2022-2023 MET Orchestra Musicians Masterclass Season Starts Sunday

Lessonface is proud to announce another collaboration with MET Orchestra Musicians. The 2022-2023 season features coaching by MET Orchestra Principal Second Violin Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez, MET Orchestra Principal Clarinet Anton Rist, MET Orchestra Principal Trumpet David Krauss, and MET Orchestra Principal Piccolo Stephanie Mortimore. 

Enroll for free to view the masterclasses live.

We congratulate the performers selected for the first three masterclasses in the series, chosen by a third party adjudicator from the applicant pool! Applications for performance in the March 2023 Flute and Piccolo Masterclass are open.

Performers for the Sunday, October 30th, 2022 Violin Masterclass, with coaching by MET Orchestra Principal Second Violin Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez:

Sidharth Raghavan - Brooklyn, NY / Johns Hopkins University, Maryland  
Vitali: Chaconne in G minor

Jorge Daniel Vera Aquino - Paraguay / Carnegie Mellon University 
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor; Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Giga.

June Lee - Maryland
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major; I. Allegro aperto 
Smetana: Overture from “The Bartered Bride” Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, 1st Mov’t
Strauss: “Don Juan” 

Performers for the Sunday, November 6th, 2022 Clarinet Masterclass, with coaching by MET Orchestra Principal Clarinet Anton Rist:

Pedro Alliprandini - Goiânia, GO, Brazil
Debussy: Première rhapsodie

Olivia Gu - Great Neck, NY
Etude #1 from 32 Etudes for Clarinet by Cyrille Rose

Harold Gomez-Montoya - Colombia/USA
Debussy: Première rhapsodie

Performers for the Monday, November 7th, 2022 Trumpet Masterclass, with coaching by MET Orchestra Principal Trumpet David Krauss:

Luis Cardenas Casillas - Los Angeles, California
Haydn: Concerto in E flat major; I. Allegro

Joey Moore - University of Memphis
Haydn: Concerto in E flat Major; II. Andante

Alan Tolbert - New World Symphony
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 - Posthorn Solo

These masterclasses, hosted and sponsored by Lessonface, are open for application to advanced-level students worldwide to perform and receive live feedback, in true masterclass format. During the 2020-2021 season, the original masterclass collaboration between Lessonface and the MET Orchestra Musicians brought 53 selected students from 10 countries together with 50 MET Orchestra Musicians for live, online coaching.

MET Orchestra Masterclasses on Lessonface are free and welcome all interested viewers to sign up to watch. Viewers may also type questions in the chat for the panelists to address in the live sessions, time permitting.

Recordings of all previous masterclasses are also available to watch here. Learn more about Lessonface’s collaboration with MET Orchestra Musicians.