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83-802: Symphony Space traces its beginnings to a free marathon concert, Wall to Wall Bach, held on January 9, 1978, organized by Isaiah Sheffer and Alan Miller. From 1978 to 2001, the theater hosted all of the New York productions by the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players . As of 2010, Symphony Space hosts 600 or more events annually, including an annual free music Wall to Wall marathon; Bloomsday on Broadway (celebrating James Joyce 's Ulysses ); and Selected Shorts , broadcast nationally over Public Radio International . The New York company of Revels, Inc., also holds its shows there. From 1915 to 1917, Vincent Astor spent $ 750,000 of his personal fortune on

166-462: A Backstage Bistro Award in 2010. In addition, NYGASP groups have often performed on the "listening room" program on WQXR radio in New York City and have been seen on The Today Show on Saturday morning on NBC . In 2002, the company produced a Gilbert and Sullivan potpourri CD titled Oh Joy! Oh, Rapture! . The company celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014 with a New York season at

249-538: A 12-credit curriculum requirement for pluralism and diversity courses. Hunter College rankings are as follows: In the most recent edition of U.S. News & World Report Ranking of Graduate Fine Arts Programs, Hunter has been ranked 23rd best in the United States. Hunter's MFA Programs in Studio Art (Painting and Sculpture) and Studio Art (Painting and Drawing) have both been ranked ninth best in

332-566: A 2,750-seat theatre in midtown Manhattan , for its 2002 season. During a three-week run of Pirates , H.M.S. Pinafore , and The Mikado , the company enjoyed good box office results and continued to perform at City Center most seasons thereafter until 2013. Moving to this large house increased NYGASP's level of recognition and its annual budget to nearly 1.5 million dollars. Since 2014, the company has used other venues for its New York seasons. Bergeret still serves as NYGASP's Artistic Director and General Manager, and Wofford continues to supervise

415-805: A 50 x 54-foot (16 m) black box performance space is the site of most department performances; and the Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery hosts professionally organized art exhibits. Students have access to specialized learning facilities at the main campus, including the Dolciani Mathematics Learning Center, the Leona and Marcy Chanin Language Center, and the Physical Sciences Learning Center. Hunter has numerous research laboratories in

498-678: A New York City college theatre group that presented the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan at Columbia University from 1948 to 1991. The nascent group's first performance was in Straus Park , on the Upper West Side of Manhattan , on July 14, 1974 as part of a street fair. In the early years of the company, singers were drawn from Columbia University and from the semi-pro New York theatre community, including Vincent La Selva 's opera workshop, and sang without compensation. Originally called "West Side Gilbert & Sullivan Players",

581-517: A college under the statutes of New York State, taking on the name Normal College of the City of New York , with the power to confer Bachelor of Arts degrees. This led to the separation of the school into two "camps": the "Normals", who pursued a four-year course of study to become licensed teachers, and the "Academics", who sought non-teaching professions and the Bachelor of Arts degree. After 1902 when

664-563: A failure. In 1917, Astor sold the market to Thomas J. Healy . The stalls were demolished and the main space was converted into the Crystal Palace, a skating rink, and the smaller basement area became the Sunken Gardens, a restaurant. Both were eventually turned into movie theaters. The rink became Symphony Theater and in 1931 the restaurant was turned into Thalia Theater. Symphony Theater had an undistinguished history, and by

747-507: A financially difficult 1990 with the help of supporter contributions and a willingness of its audiences to pay higher ticket prices, and the company survived (after one dark season), and continued to grow, through the 1990s, outliving the other professional light opera companies in New York City, notably the year-round Light Opera of Manhattan . In 1997 the company hired a professional touring management company. In 2001, Symphony Space closed for renovations. NYGASP rented New York City Center ,

830-565: A full day with the NYGASP principals and have the opportunity to ask any questions that may occur to them. Two performances are given by the students at their school. In addition, introductory programs are given in advance to each of the 5th and 6th grade classes in the school district, to acquaint the students with some of the material and any special concepts they may need to understand (such as " apprenticeship " in The Pirates of Penzance or

913-584: A graduate program, the most popular of which are education and social work. Although less than 28% of students are the first in their families to attend college, the institution maintains its tradition of concern for women's education, with nearly three out of four students being female. In 2006, Hunter became home to the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, which has training programs for young women to build their leadership, public speaking, business and advocacy skills. In recent years,

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996-592: A laptop computer loan program, photocopiers, printing stations, and a book scanner. The Judith and Stanley Zabar Art Library, dedicated in December 2008, was made possible through the support of Judith Zabar, a member of the Hunter College Class of 1954, and her husband Stanley Zabar.   Hunter is organized into four schools: The School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, the School of

1079-727: A limited number of nurses employed at Bellevue Hospital. Prior to the opening of City College's new "Towers," the Brookdale complex was the City University's only dormitory facility. In October 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that the Brookdale Campus would be replaced by the CUNY Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC), with construction set to begin in 2026. The 2,000,000-square-foot (190,000 m ) campus

1162-1057: A little modern humor, and a perfectly picturesque staging." NYGASP continues to tour on the East Coast, in the Midwest and in other parts of the U.S. several times each year, performing regularly at Wolf Trap's Filene Center in Vienna, Virginia ; Van Wezel Hall in Sarasota, Florida ; the Mann Center outside Philadelphia ; McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey ; the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut ; and in Saratoga Springs, New York , among other venues, often earning positive reviews. In 2004,

1245-538: A new production of The Pirates of Penzance on Sunday afternoon, February 29, 1976 – the 30th birthday of the character Frederic from that opera. Bergeret appeared on stage ahead of the performance, made up as the 120-year-old hero, and a large cake was cut and shared with the audience. WQXR Radio's manager, Robert Sherman assisted with the festivities. That autumn, the company had grown sufficiently to permit four shows – Pinafore , Pirates , The Mikado , and Iolanthe – to be presented in rotation. Beginning in

1328-459: A new red brick Gothic structure facing Park Avenue between 68th and 69th Streets. It was one of several public institutions built at the time on a Lenox Hill lot that had been set aside by the city for a park, before the creation of Central Park . After the park in Lenox Hill was canceled, the plots were leased to institutions like Hunter College. In 1888, the school was incorporated as

1411-419: A number of topical references added in. In their Pirates production, for instance, at one point the company performs a kick-line parody of A Chorus Line . But mostly they stay close to Gilbert's libretti. NYGASP uses a number of different directors and conductors from time to time, but most of the productions are still directed and conducted by Bergeret. Notable singers who have recently performed with

1494-496: A public purpose". Hunter was president of the school during the first 37 years. It was originally a women's college for training teachers. The school, which was housed in an armory and saddle store at Broadway and East Fourth Street in Manhattan , was open to all qualified women, irrespective of race, religion or ethnic background. At the time most women's colleges had racial or ethno-religious admissions criteria. Created by

1577-518: A select few students may enter based on excellent scholarship and performance, and less than half will earn a master's degree by maintaining a nearly perfect academic record and performing thesis research. Hunter College is anchored by its main campus at East 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, a modern complex of three towers – the East, West, and North Buildings – and Thomas Hunter Hall, all interconnected by skywalks. The institution's official street address

1660-605: A short time as Le Cinematographe and later as Soho Playhouse. In 2017, the theater and apartments above were reportedly on the market. New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (often known as NYGASP ) is a professional repertory theatre company, based in New York City, that has specialized in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan for 50 years. It performs an annual season in New York City and tours extensively in North America. Beginning in New York City in 1974 by performing

1743-416: A shortened version of one of a G&S opera is presented at a school, with piano accompaniment, using NYGASP principals, and giving an opportunity to 40-60 6th grade students to act as the chorus. The music teachers teach the students their vocal parts, and then Bergeret and a NYGASP accompanist teach the students the staging and choreography of the show and refine the choral music. The children rehearse for

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1826-520: A television background. Some of those, like Steve Allen in 1995, were criticized for their lack of experience in the genre, while others, like Hal Linden in 2008, fared well. NYGASP averaged four productions a year at Symphony Space during the 1980s and 1990s, each playing for about a week. In 1985, the orchestra was unionized, and in 1989 the company entered into an agreement with the Actors' Equity union. The company's repertoire expanded throughout

1909-742: Is 695 Park Avenue , New York, NY 10065. The address is based on the North Building, which stretches from 68th to 69th Streets along Park Avenue. The main campus is situated two blocks east of Central Park , near many New York cultural institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Asia Society Museum, and the Frick Collection . The New York City Subway 's 68th Street–Hunter College station ( 6 and <6> ​ trains) on

1992-451: Is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Each season, NYGASP offers a few full-scale performances of its main stage productions to NYC public school groups free of charge (paid for by corporate sponsors). It also presents its "Family Overtures" series of pre-show introductions for multi-generational audiences. In addition, Bergeret and small groups of performers from NYGASP travel to private schools in New York City to give concert-classes about

2075-623: Is governed by the Undergraduate Student Government and the Graduate Student Association (GSA),. Hunter offers approximately 150 clubs. These organizations range from the academic to the athletic, and from the religious/spiritual to the visual and performing arts. There are clubs based on specific interests, such as "Russian Club", which offers a look at Russian life and culture and "InterVarsity Christian Fellowship" an organization whose vision

2158-476: Is located between 118th and 119th streets on 3rd Avenue. The Hunter Campus Schools— Hunter College High School and Hunter College Elementary School —are publicly funded schools for the intellectually gifted. Located at East 94th Street, the Campus Schools are among the nation's oldest and largest elementary and secondary schools of their kind. The Leon & Toby Cooperman Library entrance is located on

2241-634: Is planned to contain space for Hunter College, Borough of Manhattan Community College , and the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy . The institution owns and operates property outside of its main campuses, including the MFA Building at 205 Hudson, Roosevelt House , Baker Theatre Building, Silberman School of Social Work, and the Hunter College Campus Schools. The MFA Studio Art program

2324-448: Is sometimes a segment where spontaneous audience requests are played, with orchestra, and with singers chosen on the spot by the conductor. It also offers small groups of singers for concerts, private and corporate events and outdoor performances, under the name "Wand’ring Minstrels" and its cabaret-style revue combining Gilbert and Sullivan with musical theatre, I've Got a Little Twist , written and directed by David Auxier. The piece won

2407-951: Is to "transform students and faculty, renew the campus, and develop world changers." National – Social National – Service Local – Social Local – Service Non-Greek Hunter College has a campus radio station, WHCS, which once broadcast at 590AM but is now solely online. The Envoy is the main campus newspaper, published bi-weekly during the academic year. Its literary and art magazine The Olivetree Review offers opportunities for publishing student prose, poetry, drama, and art. Other publications include Culture Magazine (fashion and lifestyle), Hunted Hero Comics (comics and graphic stories), The Photographer's Collective (photography), Nursing Student Press (medical news and articles), Spoon University (culinary online publication), Psych News (psychology), The Wistarion (yearbook), SABOR (Spanish language and photography/now defunct), Revista De La Academia (Spanish language/now defunct),

2490-704: The Sunday New York Times and the New York Daily News . The company expanded its audience further at Symphony Space as it celebrated the centennials of the G&;S operas there, beginning with The Pirates of Penzance in 1979, eventually performing all of the extant Savoy operas . NYGASP attracted such loyal fans and supporters as writer Isaac Asimov and began to gain favorable and frequent reviews in The New York Times and

2573-508: The Astor Market , a two-storey mini-mall of stands occupying the southwest corner of 95th and Broadway. The intention was to sell fruit, meat, fish, produce, and flowers at inexpensive prices, achieved through large economies of scale. As was common with Astor's building projects, flamboyance dominated the architecture, including a 290-foot William Mackay sgraffito frieze depicting farmers bringing their goods to market. The market proved

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2656-764: The City University of New York Athletic Conference . The basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams play at the Hunter Sportsplex . As a partnership with the New York City Department of Education , the Manhattan/Hunter College High School for Sciences (not to be confused with Hunter College High School ) was opened in 2003 on the campus of the former Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on

2739-645: The Daily News , among others. The 1981 season opened with NYGASP's celebration of the Patience centenary in April 1981 (hosted by Asimov). In the fall of 1981, NYGASP began touring its productions along the U.S. East Coast in addition to its short New York seasons. By the early 1980s, NYGASP paid performance fees not only to principal singers, but also to choristers. The company was able to attract an increased level of contributions, including annual grants from

2822-553: The IRT Lexington Avenue Line is directly underneath, and serves the entire campus. Adjacent to the staircase to the station, in front of the West Building, sat an iconic Hunter sculpture, Tau , created by late Hunter professor and artist Tony Smith . The main campus is home to the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education. It features numerous facilities that serve not only Hunter, but

2905-632: The International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival . NYGASP also gives performances and workshops at schools and offers smaller touring groups and cabaret performances. Albert Bergeret founded the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players in 1974, together with his wife, Gail Wofford (they married in 1978) and a few others. Bergeret, Wofford and most of the other founders were alumni of the Barnard Gilbert and Sullivan Society,

2988-675: The Islamic Times (now defunct), Political Paradigm (political science/now defunct), Hakol (Jewish interest/now defunct), and Spoof (humor/now defunct). Past publications also include The WORD (news) and Hunter Anonymous . Hunter is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and competes at the Division III level. The mascot is the Hawks. Hunter plays in

3071-579: The New York State Council on the Arts . By the mid-1980s, NYGASP had attracted an independent Board of Directors to assist with fund raising and risk management. NYGASP has imported various guest stars over the years to appeal to a larger audience. In 1984, NYGASP hired John Reed , the former principal comedian of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company , to join NYGASP for a centennial production of Princess Ida at Symphony Space. He remained as

3154-725: The Savoy operas with piano accompaniment, the company hired its first orchestra in 1979 for its seasons each year at Symphony Space theatre in Manhattan . The company was fully professional by the 1980s and began touring, presenting its full-scale productions at such venues as Wolf Trap in Virginia, as well as its New York seasons. In 2002, NYGASP first rented the 2,750-seat New York City Center , where it performed most of its annual New York seasons until 2013, after which it used other Manhattan theatres, including Hunter College 's Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse. It has performed several times at

3237-821: The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York University and a return to the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in England. In 2015, the company withdrew a planned revival of The Mikado after a protest by Asian-Americans about stereotypical elements of their production reflected in the company's publicity materials. The company redesigned its production after consulting with an advisory group of Asian-American theatre professionals and journalists and debuted

3320-699: The women's college of the municipal system, and in the 1950s, when City College became coeducational, Hunter started admitting men to its Bronx campus. In 1964, the Manhattan campus began admitting men also. The Bronx campus subsequently became Lehman College in 1968. In 1968–1969, Black and Puerto Rican students struggled to get a department that would teach about their history and experience. These and supportive students and faculty expressed this demand through building take-overs, rallies, etc. In Spring 1969, Hunter College established Black and Puerto Rican Studies (now called Africana/Puerto Rican and Latino Studies). An " open admissions " policy initiated in 1970 by

3403-428: The "Big Three" ( Pinafore , Pirates or Mikado ) and at least one of which is one of the less often seen Savoy operas . In 2007, NYGASP presented, at City Center, a performance of The Rose of Persia , a comic opera by Sullivan and Basil Hood that had not been performed by a professional company for over seventy years. NYGASP continues to present broadly traditional productions of Gilbert and Sullivan, usually with

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3486-470: The "Normal" course of study was abolished, the "Academic" course became standard across the student body. In 1913 the east end of the building, housing the elementary school, was replaced by Thomas Hunter Hall, a new limestone Tudor building facing Lexington Avenue and designed by C. B. J. Snyder . The following year the Normal College became Hunter College in honor of its first president. At

3569-409: The 1970s was used for boxing and wrestling. The site was used for Wall to Wall Bach, and led Sheffer and Miller to lease the building and form Symphony Space. The Thalia Theater was built by the experienced theater architect Raymond Irrera, and his novice assistant, Ben Schlanger . Schlanger introduced numerous innovations, including the "reverse parabolic" design for the floor. After World War II ,

3652-469: The 1980s, and it gradually produced all of the extant Gilbert and Sullivan operas. There was also a short-lived attempt in 1989 to broaden the company's repertory beyond G&S, when it presented Gershwin 's Pulitzer Prize -winning musical Of Thee I Sing . But the experiment proved too expensive for the company, and since then, NYGASP has stayed with G&S (and a few presentations of Sullivan collaborations with other librettists). NYGASP recovered from

3735-584: The 19th-century movement for normal school training which swept across the United States. Hunter descends from the Female Normal and High School , established in New York City in 1870. It was founded by Thomas Hunter from Ardglass in County Down , who was an exile from Ireland because of his nationalist beliefs. The Normal School was one of several institutions occupying a site that the New York City government had reserved for "institutions serving

3818-635: The Art Deco interior gutted as unsalvageable, angering some neighborhood preservationists. The interior was used as a staging area for construction of a 22-story apartment building above Symphony Space. Afterwards the interior was rebuilt as a theater again, and in 2002 the space was re-opened as the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, acknowledging the actor's financing. A sister movie theater to the original uptown Thalia, Thalia Soho, continued from 1987 until owner Richard Schwarz's death, then operated for

3901-625: The Athena Scholar program, Daedalus Scholar program, Muse Scholar program, Nursing Scholar program, Roosevelt Scholar program, and the Yalow Scholar program. In addition to these honors programs, several honors societies are based at Hunter, including Phi Beta Kappa (PBK). A small percentage of Hunter students are invited to join Hunter's Nu chapter of PBK, which has existed at the college since 1920. The Hunter College student body

3984-642: The British class structure in H.M.S. Pinafore ). Sometimes the children also travel to New York City to see a full-scale NYGASP production. Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City , United States. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also administers Hunter College High School and Hunter College Elementary School . Hunter

4067-784: The Bronx (later known as the Bronx Campus). During the Second World War , Hunter leased the Bronx Campus buildings to the United States Navy who used the facilities to train 95,000 women volunteers for military service as WAVES and SPARS . When the Navy vacated the campus, the site was briefly occupied by the nascent United Nations, which held its first Security Council sessions at the Bronx Campus in 1946, giving

4150-577: The Brookdale Campus for two years or a yearly stipend. The Thomas Hunter Honors Program offers topical interdisciplinary seminars and academic concentrations designed to meet students’ individual interests. The program is open to outstanding students pursuing a BA and is orchestrated under the supervision of an Honors Council. It can be combined with, or replace, a formal departmental major/minor. Hunter offers other honors programs, including Honors Research Training Programs and Departmental Honors opportunities, The Freshmen Honors Scholar Programs inclusive of

4233-400: The City University of New York opened the school's doors to historically underrepresented groups by guaranteeing a college education to any and all who graduated from NYC high schools. Many African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Puerto Ricans, and students from the developing world made their presence felt at Hunter, and even after the end of "open admissions" still comprise a large part of

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4316-540: The Health Professions, and the School of Social Work. The institution had an undergraduate admissions acceptance rate of 36% in Fall 2018. Hunter offers over 120 undergraduate programs. These include 5 undergraduate certificates, 73 BA degree programs, 10 BS degree programs, and 25 bachelor's-to-master's joint degree programs. The college also offers over 100 graduate programs. Students at Hunter may study within

4399-561: The New York State Legislature, Hunter was deemed the only approved institution for those seeking to teach in New York City. The school incorporated an elementary and high school for gifted children , where students practiced teaching. In 1887, a kindergarten was established as well. (Today, the elementary school and the high school still exist at a different location, and are now called the Hunter College Campus Schools.) During Thomas Hunter's tenure as president of

4482-465: The School of Social Work, the School of Urban Public Health, and the Brookdale Center on Aging. The Brookdale Campus, located at East 25th Street and First Avenue, houses the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing , the Schools of the Health Professions, the Health Professions Library and several research centers and computer labs. The Brookdale Campus is the site of the Hunter dormitory, which is home to over 600 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as

4565-413: The Silberman School of Social Work as well as Hunter’s Urban Public Health, Community Health Education, and Nutrition programs. Silberman patrons have remote access to the Hunter Libraries electronic collections which include 250,000 full-text eBooks, 100,000 eJournals, and over 300 electronic databases.  SWUPHL is a pick-up/drop-off site for the CUNY intra-library loan system (CLICS) that facilitates

4648-402: The Thalia gained a reputation as an arty repertory film theater. Its regular patrons included Woody Allen , Peter Bogdanovich , and Martin Scorsese . Woody Allen used it in Annie Hall . The Thalia closed in 1987, its future clouded by disputes between Symphony Space and various developers. After Symphony Space won, the Thalia reopened briefly in 1993 and again in 1996. In 1999, Sheffer had

4731-484: The company include Broadway soprano Kimilee Bryant and tenors Keith Jameson ( ENO ; NYCO ) and Brandon Jovanovich ( San Francisco Opera ; NYCO), who have gone on to substantial opera careers. In reviewing the company's Pinafore in 2008, The New York Times wrote, "From a staging perspective, there is nothing remotely subtle about Mr. Bergeret’s approach. Spoken dialogue is emphatically underlined with endless mugging and exaggerated gestures. ... Still, all hands treat

4814-533: The company presented two G&S productions in England at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival . It also presented two full-scale productions ( Pinafore and Pirates ) and its cabaret-style revue , "I've Got a Little Twist", at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania , as part of the U.S. leg of the 2010 International G&S Festival. NYGASP usually presents a New Year's Eve gala and sometimes other special events, featuring pastiches or lesser-known Sullivan music or company members' favorite songs in concert, and there

4897-488: The company's principal comedian for five more of its New York seasons. His presence also attracted additional professional singers to NYGASP for the chance to perform with him, and he was able to impart some of his experience to company regulars. At a gala benefit for the company at Symphony Space in 1987, Reed, dressed as the Lord Chancellor from Iolanthe , proposed marriage, on stage, to celebrity sex therapist and author Dr. Ruth Westheimer . Later guest stars came mostly from

4980-490: The costumes and helps to run the company, along with other members of the NYGASP team, including executive director David Wannen (since 2006) and associate director and choreographer David Auxier (since 2008). In 2022, Bergeret received a Legend of Off Broadway award at the Off Broadway Alliance Awards, for "extraordinary contributions over many years". For their recent New York seasons, NYGASP has generally programmed about three G&S operas, one or two of which are drawn from

5063-414: The fall of 1977, the company was performing full weeks runs of the operas, and the following year it moved into the 700-seat Symphony Space theatre in New York, including a production celebrating the centenary of H.M.S. Pinafore . Bergeret traded his services as the first Technical Director of Symphony Space (and Wofford as House Manager) in exchange for office space, storage and theatre dates. Bergeret

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5146-407: The fields of fine arts, the humanities, the language arts, the sciences, the social sciences, and the applied arts and sciences, as well as in professional areas in accounting, education, health sciences, and nursing. Regardless of area of concentration, all undergraduate Hunter students are encouraged to have broad exposure to the liberal arts; Hunter was one of the first colleges in the nation to pass

5229-455: The group originally performed scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan operas with a sound system and a cast of nine people in outdoor performances and in nursing homes and hospitals around New York City, with borrowed costumes, set pieces and an electric piano from the New York Grand Opera, the Bloomingdale School of Music and other supporters. Their first indoor home was at the theatre in the B’nai Jeshurun Community Center. Bergeret designed and built

5312-458: The historic family home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Hunter's Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute is now located there, honoring the public policy commitments of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Baker Theatre Building located on 149 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065 is the home of Hunter's Department of Theatre thanks to the extraordinary generosity of Hunter trustee Patty Baker ’82 and her husband, Jay. The Silberman School of Social Work

5395-423: The institution has integrated its undergraduate and graduate programs to successfully make advanced programs in fields such as ( Psychology and Biology ) – "PhD Program", (Education) – "Master's Program", (Mathematics) – "Master's Program", -"PhD Program" ( Biology & Chemistry ) – " Biochemistry ", (Accounting) – "Master's Program" along with the highly competitive (Economics) – "Master's Program" to which only

5478-399: The music and satire of Gilbert and Sullivan and other aspects of presenting G&S. The company also presents nearly full-scale or shortened versions of the shows at various schools throughout the school year, and sometimes invites school groups to see their shows for free or at reduced prices. NYGASP has an arrangement with the school district in Syosset, New York , in which, each spring,

5561-474: The music with style and respect. Mr. Bergeret drew playing of bouncy refinement from the orchestra. The principals were uniformly good." In a 2010 review of Ruddigore , the Financial Times praised the company's "roster of principals, mostly youthful, who treat the music with lilting grace, rhythmic bravado and patter virtuosity, as needed". A 2012 review called the company's Pirates "a spectacularly entertaining show that channels decades of great theatrics,

5644-421: The nation. In 2017, Artsy included Hunter's in the list of "Top 15 Art Schools in the United States." The admission to Hunter's MFA Programs in Studio Art is highly competitive, with the average acceptance rate of 8% as of 2018. Hunter offers several honors programs, including the Macaulay Honors College and the Thomas Hunter Honors Program. The Macaulay Honors College , a CUNY-wide honors program, supports

5727-419: The natural and biomedical sciences. These labs accommodate post-docs, PhD students from the CUNY Graduate School, and undergraduate researchers. College sports and recreational programs are served by the Hunter Sportsplex, located below the West Building. Hunter has two satellite campuses. The Silberman School of Social Work Building, located on Third Avenue between East 118th and East 119th Streets, houses

5810-409: The new concept in December 2016, receiving a warm review in The New York Times . For that season and later New York seasons the company has played mostly at the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College . Of the company's production of The Yeomen of the Guard in 2018 there, Aaron Elstein wrote in Crain's New York Business , "the crowd ... exulted in delight." In 2024–2025, the company

5893-439: The same time, the college was experiencing a period of great expansion as increasing student enrollments necessitated more space. The college reacted by establishing branches in the boroughs of Brooklyn , Queens , and Staten Island . By 1920, Hunter College had the largest enrollment of women of any municipally financed college in the United States. In 1930, Hunter's Brooklyn campus merged with City College 's Brooklyn campus, and

5976-473: The school an international profile. In 1943, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated a town house at 47–49 East 65th Street in Manhattan to the college. The house had been a home for Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt prior to the latter's presidency. The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College opened at that location in fall 2010 as an academic center hosting prominent speakers. Hunter became

6059-524: The school's student body. As a result of this increase in enrollment, Hunter opened new buildings on Lexington Avenue during the early 1980s. In further advancing Puerto Rican studies, Hunter became home to the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños ("Center for Puerto Rican Studies" or simply "Centro") in 1982. Today, Hunter College is a comprehensive teaching and research institution. Of the more than 20,000 students enrolled at Hunter, nearly 5,000 are enrolled in

6142-431: The school, Hunter became known for its impartiality regarding race, religion, ethnicity, financial or political favoritism; its pursuit of higher education for women; its high entry requirements; and its rigorous academics. The first female professor at the school, Helen Gray Cone , was elected to the position in 1899. The college's student population quickly expanded, and the college subsequently moved uptown, in 1873, into

6225-522: The sets and acted as stage and musical director. In 1975, the company incorporated as a not-for-profit organization under the current name. At the beginning of 1976, the company began to offer runs in repertory on Sundays, the only day the theater was available, since the New York School of Opera used the space on other days. After several Sunday performances of H.M.S Pinafore and Trial by Jury , NYGASP expanded its repertoire by premiering

6308-543: The sharing of books between all the CUNY libraries.  In addition, SWUPHL participates in the national interlibrary loan program for academic libraries. These reciprocal agreements allow the patrons of SWUPHL extensive access to a multitude of collections. The SWUPHL Faculty provide drop-in and by-appointment reference services, research consultations, classroom and individual instruction.  The library has 6 group study rooms, group and silent study areas, desktop computers,

6391-583: The surrounding community, and is well known as a center for the arts. The Assembly Hall, which seats more than 2,000, is a major performance site; the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, a 675-seat proscenium theatre , has over 100,000 visitors annually and hosts over 200 performances each season; the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall is a fully equipped concert space with 148 seats; the Frederick Loewe Theatre,

6474-532: The third-floor walkway level of the East Building. The Cooperman Library has individual and group study rooms, special facilities for students with disabilities, networked computer classrooms and labs for word processing and internet access. The Social Work & Urban Public Health Library, located on the main floor of the Silberman Building, (SWUPHL) serves the academic and research needs of

6557-552: The two were spun off to form Brooklyn College . In February 1936 a fire destroyed the 1873 Gothic building facing Park Avenue. Plans for a new building were announced in 1937, and by 1940 the Public Works Administration replaced it with the Modernist north building, designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon along with Harrison & Fouilhoux . The late 1930s saw the construction of Hunter College in

6640-407: The undergraduate education of academically gifted students. University Scholars benefit from a full tuition scholarship (up to the value of in-state tuition only as of Fall 2013, effectively restricting it to NY state residents), personalized advising, early registration, access to internships, and study abroad opportunities. All scholars at Hunter are given the choice of either a free dormitory room at

6723-489: Was ambitious, and he wanted his company to grow and become fully professional. In May 1979, NYGASP hired its first 25-piece orchestra and began to pay performance fees to principal singers as the level of professionalism of its cast continued to increase. NYGASP scored a publicity coup on October 28, 1979, when pictures of the cast performing excerpts from Pinafore on the Staten Island Ferry were displayed in

6806-454: Was formerly run out of a building on West 41st Street between 9th and 10th Avenues. It was a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m ) industrial space that students converted to studio space for the college's BFA and MFA program. The current building in Tribeca now houses the Studio Art and Integrated Media Arts MFA program, and Art History MA program. Roosevelt House, located on East 65th Street, is

6889-629: Was founded in 1870 as a women's college; it first admitted male freshmen in 1946. The main campus has been located on Park Avenue since 1873. In 1943, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated Franklin Delano Roosevelt 's and her former townhouse to the college; the building was reopened in 2010 as the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College . The institution has a 57% undergraduate graduation rate within six years. Hunter College originates from

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