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Gratitude, information, initiatives, and an invitation;

I am grateful for the thousands of colleagues that have performed with Manhattan Concert Productions around the world since our 1999 inception. I am grateful for an outstanding MCP staff to guide future experiences. And I am grateful for your work in providing performance opportunities to the musicians under your leadership.

This brochure presents current information to assist in planning this and future program years. Thoughts about principles and purpose are followed by performance dates, venues, a list of our outstanding faculty of guest conductors, and the various series by which we organize our offerings.

Each year, we continue our mission of comprehensive arts administration and performance production. New initiatives include professional ensembles in residence: Manhattan Chorale, with its esteemed composer-in-residence Ola Gjeilo, and New York City Chamber Orchestra; the publishing arm Manhattan Press featuring new musical works and a quarterly publication called Forward Motion with thoughts from our faculty; and Fine Arts Funding dedicated to assisting arts initiatives, projects, and program needs for arts organizations.

Last season we presented our inaugural Broadway Series with a concert version of Ragtime to a sold out house at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The show featured a professional Broadway production team, leads, and orchestra. This season, we are pleased to be presenting a concert version of Titanic, again at the 2,800 seat Avery Fisher Hall. Also new in 2014 is our Chicago Masterclass Series for bands and orchestras in collaboration with VanderCook University, Chicago; our inaugural Barbershop Festival, and, a return of our Cathedral Series for church and community choirs in sacred spaces in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago.

We cordially invite you to join us and sincerely look forward to the collaboration! Please let us know how we can be helpful to you and your ensembles.

Craig Arnold, DMAFounder and Chairman

Conductor, Manhattan Chorale

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PRINCIPLESOur production and performance activities are guided by principles of musicianship, hospitality, and value. We recognize and seek the pursuit of excellence, the inclusive and inherent value of persons, and corporate responsibility to the communities we serve and the professions we encompass.

The pursuit of musicianship means that we want our participants to grow musically, enriching MCP performances and informing their own work in the future. MCP will provide:

● worthy and appropriate collaborating ensembles ● exciting venues ● quality literature ● means to musical growth ● thoughtful and proactive preparation tools ● excellent leadership by effective guest conductors and educators

Hospitality is servant leadership, courtesy, and the sharing of goodwill and collegiality with others. Staff persons at MCP are

expected to integrate hospitality into their work. Our goal is to be consistently excellent producers with an eye for detail, an ear for musical excellence, and a heart for the well-being of others. Hospitality starts with the thoughtful and respectful collaboration of colleagues – and extends to the warm welcome of guests to MCP events.

Value refers to Manhattan Concert Productions’ commitment to goods and services that are truly valuable – and fairly priced. MCP is a projection of staff values. We seek to be proud of what we do, how we do it, and who we do it with.

PURPOSEWe seek to offer leadership to our constituencies. We share our collective experiences in music, teaching, business and travel – and guide our participants into meaningful enhancement of their programs. Ensemble conductors hire us to orchestrate national and international performing opportunities that they may not have the time, expertise, or inclination to develop themselves – amidst the many and varied tasks of musical leadership and program administration at home.

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Manhattan Concert Productions is proud to announce the second installment of their Broadway Series, with a concert performance of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical, Titanic, for one night only at New York’s renowned Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on Monday, February 17, 2014.

Manhattan Concert Productions’ inaugural Broadway Series in 2013 presented a concert performance of Ragtime, which included 200 performers on stage at Avery Fisher Hall performing for a sold out audience of almost 3,000 people. The concert featured a star-studded cast including Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey, Judging Amy), Dick Latessa (Hairspray), Norm Lewis (Les Misérables), Patina Miller (Pippin), and Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon).

Broadway has been an important part of American culture for over 100 years. From its modest beginnings to its staggering success in the roaring 20’s, Broadway thrives ever new into the 21st century. Manhattan Concert Productions celebrates this rich tradition and invites your participation.

MCP, I will never forget this show, it’s helped me grow as a performer in so many ways. Thanks so much for the experience of a lifetime. – Student

Everyone was so friendly, professional, and respectful. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this life-changing trip. Thank you so much MCP, I’ll always remember Ragtime as the best performance I’ve been in! – Student

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Feb 14 - 18, 2014 – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

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Pre-sale tickets on sale from 10am,Monday, August 26, 2013

The Manhattan Chorale Symphonic Chorus is a special feature of Manhattan Concert Productions’ 2014 season of performance opportunities. Select choruses comprising the Symphonic Chorus will share a Carnegie Hall concert with the professional Manhattan Chorale and chamber orchestra. Heavily featured on this concert is the work and presence of Ola Gjeilo, composer-in-residence of Manhattan Chorale. Manhattan Chorale will also be premiering Ola’s new 30-minute work Dreamweaver for chorus and chamber orchestra on this concert. Rehearsals and performance of Ola Gjeilo’s beautiful Sunrise Mass by the Symphonic Chorus will be under the direction of Dr. Craig Arnold, Artistic Director of Manhattan Chorale and former Director of Choral Activities at Luther College, Western Michigan University, and Capital University.

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Celebrate 75 years of Barbershop Harmony in America at Carnegie Hall, New York City. Join Heart of America Chorus, Meredith Wilson’s own River City Chorus, Crossroads Quartet, The Gas House Gang and Premium Blend on a concert at Carnegie Hall this December.

Manhattan Concert Productions invites you to participate in this Barbershop Festival chorus directed by renowned barbershop specialist Mark Fortino performing six carefully chosen pieces for an excellent collaborative experience in New York City and exciting performance opportunity at legendary Carnegie Hall.

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May 15 - 19, 2014 – Carnegie HallGjeilo, Sunrise Mass | Craig Arnold, conductor

Nov 29 - Dec 2, 2014 – Carnegie Hall

Mark Fortino, Artistic Director

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The Masterworks Series offers qualified ensembles the opportunity to collaborate on a major work for choir, professional orchestra and soloists.

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Singers participating in our encore offerings will join a national festival chorus for exciting rehearsals and the concluding performance at a famous venue. Choruses are conducted by one of our outstanding guest faculty members whose mission is to prepare for an excellent concert performance with MCP while sharing musicianship skills that can also enrich music and musicians for their work at home.

February 13 - 17, 2014 – Carnegie HallSchubert, Mass in GPeter Eklund, guest conductor

February 28 - March 4, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall,Lincoln CenterFauré, RequiemTimothy Peter, guest conductor

March 12 - 16, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall,Lincoln CenterSchubert, Mass in GJeffery Redding, guest conductor

March 20 - 24, 2014 – Avery Fisher Hall,Lincoln CenterDuruflé, RequiemBruce Chamberlain, guest conductor

March 21 - 25, 2014 – Carnegie HallHaydn, St. Nicholas MassAnton Armstrong, guest conductor

April 3 - 7, 2014 – Carnegie HallMozart, Coronation MassBruce Rogers, guest conductor

April 11 - 15, 2014 – Carnegie HallMozart, RequiemPearl Shangkuan, guest conductor

April 18 - 22, 2014 – Carnegie HallVaughan Williams, Antiphon & Dona Nobis PacemJames Rodde, guest conductor

April 30 - May 4, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall,Lincoln CenterHandel, Selections from MessiahTim Sharp, guest conductor

May 22 - 26, 2014 – Orchestra Hall, ChicagoVaughan Williams, Antiphon & Dona Nobis PacemRick Bjella, guest conductor

June 6 - 10, 2014 – Carnegie HallBarnett, The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass Special Guest, Monroe CrossingPhilip Brunelle, guest conductor

June 13 - 17, 2014 – Carnegie HallHaydn, PaukenmesseDaniel Bara, guest conductor

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February 14 - 17, 2014 – Carnegie HallJefferson Johnson, guest conductor

March 1 - 4, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln CenterSSAASandra Peter, guest conductorSATBTimothy Peter, guest conductor

March 13 - 16, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln CenterKaren Kennedy, guest conductor

March 14 - 17, 2014 – The Kennedy Center, Washington, DCZ. Randall Stroope, guest conductor

March 21 - 24, 2014 – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln CenterSATB Middle School VoicesJeffrey Benson, guest conductorSATBRené Clausen, guest conductor

March 22 - 25, 2014 – Carnegie HallBrad Holmes, guest conductor

March 30 - April 2, 2014 – Orchestra Hall, ChicagoCraig Arnold, conductor

April 4 - 7, 2014 – Carnegie HallSATBAlan Raines, guest conductorTTBBJon Reed, guest conductor

April 11 - 14, 2014 – Jazz at Lincoln CenterSATB Jazz ChorusSteve Zegree, conductor

April 12 - 15, 2014 – Carnegie HallCheryl West, guest conductor

April 19 - 22, 2014 – Carnegie HallSATBJoshua Oppenheim, guest conductorSSAAJulie Yu, guest conductor

May 1 - 4, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln CenterSSAASandra Snow, guest conductor

May 23 - 26, 2014 – Orchestra Hall, ChicagoSATB Middle School VoicesDavid Brunner, guest conductorSATBPaul Caldwell & Sean Ivory, guest conductorsZ. Randall Stroope, guest conductor

June 7 - 10, 2014 – Carnegie HallCharles Bruffy, guest conductor

June 14 - 17, 2014 – Carnegie HallLee Nelson, guest conductor

The Octavo Series is Manhattan Concert Productions’ most popular event for high schools. Qualified ensembles will collaborate with other high school choirs from across the United States to perform exciting repertoire - a distinctive variety of six shorter works carefully chosen for effective performance at home preceding an excellent artistic experience in New York City, Chicago or Washington, DC.

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Qualified choirs will perform on the world-renowned stage

at Carnegie Hall, New York City or Orchestra Hall, Chicago,

collaborating with other children’s choirs from across the

United States to perform six shorter works, including a specially

commissioned work by internationally recognized composer, and

Manhattan Chorale composer-in-residence, Ola Gjeilo. All pieces

are thoughtfully selected for effective performance at home

preceding an excellent artistic experience at your chosen venue.

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CHILDREN’S CHOIR SERIES

March 22 - 25, 2014 – Carnegie HallRobyn Lana, guest conductor

April 12 - 15, 2014 – Carnegie HallHenry Leck, guest conductor

May 23 - 26, 2014 – Orchestra Hall, ChicagoEmily Ellsworth, guest conductor

June 14 - 17, 2014 – Carnegie HallEmily Ellsworth, guest conductor

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The return of Manhattan Concert Productions’ Cathedral Series in 2014 invites church, community, and college choirs to collaborate on a major work for choir, professional orchestra and soloists under the direction of a nationally recognized conductor. Rehearsals will culminate in a performance at one of the following renowned sacred spaces: The Riverside Church, NYC; Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC and Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. The performance will also include anthems from participating choirs.

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May 10 - 13, 2014 – The Riverside Church, New York CityHayes, Requiem Allen Hightower, guest conductor

May 31 - June 3, 2014 – Grace Cathedral, San FranciscoRutter, Requiem Craig Arnold, conductor

June 21 - 24, 2014 – St. John the Divine, New York CityFauré, Requiem Kent Tritle, guest conductor

June 28 - July 1, 2014 – Fourth Presbyterian Church, ChicagoForrest, Requiem for the LivingHugh Floyd, guest conductor

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New York City Jazz Festival, under the artistic direction of Steve Zegree, is housed at one of Manhattan’s most outstanding venues, Jazz at Lincoln Center which hosts two spectacular performance spaces. Based on the design of a Greek amphitheater, The Allen Room possesses one of New

York City’s greatest backdrops - Central Park and the Manhattan skyline. Rose Theatre, designed acoustically to be the premier

jazz performance hall in the world, will host your evening Gala performance.

New York City Jazz Festival is dedicated to vocal and instrumental jazz ensemble adjudicated daytime performances, with recorded verbal comments from each of the guest clinicians. Each ensemble will have an individual clinic with one of our guest clinicians, and vocal ensembles will partake in rehearsals with the New York City Jazz Festival chorus under the direction of Steve Zegree.

Prior to the evening Gala Concert, there will also be a Q&A session with our featured guest artists in the Atrium at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

March 15 - 17, 2014 – The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

March 22 - 24, 2014 – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

March 23 - 25, 2014 – Carnegie Hall

April 13 - 15, 2014 – Carnegie Hall

The National Band & Orchestra Festivals are designed to give ensembles the opportunity to perform in an outstanding venue and receive comments from nationally recognized professors including Virginia Allen, Steve Amundson, Daniel Baldwin, Glenn Block, Peter Boonshaft, Gary Green, Gary Lewis, Jerry Luckhardt, Timothy Mahr, and Allan McMurray.

Ensembles will be performing at legendary venues like Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City or

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. In addition to receiving written or taped comments, each ensemble will have an individual clinic with one of our guest conductor/clinicians. Participating ensembles are invited to listen to one another.

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December 1, 2013 – Carnegie HallFebruary 16, 2014 – Carnegie HallMarch 3, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln CenterMarch 15, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln CenterMarch 16, 2014 – The Kennedy Center, Washington, DCMarch 23, 2014 – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln CenterMarch 24, 2014 – Carnegie HallApril 1, 2014 – Orchestra Hall, Chicago

April 6, 2014 – Carnegie Hall

April 14, 2014 – Carnegie Hall

April 21, 2014 – Carnegie Hall

May 3, 2014 – Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

May 25, 2014 – Orchestra Hall, Chicago

June 9, 2014 – Carnegie Hall

June 16, 2014 – Carnegie Hall

March 28 - 30, 2014 – Sheraton Chicago Ballroom

The Debut Series gives excellent ensembles the opportunity for a solo appearance on the stage of a renowned hall in the U.S. To audition, qualified ensembles should submit a CD or MP3 of recent performance(s) of two contrasting pieces by the same ensemble that is to appear as part of the Debut Series. You may also go to www.mcp.us to upload your ensemble recording.

The goal for selected ensembles is an excellent artistic experience, both in preparation and in performance at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall or Alice Tully Hall, New York City; Orchestra Hall, Chicago or The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, DC. The Debut Series allows flexibility on arrival and departure days for ensembles.

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Manhattan Concert Productions presents the inaugural Chicago Masterclass Series this spring. This exclusive event provides an in-depth clinic experience not only for the full instrumental ensemble, but also your individual sections through break-out sessions with applied faculty from our collaborating music department at VanderCook College of Music. In addition to sessions for students, conductors will have one-on-one time with a guest conductor to discuss a wide range of topics, from score-study to conducting and rehearsal leadership. The Chicago Masterclass Series is a well-rounded educational and performance experience entirely unique to Chicago in 2014.

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February 1, 2014 – Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall

The Collegiate Honors Recital Series is an outreach by Manhattan Concert Productions to aspiring young artists planning a career in music. Each year, Manhattan Concert Productions designates a college or university where students compete for an opportuity to appear in recital at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City.

Now in its fourth year, Manhattan Concert Productions is pleased to announce the selection of Western Michigan University’s School of Music for 2014. Previously featured schools included Texas Tech University, Michigan State University and University of Arizona. We wish the finalists well for their New York debut and a fulfilling career in the years to follow.

The Student Conducting Competition was initiated by the American Choral Directors Association during the 1993 National Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The objectives of the conducting competition are three-fold:

To acknowledge and reward outstanding graduate and undergraduate student conductors;

To encourage score preparation and advancement of conducting and rehearsal skills; and

To promote student activity at the ACDA National Convention.

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Manhattan Concert Productions is the lifetime, title sponsor of the Manhattan Concert Productions Conducting Competition and is pleased to announce the 2013 winners: Paige Armstrong (Luther College) and Glen Thomas Rideout (University of Michigan). These winners will receive an all-expenses paid trip to New York City to conduct the professional Manhattan Chorale in concert.

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MANHATTAN CONCERT PRODUCTIONS’ 2014 faculty of outstanding guest conductors and clinicians - noted professors and composers offering insight, imagination, and musicianship to singers and players of all ages.

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STEVE AMUNDSON

DANIEL BARA

TIMOTHY MAHR

ANTON ARMSTRONG

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PETE EKLUND

JEFFREY BENSON

Z. RANDALL STROOPE

HENRY LECK

BRUCE CHAMBERLAIN

TIMOTHY PETER

ROBYN LANA

DANIEL BALDWIN

JERRY LUCKHARDT

RENÉ CLAUSEN

ANDRÉ THOMAS

JEFFERY REDDING

ALLAN MCMURRAY

GLENN BLOCK

DUANE DAVIS

STEVE ZEGREE

GARY GREEN

HUGH FLOYD

EMILY ELLSWORTH

PHILIP BRUNELLE

JERRY BLACKSTONE

ALAN RAINES

BRAD HOLMES

RICK BJELLA

SEAN IVORY

PAUL CALDWELL

CHARLES BRUFFY

LEE NELSON

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DAVID BRUNNER

ALLEN HIGHTOWER

TIM SHARP

VIRGINIA ALLEN

JON REED

BRUCE ROGERS

SANDRA SNOW

CHERYL WEST

PEARL SHANGKUAN

JIM RODDE

PETER BOONSHAFT

KAREN KENNEDY

JEFFERSON JOHNSON

SANDRA PETER

JOSHUA OPPENHEIM

JULIE YU

GARY LEWIS

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Carnegie HallCarnegie Hall opened with a bang in 1891 with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducting his Marche Solennelle on Opening Night. From that moment on, the hall has enjoyed its illustrious reputation for hosting the world’s best musicians such as Maria Callas, The Beatles, Leonard Bernstein, Judy Garland, Rachmaninoff, Plácido Domingo, Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett. Events are held in the main hall (Stern Auditorium/Perleman Stage), and two smaller halls (Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall). How does one get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.

Alice Tully HallCompleted in 1969 and renovated in 2009, Alice Tully Hall is now one of the most acoustically pleasing venues in New York. It has been host to numerous events since its construction including Mostly Mozart, Great Performers, The New York City Film Festival, and the inaugural sold out performance by Manhattan Chorale & Chamber Orchestra in For Unto Us a Child is Born - A Celebration of Christmas in December 2012. The Hall can comfortably seat 1,086 patrons and features a 3,600 square foot patron’s salon on the Mezzanine level and a public café named at65 in the lobby along Broadway.

Avery Fisher HallOpened in 1962 with a seating capacity of 2,738, Avery Fisher Hall is the home of the New York Philharmonic and host to many traveling orchestras from all over the world. The hall has seen performances by legendary artists such as Simon & Garfunkel and Queen and is the home of Live From Lincoln Center, an annual broadcast of concerts, ballets, operas and other recitals produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and PBS. AFH also hosted MCPs’ inaugural, sold out concert performance of Ragtime in 2013.

Rose Theater & The Allen RoomDesigned acoustically to be the premier jazz performance hall in the world, Rose Theater is the result of a collaboration between Jazz at Lincoln Center Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis and the top international theater planners and engineers to create the centerpiece of the “House of Swing.”

Based on the design of a Greek amphitheater, The Allen Room merges luxuriant splendor with functional accessibility. One glance at the dramatic 50’ × 90’ wall of glass confirms that The Allen Room possesses one of New York City’s greatest backdrops - Central Park and the Manhattan skyline.

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Orchestra HallSeating over 2,500 people and now part of the Symphony Center music complex, Orchestra Hall was built in 1904, and renovated from 1995-1997 as a home for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conveniently located on the Southern side of Chicago’s famous Magnificent Mile, Orchestra Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America’s living memorial to President Kennedy. Opening its doors on September 8, 1971, the Center produces and presents performances of music, dance, and theater; supports artists in the creation of new work; and serves the nation as a leader in arts education. With its artistic affiliates, the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera, the Center’s achievements as a commissioner, producer, and nurturer of developing artists have resulted in more than 300 theatrical productions, and dozens of new ballets, operas, and musical works.

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