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Category Archives: Faculty News
Music Conservatory percussionist John Arrucci
Music Conservatory of Westchester faculty percussionist John Arrucci gives a workshop on world drumming at the annual Staff Development Day for Music Educators held at the Conservatory. 134 music teachers from 20 school districts across Westchester County attended the conference, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatory, john arrucci, music, percussionist, schools, Westchester, White Plains
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MCW faculty at Manhattanville College
James Lorusso played with fellow MCW faculty member Harold Jones on Oct. 31 in the Berman Students’ Center at Manhattanville College. Lorusso played four movements from the first Partita for solo violin transcribed by Seqovia and also Yepes for the … Continue reading
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Portenko cd release a success
Music Conservatory of Westchester faculty member and acclaimed pianist Irena Portenko with the Conservatory’s Executive Director, Carol Shiffman, and MCW Trustee Mary Lynn Marx Bianco following a live performance celebrating the release of Portenko’s latest album, “Twenty Four Etudes by … Continue reading
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Tagged bianco, Board, Carol Shiffman, Irena Portenko, MCW, Music Conservatory
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Faculty member to play Carnegie Hall
MCW faculty Adriana Pera will perform with the VOX string quartet on Friday, Oct. 1 as part of Remarkable Theater Brigade’s “Opera Shorts.” For more info visit, www.remarkabletheaterbrigade.com.
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Tagged Conservatory, MCW, musio conservatory, Westchester
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Music Director Discusses New Musical Theatre Audition Class
My name is Sariva Goetz and most of you know me as the Director of Summer Theatre Programs here at the Conservatory. This fall, I will also be teaching a Musical Theatre Audition Class on Monday nights at 6:30 p.m. … Continue reading
Introducing New MCW Faculty Member – Nils Neubert
Hello, my name is Nils Neubert, and I am very happy to join the MCW teaching faculty this fall. Before I tell you about what I’ll be doing at MCW (I will be teaching private voice lessons as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Faculty Interviews, Faculty News, Programs
Tagged fall, MCW, music classes, Music Conservatory, perform, play, sing!, Westchester, westchester music school
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Tom Jamerson Discusses New MCW Offerings, Vocal Program and More
What are some of your most memorable experiences as a performer, and who are some of the artists you’ve performed with? When I was still attending graduate school at Louisiana State University, I was offered a contract with the Metropolitan … Continue reading
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Tagged foul play, MCW, Music Conservatory, Thomas Jamerson, Westchester
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Live on Central Instead of the Orchestra – Highlights
Posted in Events, Faculty News, Live on Central, Performances, Videos
Tagged duo, Irena Portenko, MCW, music, Music Conservatory, piano, piano duo, svetlana gorokhovich, Westchester
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What’s New This Summer At MCW?
Funny you should ask! TECHNICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP This summer, we are piloting a new program in Technical Theatre that runs in tandem with the Summer Musical Theatre workshop. Guided by a professional teaching-artist/theatre technician, a select group of students will … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty and the beast, camps, MCW, pilot, summer camps, summer programs, the music man, theatre, westchester camps
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