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- Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim! Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim! Read March 22, 2015
- New York City: upcoming educational events and performances about Leonard Bernstein (4/2/2015 and 5/20/2015) Whether you live in New York City or are just visiting, you should check out these upcoming educational events and performances about Leonard Bernstein on 4/2 and 5/20. Read March 13, 2015
- West Side Story Movie Night: St. Paul's Chapel, Trinity Wall Street Church, New York, NY Watch "West Side Story" at this free public screening! Join Neighborhood Movie Nights at St. Paul's Chapel, Trinity Church at the World Trade Center, Friday, February 27, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30p.m. Read February 27, 2015
- Dr. Carol Oja on Sono Osato Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence at the NY Philharmonic Dr. Carol Oja recently published a feature in the January/February 2015 issue of Humanities Magazine, the journal for the National Endowment for the Humanities, detailing the very first Ms. Turnstiles in the original Broadway Production of On the Town, Sono Osato. Read February 9, 2015
- "West Side Story" and "The Somewhere Project" Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute announced plans to launch a city-wide exploration of West Side Story, which will include a large-scale staging of the landmark work in a century-old Queens factory building. Read February 9, 2015
- "The Age of Anxiety" coming to The Royal Ballet Bernstein's "The Age of Anxiety", choreographed by Royal Ballet artist in residence Liam Scarlett, will be performed by The Royal Ballet November 7-17, 2014. Read October 16, 2014
- "Fancy Free" at American Ballet Theatre! American Ballet Theatre will stage three performances of the classic Jerome Robbins & Leonard Bernstein collaboration, "Fancy Free" this October! ABT premiered the ballet in 1944, and it has been a popular addition to their repertoire ever since. More information here. Read October 8, 2014
- Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician : Podcast Interview with author Allen Shawn In Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician, a new biography out from Yale University Press’ Jewish Lives Series, writer Allen Shawn examines Bernstein’s life and career.This podcast features Tablet Magazine's interview with Mr. Shawn about his research and reflections upon Bernstein as a man and musician. Read September 23, 2014
- Dr. Carol J. Oja pens two essays on Bernstein for Oxford University Press' blog The Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence offers insights into Bernstein's early life and career in two new essays published this summer. Read August 20, 2014
- 'Bernstein Meets Broadway' available now from Oxford University Press blog Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War is the latest book by Dr. Carol J. Oja, William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard University and Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence with the New York Philharmonic, out now on Oxford University Press. This meticulously researched book relates the history of Leonard Bernstein's fruitful early collaborations - most notably with Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. Read August 20, 2014
- Dedication of Leonard Bernstein sculpture and garden at the Pacific Music Festival's 25th Anniversary A statue of Festival co-founder Leonard Bernstein was dedicated at this year's 25th anniversary celebrations in July, honoring his achievements. It was placed in Nakajima Park, near the PMF-affiliated Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara. Leonard Bernstein Place nearby was also dedicated in a ceremony attended by Jamie Bernstein. Read August 5, 2014
- Leonard Bernstein Bust at Tanglewood Tanglewood Music Center unveils a new sculpture paying homage to Leonard Bernstein. Read July 29, 2014
- On The Town revival releases promo video Promo video released for On The Town's upcoming Broadway revival plays tribute to the classic 1949 film - stream it here! Read July 14, 2014
- 'On the Town' revival featured on So You Think You Can Dance On the Town's memorable opening number New York, New York was performed this week on the hit reality show So You Think You Can Dance, featuring cast members from the upcoming Broadway revival. Watch the performance here! Read July 11, 2014
- First complete concert version of "West Side Story" now available The San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, has now released the first ever complete concert version of Bernstein's "West Side Story". Read June 10, 2014
- Digital Theatre to Release "Candide" The May 2004 Candide concerts with the New York Philharmonic — starring Tony Award winners Kristen Chenowith and Patti LuPone — will be released online via Digital Theatre June 4. Read June 3, 2014
- BBC 4 Program - West Side Story letters & manuscripts Conductor Marian Alsop, librarian Mark Horowitz and author Nigel Simeone discuss marvelous West Side Story letters and manuscripts archives at the Library of Congress. Please enjoy this fantastic BCC interview aired on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 – interview begins at 1 minute and 30 seconds.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b043wz2c Read May 21, 2014
- "In the presence of greatness:" Candide, Menier Chocolate Factory There’s always the clinching moment of catharsis in Bernstein scores and the mother of them all is “Make Our Garden Grow” where even Voltaire’s scepticism pales beneath the wholehearted belief of the melody. When the ensemble goes a capella at the climax there isn’t a soul alive who’s not going to know from the shiver down their spine that they are in the presence of greatness. Read December 3, 2013
- Looking Up, Figuratively and Literally, at Wright Elementary Things are looking up these days at Wright Elementary School, both figuratively and now literally, after the installation of a student-created mural this morning that represents the capstone of “Big Arts Week” at the Artful Learning Legacy school. Read November 11, 2013
- Kultur International Films to Release Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic - Volume 2 Kultur International Films will release Volume 2 of the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concerts with Leonard Bernstein on November 19, 2013, featuring 27 digitally restored videos of the landmark televised concerts on nine DVDs. This is the first release of Young People’s Concerts in more than 20 years, following the popular release of Volume 1 in 1993; with this release the entire series of Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts is now available on DVD Read November 8, 2013