Mannes School of Music

The Mannes School of Music (/ˈmænɪs/), originally called the David Mannes Music School and later the Mannes Music School, Mannes College of Music, the Chatham Square Music School, and Mannes College: The New School for Music, is a music conservatory in The New School, a private research university in New York City. In the fall of 2015, Mannes moved from its previous location on Manhattan's Upper West Side to join the rest of the New School campus in Arnhold Hall at 55 W. 13th Street.^[2]

Mannes School of Music

Type	Private music conservatory
Established	1916[1]
Parent institution	The New School
Dean	Richard Kessler
Students	950 across two divisions:[1] College: 500 Preparatory: 450
Location	New York City , New York , United States 40°44′12″N 73°59′48″W
Campus	Urban
Colors	Parsons red
Website	newschool.edu/mannes

History

Mannes School of Music (2016)

Originally called The David Mannes Music School, it was founded in 1916 by David Mannes, concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Clara Damrosch, sister of Walter Damrosch, then conductor of that orchestra, and Frank Damrosch. The Damrosch and Mannes families were perhaps the most important music families in America at that time, with David Mannes emerging as one of the first American born violin recitalists to achieve significant status. David Mannes was the director of the Third Street Music School Settlement as well as founder of Colored Music Settlement School, all prior to founding the Mannes School.^{[citation needed]} The school was originally housed on East 70th Street (later occupied by the Dalcroze School).

A larger campus was created out of four converted brownstones beginning at 157 East 74th Street, in Manhattan's Upper East Side.^[3] After 1938, the school was known as the Mannes Music School in recognition of the broader course of study that expanded the school well beyond that of a community music school, including the three-year Artist Diploma. When Clara died in 1948, their son Leopold Mannes became president, endowing the school with his fortune from co-inventing Kodachrome film. In 1953 the school began offering a Bachelor of Science degree and changed its name to the Mannes College of Music. In 1960 it merged with the Chatham Square Music School. In 1984 the school moved to larger quarters on West 85th Street. In 1989 Mannes joined The New School. In 2005, the New School administration changed the name to Mannes College: the New School for Music. In 2015, the university renamed it Mannes School of Music, and moved it to Arnhold Hall in the West Village.^[1] It is part of the College of Performing Arts at The New School, which also includes the School of Drama and the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. The College of Performing Arts, including Mannes Prep, has a total of 1,450 students. The students in any of the three schools of The New School College of Performing Arts' three schools can take courses in Drama, Jazz, and Music.

Academics

Two academic divisions constitute the conservatory:^[1]

• College: the academic spine of the school, conferring undergraduate and graduate degrees and diplomas
• Preparatory: pre-college training for children and adolescents

The Techniques of Music program is the foundation for academic musical study in the two divisions at Mannes, encompassing the range of elementary to advanced music theory and aural skills and analysis classes.

Music theory was taught at Mannes from its inception, with David Mannes hiring important figures such as Ernest Bloch and Rosario Scalero to teach theory and composition. In 1931 Mannes hired Hans Weisse, a student of Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker.^[4] Over the following nine years, Weisse promoted not just the study of Schenkerian analysis but also the incorporation of it into the musical life of the school, including performance and composition. Schenker's publication Five Graphic Music Analyses (Fünf Urlinie-Tafeln) was published jointly by Mannes and Universal Edition in 1932.^[5]

In 1940, Weisse was replaced by Felix Salzer, who had also been a student of Schenker. Mannes continued to build on Weisse's foundation by reorganizing the theory program into the Techniques of Music Department. Salzer's purpose was and to integrate the school's approach to musicianship, theory, and performance, based on Schenker's focus on the role of theory in tonal music. Salzer was later joined on the faculty by his own student, Carl Schachter.^[6] Subsequently, Schacter's own students continued and strengthened the department in this tradition.

In the 2020s, Mannes' has revised and expanded its program. The curriculum added courses in music technology, improvisation ensemble, teaching artistry, arts journalism, film music composition, and creative entrepreneurship.^[7] The school has further enhanced its commitment to contemporary music beyond the tonal-based, eurocentric approach of Schenker. The Mannes of today includes a number of programs in partnership with its sister conservatory, School of Jazz.^[8]

Notable people

College faculty

Further information: List of New School people § Faculty

Timo Andres – Composition Michael Bacon – film composition Ernest Bloch – composition Howard Brockway – piano William Burden – voice Semyon Bychkov – conducting Uri Caine – Piano Improvisation Joseph Colaneri – Director of Opera Program Valerie Coleman – flute, composition Alfred Cortot – piano Robert Cuckson – composition, theory, analysis Mario Davidovsky – composition Elaine Douvas – oboe George Enescu – interpretation Ruth Falcon – voice Vladimir Feltsman – piano Lillian Fuchs – violin, chamber music Felix Galimir – violin, chamber music

Richard Goode – piano David Hayes – conducting (present Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies) Matt Haimovitz – cello Robert Hurwitz – Music Business Anna Jacobs – Art of Engagement Leila Josefowicz – Violin Charles Kaufman – history, theory, president Jennifer Koh – violin Yakov Kreizberg – conducting William Kroll – violin Lowell Liebermann – composition Clara Mannes – chamber music David Mannes – conducting, violin Leopold Mannes – theory Bohuslav Martinů – composition Missy Mazzoli – composition Frank Miller – cello Mitch Miller – oboe, English horn

Jeremy McCoy – Double Bass Jessie Montgomery – violinist and composer David Nadien – violinist Charles Neidich – clarinet Paul Neubauer – viola Arturo O'Farrill – Music Composition David Oei - piano[9] Frank J. Oteri – musicology Anna Jacobs – Art of Engagement Cynthia Phelps – viola Erik Ralske – horn Nadia Reisenberg – piano Lucie Robert – violin Hal Robinson – Double Bass Jerome Rose – piano Richard Rychtarik – stagecraft Felix Salzer – theory Rosario Scalero – solfege, theory, composition Carl Schachter – theory

George Szell – composition, instrumentation, theory Terry Teachout – arts journalism Ronald Thomas – cello, chamber music Sally Thomas – violin Roman Totenberg – violin Rosalyn Tureck – piano Ronald Turini – piano William Vacchiano – trumpet Vladimir Valjarevic – piano David Van Tieghem – sound design, experimental music Glen Velez – percussion Isabelle Vengerova – piano Stefan Wolpe – composition John Zorn – curator

Alumni

Further information: List of New School people § Alumni

Nomi Abadi – composer Edward Aldwell – pianist and theorist Burt Bacharach – composer and pianist Robert Bass – conductor Jeremy Beck – composer Johanna Beyer – composer Semyon Bychkov – conductor Michel Camilo – pianist and composer Myung-whun Chung – conductor and pianist Kvitka Cisyk – opera singer, coloratura soprano Valerie Coleman – flutist and composer, Imani Winds Larry Coryell – guitarist Lee Curreri – film and television composer Danielle de Niese – lyric soprano Ezinma – violinist

Bill Evans – pianist and composer JoAnn Falletta – conductor Antonio Fernandez Roz – composer Richard Goode – pianist Mary Rodgers Guettel – composer and philanthropist Joy Guidry – bassoonist and composer Rebekah Harkness – founder of the Harkness Ballet Eugene Istomin – pianist Marta Casals Istomin – arts administrator Jeannette Knoll – opera singer Yakov Kreizberg – conductor Gail Kubik – composer Yonghoon Lee – tenor Ursula Mamlok – composer Douglas McLennan – arts journalist, founder of Artsjournal.com

Peter Mendelsund – graphic designer Charlie Morrow – composer and sound artist David Nadien – violinist Hafez Nazeri – composer Patricia Neway – operatic soprano and musical theatre actress Anthony Newman – keyboardist Tim Page – music critic Charlemagne Palestine – composer Murray Perahia – pianist Maurice Peress – conductor Eve Queler – conductor Shulamit Ran – composer Kevin Riepl – composer Michael Riesman – conductor, composer, keyboardist, music director of Philip Glass Ensemble George Rochberg – composer

Adam Rogers – jazz guitarist Jerome Rose – piano Alexandros Kapelis – piano Beatrice Schroeder Rose - harp Donald Rosenberg – arts journalist Julius Rudel – conductor Carl Schachter – musicologist and theorist Nadine Sierra – soprano Lawrence Leighton Smith – conductor Lara St. John – violinist Jonathan Tetelman – tenor Jory Vinikour – harpsichordist Frederica von Stade – mezzo-soprano Craig Walsh – composer Ivan Yanakov – pianist Jennifer Zetlan – soprano

References

1. "Mannes College of Music | the New School | About Mannes". Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
2. "New School to Build Performing Arts Hub Featuring a 'Glass Box' Theater". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
3. "Leopold Mannes, Pianist, Dies; Inventor Headed Music School; Co-Developer of Kodachrome Aided Young Musicians —Composer and U.S. Adviser". The New York Times. August 12, 1964 – via NYTimes.com.
4. Historical information is derived from annual Mannes catalogs.
5. As indicated on the cover of the publication's first edition, later republished by Dover.
6. See David Carson Berry, "Hans Weisse and the Dawn of American Schenkerism," Journal of Musicology 20, no. 1 (Winter 2003): 104–156.
7. "How This One NYC Music School Is Changing the Future of Music Education". musicschoolcentral.com. December 1, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
8. "Mannes Enters the Modern Era". Opera News. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
9. "Renowned Concert Pianist David Oei Accused Of Fondling 15-Year-Old Student". CBS News. April 13, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2024.

External links

• Media related to Mannes College The New School for Music at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website