Alumna Karina Canellakis leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra on April 28 in Allentown and April 29 in Philadelphia

April 18, 2018

Diverse program highlights Curtis alumni: soprano Amanda Majeski featured, orchestra performs work by George Walker. Gala prior to April 29 concert celebrates longtime Curtis supporters Joseph and Marie Field.

Lessons from High-Performing Organizations On Display at Curtis

April 17, 2018

Author of Powerhouse: Insider Accounts Into the World’s Top High-Performance Organizations Speaks at Curtis and Wharton

Curtis Opera Theatre Presents Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place: American Premiere of Adaptation by Garth Edwin Sunderland

March 1, 2018

Curtis Presents Sarah Shafer and Mikael Eliasen on March 4 in Field Concert Hall

February 27, 2018

Rising Curtis alumna performs song cycles accompanied by Curtis Opera Theatre artistic director

Curtis 20/21 Ensemble Presents The Edge Effect: Composers and their Environmental Influences on February 24

February 21, 2018

Streamed Live on YouTube (Curtis.edu/YouTube); iconic Pierrot lunaire connects to Curtis’s all-school project

The Curtis Institute of Music, Opera Philadelphia, and the National Museum of American Jewish History present: Bernstein, Identity, and A Quiet Place on March 1

February 19, 2018

Free public event at the National Museum of American Jewish History

Curtis Institute of Music and Enchantment Theatre Company Present Family Concerts on February 18

February 9, 2018

The two Philadelphia arts organizations partner to bring Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals to life

Curtis Celebrates the Bernstein Centenary with Philadelphia Recital February 10 and Nationwide Tour February 11–March 18

February 6, 2018

Chamber ensemble of alumni and students perform around the country with a program of works by famed alumnus Leonard Bernstein, as well as Copland and Gershwin

Curtis Summerfest Partners with the Sphinx Performance Academy in Summer 2018

January 29, 2018

New collaborative model includes Curtis alumni on faculty and reflects a special commitment to musical talent in Philadelphia

Now available: Part 3 of Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with Jonathan Biss

January 24, 2018

European Favorite Gilbert Varga leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra on January 28 at Verizon Hall

January 15, 2018

Program of musical storytelling features Corigliano’s The Mannheim Rocket, music from The Miraculous Mandarin, and Scheherazade

Curtis Graduates Bring Arts Access and Education to Philadelphia

December 14, 2017

2017–18 Partner Organizations Include South Philadelphia High School, William Cramp Elementary School, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, and Project HOME

The Curtis Institute of Music Announces Recent Additions to the Board of Trustees

December 7, 2017

New Board Representatives Named for the Alumni Network, Crescendo Club, and Mary Louise Curtis Bok Foundation; Bayard R. Fiechter named president of the Mary Louise Curtis Bok Foundation as former president Sam Shipley becomes trustee emeritus

Curtis Presents the Aizuri Quartet and Jonathan Biss on December 9 in Field Concert Hall

December 1, 2017

2015–16 string quartet in residence returns for recital including collaboration with famed faculty member

Curtis 20/21 Ensemble Presents Works by Composer in Residence Chen Yi December 1 and 2

November 28, 2017

Philadelphia performance streamed live on YouTube (Curtis.edu/YouTube); repeat performance at Miller Theatre in New York City; Chamber works by Chen Yi combine Chinese traditions and Western tonalities

Announcing Curtis Opera Theatre at the Perelman: Opera Philadelphia, Curtis Institute of Music, Kimmel Center Partner for Spring Series

November 15, 2017

Curtis Opera Theatre Presents Eugene Onegin November 16–19 at Prince Theater

November 8, 2017

Joseph Mechavich conducts, Chas Rader-Shieber directs

Curtis 20/21 Ensemble Presents Ecotone: Selected Works for Solo Instruments on October 31

October 19, 2017

Streamed Live on YouTube (Curtis.edu/YouTube); Solo works test technical and dramatic range of student performers

Juanjo Mena of the BBC Philharmonic leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra on October 29 at Verizon Hall

October 12, 2017

Program features Short Ride in a Fast Machine, student soloists in Don Quixote, and Symphonie fantastique

Student Recitals at the Curtis Institute of Music Begin October 20

October 10, 2017

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