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March 2020
Campus Closed
Given the threat to public health caused by COVID-19, our campus is closed until further notice. Private instruction, many classes, and several ensembles are now being conducted online. Click on the following link for the latest update: https://hbms.org/news/information-about-covid-19/
Find out more »April 2020
Master Class: Compose Yourself! Project
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE. The HB Compose Yourself! Project is Hoff-Barthelson’s annual composition Master Class for young composers, directed by Derek Cooper and produced in collaboration with Copland House. View flyer here. The HB Compose Yourself! Project provides a rare opportunity for students to receive feedback from renowned, award-winning composers on works that they have written. We are pleased to announce this year’s guests, Emily Koh and Jonathan Russ.
Find out more »Spring Recess
School closed for Spring Recess.
Find out more »The Listening Eye: The Intersection of Art and Music
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis and will be rescheduled during the 2020-21 school year. Great Composers Lecture Series with Michael Boriskin Generations of composers and visual artists have often occupied the same artistic and intellectual space, and even shared similar language in describing their work. Line, color, modality, rhythm, motifs, perspective, and imagery ... their expressive and creative goals have often been related, even if the means and methods (time versus space, sound…
Find out more »Faculty Concert: All Beethoven Concert
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis and will be rescheduled during the 2020-21 school year. The Hoff-Barthelson Music School 2019-2020 Faculty Concert Series concludes with an All-Beethoven concert. The year 2020 marks the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827); join faculty members violinists April Johnson and Gary Kosloski; violist Naomi Graf; cellist Michael Finckel; and pianists Katsura Tanikawa and Tomoko Uchino for a musical tribute to one of the most influential musicians and…
Find out more »Elaine Stamas Educational Residency with Members of the New York Philharmonic
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis and will be rescheduled during the 2020-21 school year. Elaine Stamas Educational Residency with Members of the New York Philharmonic Chamber Music Master Classes with Yulia Ziskel, violin; Eric Huebner, piano; Eric Bartlett, cello; and Mindy Kaufman, flute. The Elaine Stamas Educational Residency gives HBMS student ensembles the opportunity to perform for members of the New York Philharmonic who share their comprehensive knowledge of ensemble playing with these…
Find out more »Chamber Music Concert with New York Philharmonic Musicians
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis and will be rescheduled during the 2020-21 school year. Members of the New York Philharmonic and guests perform a chamber music concert as part of the Elaine Stamas Educational Residency. Program: Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2, Opus 26 in A Major Yulia Ziskel, violin Anna Polonsky, piano (guest) Cong Wu, viola Nathan Vickery, cello Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Opus 50 Eric Huebner, piano Quan Ge, violin…
Find out more »Flute Master Class: Bart Feller
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis and will be rescheduled during the 2020-21 school year. Bart Feller is principal flute of the New Jersey Symphony, New York City Opera Orchestra, and Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. He has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Bargemusic, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has also appeared as concerto soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Jupiter Symphony. A…
Find out more »Music as Experience: The Dalcroze Way
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis. Music as Experience: The Dalacroze Way, A workshop for Adults with Dr. Ruth Alperson. Presented by Hoff-Barthelson Music School and the New York Chapter of the Dalcroze Society of America. This class will be tailored to learners at a variety of experience levels. Dalcroze Eurhythmics students and teachers and those new to the method are welcome to attend and participate. During this workshop we will journey through some…
Find out more »Piano Master Class: Roman Rabinovich
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis and will be rescheduled during the 2020-21 school year. Praised by The New York Times for his “uncommon sensitivity and feeling,” the eloquent young pianist Roman Rabinovich is the winner of the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. He has performed in such prestigious venues as Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, and Cité de la Musique in Paris. In 2016 he…
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