Symphonic Series and Songs
Mar
25
8:00 PM20:00

Symphonic Series and Songs

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manhattan concert productions presents:

Symphonic series and songs

octavo festival chorus

elizabeth swanson, conductor

Program Selections:

  • Hold Fast to Dreams; Joel Thompson

  • Look Down, Fair Moon; Mari Esabel Valverde

  • Like a Diamond; Annika Socolofsky

  • The Little Light of Mine; arr. Moses Hogan

  • You Are Enough; Aron Accurso

  • I Will Rise; Chris Tomlin, arr. Chris Hughes


Featured performances by the following ensembles:

ann sobrato wind ensemble

Gregory Chambers, Director

laguna beach hs wind ensemble

jeremy chung, Director

north central high school wind ensemble

rick granlund, director & andy brinkman, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR


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Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras
Apr
15
11:00 AM11:00

Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras

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SARAH MCKOIN, band clinician

KEVIN NOE, orchestra clinician

The Symphonic Series provides bands and orchestras the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Participating ensembles benefit from a private workshop and receive comments from a panel of nationally recognized clinicians. Clinicians for April 15th are Dr. Sarah McKoin (Texas Tech University) and Kevin Noe (UMKC Conservatory). Participating ensembles represent some of the most talented bands and orchestras from across the entire country. Tickets can be purchased by clicking the button below!

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SINGING DARKNESS TO LIGHT
Apr
15
8:00 PM20:00

SINGING DARKNESS TO LIGHT

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SINGING DARKNESS TO LIGHT

octavo series chorus

Lynda Hasseler, Conductor


coronation mass by w.a mozart

masterwork festival chorus

Hana Cai, Conductor


illuminare by Elaine Hagenberg

masterwork festival chorus

Ronnie Oliver Jr., Conductor


FeatureD performance by:

ENSEMBLENYC

Ronnie Oliver Jr., Director


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HEAVEN AND EARTH
Mar
11
8:00 PM20:00

HEAVEN AND EARTH

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manhattan concert productions presents:

heaven and earth

SUNRISE MASS by OLA GJEILO

MASTERWORK Festival Chorus

Eric Posada, Conductor


requiem for the living by dan forrest

masterwork festival chorus

Deanna Joseph, Conductor


Feature performances by the following ensembles:

angelo state university

Eric Posada, Director


Richmond hill high school women’s chorus

Janet Wooten, Director


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Children of Eden in Concert
Feb
18
8:00 PM20:00

Children of Eden in Concert


Manhattan Concert Productions (MCP) presents the 9th installment of its beloved BROADWAY SERIES with the critically acclaimed musical Children of Eden. This concert performance will feature a chorus of over 200 singers from across the United States, a stunning professional cast and creative team, and the outstanding New York City Chamber Orchestra.

An all-star cast is led by Tony nominee and Broadway favorite Norm Lewis (Les Misérables, Porgy and Bess) as the wise and loving Father. Joining Lewis is Nikki Renée Daniels (Company, Porgy and Bess) as Eve/Mama Noah, David Phelps (Gaither Vocal Band) as Adam, Donald Webber Jr. (Hamilton, Purlie Victorious) as Cain/Japheth, Lucas Pastrana (Elvis—A Musical Revolution), and Auli’i Cravalho (Moana, The Little Mermaid) as Yonah.

Broadway veterans Tony Yazbeck (Stage Director & Lead Choreographer) and Kimberly Grigsby (Music Director) join up to lead the cast and creative team in this stellar concert performance.

Children of Eden joins MCP’s previous Broadway Series concert performances, which include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2020), The Scarlet Pimpernel (2019), Broadway Classics in Concert (2018), Crazy for You  (2017), The Secret Garden (2016), Parade (2015), Titanic (2014), The Hunchback of Notre Dame workshop (2014), Broadway Classics in Concert (2013), and Ragtime (2013).

With music by Stephen Schwartz and lyrics and book by John Caird, Children of Eden paints a compelling portrait of the age-old relationship between parents and children, drawing inspiration from the Book of Genesis. Audiences will journey from the Garden of Eden to Noah's Ark, witnessing the joys and challenges of creation and the power of choice and sacrifice. This musical is a heartfelt exploration of the unique bonds that join families together, and is one of the most frequently licensed properties by Music Theater International.

Tickets, starting at $105, are available through the Lincoln Center Box Office beginning October 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM EST. To purchase, visit www.lincolncenter.org to order online, call CenterCharge at (212) 721- 6500; or visit the David Geffen Hall box office at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Avenue at 65th Street).

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Carnegie Hall June 12, 2023 8:00 PM
Jun
12
8:00 PM20:00

Carnegie Hall June 12, 2023 8:00 PM

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Mozart Requiem

Masterwork Festival Chorus

New York City Chamber Orchestra

Yoojin Muhn, Conductor


Dan forrest’s Requiem for the living

masterwork festival chorus

new york city chamber orchestra

Jennaya Robison, Conductor

youth festival chorus

Elena Sharkova, Conductor

Works by:

Bob Chilcott, Michael Engelhardt, Susan LaBarr, and György Orbán


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Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras
Jun
12
11:00 AM11:00

Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras

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Jerry junkin, band clinician

chung park, orchestra clinician

The Symphonic Series provides bands and orchestras the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Participating ensembles benefit from a private workshop and receive comments from a panel of nationally recognized clinicians. Clinicians for June 12th are Jerry Junkin (University of Texas at Austin) and Dr. Chung Park (St. Olaf University). Participating ensembles represent some of the most talented bands and orchestras from across the entire country. Tickets can be purchased by clicking the button below!

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Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras
Apr
3
12:00 PM12:00

Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras

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REBECCA MACLEOD, ORCHESTRA clinician

CHAD NICHOLSON, BAND clinician



The Symphonic Series provides bands and orchestras the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Participating ensembles benefit from a private workshop and receive comments from a panel of nationally recognized clinicians. Clinicians for April 3rd are Dr. Rebecca MacLeod (University of North Carolina-Greensboro) and Dr. Chad Nicholson (University of Arizona). Audiences will delight in a varied program, with selections by Schubert, Grieg, Soon Hee Newbold, and more. Participating ensembles, seen below, represent some of the most talented bands and orchestras from across the entire country. Tickets can be purchased by clicking the button below!

  • Charleston County School of the Arts Middle School Wind Ensemble; Suzanne K. Reed, Director

  • Cheyenne Mountain High School Symphonic Band; Genice Matzke, Director

  • Faith Lutheran Symphony Orchestra; Daniel & Jennifer Zeigner, Directors

  • Heritage High School Symphonic Orchestra; Garren Cuthrell, Director

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Carnegie Hall March 27, 2023
Mar
27
8:00 PM20:00

Carnegie Hall March 27, 2023

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Requiem by john rutter

Masterwork Festival Chorus

New York City Chamber Orchestra

Allen Hightower, Conductor


OCTAVO SERIES CHORUS

Cameron Weatherford, Conductor

Gwyneth Walker: I Thank You God

Jason Robert Brown, arr. Mac Huff: Sanctuary

Josef Rheinberger: Abendlied

Dolly Parton, arr. Craig Hella Johnson: Light of a Clear Blue Morning

Tom Petty, arr. John Wykoff: Beautiful Morning

Stephen Foster, arr. Nicholas Johnson: Hard Times

JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY A CAPPELLA CHOIR

Eliezer Yanson, Jr., Conductor


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Carnegie Hall March 20th 2023
Mar
20
8:00 PM20:00

Carnegie Hall March 20th 2023

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Octavo Series Chorus

Derrick Fox, Conductor

Thabo Matshego: Ukholo Lwami

Victor Johnson: If Love Should Count You Worthy

Rosephanye Powell: Still I Rise

Derrick Fox: Journey On

Andrea Ramsey: Imaginary Creatures

Christopher Harris: Why I Do Not Weep


Octavo Series Chorus

Amanda Quist, Conductor

Rosephanye Powell: Non Nobis, Domine

W.A. Mozart: Gloria from Coronation Mass

Kim Andre Arnesen: Even When He is Silent

Stacey Gibbs: Great God Almighty

Tom Petty, arr. Amanda Quist/Tim Brent: Wildflowers

Susan LaBarr: We Remember Them


Feature performanceS by:

The E.O smith chamber singers

Amanda Sprague Hanzlik, Director

University of Nebraska at Omaha Concert Choir

Derrick Fox, Director


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Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras
Mar
20
12:00 PM12:00

Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras

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timothy mahr, band clinician

douglas droste, orchestra clinician



The Symphonic Series provides bands and orchestras the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Participating ensembles benefit from a private workshop and receive comments from a panel of nationally recognized clinicians. Clinicians for March 20th are Dr. Timothy Mahr (St. Olaf College) and Douglas Droste (Baldwin Wallace University). Audiences will delight in a varied program, with selections by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Sousa, and more. Participating ensembles, seen below, represent some of the most talented bands and orchestras from across the entire country. Tickets can be purchased by clicking the button below!

  • Harrison High School Symphonic Winds; Deanna Loertscher, Director

  • Malibu High School Orchestra; Maia Zander, Director

  • Miami Arts Studio Varsity Chamber Orchestra; Vivian Gonzalez, Director

  • Smoky Hill High School Orchestra; Christopher Norwood, Director

  • Smoky Hill Symphonic Winds; Zak Ruffert, Director

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Carnegie Hall March 13, 2023
Mar
13
8:00 PM20:00

Carnegie Hall March 13, 2023

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Illuminare by elaine hagenberg

MASTERWORK Festival Chorus

James Rodde, Conductor


Octavo series Chorus

Jefferson Johnson, Conductor

Musical Selections:

G.F. Handel, ed. Patrick M. Liebergen: How Excellent Thy Name

Aaron Copland, arr. Glenn Koponen: Zion’s Walls

Dan Davidson: Ritmo

Elaine Hagenberg: There Was a Time

arr. Susan Brumfield: No Time

Byron Smith: He’ll Make A Way


Feature performances by the following ensembles:

Cherry creek chorale

Brian Patrick Leatherman, Director


chorale midwest

Bradley Barrett, Director


Des moines choral society

James Rodde, Director


iowa state singers

James Rodde, Director


University of kentucky chorale

Jefferson Johnson, Director


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LIGHT ETERNAL
Jun
27
8:00 PM20:00

LIGHT ETERNAL

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Haydn Lord Nelson Mass

Masterwork Festival Chorus

Eliza Rubenstein, Conductor

Eliza Rubenstein will lead the MASTERWORK FESTIVAL CHORUS in a daring installment of Haydn’s choral triumph, the Lord Nelson Mass.

PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES

CPT Chamber Singers

Men in Blaque

New Jersey City University Chamber Singers

Orange Coast College Chamber Singers

Orange County Women’s Chorus

Singers from the Long Beach Chorale

Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living

Masterwork Festival Chorus

Pearl Shangkuan, Conductor

Pearl Shangkuan will conduct the MASTERWORK FESTIVAL CHORUS in Dan Forrest’s best known work, Requiem for the Living. The piece first premiered in 2013 and has been beloved beloved by choirs and audiences world-wide ever since.

Participating Ensembles

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Brookdale Concordia Chorale

Celebration Choir of First Presbyterian Church

Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus

Lakeland Community Choir

Monroe Community College

Northminster Baptist Choir

South Spencer High School Rebel Singers

DEBUT SERIES

Indianapolis Youth Symphony Orchestra

Adam Bodony & Craig Ghormely, Directors

The Indianapolis Youth Symphony Orchestra will dazzle audiences with a program of works by Tchaikovsky, Holdridge, and Strauss II.

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SONGS OF RENEWAL
Jun
13
8:00 PM20:00

SONGS OF RENEWAL

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Mozart’s Requiem

Masterwork Festival Chorus

Gary Seighman, Conductor

Gary Seighman takes to the podium to lead the Masterwork Festival Chorus in a moving rendition of Mozart’s magnum opus, the Requiem.

Participating Ensembles

The Celebration Singers

Columbus International Children’s Choir

First United Methodist Church Allen

Gainesville Festival Singers

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Chamber Choir

Sheppard Academy of Vocal Arts

Trinity University Chamber Singers & Alumni

Villanova Singers & Villanova Voices


Youth Choir Series

National Youth Festival Chorus

Robyn Reeves Lana, Conductor

Robyn Reeves Lana will lead the National Youth Chorus in a program of six diverse works for youth choir.

Participating Ensembles

Allegro Choirs of Kansas City

British International School of New York Choir

Cincinnati Youth Choir

Greenville Youth Chorale

Marin Girls Chorus

Pensacola Children’s Chorus

Young Naperville Singers


Debut Series

Tara Winds Clarinet Choir

Selections by Gustav Holst, Marcel Dupre, Nicole Chamberlin, and Roland Cardon


Spotlight Performances

Columbus International Children’s Choir

Tatiana Kats, Director

Trinity University Chamber Singers

Gary Seighman, Director


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AN AMERICAN TAPESTRY
Apr
4
8:00 PM20:00

AN AMERICAN TAPESTRY

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Don’t miss an exciting evening of choral and symphonic music at world-renowned Carnegie Hall!

Join Dr. Jamie Hillman as he leads the the National Festival Chorus in a wonderful selection of choral works, including Mozart’s Veni Sancte Spiritus, Dan Forrest’s Shalom, Randall Stroope’s Lamentations of Jeremiah, and more.

PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES
Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts Advanced Ensemble; Jean Immler, Director; Somers Point, NJ

High Call Choir; Joseph Rine, Director; Round Rock, TX

Lawrence Academy Singers & Lawrencian Chorale; Jennifer Cooper, Director; Groton, MA

Music In Motion (Performing Arts); Jeanette Martin, Director; Angus, Ontario

Nashville Community High School Choir; Steve Browne, Director; Nashville, IL

Poly Prep Country Day School Concert Choir; Daniel Doughty, Director; Brooklyn, NY

Veritas Chamber Singers; Jack Templeton, Director; Richmond, VA

Volare; Lauren Diez, Director; Los Altos, CA

White Plains High School Choir; Penelope Cruz, Director; White Plains, NY

In addition to the National Festival Chorus, instrumental ensembles from across the country will participate in MCP’s Symphonic Series, featuring clinicians Dr. Peter Boonshaft and Dr. Rebecca MacLeod. Audiences will be treated to a diverse program, spanning from Schubert and Mahler to contemporary artists such as Samuel Hazo and James Swearingen.

PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES

Carmel High School Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Chen, Director; Carmel, IN

Carmel High School String Orchestra; Nicole DeGuire, Maggie Hite, Sarah Stoutamyer, Directors; Carmel IN

Nashville Community High School Concert Band; Steve Browne, Director; Nashville, IL

Ronald W. Regan High School Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Tysor, Director; Pfafftown, NC

Ronald W. Regan High School Wind Ensemble; Robert Johnston, Director; Pfafftown, NC



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Vivaldi's GLORIA & Songs of Struggle and Reconciliation
Mar
28
8:00 PM20:00

Vivaldi's GLORIA & Songs of Struggle and Reconciliation

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Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi

Masterwork Festival Chorus

Jason Paulk, Conductor


Songs of Struggle and Reconciliation

National Festival Chorus

Julie Yu-Oppenheim, Conductor

 

Gyorgi Deak-Bardos, ed. Rod Walker: Eli, Eli

Rosephanye Powell: Non Nobis, Domine

James Syler: Dear Sarah

Elaine Hagenberg: O Love

arr. William L. Dawson: Soon Ah Will Be Done

Stephen Paulus: The Road Home

J.K. Alwood, arr. Shawn Kirchner: Unclouded Day


ENMU Chamber Singers

Jason Paulk, Director

Selections by Jake Runestad and Craig Hella Johnson


Denver School of the Arts Voces Valiosas & Chorale

Ryan Garrison & Meaghan Quigley, Directors


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Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras
Mar
22
12:00 PM12:00

Symphonic Series for Bands & Orchestras

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Chad Nicholson, band clinician

Daniel Baldwin, orchestra clinician



The Symphonic Series provides bands and orchestras the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Participating ensembles benefit from a private workshop and receive comments from a panel of nationally recognized clinicians. Clinicians for March 22nd are Dr. Chad Nicholson (University of Arizona) and Dr. Daniel Baldwin (Luther College). Audiences will delight in a varied program, from standards such as Copland’s Hoe-Down and Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, to reigning contemporary stalwarts, like John Mackey’s Foundry and Roland Barrett’s Ghost Dances (Wounded Knee, 1890). Participating ensembles, seen below, represent some of the most talented bands and orchestras from across the entire country. These ensembles make up a concert you don’t want to miss—tickets can be found by clicking the button below!

  • Burlington High School Symphonic Winds; Sean Buchsbaum, Director

  • Cherokee Trail High School Band; Neil Guy, Director

  • Cherokee Trail High School Orchestra; Kyle Reply, Director

  • Fort Wayne Philharmonic Youth Orchestra; Troy Webdell, Director

  • La Cañada High School Symphonic Band; Jason Stone, Director

  • La Cañada High School Orchestra; Jennifer Munday, Director

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Hope Rising
Mar
21
8:00 PM20:00

Hope Rising

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HOPE RISING will mark Manhattan Concert Production’s first live concert at Carnegie Hall since the beginning of the pandemic. We are celebrating this exciting landmark by forming two National Festival Choruses, led respectively by guest conductors Christopher Maunu and Elizabeth Swanson. Ensembles from across the country have been hard at work preparing a wonderful selection of choral works, including Maunu’s “Phoenix: A Trilogy of Hope”, Rosephanye Powell’s “Still I Rise” and “To Sit and Dream,” Wynton Marsalis’s “The Lord’s Prayer” from Abyssinian Mass, and much more.

PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES

Arvada West High School Choirs; Chris Maunu, Director; Arvada, CO

Abilene High School Singers Ensemble; Danette Whiteley, Director; Abilene KS

Cherokee Trail High School Choir; Aaron Jaramillo & Paige Lewkow, Directors; Aurora, CO

Estes Park High School Concert Choir; Alan Denney, Director; Estes Park, CO

Florida International University Choir; Karen Fuller, Director; Miami, FL

Harding Academy Chorus; Craig Jones, Director; Searcy, AR

Lenape Valley Regional High School Patriot Pops; Kathleen Donahue, Director; Stanhope, NJ

Pennsauken High School Choir; Kate Guenther, Director; Pennauken, NJ

Spackenkill High School Chorus; Holden Maiorana, Director; Poughkeepsie, NY

University of Colorado Choirs; Elizabeth Swanson, Director; Boulder, CO

Individual Participants from: Farmington Hills, NY; Jacksonville, FL; Queens, NY

In addition, the concert will also feature performances from Arvada West High School Wind Symphony, Arvada West String Sinfonietta, and Tomball High School Band. Audiences will enjoy repertoire from Percy Grainger, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price and more. Please join us as we celebrate this momentous occasion!

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Postponed: Choral Treasures
Jun
14
8:30 PM20:30

Postponed: Choral Treasures

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MCP presents Choral Treasures at world-renowned Carnegie Hall. Bask in an evening of choral music featuring the Masterwork Festival Chorus and prominent soloists, with the all-professional New York City Chamber Orchestra, led by distinguished guest conductor Jeffrey Douma. Mozart’s famously unfinished final masterpiece, Requiem, continues to have a powerful impact with listeners for its tremendous swells and energetic musical phrases, and remains a staple in the classical repertoire.

Guest conductor Jeffrey Douma currently serves as Director of the Yale Glee Club. Hailed under his direction by The New York Times as “one of the best collegiate singing ensembles, and one of the most adventurous”, he also serves as Professor of Conducting at the Yale School of Music.

Singers from across the U.S. will also come together as the National Festival Chorus to perform a fantastic array of choral favorites, all under the baton of guest conductor Brad Holmes. The program includes Hagenberg’s “O Love that Will Not Let Me Go ,” Narverud’s “Let the Music Fill Your Soul,” Hoggard’s “Personent Hodie,” and more. A highly sought after conductor, Holmes is the Director of Choir Programs at Millikin University. He was a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University, working primarily with the Choir of Clare College, and returns to England frequently for conducting engagements and choral workshops. Other international guest-conducting have included Europe, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

The concert will also include a performance from the National Children’s Festival Chorus, led by MCP Conductor-in-Residence Brian Clissold, in a a selection of choral works including Gjeilo’s “The Rose,” Dilworth’s “A Symphony of the Heart,” Davidson’s “Birdsong”​ from​ ​I Never Saw Another Butterfly, and more. An accomplished conductor, Clissold has had great success working with choirs, and more specifically, specializing in children’s choirs throughout the Midwest. He recently served as the Artistic Director of The Celebration Singers. As a baritone, he is a founding member of the professional New York based ensemble, Manhattan Chorale, and performs regularly in renowned venues throughout the U.S.

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Postponed: Solidarity in Troubled Times
Jun
8
8:00 PM20:00

Postponed: Solidarity in Troubled Times

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MCP presents Solidarity in Troubled Times at world-renowned Carnegie Hall with Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, as well a selection of choral classics at legendary Carnegie Hall! Performed by the Masterwork Festival Chorus, professional soloists, and the New York City Chamber Orchestra, and guest conductor Gary Seighman.

Hailed as Haydn’s overall greatest masterpiece, his riveting Lord Nelson Mass (“Mass for troubled times”), from its terrifying opening movement of confusion to its overall joyful transformation, the mood drastically shifts between movements, ending with a beautiful and peaceful setting of “Agnus Dei.”

Composer and guest conductor Z. Randall Stroope will lead the National Festival Chorus in a riveting selection of choral works including Ešenvalds’ “...to music and infinity” from Trinity Te Deum, Brahms’ “Brauner Bursche” from Zigeunerleben, Op. 103, Handel’s “...of the longing and desire” from As Pants the Hart (​Chandos Anthem no. 6), and more. The National Children’s Festival Chorus will also perform an array of choral works including Handel’s “O Lovely Peace” ​from ​Judas Maccabeus, Antognini’s “Kyrie Eleison,” the Shaker Song “Come Dance and Sing,” among others, led by guest conductor Emily Ellsworth.

The evening will also feature a debut performance from Trinity University Chamber Singers, led by director Gary Seighman.

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POSTPONED: SYMPHONIC SERIES FOR BANDS & ORCHESTRAS
Jun
8
9:00 AM09:00

POSTPONED: SYMPHONIC SERIES FOR BANDS & ORCHESTRAS

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Sarah McKoin, Band Clinician

Jean Montes, Orchestra Clinician

The Symphonic Series provides bands and orchestras the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Participating ensembles benefit from a private workshop and receive comments from a panel of nationally recognized clinicians.

  • Floyd Central High School Symphony Orchestra; Doug Elmore, Director

  • Hunterdon Central Regional High School Wind Symphony; Robert Kenny, Director

  • Hunterdon Central Regional High School Advanced String Orchestra; William Magalio, Director

  • Metropolitan Youth Symphony Arizona; Brian Murphy and Karalee K. Hagen, Directors

  • Robinson High School Band; Chris Revett, Director

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POSTPONED: NEW YORK CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL - EVENING
Apr
25
7:00 PM19:00

POSTPONED: NEW YORK CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL - EVENING

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Hosted at New York City's acclaimed Symphony Space, the 2020 New York City Jazz Festival will culminate with this highly-anticipated evening of jazz featuring the Cal State Long Beach Jazz Band with director Jeff Jarvis and Western Michigan University's 'Gold Company' with director Greg Jasperse.

The Cal State Long Beach Jazz Band led by Director of Jazz Studies Jeff Jarvis, the Studio Jazz Band is an important component of the comprehensive Jazz Studies program at Cal State Long Beach. In 2014 this large jazz ensemble won the Western States Jazz Festival while competing with top bands from other California universities. Jeff Jarvis has distinguished himself as a trumpeter, composer, jazz educator, and music publisher. He serves as Director of Jazz Studies at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach and frequently appears as an honors jazz band conductor, clinician and lecturer. Jeff is the Music Director Emeritus of the Central New York Jazz Orchestra and is a former Vice-President of the International Association For Jazz Education.

Gold Company is the internationally regarded and award-winning vocal jazz ensemble from Western Michigan University. They maintain an active performance schedule throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Gold Company has enjoyed a multitude of guest artists over the past several years including Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz, Sunny Wilkinson, Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson, Bobby McFerrin, Gretchen Parlato, Eliane Elias, The Manhattan Transfer, Take Six, New York Voices, The Real Group, Kurt Elling, Curtis Stigers, Esperanza Spalding, Luciana Souza, and many more.

A world-renowned composer and arranger, Greg Jasperse is sought after internationally as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor. Jasperse’s voice can be heard on numerous movie soundtracks including Epic; Oz, The Great and Powerful; The Campaign; Star Trek and Star Trek 2; National Treasure 2; SALT; The Last Airbender; and Real Steel, as well as the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s song “Monarchy of Roses” and Muse’s album The 2nd Law. Most recently he had the pleasure of singing at the 85th Annual Oscars with Adele on her song “Skyfall.” Jasperse is a member of two professional vocal groups – Sixth Wave and Vertical Voices. He has also performed with a variety of artists, including Rosemary Clooney, Joe Williams, Dianne Reeves, Kirk Whalum, Jennifer Holiday, Jon Secada, and Gloria Estefan.

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POSTPONED: NEW YORK CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL - DAYTIME
Apr
25
12:00 PM12:00

POSTPONED: NEW YORK CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL - DAYTIME

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Hosted at New York City’s acclaimed Symphony Space, the New York City Jazz Festival gives instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles the opportunity to perform while receiving recorded comments from an outstanding panel of nationally-recognized jazz experts.

Don’t miss this incredible day of jazz this April!

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Postponed: Light Eternal
Apr
20
8:00 PM20:00

Postponed: Light Eternal

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Witness Light Eternal in the historic surrounds of Carnegie Hall featuring American composer Dan Forrest’s breathtaking LUX: The Dawn From On High, conducted by M. Dee Wilkins, as well as a performance from the National Festival Chorus.

LUX: The Dawn From On High is Dan Forrest’s third major work for chorus and orchestra. This five-movement work explores various facets of lux (Latin for “light”), in texts ranging from ancient liturgical chant to Scripture to modern secular love poetry. The music of LUX, was inspired visually by the light in the Reims Cathedral in France and at the Poulnabrone Dolmen in Ireland; and musically by a variety of musical sources from ancient chant to modern minimalist composers. The title invokes the dual meaning of the text of the first movement, where the light of dawn gradually ascends into the sky, yet the Light of the world descends from the sky- a “Dawn from on High”.

Under the baton of esteemed guest conductor Jefferson Johnson, choirs from across the United States join together as the National Festival Chorus to perform a selection of choral works including Mozart’s “Regina Coeli,” Ticheli’s “Earth Song,” Hagenberg’s “Through Love to Light,” and more.

The evening will also include a debut performance from Hartwick College Wind Ensemble, led by director Andrew Pease.

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Postponed: An American Tapestry
Apr
6
8:00 PM20:00

Postponed: An American Tapestry

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Revel in an evening of choral music entitled An American Tapestry with renowned guest conductors André Thomas and Anton Armstrong featuring the Masterwork Festival Chorus and National Festival Chorus this April at Carnegie Hall! 

Written in five moment and a true testament to his strength and skill as a composer, Andre Thomas' gospel-style Mass: A Celebration of Love and Joy combines the power of love and joy with the beauty and sophistication of top-tier choral music. A work not to be missed conducted by the composer himself, André Thomas.

André J. Thomas is the recently retired Owen F. Sellers Professor of Music, and Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University, and previous faculty member at the University of Texas, Austin. He is in demand as a choral adjudicator, clinician, and director of Honor/All-State Choirs throughout North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and Africa. Since 1988, he has served as Artistic Director of the Tallahassee Community Chorus. Dr. Thomas has been honored with numerous awards including the African Diaspora Sacred Music Living Legend award, the Chorus America Distinguished Service Award, the ACDA Robert Shaw Award, and the NCCO Lifetime Achievement Award. He is currently the Vice-President of the National ACDA.

Esteemed guest conductor Anton Armstrong will conduct the National Festival Chorus in a varied program of choral works including Haydn’s “God of Life” ​(​The Seasons), Clausen’s “Kyrie” ​(​Memorial), Susan LaBarr’s ​”Hold Fast to Dreams,” and more. Anton Armstrong is currently Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College. In February 2005, The St. Olaf Choir shared the stage with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, California. Active nationally and internationally, engagements have included the World Youth Choir in Venezuela, the Zimriya-The World Assembly of Choirs, the Formosa Singers of Taipei, and the Prague Proms International Music Festival sponsored by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. He has been featured as a clinician at the Fourth World Symposium on Choral Music in Sydney, Australia and the Eighth World Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark, among others.

The concert will also include a performance from The Florida A&M University Concert Choir, led by director Mark Butler.

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Postponed: SYMPHONIC SERIES FOR BANDS & ORCHESTRAS
Apr
6
9:00 AM09:00

Postponed: SYMPHONIC SERIES FOR BANDS & ORCHESTRAS

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Chad Nicholson, Band Clinician

Adam Boyles, Orchestra Clinician

The Symphonic Series provides bands and orchestras the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Participating ensembles benefit from a private workshop and receive comments from a panel of nationally recognized clinicians.

Morning Session: 

  • Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences Symphonic Strings; Gary Wilkes, Director

  • Houston High Orchestra; Long Long Kang, Director 

  • La Cañada High School Advanced Strings; Jennifer Munday, Director 

  • La Cañada High School Symphonic Band; Jason Stone, Director 

  • La Cueva High School Band; John Converse, Director 

  • Somers High School Symphony Band; Terry Reynolds, Director 

Afternoon session:

  • Bishop Carroll High School Touring Band; Chris Herard, Director 

  • Bishop Carroll Touring Strings; Christina Visy, Director 

  • Canyon High School Band; Kevin Fulleman, Director 

  • Edwardsburg High School Concert Band; Alexis Hiner & Jacob Blaylock, Directors 

  • Fort Wayne Philharmonic Youth Orchestra; Troy Webdell, Director 

Single tickets available Thursday, February 6 at 11 AM.

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Postponed: Symphony Chaco: A Journey of the Spirit
Mar
30
8:00 PM20:00

Postponed: Symphony Chaco: A Journey of the Spirit

Don’t miss a unique evening of music for one night only this March at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall!

MCP presents St. Louis Community College at Meramec Orchestra, Symphonic Band and Concert Choir with Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai performing Gary Gackstatter's Symphony Chaco: A Journey of the Spirit, led by directors Gary Gackstetter and Jerry Myers. Inspired by the composer's recent sabbatical to Chaco Canyon in the wilds of New Mexico, Symphony Chaco draws from the spirit of Chaco culture and the fascinating history of Native Americans.

The evening will also include a debut performance from Bridle Path/Montgomery Elementary Select String Ensemble, led by director Ralph T. Jackson. Scarsdale High School Wind Ensemble will also be performing a selection of works celebrating diversity and heroism, featuring Omar Thomas’ “A Mother of A Revolution!;” Daniel Montoya, Jr.’s “Einstein on 6th Street,” LaToya Webb, guest conductor; Julie Giroux’s “In My Father’s Eyes,” Julie Giroux, guest conductor; and David R. Gillingham’s “Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble,” led by Scarsdale High School Wind Ensemble director Jason Noble.

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Postponed: Unclouded Day
Mar
30
8:00 PM20:00

Postponed: Unclouded Day

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Don’t miss an evening of choral music with Unclouded Day at world-renowned Carnegie Hall.

Under the baton of Scott Buchanan, the National Festival Chorus will perform an array of choral works including Grotenhuis’ “Song of Triumph,” Hagenberg’s “O Love,” “Unclouded Day” arranged by Shawn Kirchner, and more.

The National Children’s Festival Chorus, led by esteemed guest conductor Henry Leck, will also perform a selection of choral works including Buxtehude's "In te Domine speravi," DIlworth's "Dreams," DiOrio’s “We Will Do Miracles,” Stopford’s “Irish Blessing,” and more.

The concert will also include a featured performance from Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir, led by conductor Endrik Üksvärav performing Cyrillus Kreek’s Estonian sacred folk song “Awake, my heart”; Arvo Pärt’s “Virgencita,” “Alleluia Tropus,“ and “Vater Unser“; the US premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Missa brevis; Pärt Uusberg’s “Miserere“; Veljo Tormis’ “Röntyskä V” (Dancing song) and Ending and going home” from Forgotten Peoples.

The Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir hails from Estonia and for three times this high-profile collective has been awarded with the title Choir of the Year (2011, 2014 and 2017). In 2018 Collegium Musicale and conductor Endrik Üksvärav won the Music Award of Estonian Cultural Endowment – for the brilliant promotion of Estonian choral music and for a dedicated and high-level presentation both in Estonia and abroad. The choir has given concerts in Estonia and on concert tours and festivals abroad: Italy, Israel, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Russia, Poland etc. Its 10th season the choir started with a concert in Ukraine, where works of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt were performed in Kiev’s historic Sofia Cathedral. Collegium Musicale was founded by conductor Endrik Üksvärav in October 2010. The repertoire extends from renaissance to contemporary music. The special place in the repertoire belongs to the Estonian composers, incl. Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Tõnu Kõrvits etc. The aim is to offer high level musical emotions and be the ambassadors of Estonian music.

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Postponed: Plano East Senior High Bands
Mar
30
9:00 AM09:00

Postponed: Plano East Senior High Bands

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Manhattan Concert Productions presents The Plano East Senior High Bands from Plano, Texas, performing a variety of music ranging from band “classics” to music of today’s leading composers for wind band. Performing groups will be the Wind Ensemble, Evelio Villarreal conductor; Symphonic Band, John Brennan, conductor, and Concert Band, Ryan Albert, conductor. 

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Postponed: The Road Not Taken
Mar
23
8:00 PM20:00

Postponed: The Road Not Taken

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MCP presents The Road Not Taken, a powerful masterworks triple-bill at world-renowned Carnegie Hall, with the Masterwork Festival Chorus, New York City Chamber Orchestra, and prominent soloists. The program will include Rutter’s popular cantata Gloria, Ēriks Ešenvalds’ Trinity Te Deum, and Fauré’s serene Requiem, as well as a selection of choral works with the National Festival Chorus!

Described by the composer as "exalted, devotional and jubilant, John Rutter's Gloria is a musical setting of parts of the Latin Gloria, the second part of the Latin Order of Mass,  structured into three movements. Grammy Award-winning guest conductor Jerry Blackstone will lead this work.  Guest conductor Jerry Blackstone will also lead Ēriks Ešenvalds’ Trinity Te Deum, a re-imagining in Ešenvalds’ terms of the Anglican tradition of ceremonial music for a grand occasion.

From its ominous “Intro” and “Kyrie” to the delicate and famous soprano aria Pie Jesu, Fauré’s exquisite Requiem is the best known of his large works and a staple of choral-orchestral repertoire. This impressive work will be conducted by L. Brett Scott.

The evening will also feature singers from across the United States as part of the National Festival Chorus in a wonderful array of choral classics including Handel’s “Hallelujah, Amen” from Judas Maccabaeus, Michael Haydn’s “Laetatus Sum,” the traditional Scottish melody “Auld Lang Syne,” and more, all under the baton of guest conductor Michael Hanawalt.  

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POSTPONED: SYMPHONIC SERIES FOR BANDS & ORCHESTRAS
Mar
23
9:00 AM09:00

POSTPONED: SYMPHONIC SERIES FOR BANDS & ORCHESTRAS

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Gary Lewis, Orchestra Clinician

Peter Boonshaft & Timothy Mahr, Band Clinicians

The Symphonic Series provides bands and orchestras the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Participating ensembles benefit from a private workshop and receive comments from a panel of nationally recognized clinicians.

Morning Session

  • Doral Academy Orchestra; Edward J. Ercilla, Director

  • H.B. Plant Orchestra; Steven J. Bossert, Director 

  • Houston High School Wind Ensemble; Matt Taylor & John Hagan, Directors

  • Poudre High School Wind Ensemble; Corry Petersen, Director 

  • Tucson High School Symphony Orchestra; Cayce Miners, Diana Yusupov & Emily Nolan, Directors 

  • Zeeland High School Orchestra; Marie B. Ten Elshof, Director 

Afternoon Session 

  • Blue Springs South Symphonic Band; William White, Director

  • Blue Springs South Wind Ensemble; Ken Hansen, Director 

  • Chaparral Middle School Wind Ensemble; Leslie Schroerlucke, Director 

  • Dreyfoos School of the Arts Symphonic Band; Evan Rogovin, Director 

  • Dreyfoos School of the Arts Wind Ensemble; Evan Rogovin, Director 

  • Hockinson High School Symphonic Band; Corey McEnry & Jennifer Ritenburgh, Directors 

  • Hockinson High School Wind Ensemble; Corey McEnry & Jennifer Ritenburgh, Directors 

All-Day Pass will grant admission to the performances at 9 AM and 1 PM.

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