Ted Chapin (HonDMA '24) - 2024 Honorary Doctorate Presentation and Commencement Address

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Ted Chapin's Honorary Doctorate presentation and Commencement Address from the 2024 Manhattan School of Music Commencement Ceremony.
After being chosen by the Rodgers & Hammerstein families to run their office, Ted Chapin led its evolution, eventually establishing it as the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, bringing music, publishing, film, and television rights under one umbrella, and overseeing its growth for four decades.
Under his presidency, eight Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals won Tony awards for Best Revival, and award-winning productions were presented at Lincoln Center, on London’s West End, and around the world. He encouraged new Broadway productions, among them Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, A Grand Night for Singing, and Holiday Inn, as well as major
television productions, including NBC’s The Sound of Music Live!
Cofounder of the acclaimed Encores! concert series at New York City Center, Ted also produced the 92nd Street Y’s beloved Lyrics and Lyricists series for two seasons with programs saluting Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Irving Berlin, among others. His 2003 backstage memoir Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies, based on his experience as a production assistant on the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, won an ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor Award and a Special Jury Prize for Distinguished Achievement from the Theatre Library Association.
Ted Chapin serves on the boards of the American Theatre Wing, New York City Center, Goodspeed Musicals, and the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, and is an Emeritus Trustee of Connecticut College, his alma mater. He has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and as a judge for the Lotte Lenya Competition. He has been a guest lecturer at many universities, including Columbia, NYU, and Yale. Ted is the recipient of the UJA Excellence in Theater Award, the Leonard Harris Award from City Center, the Fred and Adele Astaire Award, and awards from the Theatre Development Fund (TDF), Career Bridges, and the Astoria Performing Arts Center. He is a founding member of the Artistic Advisory Committee for MSM’s Bachelor of Music program in Musical Theatre.

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