About

Marla Meissner, director

Contact Information:
Email: musicprep@mail.montclair.edu
Phone: 973-655-4443

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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.