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YSM Students To Perform At Kennedy Center

by David Brensilver | Feb 16, 2012 2:34 pm | Comments (0)

Four Yale School of Music pianists will perform later this month at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C., as part of the organization’s Conservatory Project.

Library Accepting Poetry Contest Submissions

by David Brensilver | Feb 15, 2012 3:20 pm | Comments (0)

The New Haven Free Public Library is accepting submissions for its annual poetry competition, the theme of which, this year, is “New Haven + reading legacies.” The submission deadline is March 1. Winners will receive $100 cash awards at an April 1 event at the library and have their poems published in the New Haven Review.

Hand, Cross Musicians Collaborate

by David Brensilver | Feb 9, 2012 3:03 pm | Comments (1)

NHSO Photo Student musicians from Daniel Hand High School in Madison and Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven will share the Woolsey Hall stage on April 12 for a performance of Yale School of Music composer Christopher Theofanidis’ Rainbow Body, thanks to a partnership between the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Webster Bank called the Webster Bank Music Exchange Program. Bob Handelman Photo

YSM Welcomes Philly Tubist

by David Brensilver | Feb 8, 2012 4:33 pm | Comments (0)

Carol Jantsch, who became the Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal tubist in 2006 before completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, will join the Yale School of Music faculty in the fall. According to a news release, “[Jantsch] is on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music, Temple University Boyer College of Music, and Manhattan School of Music,” as well.

Mezzo-Soprano Wins Met Audition

by David Brensilver | Feb 3, 2012 10:13 am | Comments (0)

YSM Photo Annie Rosen, a mezzo-soprano in the Yale School of Music’s opera program, will compete on March 11 in the semifinal round of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions, having won at the regional level on January 29, 2011, in Boston.

Kehler Liddell Gallery Names New Director

by David Brensilver | Feb 1, 2012 12:26 pm | Comments (0)

Kehler Liddell Gallery Photo The Kehler Liddell Gallery has named Jean Perkins its new director. A press release issued by the organization on Sunday indicates that “Perkins joined Kehler Liddell in early January 2012.”

Symphony Appoints Education Director

by David Brensilver | Jan 25, 2012 3:11 pm | Comments (4)

NHSO Photo The New Haven Symphony Orchestra has appointed Laura Adam as its new education director, the organization announced on Monday. Adam most recently served in a similar capacity at the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, in Michigan. She succeeds Dan Kinsman, who NHSO Marketing Manager Nicole Gallego said was with the organization for about a year.

Jeanie O’Hare Joins Yale School of Drama Faculty

by David Brensilver | Jan 24, 2012 1:26 pm | Comments (0)

Dan Wooler Photo The Yale School of Drama has announced that Jeanie O’Hare will serve as chairperson of the school’s playwriting department beginning on July 1, 2012. O’Hare was appointed to a three-year term, according to a press release issued on Monday. O’Hare will succeed Paula Vogel, who’ll vacate the position but remain a member of the school’s faculty.

Symphony, Discount Power Compose A Plan

by David Brensilver | Jan 19, 2012 4:12 pm | Comments (0)

NHSO Photo The New Haven Symphony Orchestra is offering consumers a chance to donate to the organization by buying energy from Discount Power, Inc. A portion of every kilowatt hour purchased through a partnership program announced on Wednesday will go into symphony coffers.

LWT Cancels “Sophie’s Choice”

by David Brensilver | Jan 17, 2012 1:46 pm | Comments (0)

Long Wharf Theatre has canceled plans to stage a world-premier production of Sophie’s Choice. The organization will instead present Aaron Posner’s adaptation of the Chaim Potok novel My Name is Asher Lev.