1961
Neuhaus receives Bachelor’s degree in Music. January 16. Unknown performance. January 22. Unknown performance. February 3. Opera Theater. Ensemble. Work(s): Puccini, Tosca. February 19. Pratt Institute Memorial Hall. Brooklyn, NY. Ensemble. The Clinton Hill Symphony Orchestra. Work(s): Modest Mussorgsky, Introduction to Khovanchtchina; Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 5 in E. Minor; Luigi Boccherini, Concerto in B Flat Major for Cello and Orchestra; Hector Berlioz, Hungarian March. ‡ March 11. Unknown performance. March 14. Unknown performance. April 14. Opera Theater. Ensemble. Work(s): Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro. May 11. Tenth Workshop – Concert by the Percussion Ensemble. Hubbard Auditorium. MSM. NYC. Ensemble: PPPE. Work(s): Johanna Beyer, March for Percussion (1939) MN (3 triangles, 2 metal bowls); Ronald LoPresti, Sketch for Percussion (1956) MN (celeste, marimba). ‡ June 3. The Broadway Symphony Orchestra. Pilgrim Hall. The Broadway Congregational Church. NYC. Ensemble. Directed by Rosario Carcione. Work(s): Mozart, Overture to “The Impressario”; Gena Branscombe, “Procession” from Symphonic Suite “Quebec”; Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor; Elgar, Enigma Variations. N.B. Orchestra included cello performance by Charlotte Moorman. ‡ July 13. Eleventh Workshop – Concert by the Summer Session Percussion Ensemble. Hubbard Auditorium. MSM. NYC. Ensemble: PPPE. Work(s): James Hanna, Fugue and Chorale (1956) (MN: snare drum); Keisuke Ajiro, Sextet No. 1 (1961) MN (snare drum, triangle, bongos, tambourine); Carlos Surinach, Ritmo Jondo (1952) MN (xylophone); Walter Anslinger, Suite for Percussion (1961) MN (suspended cymbal, gong, vibraphone, marimba). ‡ August 21. The Rhode Island Theater Company. Matunuck, RI. Ensemble. MN (drums). Work(s): Sandy Wilson, The Boy Friend (1953). N.B. American musical concert symphony ‡