Fwd: Student Weekly: Honor! Festival Finale

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BECOME A FAN OF CARNEGIE HALL Find us on Facebook today › LISTEN IN With David Krakauer Clarinetist David Krakauer is well-known for his inspired klezmer performances, but he began his musical journey on a much different path. It was not until a chance meeting on a crosstown bus that Krakauer took the leap from his classical conservatory training toward Klezmer Madness! … Listen to the full interview › BUY YOUR TICKETS Purchase student tickets with a valid student ID at the Carnegie Hall Box Office. IN PERSON Visit the Box Office at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue Monday–Saturday, 11 AM–6 PM Sunday, 12–6 PM (closed on legal holidays) Student subscribers who have purchased our specially priced student packages can also buy their tickets by phone or online. BY PHONE Call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, seven days a week, 8 AM–8 PM. ONLINE Current student subscribers can buy the listed $10 student concerts online. Use promotional code Student6800 when selecting seats for purchase. $10 STUDENT TICKETS $10 STUDENT TICKETS FOR THESE EVENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE. Jessop "novel and spontaneous" —Deseret Morning News FRI, MAR 20 at 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage CARNEGIE HALL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL Orchestra of St. Luke's Craig Jessop, Conductor Angela M. Brown, Soprano Meredith Arwady, Contralto Russell Thomas, Tenor Morris Robinson, Bass North Jersey Homeschool Association Chorale Beth Prins, Conductor Pebblebrook High School Chamber Choir George Case, Conductor Shorewood High School Aeolian Choir John Hendrix, Conductor Songs of Solomon: An Inspirational Ensemble Chantel Wright, Conductor TIPPETT  A Child of Our Time The Carnegie Hall National High School Choral Festival is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund for choral music established by S. Donald Sussman in memory of Judith Arron and Robert Shaw. Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top ACJW "top-notch" —New York Times SAT, MAR 21 at 7:30 PM Zankel Hall ENSEMBLE ACJW Featuring fellows of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education Susanna Mälkki, Conductor PIERRE BOULEZ   Dérive 1 HARRISON BIRTWISTLE   Secret Theater STRAVINSKY   Concerto in E-flat Major, "Dumbarton Oaks" THOMAS ADÈS   Living Toys Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top Owens MON, MAR 23 at 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage HONOR: THE VOICE Harolyn Blackwell, Soprano Angela M. Brown, Soprano Nicole Cabell, Soprano Gregg Baker, Baritone Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone Kevin Maynor, Bass Hear arias by Handel, Verdi, and Beethoven; songs by Brahms, Duparc, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, and Richard Strauss; and traditional favorites and popular songs from Robinson, Kern, Bernstein, and Gershwin. Sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP Buy now ›  |  Learn more › Back to top Student Ticket Policy Current student subscribers can purchase $10 student tickets by phone or online. To order online, student subscribers must sign in and enter code Student6800 before selecting seats. Non-student subscribers must buy $10 student tickets at the Box Office and must present a valid student photo ID. Student discount tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and may be discontinued at any time. NEW! As a special benefit for our student subscribers, the $10 convenience fee has been reduced to only $1 per ticket. This reduced fee is only valid on $10 student tickets purchased online or through CarnegieCharge, and cannot be applied to student subscriptions. There is no convenience fee on $10 student tickets that are purchased in person at the Box Office. SPRING STUDENT SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE NOW ON SALE. Guarantee your seats for this season's hottest concerts by purchasing a student subscription—only $15 per ticket. Use promotional code Student6802 when finding seats. Student subscribers can also purchase student tickets online for other Carnegie Hall concerts throughout the season. 88 Keys ($45 for three concerts in Stern/Perelman) Award-winning keyboard masters play solo piano recitals that include Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 30 through 32, excerpts from Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, works by Chopin, and more. MON, APR 6, 2009 Krystian Zimerman SUN, APR 19, 2009 András Schiff TUES, MAY 5, 2009 Richard Goode Learn more › Back to top Singers and Symphonies ($45 for three concerts in Stern/Perelman) Hear leading ladies of the operatic stage perform at Carnegie Hall with full orchestras, including selections from Wagner's Parsifal, Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire, and Mahler's Rückert Lieder. SAT, APR 4, 2009 Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra SUN, APR 26, 2009 Orchestra of St. Luke's SUN, MAY 3, 2009 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Learn more › Back to top Mahler Mix ($45 for three concerts in Stern/Perelman) As part of Carnegie Hall's celebration of Gustav Mahler's symphonies, enjoy a sampling of late-Romantic lieder and symphonies, including Five Rückert Lieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and Symphony No. 9. SUN, MAY 10, 2009 Staatskapelle Berlin WED, MAY 13, 2009 Staatskapelle Berlin SUN, MAY 17, 2009 Staatskapelle Berlin Learn more › Back to top Innovation Live ($45 for three concerts in Stern/Perelman) Musical inventors collaborate in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage by exploring klezmer, folk, jazz, Indian classical music, and Terry Riley's genre-defying In C, which influenced countless artists from John Adams to The Who. THURS, APR 2, 2009 Klezmer All-Star Bash FRI, APR 24, 2009 Terry Riley's In C WED, APR 29, 2009 Zakir Hussain and Friends Learn more › Back to top Student tickets are generously supported by The Merkin Family Ticket Fund. Major funding for Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Alice Tully Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation's New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, Howard University, and the A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation. The opening performance of Honor! is sponsored by Bank of America. Honor! is made possible, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Photos: ACJW by Jennifer Taylor, Owens by Paul Sirochman Photography, Zimerman by Hiromichi Yamamoto / DG, Goode by Sascha Gusov, Mattila by Lauri Eriksson, Fleming by Andrew Eccles / Decca, Stotijn by Marco Borggreve, Barenboim by Richard Haughton, Quasthoff by Kasskara / DG, Hampson by Johannes Ifkovits, David Krakauer by Steve Meyer, Riley by Christopher Felver, Hussain by Susana Millman.