Mannes has historically served as a home base for a variety of excellent musical programs which operate independently while maintaining close, mutually enriching relationships with the school.
Schneider Concerts
Mannes is home to the acclaimed Schneider Concerts series, launched in 1957 as New School Concerts, with the dual aim of providing exposure for outstanding emerging
professional chamber artists and presenting high-quality chamber music performances at modest ticket prices to ensure access for all New Yorkers. Each year, Schneider Concerts presents a full season of concerts featuring the most exciting emerging
chamber ensembles.
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New York String Orchestra Seminar
Mannes also proudly hosts the New York String Orchestra Seminar. For half a century, the seminar has offered professional training
to gifted string, wind, brass, and timpani students, introducing them to new musical ideas, offering them chamber music coaching from members of the world's top ensembles and giving them the challenge of performing at a professional level onstage
at Carnegie Hall. The seminar is led by artistic director and conductor Jaime Laredo.
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Mannes Summer Piano Festival
The Mannes Summer Piano Festival, led by artistic director Pavlina Dokovska, the chair of Mannes School of Music's Piano department, welcomes participants from around the world each year to study with renowned international guest faculty from Europe and Asia along with members of the celebrated Mannes Piano faculty. The program includes private lessons, seminars and workshops, master classes, performance opportunities, a concert series, and a piano competition for festival participants. Students have the option of attending for one or two weeks.
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Sandbox Percussion Summer Seminar
Sandbox Percussion has made Mannes School of Music home to its annual Summer Seminar, bringing together students from across the globe to study, rehearse, and perform some of today’s leading percussion chamber music.
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