Conference Hotel
- Holiday Inn, Midtown Manhattan
440 West 57 Street.
Conference Rate: Friday April 13, 2007 through Sunday April 15, 2007
$250 per night per room, single or double occupancy, One Bed or Two Double.
Cutoff date for this price is March 1 2007. Identify yourself as participant of the Fordham University/Music Theory Society Group, Code is XMT
(212) 581 8100 or (800) 231 0405.
If you would like a roommate and need help finding one, or if you would like to see if you might be able to stay as a guest of a fellow MTNSYS-member who lives in the NYC area (or you live in the NYC area and are willing to have a guest); please contact Poundie Burstein.
Other Hotels
- For other hotel possibilities please go to lincolnbid.org or to various discount Internet sites such as hotels.com or expedia.com.
- Hotels not as close include:
These places have proved popular in the past with other MTSNYS members, though they are certainly not as comfortable or private as the conference hotel.
Budget Hostel
- YMCA
5 West 63rd St.
(212) 875-4100 (212) 875-4291.
This hostel is very close to the conference and has some very inexpensive options (under $100 a per night) including ones with single and shared rooms.
If you have any questions about these or other hotels, do not hesitate to contact Poundie Burstein; staying in NYC can be pricey, but it is not out of reach—even for those on a budget—if you know where to look.
Top
DINING NEAR FORDHAM
There are many restaurants and delis on nearby to Broadway, right by the campus.
If you want a sit down meal and are in a rush, you might want to make a reservation before hand. Here are a few suggestions:
- Café Fiorello (212) 595-5330 1900 Broadway, between 63rd and 64th Streets
- Dean & Deluca (212) 765-4400 (In Borders) 10 Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center
- Gabriel’s (212) 956-4600 11 West 60th Street, between Broadway and Columbus Avenue
- Josephina (212) 799-1000 (1900 Broadway, between 63rd and 64th Streets)
- Le Pain Quotidien (212) 60 West 65th Street, just east of Broadway
- O’Neals’ (212) 787-4663 49 West 64th Street, between Central Park West and Broadway
Top
CONCERTS DURING CONFERENCE WEEKEND
On the weekend of the conference, there are many exciting musical events taking place in NYC.
The following will take place at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall:
Lincoln Center
- The Metropolitan Opera presents Giulio Casera, Turandot, and André Chenier
- New York City Opera presents Flavio and Madame Butterfly
- NY Philharmonic presents Lisa Batiashvili and Sakari Oramo performing Shostakovich and Sibelius
- Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Tango crusader Pablo Aslan with the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill
- Paganini Competition winners perform at Alice Tully Hall
Carnegie Hall
- Dawn Upshaw and Osvaldo Golijov perform at Weill Hall
- Oliver Knussen and Peter Serkin perform at Zankel Hall
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs at Stern Auditorium