 About
Marla Meissner, Director
Contact Information:
Email: musicprep@mail.montclair.edu
Phone: 973-655-4443
The Preparatory Center for the Arts of Montclair State
University was established in 1976 to provide
musical education and training for all age groups.
Since that time the school has attracted outstanding
faculty members from all the major performing
ensembles in the New York Metropolitan area, including
the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan and
New York City Opera companies, and the New Jersey
Symphony. Currently, the Preparatory Center for
the Arts serves approximately three hundred students
offering a comprehensive curriculum designed to
stimulate musical understanding, artistic performance
and expression in a highly individualized setting.
The Preparatory Center for the Arts is a community
of talented and dedicated students, parents, faculty
and staff working together to create a dynamic
learning environment for musical experiences.
It offers private music study throughout the year. In addition, it sponsors the Stokes Forest Music Camp in association with the New Jersey School
of Conservation. This is an intensive summer program
held at the camp in Sussex County,
New Jersey. Students spend two weeks learning
about music, and also participating in environmental
and conservation classes.
Jazz Connections workshops are held on the Montclair State University campus each summer. This program for middle school,
high school, college and young professional musicians
has given hundreds of students the opportunity
to rehearse and to perform together under the
leadership of the Jazz Connections' artist/educator
faculty. The faculty represents
the finest music departments of the metropolitan
area universities including: William Paterson
and Rutgers Universities, the New School, New York University and Queens
College. Daily jazz ensembles unite students,
faculty, and guest artists in performance
collaborations. Internships are available.
To request an application for the Workshop call
973-509-0860. See the Jazz
Connections website for more information about
the program.
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