Music Performance Program at Columbia University

Check out MPP's SPRING 2021 Newsletter! https://mpp.music.columbia.edu/announcements

Congratulations to all our Graduates! We will miss you!

Good time was had by all at the Wednesday's Masterclass with NY Phil's Rebecca Young. Exciting performances by Zara Ding, Sasha He, Cheng Io Lo, and Mac Waters. Bravi tutti!

Here is the program for today’s masterclass with NY Phil’s Rebecca Young. See you at 4:15 PM!

Join us for the final jazz masterclass of the semester! Jazz bassist, Matt Garrison- tonight at 8pm via zoom! Meeting ID: 953 6515 9269 Passcode: MPPjazz

Despite the challenges posed by the global pandemic, the creativity of the MPP associates and students has been unstoppable. Witness the #MPPmagic today at 1 PM EDT, with the virtual performance by Franck's Sonata for Violin and Piano by the ensemble coached by Eliot Bailen: Luca Sakon and William Tang, the recording lovingly put together by Brian Kuo. http://www.maisonfrancaise.org/columbia-music-performance-p Columbia Maison Française

Join us this Friday at 1 PM! #MPPmagic

**IMPORTANT** Today is the last chance to audition for participation in the MPP. Audition slots are still available for this afternoon. https://mpp.music.columbia.edu/auditions

** MPP AUDITIONS ARE NEXT WEEK - SIGN UP!** https://mpp.music.columbia.edu/auditions #MPPmagic

MPP audition sign ups are on the website! Get your slot! Auditions will be held via ZOOM. You can still make music this semester!!

IMPORTANT MPP UPDATE! Auditions: MPP auditions will take place during the first week of classes, via Zoom. Please visit the MPP audition page for more information. Calendar: As you may already know, Columbia and MPP will be operating in three semesters. Please see the academic calendar here. We will be sending out a questionnaire later on to associates interested in teaching during Summer 2021. ... Wind/brass/vocal instruction: In order to assure everyone's safety, all wind and brass instruments (including Columbia University Orchestra), as well as vocal students will have to meet online only for the time being. We will monitor the situation closely, and once it becomes safe to return to campus for wind instrument/vocal instruction, we will provide an update. Practice rooms: As the safety of various campus spaces is being assessed, we are waiting for an update regarding the availability of practice rooms on campus - please stay tuned. Classroom pianos: To ensure safe use of the pianos in Dodge Hall classrooms, appropriate cleaning products have been ordered. Safe ensemble size: In order to comply with the safety measures, ensembles wishing to meet in person will be limited to 3 students and the instructor. Please plan your repertoire accordingly. Only strings and piano will be allowed to meet in person for now. Campus access: At the moment, only essential employees are allowed on campus. Those who wish to come to campus, aside from wearing a mask, will need to complete a symptom check through the CU Reopen App.

How we keep the #MPPmagic going in the most challenging of circumstances: https://www.columbiaspectator.com//columbia-student-music/ Angela Yu Joe Block

**Unique Opportunity for MPP Students!!** Columbia Virtual Campus is organizing a 3-week long tutoring program, in which Columbia students and faculty offer 1:1 30-minute tutoring and mentorship sessions in exchange for a donation to organizations supporting the black community. Even a single session is a $15 gain for these organizations in these critical times. If you are interested in signing up as a tutor, more information, as well as the "sign up as a tutor" form, can be found at this page: https://columbiavirtualcampus.com/cvc-blm/

Discover and interact with some of the top up and coming artists on the scene with: emerge.fm developed by a team of Columbia students! emerge.fm is an online platform that incentivizes and allows listeners to listen to music from emerging artists in an interactive and intuitive online ecosystem. Learn more at: https://www.emerge.fm/artist

Check out MPP's Liam Broderick (CC'21) and the new split screen video he made of his new song "IV (Intuitive Validity)" featuring Liam on Guitars, Vocals, Composition, and Production and fellow Columbia student Lucas Hahn (CC '21) on Piano and Synthesizers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zx7czrjNSE

Thinking about our graduates today. Congratulations to all! We will miss you!

Hot off the press: Hear (literally) updates from our faculty, students, and staff on the ways they're making music socially distanced, the lessons they've learned this year, and more. https://bit.ly/mppspring20

We are pleased to announce the names of the recipients of the 2020 Richard and Brooke Kamin Rapaport Summer Music Performance Fellowship: violinist Cheng Io Lo and cellist Thomas Lim. Both are our wonderful #MPP students and members of the Juilliard-Columbia Exchange. Cheng Io and Thomas will be attending Yellow Barn Music Festival and Orfort Music Festival, both held online. Congratulations! #MPPmagic

Join MPP Student Connie Cai (BC '22) and the rest of her team at ECHO: Musicians Connect for some exciting online programming! Details below.