Mannes College of Music

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Established	1916
School type	Private
Dean	Joel Lester
Location	New York, New York, USA
Enrollment	295 college division, 490 preparatory division, 350 extension division
Campus	Urban
Homepage	www.mannes.edu

Mannes College The New School For Music is a music conservatory located in New York City, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Mannes is considered one of the leading music conservatories internationally, unique in its small size and rigorous musicianship training.

Originally called Mannes Music School, it was founded in 1916 by David Mannes, concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra and Clara Damrosch, brother of Walter Damrosch, then conductor of that orchestra. It was created out of three brownstones on East 74th St, in Manhattan's Upper East Side. In 1953 Mannes started offering degrees and changed its name to the Mannes College of Music, In 1984 Mannes moved to its current home on West 85th Street. In 1989 Mannes joined New School University, a progressive university comprising eight schools (including Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, and New School for Drama), bound by a common intent: to prepare and inspire its undergraduate and graduate students to bring actual, positive change to the world. In 2005, in going along with a publicity move by the New School, Mannes changed its name to Mannes College the New School for Music.

The Techniques of Music program is the foundation for academic musical study at Mannes, encompassing advanced music theory and aural skills classes. It was organized by Felix Salzer in 1953 and continues to be a highly successful method that integrates musicianship, theory, and performance.

All students at Mannes are expected to be well rounded in their musical studies beyond their particular major or field. Mannes's internationally renowned faculty is active in New York City's musical scene, and many are members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, and New York City Opera, and also maintain active freelance or solo careers. Mannes is the host of several hundred concerts per year. Performed by both students and faculty, these concerts feature a wide variety of classical music from many eras, including modern premieres of works composed by the students and faculty at Mannes.