The Manhattan School of Music is a music school that offers bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in classical and jazz performance and composition. The school is located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, adjacent to the campus of Columbia University, where it has been since 1969.

The school was founded in 1917. As of 2004, it has approximately 275 faculty members and 800 students from about 40 different countries. About 25 percent are from New York, and another 15 percent are from other parts of the United States. Many of the students live in the school's residence hall. In addition to training musicians at the highest level for professional careers, the school offers precollege preparatory programs.

Prominent Alumni Include

• David Amram
• Angelo Badalamenti
• Angela Bofill
• Donald Byrd
• Ron Carter
• Harry Connick Jr.
• Anton Coppola
• John Corigliano
• Lauren Flanigan
• Ezio Flagello
• Nicolas Flagello
• Elliot Goldenthal
• Susan Graham
• Dave Grusin
• Herbie Hancock
• Stefon Harris
• Margaret Hillis
• Rupert Holmes
• Paul Horn
• Aaron Jay Kernis
• Yusef Lateef
• John Lewis
• Catherine Malfitano
• Ursula Mamlock
• George Manahan
• Herbie Mann
• Robert McGrath (Mr. Bob)
• Johanna Meier
• Jane Monheit
• Jason Moran
• Elmar Oliveira
• Tobias Picker
• Max Roach
• Larry Rosen
• Don Sebesky
• Sanford Sylvan
• Steve Turre
• Ludmila Ulehla
• Dawn Upshaw
• Joe Wilder
• Carol Wincenc
• Phil Woods
• Dolora Zajick

Board of Trustees (as of 2004)

• David A. Rahm (Chairman)
• Marta Istomin (President)
• Alan M. Ades
• Betty Allen
• SungEun Han-Andersen
• Nancy Terner Behrman
• Harold M. Chumaceiro
• Yveta Synek Graff
• Marta Istomin
• Constance Keene
• Bella L. Linden
• Edward Lowenthal
• William R. Miller
• The Honorable Richard Owen
• Cate Ryan
• Robert G. Simon
• Patrick N.W. Turner
• Gordon K. Greenfield (Emeritus)
• Paul Martinson (Emeritus)

External links

• Official Web Page