For many years I’ve been asked to help with the New World Symphony percussion audition – although stressful and a bit nerve racking, the New World Symphony administration and I have had great success inviting fellows to be a part of the orchestra that have gone on to win major orchestra positions.   We have a fantastic track record!

The latest winners are:

Jay Ganser – Cleveland Institute of Music/DePaul University

Rajesh Prasad – Northwestern University/Manhattan School of Music

Shaun Trubiano – Manhattan School of Music

Photo above – New World Center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry.  It features numerous spaces for performance and presentation; a flexible and variable seating performance hall, and a 7,000 square foot projection wall on which concerts, video art and films will be shown free-of-charge to audiences in Soundscape, a 2.5 acre public park, designed by Dutch architectural firm West 8.

LINK to New World Symphony:   http://www.nws.edu/