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Reveals that not all 1994 graduates of New York City's Juilliard School have a career performing music. Graduates who changed careers; Difficulties in pursuing careers in classical music; Experiences in school and at work; Occupations and earnings.

Provides information on the Juilliard School Baroque Concert at the Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan, New York City, in November 2004.

This article discusses the efforts of the Manhattan School of Music's effort to publicize itself and let people know that there is another music school in New York City besides Juilliard. Manhattan School of Music will unveil the new penthouse apartment of the school's director, Robert Sirota, to showcase the school's new image and the addition of well-known names to its teaching roster. Some thought the money spent on the penthouse could have been better used on the school facilities.

The author looks at how a growing number of young American dancers are seeking work outside the United States. According to the author, music schools like the Juilliard School, the conservatory of dance at Purchase College and New York's University's Tisch School of the Arts are all reporting that their graduates are seeking work abroad. The author reviews the story of Juilliard classmates Armando Braswell and Bryna Pascoe.

Focuses on Robert Lopez, who co-wrote the music and lyrics for "Avenue Q" with Jeff Marx. Success of "Avenue Q," which won the Tony in 2004 for best musical, best score and best book; Benefit performance by Lopez and Marx of "Avenue Q Swings," to raise money for the Greenwich House Music School in New York City; Request for help from the school's director, B. C. Vermeersch, who turned down a donation from former student Lopez when he won a $375 national award; Background on Lopez; Why Lopez's ties to Greenwich House remained strong.

On May 23, 2003, “DanceAfrica,” an annual celebration of vitality and diversity of the African diaspora, will be performed on stage of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Prior to the celebration the festival's founder, Baba Chuck Davis, will invoke the ancestors and will pay homage to elders. One of the highlights of the celebration will be the Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti. The celebration will transform the sprawling stage of the BAM into a village square and the audience of strangers into relatives at a joyous family reunion. The program has spread to a number of major cities across the U.S.

Reports on transformation of the Apollo Theater into a concert hall for the celebration of a festival by Harlem Center for Strings' new community music school, Opus 118. Achievements of the school's founder Roberta Guaspari due to her service to the school; Presentation of awards to the school's supporter; Presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to National Association of Negro Musicians Inc.'s president Roland M. Charter.

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY Borden Auditorium Distinguished musicians often complement their stints at professional institutions with residencies at conservatories, as the French pianist and conductor Philippe Entremont did this week at the Manhattan School of Music. In the first of two concerts, on Wednesday evening, he conducted the school's symphony orchestra in a program featuring three pianists from its graduate program playing Mozart concertos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On Tuesday night at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater five teenage girls from the School of American Ballet, dancing to Tchaikovsky, each extended a leg toward the audience above hip height. Then, keeping the legs high in that position, they all began to fall forward off balance toward the audience. They didn't actually fall, of course, but, before they brought the legs down, they had transferred much of their weight in its direction. It was easy for the audience to feel the suspense involved in the moment of extension and then the audacity involved in that transfer of weight: those girls were aiming those legs straight at us. The work was George Balanchine's ''Allegro Brillante'' (1956). But though New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater have danced this in recent years, they never made that moment so clear. Whereas on Tuesday these five girls proclaimed it as a hallmark of the style in which they have been trained -- as if to say, ''School of American Ballet.'' The school, which Balanchine founded in 1934, has been presenting annual workshop performances now for 47 years. Traditionally there are three performances at this time of year; Tuesday's was also the benefit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the Merestead mansion in Mount Kisco, New York will be used by Copeland House, a music center, as the site for teaching and training music composers. Copland will offer composers' residencies, workshops and public concert series at the mansion. It notes that the composers' training program of Copeland will focus on collaborative residencies.

-- a stalwart of New York's classical music scene -- taught at the Manhattan School of Music, maintaining a steady stable of a half-dozen students at the conservatory's youth division. But something changed in the last two years. The administration assigned fewer and fewer students to him. His sole remaining pupil left last year, and Mr. Jones is no longer listed among the faculty on the school's Web site, www.msmnyc.edu. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information on the Afro-Punk Festival, an annual festival devoted to celebrating African-Americans' contribution to punk rock music. The festival was launched by film director James Spooner at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), New York City in 2004 and began with Spooner's film "Afro-Punk." It talks about the fourth annual Afro-Punk Festival from July 4-13, 2008 at BAM which will comprise events such as film screenings, music performances and appearances by public legends.

The article reports that music conductor James Conlon has joined the Juilliard School in New York City. It states that Conlon will be responsible for master classes, performances, lectures, and symposiums. The school announced that he will also give coaching to students. The music conductor will teach how the Nazism and the World War II affected the music of composers and role of the artist in society in pre-war Europe and the present-day U.S.

Features the classical music performance of Tactus, the new-music ensemble at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

Focuses on the 1994 graduates of Julliard School in New York City. Comments of the music conservatory graduates; Why, ten years after graduation, some have chosen professions other than music; Information on the graduates; How nearly half have dropped out of performing; The difficulties for classical musicians living in a society that seems increasingly to be pushing classical music to the margins; Individual accounts of Mark Inouye, Ittai Shipira, Gwen Appel, Justine Flynn, and others; Orchestras in which they play. INSET: 10 Years Later, a Class Realizes Its Goals, or Changes Them.

Reports on the $30 million endowment received by the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Plans to renovate the building; Position of the of the school to become the premiere urban arts center; Details about the $20 million gift from the Peter Jay Shrap Foundation and a $10 million pledge from Richard B. Fisher and Jeanne Donovan Fisher; Increase of the total endowment from $18 million to $50 million; Comments by school president Karen Brooks Hopkins and executive producer Joseph V. Melillo.

Reports on the plan of Marta Istomin to retire as president of the Manhattan School of Music in New York City by the end of the 2004 school year.

Comments on the first public program offered by the Mannes College of Music's Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance in New York City in June 15-20, 2004. Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time"; Pierre Boulez's Second Sonata and Philip Glass' "Mad Rush"; Scores by Mario Davidovsky, George Perle, Alvin Curran and John Zorn; Performances by violinist Rolf Schulte and pianist Marc Ponthus.

Cites the schedule of stage performances by dance and theater companies at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Reports the need for young tap dancers in the Brooklyn Music School in New York City. Information on auditions for interested applicants; Description of tap dance; Career profile of Misty Owens, director of the tap dance company.

Focuses on five siblings, two brothers and three sisters, who all attend the Juilliard School in New York City together. How all five study piano, and the rarity thereof considering the school only accepts one of every nine applications; Biographical information on the Brown siblings, Deondra, Desirae, Gregory, Ryan and Melody, who grew up in Utah; Prospects for their musical careers.

Focuses on the Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music and Art Performing Schools, the school in New York City, New York, formed through the merger of the High School of Music and Art and the High School of Performing Arts. Concern of students and educators on the merger; When the tale of two schools began.

Presents a group of musical-theater students from Boston Conservatory who went to Broadway with hopes to showcase their talents. Listing of which musicals are playing on Broadway, and which ones the members of the group went to see; Process of trying out for a musical; Various reactions and hopes for the future.

Focuses on New York City-based Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's plan to present the first annual Brooklyn Conservatory Education Award at a fall 2000 gala event. Recognition of an established musical performer who has devoted his or her life to music education; Members of the advisory committee; Cash prize.

Provides information on the closure of a music school at the Hollis Woods Community Church in New York City, New York. Rift between the school and the church leadership; Classes offered by the school; Events that led to the closure of the school.

Presents information about the Southern Queens Park Association Incorporated Beacon School of musical instruments and dances. Location of the school; List of the teachers in the school; Services offered at the Beacon School; Information about office hours and application.

Presents information on the opening of a music school for gifted students at Goodman House, which is part of the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, in Manhattan. How budget cuts have affected extracurricular activities for public school students; Background information on the Center; Comments from pianist Vladimir Feltsman.

Focuses on dismissal of pianist Eteri Andjaparidze from the Special Music School of America in New York City. Claims by the pianist's lawyer that he was dismissed because of his Russian origin; History of the music school; Financial problems.

Reports on the plans of New York City-based Diller-Quaile School of Music to hold a benefit concert on May 7, 1996 at the Alice Tully Hall in New York City in celebration of its 75th anniversary.

Features the Special Music School of America in New York City. Identification and harnessing of gifted children from their tender ages; Offering of intensive musical training from kindergarten through 12th grade; Importance of the beginning of a musical education.

Reports on the entertainers in the Jazz at the Conservatory series which is done by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Openning of the series on October 4, 1997 with saxophonist, Billy Harper; Other entertainers to appear at the five-concert series.