“Ms. Lee is new to me, yet she clearly has musicality and confidence in abundance.”
2021
Director
Third Street Music School
https://www.virtualthirdstreet.org/summer-together-chamber
With Brian Fox, violin and Sumire Kudo, cello
https://oratorychurch.org/events/recital
The Oratory Church of St. Boniface
109 Willoughby St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
With:
Inna Langerman, violin
Troy Rinker, double bass
Ye-jin Han, violin
Julia Kang, cello
Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School
https://thirdstreetmusicschool.org/livesounds
with Inna Langerman, violin
Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School
https://thirdstreetmusicschool.org/livesounds
Featuring the NYC premiere of “The Sacred Veil” by Eric Whitacre. A portion of the ticket proceeds will go to the Ovarian Cancer Project.
150 W. 83rd Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam)
https://ensemblenyc.us/
Tickets/Contributions:
Advance tickets: $25
Seniors/Students: $20
At-the-door: $30
EnsembleNYC Supporter: $50
EnsembleNYC Patron: $100
Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School
235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003
https://www.thirdstreet.nyc/activities/live-sounds-vanessa-may-lok-lee-and-friends
Summer Chamber Music Workshop – Faculty Recital
Third Street Music School
235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003
http://www.thirdstreet.nyc
Summer Piano Ensemble Workshop – Faculty Recital
Third Street Music School
235 East 11th Street, New York, 10003
http://www.thirdstreet.nyc
Chamber music by Ukrainian composers benefitting Ukraine Children’s Action Project
https://www.thevillagetrip.com/event/chamber-music-for-ukraine/
St Mark’s in the Bowery
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003
A celebration of the vibrant LatinX culture of the Lower East Side
https://www.thevillagetrip.com/event/loisaida-my-love/
Third Street Music School
235 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
featuring the faculty of Third Street Music School and EnsembleNYC
235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003
http://www.thirdstreet.nyc
with EnsembleNYC
For more than a hundred years, the Upper West Side of Manhattan has been the home of great composers – Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Mahler, Ellington, Bartok, just to name a few – and it remains a vital center of classical music. This program features chamber compositions by a sampling of our famous neighbors!
A portion of the ticket proceeds will go to West Side Campaign Against Hunger.
http://www.ensemblenyc.us
with Manhattan Concert Productions
Dr. Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
Carnegie Hall – Isaac Stern Auditorium
https://www.mcp.us/041524-ronnie-oliver-mw
With faculty from the 2024 Summer Chamber Music Workshop at Third Street Music School
Eric Eaton, cello
Susan Friedlander, flute
Aimée Niemann, violin
José Pietri-Coimbre, viola
Luis Mercado, cello
Featuring Amy Justman, hailed as the “Leading Lady of Crossover” and celebrated Metropolitan Opera bass-baritone, Roosevelt André Credit with Tom Jennings (piano) and Eric Eaton (cello.)
Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow Street New York, NY 10014
Tickets
- In-person General Admission: $125
- Livestreaming Option: $50
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ensemblenyc-fall-fundraiser-tickets-1022183527447?aff=oddtdtcreator
In recital with flautist Miguel Ángel Villanueva (flute)
https://www.nyfluteclub.org/calendar/NY-Flute-Club/view/Miguel-ngel-Villanueva-Mexican-flutist/2024-11-17%2017:30:00/
Mannes School of Music, Ernst C. Stiefel Hall, 55 W 13th St, New York
Free to NYFC members; $25 for non-members, $15 for full-time students (college and above) and seniors (65+) at the door.
2020
This intensive 4-hour workshop is directed toward conductors and pianists actively conducting and/or accompanying choral ensembles.
Faculty:
Vanessa May-lok Lee (Faculty Pianist, Manhattan School of Music; collaborative pianist; educator)
Dr. Ronnie Oliver ( (Artistic director, EnsembleNYC; Associate director of choral activities, Manhattan School of Music; conductor, educator)
https://ensemblenyc.us/
Ripley-Grier Studios, 520 8th Ave, NYC
with Neal Kirkwood and friends
Piano compositions by Kirkwood for two, four, and eight hands with percussion
Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School Settlement
235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003-7398
https://thirdstreetmusicschool.org/
As part of Third Street Music Settlement’s LiveSounds concert series, Adam Tendler, with pianists Julia Den Boer, Joan Forsyth, Mira Gill, Michelle Kalisz, Vanessa Lee, Nnenna Ogwo, Roger Peltzman, Eli Wallace and Alexander Wu, present Paul Hindemith’s epic piano odyssey, Ludus Tonalis (1942), in honor of the composer’s and Third Street’s 125th birthday.
https://thirdstreetmusicschool.org/
with The National Festival Chorus and Sandra Peter, conductor
https://www.mcp.us/upcoming-events/2020/3/8/vaughan-williams-dona-nobis-pacem
An eclectic program embracing the immigrant movement, one of Third Street’s 125th Celebration Themes.
Featuring:
Amos Gabia, percussionist/West African instruments
Yoon Sun Choi, jazz vocals
Amanda L. Edwards, dancer
Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School Settlement
235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003-7398
https://thirdstreetmusicschool.org/
Faculty Collaborative Pianist
2019
with EnsembleNYC; Dr. Tom Jennings, piano; Dr. Ronnie Oliver, conductor
at 150 W. 83rd (Redeemer Presbyterian Church)
https://ensemblenyc.brownpapertickets.com
at Third Street Music School, 235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003
https://www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org/
Giving a masterclass for the talented students of the Piano Honors Program
https://www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org/calendars/piano-honors-master-class-copy-copy/
Solo Piano Recital in collaboration with puppeteers Jacob Graham & Teddy Yudain. Puppets designed by Ora Fruchter.
at Third Street Music School, 235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003
http://thirdstreetmusicschool.org/
With National Choral Festival, Stern Auditorium – Carnegie Hall
https://www.carnegiehall.org
This intensive 4-hour workshop is directed at musical theatre artists actively conducting and/or playing.
Faculty:
Laura Bergquist (Broadway conductor/MD; composer; vocal coach; pianist; educator)
Vanessa May-lok Lee (Faculty pianist, Manhattan School of Music; collaborative pianist; educator)
Dr. Ronnie Oliver (Artistic director, EnsembleNYC; Associate director of choral activities, Manhattan School of Music; conductor; educator)
https://ensemblenyc.us
Ripley-Grier Studios
520 8th Ave 16th floor, New York, NY 10018
The program features a variety of dances including the fierce Gypsy style of Haydn’s Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV/25, the passion of Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango and the disturbing, shell-shocked danse macabre of Shostakovich’s Piano Trio in e minor.
With violinist Brian Fox (regular sub NY Philharmonic/Seattle Symphony/Baltimore Symphony) and cellist Sumire Kudo (cellist NY Philharmonic.)
with Carolyn Jeselsohn, cellist
Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School Settlement
235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003-7398
https://thirdstreetmusicschool.org/
with Carolyn Jeselsohn, cellist
St. John – St. Matthew-Emanuel Lutheran Church
283 Prospect Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
11215
http://stjme.org/
In collaboration with Carnegie Hall, Weill Music Institute, this intensive 4-hour, tuition free workshop is open to all NYC Public School teachers who present musicals at their schools.
Faculty:
Brad Haak (Broadway music director)
Dr. Ronnie Oliver (Artistic Director EnsembleNYC; Associate director of choral activities, Manhattan School of Music, conductor, educator)
Vanessa May-lok Lee (Faculty pianist; Manhattan School of Music, collaborative pianist, educator)
http://www.ensemblenyc.us
Carnegie Hall, Weill Music Institute
154 W. 57th Street, NYC
2018
with Tapestry Chamber Choir & Manhattan School of Music Lab Choir; Billy Janiszewski, conductor
Trinity Lutheran Church
Recital with Florilegium Chamber Choir, Dr. Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
Trinity Lutheran Church
Manhattan Concert Productions
with Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir; Dr. Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
http://www.mcp.us/upcoming-events/2018/3/19/national-festival-chorus
Recital with Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir & Lab Chorus
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music
Connecticut/Boston Tour with Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir; Dr. Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
Recital with Florilegium Chamber Choir; Dr. Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
Recital with Florilegium Chamber Choir, Dr. Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
Trinity Lutheran Church
Collaborative Piano Faculty
Recital with Ian Bousfield, trombone and Øystein Baadsvik, tuba
Elliot Roman – Ad Astra (World Premiere)
with Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Dr. Ronnie Oliver; conductor
https://www.msmnyc.edu/performances/centennial-opening-day-celebration/
with Dr. Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
at Redeemer Presbyterian Church; 150 W. 83rd St., Manhattan, NY
https://ensemblenyc.brownpapertickets.com/
with MSM Chamber Choir; Kent Tritle, conductor
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music
https://www.msmnyc.edu/
2017
with Joan Forsyth, piano
Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School Settlement
Ruth Watson Henderson – Voices of Earth for two pianos, percussion and multi choirs
Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, conductor
St Luke’s in the Field
487 Hudson Street
Manhattan, NY
10014
http://www.scholaonhudson.org
Ruth Watson Henderson – Voices of Earth for two pianos, percussion and multi choirs
Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, conductor
Church of the Immaculate Conception
30 North Fullerton Ave
Montclair, NJ
07042
http://scholaonhudson.org/
Audition Week at Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music
with David Pell, trombone
Vic Chapel, University of Toronto
with Chiu-Chen Liu, viola
Third Street Music School Settlement
http://www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org/
WITH
Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir
Oratorio Society of New York
Cathedral Choristers
SOLOISTS
Susanna Phillips, soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Matthew Worth, baritone
CONDUCTED BY
Kent Tritle, Director of Cathedral Music
David Rosenmeyer, Associate Music Director of Oratorio Society of New York
Bryan Zaros, Associate Choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
http://www.stjohndivine.org/visit/calendar/events/music/14515/great-choir-brittens-war-requiem
WITH
Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir
Oratorio Society of New York
Cathedral Choristers
SOLOISTS
Susanna Phillips, soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Matthew Worth, baritone
CONDUCTED BY
Kent Tritle, Director of Cathedral Music
David Rosenmeyer, Associate Music Director of Oratorio Society of New York
Bryan Zaros, Associate Choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
http://www.stjohndivine.org/visit/calendar/events/music/14515/great-choir-brittens-war-requiem
recital with Darian Freeman, trombone
Recital with Florilegium Chamber Choir, Dr Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
Collaborative Staff Pianist
with Jesper Busk Sørensen, trombone and Gene Pokorny, tuba
http://www.domaineforget.com/academie/cuivres-et-percussions-stage-trombone/
with Øystein Baadsvik, tuba
http://www.domaineforget.com/academie/cuivres-et-percussions-stage-trombone/
Piano Faculty
Recital with Deborah Pae, cello
Smith College, Sage Hall
http://lyramusic.org/events-1/
Smith College, Sage Hall
http://lyramusic.org/events-1/
Recital with Tapestry, Billy Janiszewski, conductor
Church of Saint Thomas More
Recital with Tapestry, Billy Janiszewski, conductor
2016
with Ross Venneberg, trumpet
Adjudicator
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
with Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir; Kent Tritle, conductor
with The Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir; Dr. Ronnie Oliver Jr., conductor
with Ashley Hunter, flute
with Joyce Lai, violin and Christopher Gongos, horn
with Alex Lane, horn
Jury Week
with Florilegium Chamber Choir; Dr. Ronald Oliver Jr., conductor
Collaborative Pianist Staff
Staff Collaborative Pianist & Associate Piano Faculty
Auditions for Chamber Choir
solo auditions
Recital with Nickolas Kaynor, viola
Miller Recital Hall
Recital with Baldvin Oddsson, trumpet
Pforzheimer Hall
2015
Adjudicating Annual Technique Auditions
www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org
Kent Tritle & Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductors
www.kennedy-center.org
(postponed due to weather)
with Dale Sorensen
with Brass Artists of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
(Andrew McCandless, Christopher Gongos, Gordon Wolfe)
www.rcmusic.ca
with Florilegium Chamber Choir; Dr. Ronald Oliver Jr., conductor
with Jörgen van Rijen
www.rcmusic.ca
with the Trombone Faculty of University of Toronto, Faculty of Music
(Vanessa Fralick, Megan Hodge, David Pell and Charles Benaroya)
with Women’s Chorus; Dr. Ronald Oliver Jr., and Tucker Wheatley, conductors
with Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir; Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Adjudicating Annual Auditions
www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org
Jury Week
with Aaron Hodgson, trumpet
www.bluegriffin.com
Solo Auditions for Chamber Choir
Auditions for Choral Conducting
Solo Auditions for Symphonic Chorus
University of Victoria, Faculty of Musicwith Gordon Wolfe, trombone
Solo Auditions for Chamber Choir
with Aaron Hodgson & Baldvin Oddsson, trumpets
Solo auditions for Symphonic Chorus
Solo Auditions
Solo Auditions for Women’s Chorus
with Darian Freeman, trombone
Choral repertoire; Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
www.hcny.com
Manhattan School of Music, Alan M. & Joan Taub Ades Performance Space
2014
with Gordon Wolfe
with Alexandros Petrin
with Alyssa Greengrass
with Composer’s Orchestra; David Gilbert, conductor
with Chung Yoo, Seo Jung Lee, Jiye Lee
with Florilegium Chamber Choir; Dr. Ronald Oliver Jr., conductor
with Linda Chesis
www.thecentury.org
with Ashley Hunter
Conducting Auditions
with the Trombone Faculty of University of Toronto, Faculty of Music
(Vanessa Fralick, Megan Hodge, David Pell and Gordon Wolfe)
www.stthomas.on.ca
with Justin Hickmott
with Dale Sorensen
www.christchurchdeerpark.org
with Dale Sorensen
www.musiccentre.ca
with Kristina Teuschler
www.carnegieeast.org
with Sam Sparrow
with Mark Sophia
Jury Week
with Shane Kim
www.groupof27.com
www.heliconianclub.org
with Ensemble SOL
www.5atthefirst.weebly.com
with Gordon Wolfe
www.rcmusic.ca
with Ensemble SOL
www.neapolitanconnection.com
www.montgomerysinn.com
with Gordon Wolfe
with Gordon Wolfe
with Ensemble SOL
www.neapolitanconnection.com
www.montgomerysinn.com
with National Children’s Festival Chorus; Emily Ellsworth, conductor and Manhattan Concert Productions
www.carnegiehall.org
www.mcp.us
with Gordon Wolfe
Solo Auditions for Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir
with Sarah Pratt
with Chiu-Chen Liu
www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org
photo – bohuang.ca