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Juilliard Opera Presents W.A. Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote”

NEW YORK –– The Juilliard Opera season concludes with W.A. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, conducted by alumnus David Stern and directed by Mary Birnbaum. The opera features singers from Juilliard’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts with the Juilliard  Orchestra. The opera had its premiere on September 30, 1791, roughly three months before Mozart died. Mozart conducted the orchestra at the performance, and librettist Emanuel Schikaneder sang the role of Papageno.

Five Minute Read: What to Play?

As the competitive marching season begins to wind down, many of us are turning our thoughts to the literature we’ll tackle with our concert ensembles. Every year, we weigh a multitude of factors in programming our fall, winter, and spring concerts. What is our instrumentation? What performer strengths and weaknesses are inherent to our ensemble? What is our audience? To what important works do we want to expose our students? With so many questions, there’s one question that sometimes gets lost in the shuffle.

Nashville Symphony Lands Nearly $1 Million To Support Underserved Students

The Nashville Symphony has received a $959,000 grant to fund its new music education program for underrepresented students. 

Audient Desk Enhances New Performing Arts Center In Arizona

Lake Havasu City, Arizona - A 24 channel Audient ASP8024 analogue mixing console is now at the heart of a new 1400 square foot teaching facility at Lake Havasu High School's CTE (Career Technical Education) Audio Production Program. Remodeled earlier this year under the close supervision of its Director, Sam Brindis, the upgrade of this new studio space - to be known as Knight House Studios - heralds the beginning of a new era for the Music & Audio Production Technology program.

Gianandrea Noseda Makes his Debut Conducting the Juilliard Orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda Makes his Debut Conducting the Juilliard Orchestra in Works by Casella, Rachmaninoff, and Schumann on Monday, January 25, 2016, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall

NEW YORK --- Gianandrea Noseda, music director of the Teatro Regio Torino and newly appointed music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington (beginning in the 2017-18 season), makes his debut conducting the Juilliard Orchestra in works by Casella, Rachmaninoff, and Schumann on Monday, January 25, 2016, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The program features Casella's Sinfonia from La donna serpente; Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 with Juilliard pianist Colton Peltier; and Schumann's Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61.

Clean the Drill and Dial In the Mix: Five Tips for Optimizing your Field Audio

Audio has quickly become a necessity in marching band, and I feel that we all have a love/hate relationship with our field systems. With band camp in full swing and school starting, it is easy to neglect the audio needs of the ensemble, but a little planning now will save a lot of potential headaches in the future. While every audio system is different, here are a few tips for optimizing your field audio for this season.

SBO essay contest 2015

January 2015