• Creative Learning Projects

    Each season, the Weill Music Institute brings New York City students and world-class artists together for a performance of major works on the Carnegie Hall stage. These students also gain a deeper understanding of the works by creating new music inspired by the repertoire they are preparing to perform.

  • 2012-2013 Event

  • 2013-2014 Event

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    December 6, 2012
    While she was in New York recently for a rehearsal of the upcoming performance, Maestra Guinand sat down with Carnegie Hall staff to discuss her history with La Pasión según San Marcos.
    February 9, 2012
    READ: On Sunday, February 5, 2012, over 400 singers from the New York City area sang in Stern Auditorium as part of the culminating concert of The Carmina Burana Choral Project. Following the concert, several of the students took to the internet to share their responses to the performance.
  • La Pasión Según San Marcos
    March 10, 2013
    La Pasión según San Marcos will bring together 125 New York City high school singers, members of the Schola Cantorum de Venezuela Choir, professional soloists and the Orquesta la Pasión. 
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  • Ellington's Sacred Music
    March 23, 2014
    This season’s creative learning project shines the spotlight on Duke Ellington’s sacred music, some of the most ambitious and heartfelt music of his legendary career.
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  • Past Creative Learning Projects
    The Carmina Burana Choral Project
    The Carmina Burana Choral Project features 200 high school singers and 50 middle school singers from all over New York City with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by David Robertson.
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    Too Hot to Handel
    This project, including a year of workshops, rehearsals, and performances, culminated in two concerts at Carnegie Hall.
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    The Bernstein Mass Project
    This project explored Bernstein's 1971 work and its themes of faith, doubt, tolerance, and renewal of tradition.
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    The Rite of Spring Project
    This transformational educational project involved the collaboration of 120 students from New York City, Sir Simon Rattle, and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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