7-8:15pm radio show taping
8:15-9:45pm party & reception
DiMenna Center - Mary Flagler Cary Hall
450 W 37th St, New York, 10018
Entrance is free.
Come for a taping of "Person Place Thing" hosted by Randy Cohen with special guest Michael Repper to be aired on Northeast Public Radio in the summer. The taping will feature live performances from Michael, NYYS Concertmaster Iris Sung, & Ellie MacPherson.
Stay for a farewell party celebrating Michael Repper's six-year tenure with NYYS! There will be stories, fun, games, and even the GRAMMY statue!
At this live recording of Person Place Thing, host Randy Cohen chats with Michael Repper, music director of the New York Youth Symphony. Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: that people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that are important to them. The result: surprising stories from great speakers.
This event will be recorded for broadcast on Northeast Public Radio. For more information and to hear past episodes, visit PersonPlaceThing.org.
RSVP to reserve your seat at the taping.
Stay for a farewell party celebrating Michael Repper's six-year tenure with NYYS! There will be stories, fun, games, and even the GRAMMY statue!
At this live recording of Person Place Thing, host Randy Cohen chats with Michael Repper, music director of the New York Youth Symphony. Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: that people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that are important to them. The result: surprising stories from great speakers.
This event will be recorded for broadcast on Northeast Public Radio. For more information and to hear past episodes, visit PersonPlaceThing.org.
RSVP to reserve your seat at the taping.
Randy Cohen’s first professional work was writing humor pieces, essays, and stories for newspapers and magazines (The New Yorker, Harpers, the Atlantic, Young Love Comics). His first television work was writing for "Late Night With David Letterman" for which he won three Emmy awards. His fourth Emmy was for his work on Michael Moore’s "TV Nation." He received a fifth Emmy as a result of a clerical error, and he kept it. For twelve years he wrote "The Ethicist," a weekly column for the New York Times Magazine. In 2010, his first play, “The Punishing Blow,” ran at New York’s Clurman Theater. His most recent book, "Be Good: how to navigate the ethics of everything," was published by Chronicle. He is currently the creator and host of Person Place Thing, a public radio program.
GRAMMY® Winning conductor Michael Repper is the youngest North American conductor, and the second youngest of all time, to win a GRAMMY® in Best Orchestral Performance. He has an international reputation for engaging and exciting audiences of all spectrums, and for promoting new and diverse musical talents. Michael is the Music Director of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, and the Northern Neck Orchestra of Virginia. From 2020-2022 he was the Principal Conductor of Sinfonía por el Perú. He was Conducting Fellow of the Baltimore Symphony and was awarded a Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award in 2020, 2021, and 2022. His album with the New York Youth Symphony, which features debut recordings of works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, and Valerie Coleman, achieved widespread critical acclaim and reached #1 on the Billboard Chart. Michael's mission is to use music as a vehicle for positive change within our communities.
GRAMMY® Winning conductor Michael Repper is the youngest North American conductor, and the second youngest of all time, to win a GRAMMY® in Best Orchestral Performance. He has an international reputation for engaging and exciting audiences of all spectrums, and for promoting new and diverse musical talents. Michael is the Music Director of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, and the Northern Neck Orchestra of Virginia. From 2020-2022 he was the Principal Conductor of Sinfonía por el Perú. He was Conducting Fellow of the Baltimore Symphony and was awarded a Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award in 2020, 2021, and 2022. His album with the New York Youth Symphony, which features debut recordings of works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, and Valerie Coleman, achieved widespread critical acclaim and reached #1 on the Billboard Chart. Michael's mission is to use music as a vehicle for positive change within our communities.