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Board of Directors

Mrs. Kelly De Marco
Richard Dowling, Ph.D.
Mr. Maurice Edwards
Mr. Ronald M. Gold
Mr. Brian Hunter, President
Dorothy Indenbaum, Ph.D.
Mr. Paul H. Kirby, Treasurer
Mrs. Ada Kopetz-Korf
Mr. Bruce Kubert, President Emeritus
Mr. Kermit Moore
Mr. Anthony Morss, Secretary
Ms. Beverly Wright

Advisory Committee

Mr. Tom Conlin, Conductor
Ms. Evangeline Benedetti, Cello, New York Philharmonic
Mr. Peter Goodrich, Steinway & Sons
Mr. Rony Rogoff, Violin, Celibidachi Foundattion

Walter Damrosch
Olga Koussevitzky
Olegna Fuschi
Bruce Kubert
Joseph H. Conlin
Dorothy Indenbaum

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Olga Koussevitzky Young Artists Awards

Serge and Olga Koussevitzky International
Recording Award (KIRA)

Young Artists Performance Series

Joseph H. Conlin* Gala Benefit Concert

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*Joseph H. Conlin served as president of the Musicians Club of New York until his death in 2007. Dorothy Indenbaum served from his death until May, 2008. Brian Hunter and Kelly De Marco of Joseph H. Conlin Travel and Concert Management are on the Musicians Club of New York Board of Directors, Brian serving as president and Kelly chairing the Fund Raising Committee.

Certificate of Incorporation of Musicians Club of New York (recorded December 4, 1911)

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Musicians Club of New York (recorded January 5, 1979)

 
2006 First Prize Olga Koussevitzky Young Artists Award Chung-Yun Hu performed for the Musicians Club in the fall of 2006 and again in the spring of 2009.

May 7, 2009: Announcing the Winner of the 2007 Serge and Olga Koussevitzky International Recording Award (KIRA):

The 2007 KIRA is awarded to composer Roberto Sierra and Albany Records for the recording of Mr. Sierra's composition Sinfonia No. 3 “La Salsa”. Mr. Sierra was awarded $5,000.

April 15, 2009: Announcing the Winners of the 2009 Olga Koussevitzky Young Artists Awards:

First Prize - Alexander White, Trumpet

Second Prize -Yoobin Soo, Flute 

Third Prize -Won Jin Cho, Clarinet

Adjunct Award:Curtis Prichard, Euphonium

The Musicians Club of New York was organized in 1911 and from 1913-1917 it was led by its third President, the legendary conductor Walter Damrosch. By 1916, the Club had grown to 750 members. World War I saw a decline of the role of clubs in all walks of life, but the Musicians Club has survived by continuing to play a vital role in the musical life of New York, providing a stimulating musical and social environment for its members and their guests. In addition to a concert series from October through April, the Club organizes and funds competitions that select and encourage talented young performers and composers. In May, there is a Gala Fundraising Concert. Membership is open to professional and amateur musicians, professional and educational music representatives, and anyone interested in enjoying and supporting classical music.

(Link to Walter Damrosch - Wikipedia).

CONCERTS, RECEPTIONS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Each season, the Musicians Club sponsors a monthly series of Concerts in various venues and a special Fundraising Gala. Meet-the-Artist Receptions follow these Concerts. All Musicians Club events are for members and their guests.

YOUNG ARTIST AWARDS
Every spring, the Musicians Club of New York holds a Competition for young artists between the ages of eighteen and thirty. The categories – Voice, Piano, Strings, and Winds/Brass – are rotated annually. Cash prizes and concert performances are awarded to the First, Second and Third Prize winners, selected by Juries of prominent musicians.
The Club also provides professional career guidance to young artists.

AIM MUSIC FUND, INC.
The Musicians Club of New York actively promotes worldwide orchestral performances of contemporary composers. In 1979, the Koussevitzky Foundation chose the Musicians Club of New York to administer the American International Music Fund, Inc., which was funded by Serge Koussevitzky. This fund was established to give recognition to Composers during their lifetime and to encourage the performance and appreciation of contemporary music. KIRA, the annual Serge & Olga Koussevitzy International Recording Award, is given to a living Composer for a recorded symphonic work, scored for not less than sixteen musicians. The composition must have been released on a commercial recording between January 1 and Dec. 31. The winning work is selected by a distinguished Awards Jury made up of conductors, musicologists and critics. In addition, Serge Koussevitzky's wife Olga served as President of the Musicians Club from 1962 to 1975 and willed the Club money, which was received upon the death of her niece, in 1991. 

In 1978, following Olga Koussevitzky's death, the prize was officially renamed the Serge and Olga Koussevitzky International Recording Award, KIRA. The Musicians Club of New York has carried on the award in their honor as part of their program of support for contemporary musicians.

(Link to Serge Koussevitzky – Wikipedia).

2009, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Alexander White, Trumpet
Second Prize -Yoobin Soo, Flute
Third Prize -Won Jin Cho, Clarinet

(2007 and 2008  not held)

2006, Piano
First Prize - Chung-Yun Hu
Second Prize - Roman Rabinovich
Third Prize - Masha Massiuk-Korf
Fourth Prize - Alexey Koltakov

2002, String
First Prize - Yulia Sakharova, violin
(others tk)

2000, Piano
First Prize - Héctor Sanchez
Second Prize - Gabrielius Alekna

1999, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Andrew Day, flute
Second Prize - William Bomar, flute
Third Prize - Tong Cui, oboe
Adjunct Award Winner - Alice Dade
Adjunct Award Winner - Oskar Espina-Ruiz, clarinet

1998, String
First Prize - Andrey Tchekmazov
Second Prize - Hrant Parsamian, cello
Ju Young Baek, violin
Hung-Wei Huang, viola
Troy Rinker, double bass
David Frühwirth, violin

1997, Voice
First Prize - Kaori Sato, lyric soprano
Maire O'Brien, soprano
Paul Bellantoni, bass baritone
Thomas Meglioranza, baritone

1996, Piano
First Prize - Gustavo Diaz
Ji Eun Kang
James Lent
Jeremy Denk

1995, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Demarre McGill, flute
Second Prize - Jörg Widmann, clarinet
Adjunct Award Winner - Hye Ri Yoon, flute
Adjunct Award Winner - Alison Veronica Potter, flute

1994, String
First Prize - Francois Salque, cello
Second Prize - Lara St. John, violin
Third Prize - Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello
Fourth Prize - Gilad Karni, viola

1993, Voice
First Prize - Eleni Matos, mezzo soprano
Second Prize - Oxana Arkaeva, soprano
Third Prize - Ricardo Tavura, tenor
Adjunct Award Winner - Cristina Fontanelli, soprano

1992, Piano
Prize money was distributed evenly among 5 finalists:
Thomas Bagwell
Ossie Borosh
Tatanya Concherova
Wai Cheng
Aleksandar Sardar

1991, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Elizabeth Ostling, flute
Second Prize - Igor Begelmn, clarinet
Third Prize - Catherine Ransom, flute

1990, String
First Prize - Chui-Yee Lee, cello
Second Prize - Stephanie Finn, cello
Third Prize -Catherine Sim, violin
Adjunct Award Winner - Joshua Gordon, cello
Adjunct Award Winner - Jeremy McCoy, bass
Adjunct Award Winner - David Niwa, violin

1989, Voice
First Prize - Young Ok Shin, soprano
Second Prize - Brian Matthews, bass
Third Prize - Michele Franco, soprano
Adjunct Award Winner - Matthew Lord
Adjunct Award Winner - Nancy Rathbun

1988, Piano
First Prize - Avner Arad
Second Prize - Janet Newman
Third Prize - Margaret Kampmeier
Adjunct Award Winner - Dan Wen Wei
Adjunct Award Winner - Kyoung Seun Pee
Adjunct Award Winner - Tatiana Rankovich

1987, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Susan Hoeppner, flute
Second Prize - Todd Palmer, Clarinet
Third Prize - David Fidele, flute

1986, String
First Prize - Mihai Tetel, cello
Second Prize - Hee-Jin Paik, cello
Third Prize - Alexander Simionescu, violin
Adjunct Award Winner - Erik Harris,double
Adjunct Award Winner - Sang Min Park, cello

1985, Voice
First Prize - Lynnen Yakes, Mezzo soprano
Second Prize - Mary McClain, lyric soprano
Third Prize - Mary Winston Smith, coloratura soprano
Adjunct Award Winner - Kenn Hicks, tenor

1984, Piano
First Prize - Frederick Blum
Second Prize - Hae Jung Kim
Third Prize -Gregory Slag

1983, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Laura Paulu, flute
Second Prize - Robert Ford, flute
Third Prize - Martin Mangrum, bassoon

1982, String
First Prize - Laura Hamilton, violin
Second Prize - Paul Neubauer, viola
Third Prize - Julie Rosenfeld, violin
Adjunct Award Winner - Stephen Balderson, cello
Adjunct Award Winner - John Feeney, double bass

1981 (information missing)

1980, Voice
First Prize - Cynthia Karnstadt
Second Prize - Gail Hadani
Third Prize - Susan Neves, soprano

1979, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Thomas Friedman, French horn
Second Prize - Tyra Gilib
Third Prize - David Henderson

1978, String
First Prize - Carolyn Davis, double bass
Second Prize - Paul Gati, violin

1977, Piano
Prize money was distruted evenly among 5 finalists:
Michael Blum
Virginia Lum
Douglas Montgovery
Henry Palkes
Joanne Polk

1976, Voice
First Prize - Maxine Davis
Second Prize - Sharon Edgeman

1975, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Jeff Cohan, flute
Second Prize - Stewart Newbold, clarinet
Honorable mention: Andrew Cordle, bassoon
Honorable mention: Wendy Denbaum, flute

1974, String
First Prize - Nils Oliver, cello
Honorable mention: Philippe Djokoc, violin
Honorable mention: Bruce Dukoff, violin
Honorable mention: Carol Webb, violin

1973, Piano
First Prize - Marian E. Hahn
Second Prize - Gary Steigerwalt
Second Prize - Paul Baer
Second Prize - Peter Vinograde
Third Prize - Gary de Sesa
Third Prize - Ian Shapinsky
Third Prize - Steven Mayer
Fourth Prize - Roy Jennings
Fourth Prize - Mary Stanton

1972, Voice
First Prize - Pamela Herbert, soprano
Second Prize - Stephen R. Berman, baritone
Third Prize - Peggy Pruett, soprano

1971, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Ransom Wilson, flute
Second Prize - David Stern, clarinet
Third Prize - David Shifrin, clarinet

1970, String
First Prize - Irene Beslau, viola
Second Prize -Fred Slatkin, cello
Honorable mention: R. Frederickson, double bass
Honorable mention: Louis Halle Rowen, cello

1969, Piano
First Prize - Robert DeGaetano
Second Prize - Peter Schaaf
Third Prize - Sandra Rivers
Honorable mention: Michael Schub

1968, Voice
First Prize - Robert Owen Jones, tenor
Second Prize - Lee Bellaver, soprano

1967, Harp
First Prize - Karen Krisel
Second Prize - Frances Cohen
Third Prize - Sylvia Sanders

1966, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Paul Dunkel, flute
Second Prize - Paul Green, clarinet

1965, String
First Prize - Martha Gerschefski, cello
Second Prize -Ann Rylands, violin
Third Prize - William A. Rhein, double bass

1964, Piano
First Prize - Bonnie Bogle
Second Prize -Dolores Holtz
Third Prize - Bela Szilagi

1963, Voice
First Prize - Mary Beck, soprano

1962, String
First Prize - Charles Castleman, violin
Second Prize -Evalyn Steinbock, cello

1961, Woodwinds/Brass
First Prize - Paula Robison, flute
Second Prize - Sherman Friedland, clarinet

1960, Voice
First Prize - Jean Kraft, contralto
Second Prize - Joseph Williiams, tenor

1959, Piano
First Prize - Armenta Adams
Second Prize - Mitchell Andrews
Third Prize - Augustin Anievas

1958, String
First Prize - Gilda Muhlbauer, violin
Second Prize - Jules Eskin, cello
Third Prize - Stanley Hoffman, violin

1957, Voice
First Prize - Judith Raskin, lyric soprano
Second Prize - Carl White, baritone

1956, Piano
First Prize - Claudette Sorel
Second Prize - Carol Smith

2007 Roberto Sierra for Sinfonia No. 3 “La Salsa”

2006 -William Thomas McKinley for Concert Variations for Violin, Viola and Orchestra; Glenn Dicterow, violin; Karen Dreyfus, viola; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

2004 - Stephen Jaffe for Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

1994 - Sofia Gubaidulina for Stimmen...verstummen...

1989 - Sofia Gubaidulina for Offertorium