Manhattan School of Music Biennial Report FY24 & FY25

BIENNIAL REPORT FY24 & FY25

Message from the Board Chair and President

Dear Friends,

We are proud to share our biennial report, which details two dynamic fiscal years at Manhattan School of Music. We hope that you enjoy reading about the remarkable accomplishments of our students, faculty, alumni, and staff in its pages, a testament to the immense talent and indomitable spirit of the MSM Community.

Despite global challenges and uncertainties, the School continued to thrive under sound fiscal management, maintaining a top-rank standard of pedagogical and artistic excellence. Among the notable achievements of FY24 and FY25: robust enrollment– a powerful indicator of institutional strength. Gifted students from more than 50 countries and nearly every U.S. state were drawn by the School’s superb faculty and supportive, inclusive learning environment.

MSM presented two thrilling performance seasons featuring more than 2,000 musical events that encompassed the full range of the School’s classical, jazz, and musical theatre programs. Through this astonishing variety of programming, MSM fulfilled core mission goals: a wealth of performance opportunities for our students, while simultaneously enriching the cultural life of the larger community.

Renowned for pioneering new pathways for music education, the School received New York State approval for a groundbreaking, fully online Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Performing Arts degree completion program for working performing artists. We also helped to secure a brighter future for MSM with the launch of the Second Century endowment campaign, raising nearly $20 million to bolster this important fund. And with the pro bono support of the global consulting firm McKinsey & Co., MSM created a new strategic plan that will serve as the institution’s compass through the end of the decade. The support of a generous and deeply committed Board of Trustees and a growing roster of donors made all of this good work possible.

This report speaks to the enduring value of an MSM education and the School’s unshakeable commitment to the personal, artistic, and intellectual development of young musicians, and to providing them with the richest possible learning environment. Now in its second century, MSM remains dedicated to shaping performing artists through innovative education, distinguished faculty, and global artistic collaboration. We thank you for sharing our belief in this important work and in the power of music to inspire and unite us.

Sincerely,

Lorraine Gallard

James Gandre Chair President

Strategic Plan 2024–2029

In the Fall of 2023, MSM assembled a Steering Committee to develop a new Strategic Plan that will serve as the School’s compass through the end of the decade. This group met together for a dozen-plus hours in structured meetings facilitated by McKinsey & Company, a global consulting firm that provided pro bono services thanks to MSM trustee David G. Knott, who is a Senior Partner with the firm. The initiatives are divided into two categories: Foundational and Bold Moves. The Foundational area focuses on enhancing our existing systems and infrastructure as well as sustaining our enrollment and strengthening our financial stability. The Bold Moves are targeted initiatives that build on MSM’s specific strengths and embody our institutional values.

Foundational Initiatives

Enduring Mission, Values, and Culture

Institutionalize the “MSM Way”

Advance the Cultural Inclusion Initiative and Access for All

Catalyze NYC (Harlem and Beyond) as MSM’s Home

Resilient Infrastructure

Modernize Classrooms and Technology

Conduct End-to-End Transformation of Finance Function

Optimize Human Capacity

Enrollment Security

Increase the College Tuition Discount Rate

Crystalize Differentiated Value Propositions for the College Student Population

Expand Online Marketing and Presence

Strengthen Domestic College Student Pipeline

Strengthen International Student Pipeline

Bold Moves

Reimagine Conservatory Experience

Evolve Career Readiness Offerings for Students

Incorporate Hybrid and/or Online Learning to Improve On-Campus Activities

Innovate in New Learning Offerings

Launch Bachelor of Fine Arts Online Degree

Launch Dual-Admissions Pathways

Expand Youth and Continuing Education Programs

Bolster Financial Strength

Expand Board of Trustees

Accelerate and Scale Up Fundraising Activities

Diversify Revenue Streams

Optimize Post-Debt Resources

College Highlights

MSM students in the College Division — 1,024 in Fall 2024 and 1,050 in Fall 2025 — participated in more than 1,000 concerts, master classes, and performances as part of the curriculum. They were often joined by esteemed faculty and distinguished guests, including such artists as Lawrence Brownlee, Leonard Slatkin, and Frederica von Stade. These annual offerings, whether in the School’s nine performance venues and online, are woven into the artistic fabric of our Morningside Heights neighborhood, New York City, the U.S., and the world.

Vocal Arts

MSM Opera Theatre presented 10 complete operas, including six fully staged productions with orchestra, as well as 14 programs including Opera In Concert with the MSM Symphony Orchestra, opera scenes, and staged recitals. The 2023–24 season opened with Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, conducted by George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76) and directed by John de los Santos, which critics praised as “filled with originality, creativity, and imagination.” Spring brought Puccini’s La rondine, led by conductor Marcello Cormio and director Katherine M. Carter. Other works filled the calendar, including Mozart’s La finta giardiniera, Rorem’s Evidence of Things Not Seen, Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and Purcell’s The Fairy Queen

In 2024–25, MSM presented alumnus Jack Perla’s (BM ’83, MM ’84) chamber opera An American Dream conducted by Djordje Nesic and directed by Richard Gammon. Preceding the production, actor/activist George Takei gave a moving account to the MSM Community about growing up in Japanese-American internment camps following WW2. Graduate Opera Theatre presented two large productions in NeidorffKarpati Hall. In the fall, Gounod's classic opera, Roméo et Juliette, was conducted by Pierre Vallet and directed by Katherine M. Carter. In the spring, Dvořak's Rusalka was awarded First Place in Division VII of the National Opera Association's College Production Competition. Adjudicator comments about the production, conducted by Kelly Kuo (MM ’98) and directed by John de los Santos included: “The performances in this production from the singers and orchestra were first-rate. The musical preparation was excellent and the orchestra played well… Individual cast members were ideally suited to the significant vocal demands of their roles.”

MSM Undergraduate Opera Theatre's 2025 spring production of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, Princess Ida: The Glow Up, libretto reimagined by Heather O'Donovan (MM ’20), conducted by Jackson McKinnon , and directed by Felicity Stiverson, tied for First Place in NOA's Division IV category with jurors writing, "Well done! The orchestra was quite excellent and cohesive. A wonderful production, well prepared and rehearsed… the singing was excellent. The style is spot-on and the lines were delivered crisply.” Additional spring productions included Handel's Rinaldo, opera scenes, and a chamber production of Gluck's L’île de Merlin, ou le monde renversé

From top: MSM Opera Theatre presented Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka from April 24 - 27, 2025, a production honored by the National Opera Association. Alumnus Jack Perla’s (BM ’83, MM ’84) chamber opera An American Dream was presented on December 14 & 15, 2024. On December 4, 2025, George Takei spoke about his experience as a child interned with his family in post-WWII America in the An American Dream public program.

MSM choral activities highlighted repertoire breadth and collaboration. In fall 2023, MSM Chamber Choir, directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather (DMA ’15), was joined by MSM Camerata Nova and guest lecturer Samuel KuffuorAfriyie, for José Maurício Nunes Garcia’s 1816 Requiem at Union Theological Seminary. In 2024, Deborah Simpkin King , became MSM Director of Choirs, programming a variety of traditional, diverse and contemporary music.

Vocal Arts welcomed guest master classes by Jamie Barton, Lawrence Brownlee, Quinn Kelsey, Frederica von Stade, MSM faculty member/ Met Opera Head of Music Staff Thomas Laussman (PS ’99), as well as guest Raphael Fusco for Bach Week chamber music and masterclasses.

MSM expanded performance formats; performed at the Verdi Square Festival; was the first conservatory vocal program presented at The Greene Space by the Gerda Lissner Foundation & WQXR; presented a mix of standard and contemporary works; and amplified student experiences through high-profile residencies and collaborations — demonstrating the division’s artistic range and real-world preparation.

Jazz Arts

MSM Jazz Arts continued to offer a rich and dynamic slate of concerts, ensembles, and educational experiences during the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons. Under the leadership of Ingrid Jensen (then Dean of Jazz Arts), the MSM Jazz Orchestra and numerous small ensembles brought a broad mix of repertoire, heritage, and innovation to the MSM stage.

The MSM Jazz Orchestra — co-directed by Matt Holman (MM ’10, DMA ’18), and Jim Saltzman (DMA ’18) (current Dean of Jazz Arts) — presented a singular concert at Dizzy’s Club titled “MSM Jazz Orchestra Celebrates Jazz from South Africa,” bringing forward that county’s rich repertoire and featuring the 2022–23 Hugh Masekela Heritage Scholars, with distinguished guest soloist Jaleel Shaw. The program highlighted MSM’s ongoing collaboration with the Hugh Masekela Heritage Foundation and its commitment to global jazz traditions. During 2023–24, a major highlight was the MSM Jazz Orchestra concert “Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Wayne Shorter,” directed by Saltzman. The program commemorated Shorter’s music and influence while reaffirming MSM’s commitment to honoring jazz masters (in 2021, Shorter received an honorary doctorate from MSM). The 2024–25 season opened with an innovative concert featuring guest percussionist Terri Lyne Carrington (HonDMA ’20) and Ingrid Jensen under Saltzman’s direction, alongside works by MSM alumni Chris Zuar (MM ’13), Linda May Han Oh (MM ’08, HonDMA ’24), and doctoral graduate Andrew Rathbun (DMA ’11).

The Jazz Orchestra marked a milestone event, “Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence”, under the guidance of Miho Hazama (MM ’12), which paid tribute to MSM Alumnus John Lewis (BM ’52, MM ’53, HonDMA ’96), founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Guest artists included saxophonist Jimmy Greene (DMA ’18), vocalist Julia Keefe (MM ’19), and a special appearance by MSM faculty member John Riley (MM ’85) on drums. This was followed by the MSM Jazz Composers’ Orchestra concert with special guest vibraphonist Joe Locke, directed by Mike Holober. The 2024–25 season concluded with “Songs for Mother Earth,” directed by Holman and featuring guest composer-saxophonist Christine Jensen, trumpet soloist Tony Kadleck (BM ’89), vocalist Larissa Jones (MM ’23), and Ingrid Jensen.

Faculty artistry remained an integral part of the program. Percussionist Rogério Boccato presented a Jazz Arts–framed faculty recital that showcased Afro-Brazilian rhythm and collaboration. Earlier in 2023, MSM honored longtime faculty member and composer-arranger Jim McNeely (1949–2025) with a tribute concert, featuring guest conductor Holober and trumpet faculty Ingrid Jensen and Scott Wendholt

Throughout these two years, the MSM Jazz Arts Division advanced its legacy through performance, composition, mentorship, and crosscultural exploration. Large-ensemble concerts, heritage-themed programs, faculty recitals, and small-group opportunities exemplified the department’s ongoing leadership in shaping the next generation of jazz artists.

Contemporary Performance Program

The Contemporary Performance Program (CPP) continued to advance MSM’s leadership in new music through a robust schedule of concerts and premieres during the past two academic years, with CPP students forming the core of the School’s resident contemporary ensemble, Tactus. In 2023–24, a series of concerts featuring new works by MSM composers and contemporary artists included programs curated by CPP Co-Chairs Erin Rogers and Matt Ward (BM ’98). These concerts showcased premieres, experimental chamber works, and collaborations with MSM’s graduate composers. Season highlights included a performance by the Dice Trio on November 9, 2023, featuring CPP students Adeline DeBella (MM ’24), Sam Friedman (MM ’24), and Grace Pressley (MM ’24), and a concert on April 12, 2024, including works by Anthony Braxton and Kate Gentile. In a collaboration between MSM Jazz Arts and the CPP, Gentile gave a master class on March 26, 2024.

The CPP’s 2024–25 season opened on October 7, 2024 with Big Band featuring guest artist Todd Reynolds in a sound painting collaboration and works by composers Andy Akiho (MM ’09) and Anna Webber (MM ’10). A concert in Merkin Hall on January 30, 2024, featured works by MSM student composers. A November 19, 2024, concert presented works by emerging composers, including Anuj Bhutani, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Britta Bystrom, Karin Rehnqvist, and Heather Stebbins. Tactus Composes premiered new works written by CPP students, followed by a concert featuring music by Tactus Commission Prize winner Dylan Wolf. Together these performances reaffirm CPP’s central role in shaping MSM’s contemporary music identity.

Master Classes

Each year, MSM continues to host a formidable roster of distinguished visiting musicians, offering master classes and residencies that enrich student study and public engagement. Baritone Quinn Kelsey led a Vocal Arts master class, working with students on operatic style, diction, and role preparation. Classical guitarist Sérgio Assad returned to MSM through the Augustine Foundation Residency, offering interpretive coaching and technical insight to guitar majors. In spring 2024, the School welcomed countertenor and keyboard specialist Raphael Fusco (PC ’01) for a Vocal Arts “Bach Week” master class on ornamentation and historical performance practice, followed the next day by baritone Roderick Williams, who coached students in contemporary English repertoire and expressive text delivery. Master classes extended across all divisions: MSM faculty member Alan Kay, clarinetist and chamber musician, presented an Orchestral/Winds master class; violinist Mihaela Martin led an intensive Strings master class; and the Augustine Foundation Residency returned with guitarist Nicholas Goluses (BM ’81, MM ’82, DMA ’85). Film composer Joseph Trapanese (BM ’06) brought industry expertise to a Composition master class sponsored by Balenciaga

In 2024–25, MSM broadened its reach further. Bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward offered a Contemporary Bassoon Techniques master class; mezzosoprano Jamie Barton coached voice majors, with other Vocal Arts guests including baritone David Bizic, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and tenor Lawrence Brownlee. The Augustine Foundation Residency returned in March 2025 with classical guitar icon Sharon Isbin, whose session centered on Baroque style, contrapuntal fingering, and articulation. Pianist Mikhail Voskresensky offered a master class, composer Lewis Nielson led a Composition master class, and principal flutist Karl-Heinz Schütz of the Vienna Philharmonic conducted an Orchestral Performance master class.

These two years reaffirm that master classes and residencies remain a vital component of MSM’s pedagogical and artistic ecosystem, broadening student exposure, deepening craft, and connecting MSM musicians with international standards of excellence.

Musical Theatre

MSM’s Musical Theatre Program — the only stand-alone conservatory musical-theatre program in New York City — continued to mount a compelling mix of new works, revivals, and developmental projects over the past two academic years, giving students vibrant opportunities to work with creators and perform in fully staged productions.

The 2023–24 season opened with Forget Me Not, a contemporary piece that challenged students to explore themes of community, memory, and identity. In November, the program revived the classic Bye Bye Birdie, blending youthful energy with polished ensemble performance. That winter’s Freshman Pops showcase and the 2023–24 Lab Series-derived mainstage production The Hills Are Alive! gave underclass and emerging students strong performance exposure. The spring brought Nine, a bold adaptation of classic film-musical themes; and a May 2024 Senior Showcase offering a final capstone for graduating students.

The 2024–25 season reflected both continuity and adventurous programming. In October 2024, MSM premiered Good Luck in Space, a new musical comedy by the creators of Urinetown, with book and lyrics by Greg Kotis and music by Mark Hollmann.The production, directed and choreographed by Meghan Finn, moved from the Lab Series onto the mainstage after workshop development. Later in the season came The Pajama Game, offering a fresh take on a mid-century labor-comedy classic, and The Threepenny Opera, showcasing MSM’s willingness to tackle challenging, genre-blending work. The season concluded with a full production of Into the Woods, offering students a richly layered, musically and theatrically complex piece for their final mainstage of the season.

From top: MSM Musical Theatre presented Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods from March 28–20 and April 3–6, 2025 and Charles Strouse’s Bye Bye Birdie from November 3- 5, 2023. Musical Theatre students participated in a reading of Disney’s Frozen with the Disney Theatrical Group on November 14, 2024.

Throughout those seasons, the Program’s developmental engine — the Musical Theatre Lab Series — remained central. The Series continued to give MSM students direct access to creators, composers, and new works, nurturing a pipeline of fresh material that often matured into mainstage productions. This period reaffirmed MSM’s commitment to artistic growth, professional preparation, and creative risk. Through a mix of classic musicals, world-premiere comedies, drama-inflected revivals, and developmental workshops, students continued to benefit from broad exposure, contemporary relevance, and direct engagement with the evolving landscape of musical theatre.

Instrumental Studies and Orchestral Performance

The Instrumental Studies and Orchestral Performance Division offers a unified pedagogical and performance structure across piano, strings, winds, brass, percussion, guitar, conducting, chamber music, and the Graduate Program in Orchestral Performance. During the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons, MSM’s orchestral ensembles — including the MSM Symphony Orchestra and the faculty-student project orchestra OPUS130 — continued to deliver ambitious, stylistically wide-ranging programs under a mix of established faculty, distinguished guest conductors, and rising alumni leaders.

Distinguished visiting artist Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) led the MSM Symphony Orchestra in a vibrant all-American program featuring works by Duke Ellington and George Gershwin, showcasing the ensemble’s stylistic range and MSM’s commitment to celebrating America’s orchestral heritage. Slatkin returned in January, to conduct OPUS130 in a program including works by Sierra, Stravinsky, and Elgar. David Chan conducted the OPUS130 orchestra with soloist Arthur Li (MM ’23), piano, in a program of works by Carlos Simon, Alfred Schnittke, and Felix Mendelssohn.

The Symphony delivered a concert under visiting conductor Joshua Gersen, featuring piano soloist winner of the Spring 2024 Dora Zaslavsky Competition, Terri Ji (BM ’26). Mei-Ann Chen conducted the Symphony in a themed program under the title “Humanity in Harmony: Rituals, Resistance, and Resilience,” which included works by contemporary composers and concluded with the “Pathétique” Symphony by Tchaikovsky. Under famed conductor JoAnn Falletta (DMA ’09), the Symphony staged a concert including a flute concerto (featuring the 2024 Eisenberg-Fried Competition winner) and works by Adolphus Hailstork (BM ’65, MM ’66, HonDMA ’19), Ibert, and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique

From top: Jonah Murphy (BM ’22, MM ’24), winner of the 2024 Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition, performed with the MSM Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta (HonDMA ’09) on February 13, 2025. Mei-Ann Chen conducted the MSM Symphony Orchestra on October 25, 2024. On December 5, 2024, MSM Symphony Orchestra performed Joseph Schwanter’s New Morning for the World with Vocal Arts faculty member Sidney Outlaw, Narrator. Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13), Distinguished Visiting Artist in Conducting and Orchestral Studies, conducted the MSM Symphony Orchestra on September 28, 2023.

During this two-year period, MSM Director of Orchestral Activities George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76) led major orchestral concerts that included the Camerata Nova on November 14, 2023, featuring works by Montgomery, Bach, and Haydn; the MSM Symphony Orchestra at Merkin Hall, showcasing the Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition winners in music by Séjourné, Ibert, and Tchaikovsky; and the MSM Symphony Orchestra at CCNY’s Marian Anderson Theatre, conducting new thesis compositions by MSM student composers.

Throughout these seasons, MSM’s orchestral artists, both students and faculty alike, navigated a wide stylistic range, from early and classical symphonies to modern commissions, film-music interpretations, and thematic programs rooted in social consciousness. With the artistic contributions of visiting maestros and the enduring presence of OP faculty and alumni, the Orchestral Performance Division continues to strengthen its status as a central pillar in MSM’s mission and identity.

The Orto Center

The Orto Center, home to MSM's groundbreaking Distance Learning and Recording Arts program, showcases collaborative videoconference master classes, programs, and coachings that expand access to world-class artists and teachers for the MSM Community.

The Center livestreamed over 500 concerts, recitals, and special events annually to a global audience in 136 countries. Between FY24 and FY25, private recording session bookings by the Center grew by nearly 40%, providing over 300 recording sessions annually to MSM students, alumni, faculty, and staff, helping to propel their studies and careers to the next level while generating new revenue for the School.

Capital projects and strategic initiatives during this period include upgrades to The Center’s core network routing infrastructure and the refurbishment of the Christianne Orto Distance Learning Studio, featuring new video production tools for asynchronous course content creation, enhanced acoustical treatment, and general room renovations.

In FY25, funding enabled the purchase of three new 4K PTZ cameras — replacing the original HD cameras installed in Miller Recital Hall in 2015 — and a digital audio mixing console to replace end-of-life equipment in one recording studio control room. Recent capital and grant investments in both equipment and control room facilities have substantially increased The Center’s capacity to provide recording and livestreaming services across all areas of the School.

In addition, in FY25, The Center and Global Conservatoire partner institutions tested and piloted several low-latency videoconferencing systems to enable real-time collaborative performance and rehearsal across a distance. This initiative resulted in all five institutions adopting a unified platform — MVTP (Modular Video Transmission Platform)—to support innovative new connections in the years ahead. Beginning in FY26, this technology will power the Global Conservatoire Live Lab Series, expanding on The Orto Center’s long tradition of high-quality international videoconference master classes that broaden access to distinguished teachers and artists worldwide.

The Global Conservatoire

The Global Conservatoire advanced its pioneering work in digitally networked music education during the past two years. Established in 2021, this international partnership links Manhattan School of Music with the Royal College of Music in London, the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and the Amsterdam Conservatory, creating a “global college town” in which students and faculty collaborate across countries as naturally as they would within a single campus.

In 2024–2025, the initiative introduced its most ambitious low-latency music project to date. Using advanced ELK and MVTP technology, the five institutions connected performers, teachers, and composers in real time for a wide range of artistic and educational activities. More than 50 sessions took place during the year, including lessons, ensemble rehearsals, improvisation workshops, composer readings, public demonstrations, and multi-site experiments. The sessions enabled students to create and perform with peers abroad while experiencing the possibilities and demands of synchronous, long-distance music-making.

Work spanned both traditional and experimental disciplines. Classical musicians received technique coaching and participated in joint ensemble sessions; jazz students collaborated internationally on improvisation and rhythm studies; composers tested ideas through distributed readings and demonstrations; and cross-genre projects explored hybrid approaches that combined acoustic performance with networked systems. One of the year’s signature achievements was the Global Conservatoire’s first public low-latency performance, a distributed guitar duo presented simultaneously from London, Amsterdam, and Vienna. This milestone illustrated the artistic potential of the platform and signaled the arrival of low-latency performance as a meaningful creative medium.

The year’s progress confirmed that the Global Conservatoire has moved beyond proof of concept. Weekly cross-institutional teaching has become sustainable, and low-latency systems have proven effective for ensemble work, improvisation, and individualized mentorship. Students now engage directly with emerging professional models of hybrid and distributed music-making, and faculty participation has broadened across classical, jazz, contemporary, and experimental areas.

More than a technological achievement, this work signals the emergence of a new model for music education — one in which distance no longer limits collaboration, and in which students and faculty around the world can learn, create, and perform together as a single artistic community.

In 2024, Dr. Joyce Griggs, EVP and Provost, embarked on a journey to Denmark as a Fulbright Specialist. During two three-week residencies, she collaborated with colleagues at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (RDAM) and met with leaders from six of Denmark’s arts colleges as well as leaders of the DR Koncerthuset, DIS Study Abroad, and Fulbright Denmark.

Provost Griggs led RDAM colleagues in discussions ranging from organizational leadership, techniques for engaging students in a global classroom, health/ wellness for performing artists, and how to bridge cultural/linguistic differences through global exchange. Her engagement with higher education and performing arts leaders gave MSM visibility and recognition, and Dr. Griggs learned more about Denmark’s funding priorities for higher education, arts, and culture.

Provost Griggs is grateful to the Fulbright Association and Fulbright Denmark for sponsoring her Fulbright Specialist experience. Her time in Denmark underscored the profound impact of cross-cultural exchange and its purpose in higher education. The opportunity to work alongside her Danish colleagues led to important refinements to online learning strategies for the Global Conservatoire and reignited her passion for cultural exchange and lifelong learning. “The specialist program had a tremendous professional benefit for me,” said Dr. Griggs. “It highlighted the cultural challenges international students face when they travel to learn in a foreign country and the importance of intentional engagement to bridge the transition from one’s home country to one’s home institution.” In partnership with MSM colleagues, Provost Griggs continues to call attention to designing experiences that showcase students’ cultural backgrounds and celebrate the richness of our global community.

BFA

in Performing Arts: MSM’s new, fully online degree completion program for performing arts professionals

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts (BFA Online) is a new, fully online degree completion program designed for performing artists who have not yet earned an undergraduate degree. Approved by the New York State Education Department in June 2025, the program began accepting applications in July. The inaugural cohort began in January 2026 with 10 students and MSM looks forward to the next classes of students enrolling in Summer and Fall 2026. This accelerated degree provides an innovative and accessible pathway for performers with at least five years of professional experience to bridge the gap between their performance careers and a completed college degree. Through a unique assessment process, applicants can translate their accomplished career experience into academic credit, allowing exceptional candidates to earn their degree in as little as one year. This is a transformative program, equipping performing artists with the necessary skills to advance their career and expand their horizons.

The BFA Online degree completion program is open to a wide range of performing artists, including instrumentalists, singers, jazz musicians, theatre performers, film and television actors, dancers, folk and popular artists, and any discipline in the performing arts. Its asynchronous structure accommodates the demanding schedules of working artists, offering flexibility without sacrificing academic rigor. Graduates of the program will utilize their degree to expand their career opportunities in education, arts administration, and any number of roles and professions that require a college degree.

For Manhattan School of Music, the program represents both academic advancement and institutional opportunity. It expands the School’s curriculum enabling MSM to serve a previously untapped population of adult learners. It also strengthens the School’s renowned leadership in digital education by establishing a substantial online presence that complements its traditional conservatory offerings. At the same time, the program supports the broader performing arts community by providing a practical, accessible, and accelerated pathway for artists seeking to build long-term, sustainable careers in a global and increasingly digital arts landscape.

The BFA Online is unlike any other program in higher education. This is the only conservatory-led performing arts degree completion program and one of a few higher education programs offering up to 90 credits for prior learning. MSM is excited to maintain a leadership role in the use of technology and continues to innovate how it provides all students with a path towards education.

Ultimately, the BFA Online broadens MSM’s capacity to meet the evolving needs of performers while positioning the School as an innovative institution within the growing online education marketplace. The launch of the BFA was supported by a grant from the Booth Ferris Foundation. Among the program’s early proponents is Misty Copeland, President of the Misty Copeland Foundation and former American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer, who called MSM’s new BFA Online “a game-changer, giving artists the chance to earn their BFA while honoring the work they’ve already put in.” According to Tony Award-winning Broadway and Met Opera performer Kelli O’Hara (HonDMA ’20), “‘Making it’ as an artist is a tricky. We need good education to go toward it, but we need the work to actually experience it. So many artists sacrifice one for the other. What MSM is offering will change that. Finally.” Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) – also an MSM trustee – said of the program: “This is a wonderful resource for those in the Performing Arts who went straight to work and now want to add more knowledge and a BFA to their lives.” And former president of The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin (HonDMA ’24) said, “The concept of this program is a brilliant step toward allowing artists a wide spectrum of possibilities for the future.”

Center for Career Readiness & Community Impact

The Center for Career Readiness & Community Impact (CCRCI) supports students’ educational and professional growth as they pursue personally meaningful career paths. Throughout FY24 and FY25, the CCRCI continued to offer coursework and professional workshops to help students prepare for multifaceted careers in the arts. CCRCI resources include the Hire A Musician Request Board, the Private Teacher Directory, an Online Opportunities Board which shares thousands of longer-term employment opportunities, and One-on-One Career Advising. Beginning in FY25, the CCRCI launched the Travel Assistance Program (TAP), which provides financial support to MSM students for professional development and/or employment opportunities.

The CCRCI invited a range of music professionals to present workshops in its dynamic Setting the Stage series on career development. Highlights included “Marketing, PR and Social Media Presence” with Grace Freeman, Social Media Manager at Diamond Press; Community Engagement through Performing Arts” with Miranda Hoffner, Director, Accessibility at Lincoln Center; “Life on the Road: Practical Foundations for a Touring Career” with Tim Mar, COO & Director of Artist Strategy at Concert Artists Guild; and a discussion with Scott Mello, Vice President of Opus 3 Artists.

The CCRCI continued to oversee a robust internship program that offers realworld experiential learning opportunities to enhance students’ education. Since FY24, there have been dozens of successful internship placements including with American Composers Forum, Concert Artists Guild, WQXR, The Harmony Program, and Kirshbaum Associates. Several student interns have gone on to summer and/or long-term employment at their internship placement.

From top: A Community Impact program at P.S. 36 on January 28, 2025. MSM students performed at the Apsley by Sunrise, a senior living and memory care facility, on February 17, 2025. Students from P.S. 333 attended a performance of MSM Opera Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on November 15, 2023.

Through the CCRCI's Community Impact program, MSM students brought the transformative power of music to more than 2,000 K-12 schoolchildren in upper Manhattan, as well as to more than 1,300 adults in local senior residences and memory care facilities. Highlights included an expanded monthly performance series at the Actor's Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, for senior residents; a jazz performance at The Lighthouse Guild for blind and visually-impaired audience members; a renewed performance partnership with The Children's Museum of Manhattan; and an expanded partnership with DOROT to provide both remote and in-person courses at its Upper West Side location. The CCRCI hosted local schoolchildren at MSM for “Introduction to Jazz” presentations and Orchestral Performance students performed chamber music at neighborhood schools.

Under the CCRCI domain, the School continued to offer a pathway program at the master's level. This program, designed to be completed in approximately three years, gives the student a Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music and an Ed.M. (Master of Education) in Music Education with New York State K–12 Music Teacher Certification from Teachers College Columbia University.

Student Affairs

During this period, the Student Affairs division continued to strengthen student support and engagement through coordinated initiatives across Residence Life, Student Engagement, academic support, and campus wellness. Residence Life developed a formal residential curriculum to guide programming organized by Resident Assistants, centering events around three core themes: connection, community, and the individual’s role in society.

New digital tools were introduced to better track student participation across programs, enabling the department to assess engagement by major and demographic group and to refine offerings in support of more equitable participation.

Student Engagement expanded its focus on leadership development and belonging. Programming broadened to reflect a wider range of student needs and preferences, with initiatives such as the Craft and Calm series offering quieter, reflective engagement opportunities alongside longstanding traditions such as Orientation and Commencement that connect students to MSM’s institutional legacy.

Academic and personal support services continued to mature during these years. The Student Success Center provided consistent academic assistance, while a redesigned Summer English Study program supported non-native English speakers and extended services throughout students’ first year of study. Across the period, Student Success delivered disability services to an average of more than 40 students annually and facilitated more than 360 tutoring sessions each year. Ongoing assessment of English-language proficiency gains enabled the School to document the effectiveness of its ESL programming with greater clarity.

Campus Health and Counseling remained a vital resource for the MSM Community, offering timely and often critical support to students.

From top: President James Gandre with MSM students on a sunset cruise around New York Harbor, a highlight of Orientation Week. Move-in Day, August 28, 2023. MSM Campus Health posters promoting upcoming events and the availability of free, short-term counseling.

Precollege & MSM Summer

MSM’s Precollege Division is an intensive program for students ages 8 to 18, held on Saturdays throughout the academic year. With a core curriculum that includes private lessons, classes in music theory and ear training, ensemble participation, and a wide range of elective courses, the Precollege offers students a rigorous and comprehensive musical education within a supportive community environment.

With record enrollment of 538 students in FY24 and 556 in FY25, Precollege offered more than 770 scheduled lessons each week including 17 performance ensembles (five orchestras, four choruses, six jazz ensembles, as well as musical theatre and opera ensembles) alongside weekly private lessons and academic classes. During FY24 and FY25, Precollege students participated in over 250 performances each year including solo performances, chamber music, jazz combos, and large ensemble performances. In addition, record numbers of Precollege students competed in the student concerto competitions, with 67 students competing in fall 2023 and 75 in fall 2024.

In both FY24 and FY25, Precollege students participated in master classes led by world-renowned performers and teachers. Guest artists included members of the New York Philharmonic (Blake Hinson, assistant principal double bass) and faculty members from MSM (Linda Chesis, flute; Alan Kay, clarinet; Erin Dilly, musical theatre; Ruth Golden, voice; Ingrid Jensen, jazz), New England Conservatory (Meng-Chieh Liu, piano), Mannes School of Music ( Alex Croxton, cello), Oberlin ( Alvin Chow, piano), Eastman School of Music (Michael Wayne, clarinet), and the Bard Conservatory of Music (Marka Gustavsson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello).

New initiatives at Precollege included the Lunar New Year Concert and Food Festival highlighting Asian culture and music, and Composers Unveiled, a student-led concert series showcasing the works of up-and-coming and underrepresented composers.

MSM Summer is a monthlong program in July for students ages 8 to 17. Students develop their musical skills and join a vibrant community of young musicians. Each student takes daily classes in music theory, ear-training, and music history, and participates in large and small performance ensembles, a weekly private lesson, and a variety of electives such as composition, improvisation, or songwriting.

The program concludes with a series of performances open to family and friends, including the MSM Summer Symphony, jazz bands, chamber ensembles, and student composer recitals. For many students, it is their first experience performing onstage in a large ensemble. The musical theatre students presented fully staged and costumed musical productions in 2024 and 2025, including Seussical Jr., The Music Man Jr., Frozen Jr., and The Addams Family Jr. MSM Summer continued its partnership with The ASCAP Foundation, bringing in distinguished guest speakers to share their expertise with students, and welcomed musical theatre lyricist Joriah Kwame in 2024 and acclaimed singer-songwriter Ari Afsar in 2025.

MSM Summer enrollment continues to grow with students hailing from the NYC metropolitan area, throughout the United States, and internationally. More than 170 students attended in each of 2024 and 2025.

Commencement

The School’s Commencement ceremonies were held on May 16, 2024, and May 22, 2025, in The Riverside Church. Manhattan School of Music’s Commencement ceremonies celebrated the culmination of academic achievement, artistic excellence, and service to the institution’s mission. Both ceremonies brought together graduates, faculty, family members, and distinguished guests in a shared tribute to accomplishment and community.

Representing 31 countries and 32 U.S. states, the Class of 2024 included 376 graduates earning degrees: 109 Bachelor of Music; 213 Master of Music; 14 Doctor of Musical Arts; 27 Professional Studies Certificates; 12 Professional Performance Diplomas; and one Artist Diploma. A total of 31 students’ academic accomplishments in all divisions were recognized with several awards, named in honor of distinguished faculty, donors, and figures in music; the Provost’s Teaching Excellence Award recipients were Joanne Polk and Nils Neubert. President James Gandre awarded Honorary Doctorates to Ted Chapin, producer and arts administrator (who also gave the Commencement Address); Anne-Marie McDermott (’82), pianist; Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tony Award–winning actor and singer; Linda Oh (MM ’08), jazz bassist and composer; and Ann Ziff, philanthropist and Chair of the Metropolitan Opera. The President’s Medal for Distinguished Service was presented to Rebecca Charnow, Dean for Youth Education and Community-Career Connections; Kim Laskowski, Bassoon faculty; George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Director of Orchestral Activities; and Chris Shade (MM ’07), Assistant Dean for The Orto Center for Distance Learning and Recording Arts. The Student Commencement Speaker was Kellin Hanas (BM ’24, Jazz Trumpet), noted for her leadership as a young jazz artist and recipient of the Carmine Caruso Scholarship.

The Class of 2025 included 353 graduates (who represented 30 countries and 31 U.S. states/territories) earning degrees: 103 Bachelor of Music (BM); 194 Master of Music; 18 Doctor of Musical Arts; 14 Professional Performance Diplomas; 23 Professional Studies Certificates; and one Artist Diploma. A total of 28 students’ academic accomplishments in all divisions were recognized with several awards, named in honor of distinguished faculty, donors, and figures in music; the Provost’s Teaching Excellence Award recipients were J. Mark Stambaugh and Mark Schnaible. Honorary Doctorates were awarded to Kathleen Kim (BM ’98, MM ’00), soprano; Matías Tarnopolsky, President & CEO of the New York Philharmonic (who gave the Address); and Shaina Taub, Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated performer and songwriter. The President’s Medal for Distinguished Service was presented to Peter Andreacchi (BM ’79, MM ’81), Theory faculty; Jeffrey Langford, Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies; Shane Schag (PS ’01), College Artistic Staff; and Lucy Shelton, faculty in Contemporary and Vocal Performance. The Student Commencement Speaker was Eugenia Cho (MM ’25, Orchestral Violin Performance), and the event marked another year of artistic accomplishment and institutional continuity.

(1) MSM trustees Scott Dunn (MM ’97), Nancy Heller, and Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, Hon DMA ’17) in the Commencement Processional in the Riverside Church on May 16, 2024. (2) Shaina Taub (Hon DMA ’25) received an honorary doctorate at Commencement on May 22, 2025. (3) Brian Stokes Mitchell (HonDMA ’24) at the 2024 Commencement. (4) Matías Tarnopolsky (HonDMA ’25), President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic, delivered the 2025 Commencement Address. (5) 2025 Commencement in The Riverside Church. (6) Trustee Bill O’Connor at the 2025 Commencement. (7) Student Speaker Kellin Nicole Hanas (BM’24) with Anne-Marie McDermott (PC ’81, ’82, HonDMA ’24) and Linda Oh (MM ’08, HonDMA ’24) at the 2024 Commencement. (8) Ann Ziff (HonDMA ’24), Chairman, The Metropolitan Opera, at the 2024 Commencement. (9) An MSM graduate at 2025 Commencement. (10) Ted Chapin (HonDMA ’24), former President, Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, delivered the 2024 Commencement Address. (11) International Advisory Board member Flavio Varani (BM ’68, MM ’70) at the 2024 Commencement. (12) and (13) MSM graduates celebrate 2024 Commencement .

Bass-baritone Le Bu (BM’22) won First Prize in the 2024 Operalia: The World Opera Competition. The singer, also a 2022 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition winner, shared the top prize with soprano Kathleen O'Mara and secured the Birgit Nilsson Prize.

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Alumni Highlights

Manhattan School of Music’s staggeringly accomplished community of distinguished, awardwinning alumni are working at the highest levels of the musical, cultural, educational, and professional worlds. Their achievements speak to the exemplary training the School provides, one that is focused on nurturing the highest standards of musical excellence. Here are just a select few from the past two fiscal years.

Cellist Tommy Mesa (DMA ’23) was one of three recipients of the 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant, which included a grant of $25,000 to be used for career advancement. The prestigious award was presented in a ceremony at Lincoln Center on March 19, 2025.

Jasmine Amy Rogers (’19) received a TONY Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in her Broadway debut as Betty Boop in BOOP! The Musical. She won the 2025 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, tying for this honor with Audra McDonald.

Trumpeter Eganam “Égo” Segbefia (MM ’18) won the inaugural New York Knicks “That’s NY Talent” halftime competition, securing a $50,000 prize on February 26, 2025, during an NBA game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Tenor Daniel Espinal (BM ’22) was one of five winners of the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. On March 17, 2024, he won the competition, including a $20,000 prize, as well as the significant exposure that comes with winning this important competition, which has launched the careers of many opera luminaries.

In April 2024, President James Gandre, accompanied by Chief of Staff and MSM alumnus Devon Kelly (MM ’17), traveled to Asia and met with the School’s extensive alumni communities in several cities, many with active alumni associations. Left: President Gandre with members of the Korean Alumni Association in Seoul, South Korea. Right: President Gandre with MSM alumni at Steinway Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

Faculty Appointments

In Memoriam

Richard Gaddes (1942–2023) joined MSM’s Artistic Advisory Council in 2013. A towering figure in the American opera community and a champion of young singers throughout his career, Richard was a former General Director of Santa Fe Opera and the founding General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he led the company as General Director until 1985. In 2017, MSM awarded Richard with an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

Marlena Malas (1936–2023) was a member of the MSM Vocal Arts Faculty since joining the faculty in 1982 and a 2021 recipient of the MSM President’s Medal for Distinguished Service. Her supreme warmth and prodigious pedagogical skills have been hailed throughout the classical music world over the decades, and her invaluable contributions to MSM and the Vocal Arts Division continued throughout her 41 years of bringing light and wisdom to the School.

Solomon Mikowsky (1936–2024) joined the MSM Precollege faculty in 1969 and the College faculty in 1974. With 55 years of service to our institution, he was also a longtime MSM donor and member of the Galaxy Society, making two generous gifts which led to the creation of the Solomon Gadles Mikowsky Recital Hall, inaugurated in 2010 and expanded in 2018. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2012.

Thomas Muraco (1949–2024) trained pianists in the art of accompanying and coaching, as well as singers, at Manhattan School of Music beginning in 1993. During his time on faculty, he conducted MSM Opera Repertoire Ensemble productions of Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, Falstaff, Lucia, Faust, Hänsel und Gretel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Lakmé, La Bohème, La Traviata, Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Don Giovanni, Dialogues des Carmélites, Il Tabarro, Luisa Miller, and Gianni Schicchi

Steven Norrell (1956–2025) joined the faculty of Manhattan School of Music in 1988. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra’s bass trombonist since 1981, a position he held for 37 years, he taught trombone and was a member of the Graduate Program in Orchestral Performance, mentoring countless students both as a faculty member and as a private teacher.

Paul Sperry (1934–2024) joined the MSM faculty in 1995 to share his passion for teaching, expertise and experiences as a recitalist, and love for Art Song with our students. Paul taught two courses: the American Art Song for undergraduate students and American Song: Beauty & Wit for graduate students.

Nina Svetlanova (1932–2024) was a cherished colleague with a renowned reputation as a pianist and pedagogue, serving on MSM’s piano faculty for nearly 40 years prior to retiring in December 2022.

Fundraising Highlights

In FY24, MSM raised $8 million for the School’s Annual Fund and for the Second Century endowment campaign, launched that year. Building the endowment is an institutional priority and will help secure the School’s future and, importantly, enable MSM to be more competitive in providing a greater number and variety of scholarships. Second Century campaign co-chair Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17) got the campaign off to a wonderful start with a generous $2-million pledge. In addition, giving to the Annual Fund in FY24 increased by 15%.

In FY25, fundraising for the endowment campaign was boosted by several generous gifts, including a $500,000 irrevocable planned gift from longtime International Advisory Board Chair and Trustee Emerita Carla BossiComelli (HonDMA ’20), bringing funds raised for the campaign at the end of FY25 to nearly $20 million. Giving to the Annual Fund increased by 21% for a total of $5.3 million raised in FY25.

MSM lit up New York City’s iconic Rainbow Room with festive Annual Galas on May 15, 2024, and May 21, 2025. The 2024 gala honored Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (HonDMA ’24) and former Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization President Ted Chapin (HonDMA ’24). A celebration of the School’s acclaimed Musical Theatre program, the evening was hosted by alumnus and Tony Award-winner Shuler Hensley (BM ’90), and featured performances by Musical Theatre students and alumna Alysia Velez (BM ’22) who starred in the 2022 Broadway revival of Into the Woods

The 2025 gala honored MSM’s International Advisory Board with presenter Alec Baldwin (HonDMA ’12) and host Grammy Awardwinning alumnus and MSM trustee Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08, HonDMA ’22). The evening celebrated the School’s remarkably distinguished “company” of award-winning alumni, including spectacular performances by Grammy-nominated composer and pianist Christian Sands (BM ’11, MM ’14) and guitarist Bernie Williams (BM ’16), as well as Metropolitan Opera artists Hannah Jones (MM ’24) and Mr. Roth Constanzo. The School was deeply honored by the attendance of Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton who made remarks at the gala.

Over the two-year period covered in this report, the School received a number of important grants, including for annual and endowed scholarships from the Gart Family Foundation, Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation, Twiford Foundation, and Rosalie J. Coe Weir Foundation, among others. Additionally, grants totaling $538,116 from the Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursed the School for expenses incurred to keep the campus and the MSM Community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, a number of generous bequests were received over the past two fiscal years, including from the estates of Elizabeth Brody, Maurice Eisenstadt, Charlotte Mayerson, and Stanford N. Sesser

MSM expanded its Board of Trustees by welcoming Kishore Ballal, Scott Dunn (MM ’97), Gina Malin, Anthony Napoli, Angel Sosa, Michael G. Stewart, MD, and Shalini Vijayan (BM ’95, MM ’97) in FY24 and FY25. Piano department co-chair Alexandre Moutouzkine (MM '03, PS '05, AD '06) was elected to serve as a faculty trustee. The International Advisory Board also expanded with seven new members: Ernest W. Chung, Chloe Flower (PC ’00), Sylvia Hemingway, Yung Shin Kwon (MM ’89), Zuoliang Liu (MM ’14, PS ’15, DMA ’22), Tiehan Pan (BM ’21, MM ’22), and Elena Voltolina. The addition of these arts and civic leaders to the School’s leadership speaks to MSM’s international reputation for excellence in music education.

In FY24 and F25, stewardship events for the Virtuoso Society patron program encouraged and acknowledged the support of these important donors. These included opportunities to meet students and faculty, attend pre- and post-concert receptions, and participate in private visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s musical instrument collection, the Morgan Library’s Music Manuscripts and Printed Music Collection, the Steinway & Sons’ factory, and MSM’s Piano Tech Studio.

(1) Trustees Bill O’Connor and Tony Napoli with International Advisory Board member Masaaki Maeda and guests at the 2024 gala in the Rainbow Room on May 15, 2024. (2) Trustee Gina Malin and Reilly Tierney at the 2025 Annual Gala in the Rainbow Room on May 21, 2025. (3) Noémi Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’71, HonDMA ’17) with Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton at the 2025 Annual Gala. (4) Ilse Gordon with Trustee Emerita Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23) at 2024 Annual Gala. (5) Brian Stokes Mitchell (HonDMA ’24) at the 2024 Annual Gala. (6) Ruth Golden, Vocal Arts Faculty; Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98) Alumni Council Chair; MSM student Marina Alba Lopez; Chloé Kiffer (MM ’14, PS ’15), Strings faculty; and Alexandre Moutouzkine (MM ’03, PS ’05, AD ’06), Co-head Piano Department and Faculty Trustee, at the 2025 Annual Gala. (7) Alumna Alysia Velez (BM ’22) performed at the 2024 Annual Gala. (8) Alec Baldwin (HonDMA ’12) and Hilaria Baldwin at the 2025 Annual Gala. (9) Richard Levy, Board Chair Lorraine Gallard, International Advisory Board Chair and Trustee Emerita Carla Bossi-Comelli (Hon DMA 20), Marco Pecori, and President James Gandre at the 2025 Annual Gala. (10) MSM alumna and trustee Noémi Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’71, HonDMA ’17) hosted a reception in her St. Louis home for alumni and prospective students on November 21, 2024. (11) International Advisory Board members Raul Gutierrez and Delin Bru with their guests at the 2024 Annual Gala.

FY24 & FY25 Financial Information

Statement of Financial Position

The Statement of Financial Position includes MSM’s assets, liabilities, and net assets as of the last day of the fiscal year. An asset is a resource with present service capacity that MSM controls. A liability is a present obligation to sacrifice resources that MSM has little or no discretion to avoid. Net assets are the residual of all other elements presented in the Statement of Financial Position.

June 30, 2024 (Rounded 000s*)

June 30, 2025

89,172,000

113,665,000

*Source: Audited Financial Statements

Endowment

*Source: Audited Financial Statements

MSM's endowment increased over 100% since June 30, 2011; the endowment balance at June 30, 2011, through June 30, 2025, follows:

$45,000,000

$40,000,000

$35,000,000 $30,000,000

Capital Expenditures

MSM, over the five fiscal years ended June 30, 2025, expended nearly $11.5 million to maintain and improve the campus, as well as to invest in information technology initiatives. The sources of the investments included MSM operating resources and generous individual philanthropy, foundation and corporate gifts. Examples include: elevator modernizations, piano refurbishments, sidewalk replacements, HVAC replacements, and classroom technology upgrades.

Fiscal Year 2024 and 2025 Budgets

The fiscal year 2024 and 2025 Budgets focus on revenues, comprised substantially of student tuition and fees, and the expenses of MSM’s operating activities.

June 30, 2024 (Rounded 000s*)

Operating Activities Revenues

June 30, 2025 (Rounded 000s*)

Operating Activities

Revenues

Expenses

Where Do MSM's Principal Operating Revenues Come From?

fig. 1a & 2a

College, Precollege, Summer English Session, and MSM Summer tuition and fees are net of scholarship.

Gifts and grants – include unrestricted and temporary restricted contributions.

Endowment distribution represents support the endowment provides for such things as scholarships. The endowment distribution each year is up to five percent of the endowment.

Where Do MSM's Principal Expenses Get Incurred?

figs. 1b & 2b

Salaries and wages – Includes the salaries and wages for faculty, staff, artistic staff and student workers.

Fringe benefits – Includes employer payroll taxes, FICA and

Budgeted Revenues 2024

Medicare contributions, New York Commuter tax, retirement plan, health benefits and pension, tuition remission, and other benefits.

Contract services – Includes psychological and disability services, student healthcare, dining program, physical services, technology lab work, telephone and communication, and main building contracted labor.

Utilities – Includes electric, natural gas, heating oil, water and sewer for both buildings.

Maintenance and repairs – Includes patching, painting, and carpet replacement throughout campus, wood floor refinishing, campus-wide exterior window cleaning, metal and marble refinishing, and other unplanned repair and maintenance items.

Professional Services – Includes legal, assurance and tax services, payroll services, software accounting services, software licensing, dorm security, collection agency, and consultants.

Depreciation – Depreciation is related to property, plant, and equipment.

Budgeted Expenses 2024

Manhattan School of Music Donors

FY24 (July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024)

$2 Million + Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17)

$500,000 to $999,999

Alta Malberg (BM ’69) and Marc I. Malberg, MD

$250,000 to $499,999

Scott Dunn (MM ’97) and Robbie Moray

Estate of Maurice Eisenstadt

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Gart Family Foundation

Jane A. Gross

Ilene* and Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23)

Robert Sharon (’79)

Twiford Foundation

$100,000 to $249,999

Ruth Golden†

John Graham and Paul Ochman

Susan Rochlis

Steven P. Singer and Alan S. Salzman

Yvonne and Howard Tsao

$50,000 to $99,999

Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14)

Arts and Letters Foundation

Gabrielle Bamberger

Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke

Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98)

Chloe Flower (PC ’00)

Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy

David G. Knott and Françoise Girard / McKinsey & Company

Frank Lotrario (BM ’63, MM ’65)

Susan Madden†

Bill and Patricia O'Connor

Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation

Rosalie J. Coe Weir Foundation

The Rubin-Ladd Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999

The Augustine Foundation

Kishore Ballal and Maithili Rao

Bettina Baruch Foundation

Susan Ennis and Owen Lewis

The Enoch Foundation

Clark R. Green Charitable Foundation

Eric Gronningsater

Carol B. Grossman

Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez

Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller

Han Jo Kim

Estate of Florence Nachman

New York State Council on the Arts

Perpetual Kindness Foundation

Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels

Foundation

Paul and Joanne Schnell / Skadden Arps

Estate of Harold Schonberg

Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz

Horace Silver Foundation / Jemela Mwelu

Mónica and Angel Sosa

Nils Vigeland

Maria and Guillermo Vogel

Nanar and Tony Yoseloff

$10,000 to $24,999

Two Anonymous Donors

3 Summers of Lincoln

Joyce Aboussie

Alfredo and Mita Aparicio

Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation

Balenciaga

The Theodore H. Barth Foundation

The Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation

Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20)

Delin and Abelardo Bru

Luisa Guembes-Buchanan (BM ’63)

Fondation Rumsey-Cartier

Dr. Andre H Clavel Charitable Foundation

Complete Mechanical Solutions

Evco Mechanical Corporation

Edith Hall Friedheim (MM ’72)

James Gandre † and Boris Thomas

Karey and Javier Gonzalez

Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23) and Don Hamilton

The Joel Foundation

J.C.C. Fund, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York

Jephson Educational Trusts

Max Kade Foundation

Nancy Kissinger (’54)

Ruth M. Knight Foundation

Dominique Laffont

Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation

The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation

Margot Patron

Saul D. Raw and Constance E. Nickel

Lucie Robert† and Jeffrey Cohen†

A. White Rose Foundation

Carl and Aviva Saphier

Shoshana and Israel Schachter

Mari and Kenneth Share

Susan and Sam Stricklin

Michelle Deal Winfield and Claude L. Winfield

Allen and Laura Yang

Frank and Jean Zhang / Jin Hua Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999

An Anonymous Donor

Terry L. Allison and Sylvain Hétu

The MCJ Amelior Foundation

The ASCAP Foundation

Ed Annunziato

The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation

The Barker Welfare Foundation

Chartwells Dining Services

Bond Schoeneck & King

Estate of Morton B. Cohen

Catherine and Michael Diefenbach

EALgreen

EvensonBest

J & J Flooring

Sylvia Hemingway

Howard Herring (MM ’78, HonDMA ’15)

Edward F. Limato Foundation

The Arthur Loeb Foundation

Marquis George MacDonald Foundation

The Clement Meadmore Foundation

Jane Olian† and Donna Gill†, for Classical

Singing and New York in June

Evco Mechanical Corporation

James J. Petercsak (BM ’66, MM ’68)

David (HonDMA ’07) and Susan Rahm

Patrick and Marti Ritto

Mary and Morris Rossabi

Antoine Schetritt and Amanda Brotman

Irene Schultz

Arthur T. and Beverly Shorin

Steinway & Sons

Anne Toker and Dana Leifer

Flavio Varani (BM ’68, MM ’70)

The Wonderful Foundation

$2,500 to $4,999

An Anonymous Donor

Advanced Home Audio

Margot Alberti de Mazzeri

Carl Baron (MM ’11) and Danielle Wiener-Bronner

Steve and Elisa Baroni

John K. Blanchard (MM ’89)†

Elizabeth A. Browne

Ernest W. Chung & Mary A. Lee

Lubrano Ciavarra Architects

Steve Dawson

Susan Elizabeth Deaver (BM ’75, MM ’76, DMA ’94)†

Eagan Family Foundation

Emerson Reid

Dianne Flagello (BM ’52, MM ’52, HonDMA ’99)

General Plumbing Corporation

Hans Gesell

Joyce Griggs†

Kimberly D. Grigsby (’93)

Coco Han

Steven and Debra Hanks

Peter L. Horvath (BM ’64, MM ’65)

Israel Discount Bank of New York

Michael A. Kaplan (’91)

Chloe Kiffer (MM ’14, PS ’15)†

Frederick Loewe Foundation

Peter and Ayumi Manda

Meera Mani and Nikhil Iyengar

McDougal Family

Kevin Meserve / Voya Financial

Solomon Mikowsky*†

Jason Mraz Foundation

Anthony Napoli

Julie Newdoll

New York City Tourism Foundation

Barbara O'Reilly (PC ’89) and Dermot O'Reilly

Cathy R. Paul (MM ’84)

The Presser Foundation

Barbara L. Reissman

RIK Electric Corporation

Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation

Cynthia and Thomas Sculco

John and Julia Smith

Juying Song

Fondation Igor Stravinsky

Michael Stewart

The Widder Foundation

Keith L. Wiggs (BM ’84)

Victoria Fasani Williams (BM ’70, MM ’71)

$1,000 to $2,499

Three Anonymous Donors

Richard E. Adams (MM ’61)

JJ and Ralph Allen

Hakan Altintepe

Approved Oil of Brooklyn

Pamela Averick

Peter Babej

Michael A. Bamberger

Eric M. Katz and Susan Barbash

Bellet Construction

Hayes Biggs† and Susan Orzel-Biggs

Ina Bort

Bright Power

Virginia Brody

Noreen Buckfire

Laurie Carney †

Claudia M. Catania†

Joanne Chan

Ted Chapin (HonDMA ’24)

Xilun Chen

Linda Chesis

James and Kanako Clarke

Tony Converse

Delano Copprue †

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas

Eisenstein Family

Entertainment Community Fund

Gale Epstein

Daniel Epstein†

Donis G. Flagello

Jake Foley

Janet F. Frank (’65)

Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner

Buzzy Geduld

Karen and Phil Glick

Michael and Deborah Goldberg

Marsha Gordon and Javier Garcia

Ann Gottlieb

Thomas A. and Barbara Gottschalk

Joanne Greenspun

Jerald and Madelon Grobman

Adolphus C. Hailstork (BM ’65, MM ’66, HonDMA ’19)

Hansoree

Fred and Ellen Harris

Philipp Hecker

Jack (BM ’63) and Helga Katz

Millen Katz (BM ’74, MM ’75) and Patricia Anders

Michael Keeney

Michael Keller (BM ’71)

Judith Klotz

Michael J. Kokola

Chung Nung Lee (MM ’62) and Bik-Lam

Lee

Christiana M. Leonard

Gail R. Levine, Ph.D.

Peiying Li

Maribel Lieberman

Kit and Victor Loo

Alan Lurie

Thomas Maguire (BM ’66)

Mary Lou and George W. Manahan (BM '73, MM ’76)†

Elizabeth Mccabe

Michael M. McClellan (MM ’81)

Linda McKnight

Leslie Middlebrook Moore (MM ’78)

Melvin Miller

Sarah Min

Michelle and John Morris

Hanna and Jeffrey Moskin

Oliff Family

Abby O'Neil and Carroll Joynes

Soyeon Park (BM ’04, MM '07, DMA ’18)

Joanne Polk (DMA ’90)† and Jeffrey Langford†

Bennett Pologe

Jonathan Raskin

Robert and Regina J. Rheinstein (MM ’79)

Mary S. Riebold

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation

Sabian

Sir Cesare L. Santeramo KCSJ

Peter Santogade (BM ’82)

Claire and John Sarno

Anthony Scelba (BM ’70, MM ’71)

So-Chung Shinn Lee (MM ’19, PS ’21, PD ’24) and Tony Lee

Ted Smith

Annaliese Soros

Richard W. Southwick

Carol Starmack and Claude Goodwin

William M. Stein, Jr.

Richard Stewart

Telebeam Telephone Systems

John Sweeney (BM ’78, MM ’85)

Tom, Robin & Sadie Trynin

Dace Udris

The Vigeland Family

Shalini P. Vijayan (BM ’95, MM ’97)

Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini

Mallory and Diana Walker

Andrew J. Weber (PC ’00)

Kurt Weill Foundation for Music

Daniel E. Weiss

David J. Wolfsohn (DMA ’84)

We also gratefully recognize the 504 donors of gifts under $1,000.

FY25 (July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025)

$1 Million and above

Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17)

$500,000 to $999,999

Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20)

Stanford N. Sesser Trust

$200,000 to $499,999

Brody Family Fund

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Han Jo and Busra Kim

David G. Knott and Françoise Girard / McKinsey & Company

Estate of Charlotte Mayerson

$100,000 to $249,999

Ilse Gordon

Estate of Warren Laffredo

Estate of Margaret Park Mautner

The Solomon Gadles Mikowsky Charitable Foundation

Anthony Napoli

Paul and Joanne Schnell / Skadden Arps

Epp K. J. Sonin (MM ’70)

$50,000 to $99,999

Arts and Letters Foundation

Estate of Elizabeth G. Beinecke

Scott Dunn (MM ’97) and Robbie Moray

Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy

Nancy Freund Heller and Jeffrey Heller

Dominique Laffont

Peter Luerssen / Maecenata Foundation

Bill and Patricia O’Connor

The Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation

The Rubin-Ladd Foundation

Rosalie J. Coe Weir Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999

An Anonymous Donor

Augustine Foundation

Kishore Ballal and Maithili Rao

Dr. Andre H Clavel Charitable Foundation

Estate of Maurice Eisenstadt

The Enoch Foundation

Clark R. Green Charitable Foundation

Carol B. Grossman

Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23) and Don Hamilton

Jephson Educational Trusts

Frank Lotrario (BM ’63, MM ’65)

Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23)

New York State Council on the Arts

Perpetual Kindness Foundation

Saul D. Raw and Constance E. Nickel

The Rochlis Family Foundation

The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Estate of Harold Schonberg

Mónica and Angel Sosa

Yvonne and Howard Tsao

Paul Tse (MM ’75) and Hye-Young Choi (PD ’76)

Shalini P. Vijayan (BM ’95, MM ’97)

Maria and Guillermo Vogel

Bernie Williams (BM ’16)

Nanar and Tony Yoseloff

$10,000 to $24,999

Two Anonymous Donors

Joyce Aboussie

Alfredo and Mita Aparicio

Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Carl Baron (MM ’11) and Danielle WienerBronner / Google

The Theodore H. Barth Foundation

Delin and Abelardo Bru

Luisa Guembes-Buchanan (BM ’63)

Charitybuzz

Ernest Chung & Mary Lee

Aris Economides and Heike Doerr

Chloe Flower (P ’00)

Estate of Kenneth R. Force

Edith Hall Friedheim (MM ’72)

James Gandre † and Boris Thomas

Jane A. Gross

Sylvia Hemingway

J.C.C. Fund, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York

The Jin Hua Foundation

Max Kade Foundation

Ruth M. Knight Foundation

Gina C. Malin and Reilly Tierney

MSM Korean Alumni Association

The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation

Tiehan Pan (BM ’21, MM ’23)

Carl and Aviva Saphier

Chiona Xanthopoulou Schwarz

Mari and Kenneth Share

Elena Voltolina and Maurizio D. Bianco

Kurt Weill Foundation for Music

Angela Rose White

Michelle Deal Winfield and Claude L. Winfield

$5,000 to $9,999

The ASCAP Foundation

Ed Annunziato

The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation

Rohyt Belani and Vidula Pant

Bond Schoeneck & King

Veronica Bulgari

Chartwells Dining Services

Estate of Morton B. Cohen

Complete Mechanical Solutions

Jennifer and Matthew Crossland

Catherine and Michael Diefenbach

EALgreen

Daniel Epstein†

Eric Gronningsater

Howard Herring (MM ’78, HonDMA ’15)

J & J Flooring

Christopher Yoo Suk Kim (BM ’90, MM ’92)

Patinka Kopec † and Jay Selman

Joan B. Levine, DDS

Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation

The Arthur L. Loeb Foundation

Alta (BM ’69) and Marc Malberg

Pedro and Maria McDougal

Jason Mraz Foundation

Huiying Mu and Li Zhang

Barbara (P ’89) and Dermot O’Reilly

David (HonDMA ’07) and Susan Rahm

Lucie Robert† and Jeffrey Cohen†

Arthur T. and Beverly Shorin

Michael Stewart

Flavio Varani (BM ’68, MM ’70)

The Vigeland Family

Nils Vigeland

The Wonderful Foundation

The Lucille and Jack Yellen Foundation

$2,500 to $4,999

An Anonymous Donor

Advanced Home Audio

Terry L. Allison and Sylvain Hétu

Elizabeth A. Browne

Steven Dawson

Susan Elizabeth Deaver (BM ’75, MM ’76, DMA ’94)†

Shirley Brumbaugh Dillard (MM ’77)

Leon Lee Dorsey (MM ’86)

Eagan Family Foundation

Emerson Rogers

Evco Mechanical Corporation

Alexander Farivar and Kimberly Riehle

Janet F. Frank (’65)

General Plumbing Corporation

Hans Gesell

Joyce Griggs†

Raul M. and Magdalena Gutierrez

Peter L. Horvath (BM ’64, MM ’65)

IDB Bank

Nikhil Iyengar and Dr. Meera Mani

Cecile Reyes-Jim (MM ’74) and Guan-Kooi Jim

Michael A. Kaplan (’91)

Chloe Kiffer (MM ’14, PS ’15)†

and Alexandre Moutouzkine (MM ’03, PS ’05, AD ’06)†

Zuoliang Liu (MM ’14, PS ’15, DMA ’22)

Lubrano Ciavarra Architects

Peter and Ayumi Manda

Margot Alberti de Mazzeri

Judy and Ed Newman

Office of the Manhattan Borough

President

James J. Petercsak (BM ’66, MM ’68)

Bennett Pologe

The Presser Foundation

Barbara L. Reissman

Mary S. Riebold

RIK Electric Corporation

Patrick and Marti Ritto

Irene Schultz

The Thomas P. and Cynthia D. Sculco Foundation

Howard Sendrovitz and David Sinclair

Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini

The Widder Foundation

Victoria Fasani Williams (BM ’70, MM ’71)

$1,000 to $2,499

Five Anonymous Donors

Pamela Averick

Gabrielle Bamberger

Michael A. Bamberger

Eric M. Katz and Susan Barbash

Mary Baroutakis

Henrico Bautista

John Lee Beatty

Karen Bedrosian-Richardson

Wayne Bellet / Bellet Construction

Ginger and John Bessonette

Bright Power

Virginia Brody

Noreen Buckfire

Lawrence and Barbara Cagney

Ryan Cain

Laurie Carney †

Xilun Chen

Claremont Hall

Misty Copeland Foundation

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Toby and Les Crystal

D’Addario & Co

Michael R. and Nina I. Douglas

Dianne Flagello

(BM’ 52, MM ’52, HonDMA ’99)

Donis G. Flagello

Judith Friedman

Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner

Naomi L. Gerber and Leonard B. Seeff

Karen and Phil Glick

Michael and Deborah Goldberg

Marsha Gordon and Javier Garcia

Ann Gottlieb

Tom and Bobbie Gottschalk

John Graham and Paul Ochman

Joanne Greenspun

Jerald and Madelon Grobman

Jocelyn and James R. Gross

Valborg (MM ’71) and Robert (BM ’72) Gross

Laura A. Hamilton (BM ’81, MM ’82, DMA ’84) and Lanny Paykin

Debra and Steven Hanks / Amgen

Hansoree

Daniel and Julia Hirschberg

Jack (BM ’63) and Helga Katz

Millen Katz (BM ’74, MM ’75) and

Patricia Anders

Dan and Gloria Kearney

Michael Keller (BM ’71)

Michael J. Kokola

Jose Landauro

Christiana M. Leonard

George Long

Alan Lurie

Marquis George MacDonald Foundation

Thomas Maguire (BM ’66)

Michael M. McClellan (MM ’81)

Linda McKnight

Amy and Philip Mezey

Leslie Middlebrook Moore (MM ’78)

Michelle and John Morris

Jeffrey and Hanna Moskin

Inmo and Michael Parloff †

Joanne Polk (DMA ’90)† and Jeffrey Langford†

Jonathan Raskin

Robert and Regina J. Rheinstein (MM ’79)

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation

Amy S. Rosen (MM ’76) and Arthur Weisberg

Mary and Morris Rossabi

Asli Rustemli and Hakan Altintepe / IBM

Peter Santogade (BM ’82)

Claire and John Sarno

Anthony Scelba (BM ’70, MM ’71)

Catherine Sharkey and Ina Bort

Gaurav and Sawako Shukla

Marc Silverman (MM ’77, DMA ’83)†

Steven P. Singer and Alan S. Salzman

Ted Smith

Annaliese Soros

Richard W. Southwick

William M. Stein, Jr.

Richard Stewart

John Sweeney (BM ’78, MM ’85)*

Telebeam Telephone Systems

Robin and Tom Trynin

Mallory and Diana Walker

John Walton (’79)

Ronald G. Weiner

Daniel E. Weiss

Martine and Ronan Wicks

Keith L. Wiggs (BM ’84)

David J. Wolfsohn (DMA ’84)

We also gratefully recognize the 538 donors of gifts under $1,000.

The Applause Society, launched in 2021, recognizes the steadfast and loyal support of foundations and individuals who have made gifts to the School each and every year for 10 years or more.

*Deceased †MSM Faculty/Staff Applause Society

(1) MSM alumnus Joseph Trapanese (BM ’06) leading a master class for composition students in Miller Recital Hall on March 24, 2026, a program sponsored by Balenciaga. (2) Aris Economides and International Advisory Board member Heike Doerr at the 2025 Annual Gala in The Rainbow Room on May 21, 2025. (3) President’s Circle member Saul Raw with his niece at a Virtuoso Society event on March 30, 2025. (4) President James Gandre; Deborah Phillips; Dana Hiscock and Lee Robertson, co-trustees of the Rosalie J. Coe Weir Foundation; and Kathryn Hiscock at a Virtuoso Society event on November 10, 2024. (5) President James Gandre with members of the International Advisory Board at the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida, on November 4, 2023. (6) Françoise Girard, MSM alumna Maithéna Girault (BM ’20, MM ’22, PPD ’24), and Board Secretary David G. Knott at the 2025 Annual Gala. (7) International Advisory Board member Chloé Flower (PC ’00) presented President James Gandre with a $50,000 gift to endow the Chloé Flower Precollege Scholarship at the Precollege Gala on December 9, 2023. (8) Michele Wright and Trustee Ed Lowenthal (Hon DMA ’23) at the 2025 Annual Gala. (9) Ann Walzer, Vice President of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, at a Virtuoso Society event on March 30, 2025. (10) Provost Joyce Griggs and President James Gandre with MSM students at the Annual Scholarship Donor and Galaxy Society Luncheon in the President’s Residence on May 6, 2025. (11) President’s Circle member Jane Gross and a guest at a Virtuoso Society event on March 30, 2025.

Manhattan School of Music Leadership

Board of Trustees

Lorraine Gallard, Chair*

Kishore Ballal, Vice Chair

James Gandre, EdD, President**

Nancy Freund Heller, Treasurer

David G. Knott, PhD, Secretary*

Peter Andreacchi, PhD (BM ’79, MM ’81)

Rohyt Belani

Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17)

Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08, HonDMA ’22)

Scott Dunn, MD (MM ’97)

Han Jo Kim, MD (PC ’98)

Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23)

Gina Malin

International Advisory Board

Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20), Chair, Switzerland**

Guillermo Vogel, Vice Chair, Mexico*

Mita Aparicio, Mexico*

Delin Bru, United States*

Ernest W. Chung, United States

Heike Doerr, Germany/United States

Artistic Advisory Council

Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17)

Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08, HonDMA ’22)

Glenn Dicterow***

Peter Duchin

President’s Council

James Gandre, President**

Alexandre Moutouzkine (MM ’03, PS ’05, AD ’06)

Anthony Napoli

Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17)*

Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15)

Bill O’Connor

Paul Schnell

Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13)

Angel Sosa

Michael Stewart, MD, MPH

Yvonne Tsao

Shalini Vijayan (BM ’95, MM ’97)

Chloe Flower (PC ’00), United States/ South Korea

Edith Hall Friedheim (MM ’72), Canada

Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain*

Sylvia Hemingway, United States/Hungary

Yung Shin Kwon (MM ’89), South Korea

Zuoliang Liu (MM ’14, PS ’15, DMA ’22), China

Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09)*

Stefon Harris (BM ’95, MM ’97)

Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President emerita***

Bernard Labadie (HonDMA ’18)

Joyce Griggs, Executive Vice President and Provost

Nathan Mortimer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Jeff Breithaupt, Vice President for Marketing, Communications, and Alumni Affairs

Rebecca Charnow, Dean of Youth Education and Community-Career Connections**

Monica C. Christensen, Dean of Students**

Melissa Cocco-Fernandes, Vice President for Enrollment Management

Reiko Füting, Dean of Academic Core and Head of Composition and CPP**

Liza Gennaro, Dean of Musical Theatre

Nicolas Gonzalez, Assistant Vice President for Strategic Innovation and Special Initiatives

Department Chairs and Program Directors

Michelle Baker, Chair, Brass**

David Chan, Head, Orchestral Performance Program

David Leisner, Chair, Guitar

Reiko Füting, Dean of Academic Core and Head of Composition and CPP**

John Forconi, Chair, Collaborative Piano***

Christopher Lamb, Chair, Percussion***

George Manahan, Director of Orchestral Activities and Chair, Conducting*

Nicholas Mann, Chair, Strings

Bernie Williams (BM ’16)

Trustees emeriti

Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14)***

Carla Bossi-Comelli (HonDMA ’20)**

Susan Ennis

Marcia Clay Hamilton (HonDMA ’23)*

Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09)*

Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05),

President emerita***

Edward Lowenthal (HonDMA ’23)**

David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07),

Chair emeritus**

Robert G. Simon

Masaaki Maeda, Japan/United States

Tiehan Pan (BM ’21, MM ’23), China

Angel Sosa, Mexico

Flavio Varani (BM ’68, MM ’70), Brazil/United States

Elena Voltolina, Italy/Switzerland

Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz, Germany*

Lang Lang (HonDMA ’12)

Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15)

Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13)

Melissa Wegner (MM ’05)

Pinchas Zukerman (HonDMA ’93)***

Carleen Graham, Dean of Vocal Arts and Collaborative Piano

Bryan Greaney, Associate Vice President for Facilities and Campus Safety*

JT Kane, Dean of Instrumental Studies and Orchestral Performance

Devon Kelly, Chief of Staff and Liaison to the Board of Trustees

Neeraj Kumar, Interim Chief Information Officer

Susan Madden, Vice President for Philanthropy

Carol Matos, Vice President for Administration and Human Relations**

James Saltzman, Dean of Jazz Arts

Kelly Sawatsky, Dean of Academic Affairs**

Madeline Tolliver, Dean of Performance and Production Operations

Ilya Vesialou, Associate Vice President of Finance and Controller

Ryan Kamm, Assistant Dean for Youth Programs and Director of Precollege

Alexandre Moutouzkine, Co-Head, Piano*

Erin Rogers, Co-Artistic and Co-Administrative Advisor, Contemporary Performance Program

William Short, Chair, Woodwinds

Inesa Sinkevych, Co-Head, Piano*

Matt Ward, Co-Artistic and Co-Administrative Advisor, Contemporary Performance Program

Lisa Yui, Interim Associate Dean of Doctoral Studies