...

– clarinet *

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– viola *

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– double bass *

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– viola * Erik Ralske – horn *

Nadia Reisenberg Nadia Reisenberg Sherman (14 July 1904 – 10 June 1983) was an American pianist of Lithuanian birth. Biography Nadia Reisenberg was born in Vilnius to a Jewish family. Her parents were Aaron and Rachel Reisenberg., adapted from Dr. Anne K. Gray' ...

– piano * Lucie Robert – violin *

Jerome Rose JEROME ROSE, hailed as "the Last Romantic of our own age" is an American pianist and educator, (born 12 August 1938 in Los Angeles). JEROME ROSE is one of America's most distinguished pianists, has been heard in major concert halls across five co ...

– piano *

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– visual art *

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– stagecraft *

– theory *

Rosario Scalero Natale Rosario Scalero (24 December 1870 in Moncalieri - 25 December 1954 in Montestrutto) was an Italian violinist, music teacher and composer. Life and career By the age of six, Scalero was under the tutelage of Pietro Bertazzi, a violinis ...

– solfege, theory, composition *

– theory *

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– composition, instrumentation, theory *

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– arts journalism * Ronald Thomas – cello, chamber music *

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– violin *

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– violin *

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– piano * Ronald Turini – piano *

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– trumpet * Vladimir Valjarevic – piano *

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– sound design, experimental music *

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– percussion *

Isabelle Vengerova Isabelle Vengerova ( be, Ізабэла Венгерава; 7 February 1956) was a Russian, later American, pianist and music teacher. She was born Izabella Afanasyevna Vengerova (Изабелла Афанасьевна Венгерова) in M ...

– piano * Stefan Wolpe – composition *

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– cello, chamber music *

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– Curator, The Stone and The Stone Workshops at The New School

Alumni

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– composer *

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– pianist and theorist *

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– composer and pianist *

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– conductor *

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– composer *

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– composer * Semyon Bychkov – conductor *

Michel Camilo Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Grammy-award winning pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work. Camilo lists some of his main influences as Chick Corea, Keith Ja ...

– pianist and composer * Myung-whun Chung – conductor and pianist *

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– flutist and composer, Imani Winds *

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– guitarist *

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– film and television composer *

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– lyric soprano *

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– violinist *

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– pianist and composer * JoAnn Falletta – conductor *

– pianist * Mary Rodgers Guettel – composer and philanthropist * Rebekah Harkness – founder of the

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– pianist * Marta Casals Istomin – arts administrator *

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– opera singer *

– conductor *

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– composer * Yonghoon Lee – tenor *

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– composer * Douglas McLennan – arts journalist, founder of Artsjournal.com *

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– graphic designer *

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– composer and sound artist *

– violinist *

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– composer *

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– operatic soprano and musical theatre actress * Anthony Newman – keyboardist * Tim Page – music critic *

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– composer * Murray Perahia – pianist *

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– conductor *

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– conductor *

Shulamit Ran Shulamit Ran ( he, שולמית רן; born October 21, 1949, in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-American composer. She moved from Israel to New York City at 14, as a scholarship student at the Mannes College of Music. Her Symphony (1990) won her th ...

– composer *

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– composer *

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– conductor, composer, keyboardist, Music Director of Philip Glass Ensemble *

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– composer * Adam Rogers – jazz guitarist *

– piano * Alexandros Kapelis – piano *

Donald Rosenberg Donald Rosenberg (born 1952) is an American musician, music critic and journalist. Biography Rosenberg was born in New York City and educated at the Mannes College of Music and the Yale School of Music. He is a horn player, who participated i ...

– arts journalist *

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– conductor *

– musicologist and theorist *

Nadine Sierra Nadine Sierra (born May 14, 1988) is an American soprano. She is most well known for her interpretation of Gilda in Verdi's ''Rigoletto,'' and Lucia in Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor.'' Currently performing in leading roles in the top opera hou ...

– soprano *

Lawrence Leighton Smith Lawrence Leighton Smith (April 8, 1936 - October 25, 2013), was an American conductor and pianist. Smith was born in Portland, Oregon. He studied piano with Ariel Rubstein in Portland and Leonard Shure in New York. He earned bachelor's degrees fr ...

– conductor * Lara St. John – violinist * Jonathan Tetelman – tenor *

Jory Vinikour Jory Vinikour (born May 12, 1963 in Chicago) is an American born harpsichordist. He has been living in Paris since 1990, where he studied on a scholarship from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program with Huguette Dreyfus and Kenneth Gilbert. Vinikour ...

– harpsichordist *

Frederica von Stade Frederica von Stade OAL (born June 1, 1945) is a semi-retired American opera singer. Since her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1970, she has performed in operas, musicals, concerts and recitals in venues throughout the world, including La Scala, th ...

– mezzo-soprano *

Craig Walsh Craig Thomas Walsh (born April 11, 1971, in Somerville, New Jersey) is an American composer of acoustic and electronic music. Dr. Walsh studied at the Mannes School of Music (B.Mus.) and Brandeis University (M.F.A./ Ph.D.). Walsh's awards f ...

– composer * Ivan Yanakov – pianist *

Jennifer Zetlan Jennifer Zetlan is an American operatic soprano who has sung leading roles with many opera companies in the United States, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Seattle Opera, and the Santa Fe Opera among others. She has performed in the world prem ...

– soprano

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