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With its annual Kaleidoscope presentation in October, the John J. Cali School of Music marked the 10th anniversary since becoming the first school of music at a university in New Jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the span of a single decade, the John J. Cali School of Music has distinguished itself as a locus of musical excellence, earning a reputation that extends beyond the State of New Jersey to across the country and around the globe,\u201d says College of the Arts Dean Daniel Gurskis.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe School\u2019s strength is in the quality of our world-class faculty of leading musicians and scholars,\u201d says John J. Cali School of Music Director Robert Cart. Today its nearly 500 undergraduate and graduate students pursue degrees in performance, composition, jazz studies, music education and music therapy.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the next 10 years, the reach and impact of the School will continue to grow, as its graduates emerge as leaders in education, performance, composition, scholarship and arts therapy,\u201d predicts Gurskis.<\/p>\n
Each year, the School presents more than 300 performances and master classes by students, faculty and guest artists, and students also regularly perform at prestigious off-campus venues, such as NJPAC (with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra), Lincoln Center and the Guggenheim, and tour in the U.S. and Europe.<\/p>\n
While the Cali School\u2019s 10th anniversary is a clear cause for celebration, the future looks even brighter. Says Cart: \u201cOur goal is to rank among the top schools of music in the nation during the next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scholarships Applaud Student Talent<\/strong> Shanghai Quartet Collaboration<\/strong> MSU Chorale Performs Verdi\u2019s Requiem with NJSO<\/strong> Official Opening of Cali School\u2019s New Home<\/strong> Cali School Celebrates New Status as an \u201cAll-Steinway\u201d School<\/strong> Vocal Accord Tours Europe<\/strong> Graduate Exchange Program Established with East China Normal University (ECNU)<\/strong> Graduate String Residency Program Established<\/strong> Cali School Hosts Conference for Teachers and Students of Voice<\/strong> Unique Advanced Certificate of Music Education Offered<\/strong> Cali School faculty and students celebrated the School\u2019s 10th anniversary with Kaleidoscope, a 90-minute, nonstop musical extravaganza. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":117458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-153_music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207297,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17458\/revisions\/207297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSeeded by a million gift from the John J. Cali family and his foundation, students are considered for a growing range of Cali School scholarships after successfully auditioning for admission.<\/p>\n
\nAs artists-in-residence and core faculty of the Cali School\u2019s strings program, members of the renowned Shanghai Quartet teach, coach, and perform on and off campus.<\/p>\n2010<\/h3>\n
\nThe University\u2019s partnership with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra began in 2004, and includes memorable performances by the MSU Chorale The Lord of the Rings Symphony (2004); Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9 (2006); and Verdi\u2019s Requiem (2010, 2014) and the University Singers\u2019 performances of Mozart\u2019s Requiem (2013) and Handel\u2019s Messiah (2014, 2015, 2016).<\/p>\n
\nThe new state-of-the-art home of the John J. Cali School of Music holds its Opening Celebration Concert in the 240-seat Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall, named in honor of the son of alumnus Edward Leshowitz \u201936, \u201996 HON.<\/p>\n2011<\/h3>\n
\nStudents and faculty perform at Manhattan\u2019s famed Steinway Hall as the University joins a prestigious group of national institutions of higher learning that prepare students exclusively on Steinway & Sons pianos.<\/p>\n2012<\/h3>\n
\nThe 24-voice chamber choir performs in Austria and Italy during summer 2012. The group traveled to London in 2015 to perform for the Richard Alston Dance Company 20th Anniversary Season Opening at Sadler\u2019s Wells. Students have also participated in international choral festivals.<\/p>\n2013<\/h3>\n
\nThe Cali School enjoyed productive performance exchanges with ECNU. In 2013, ECNU student musicians visited campus, and in 2015, Cali students and faculty members performed with the ECNU Orchestra in Shanghai. Since 2015, ECNU MFA in Music students have been able to spend their second year at Montclair State, where they will receive an International Artists\u2019 Diploma. ECNU student musicians rehearsing.<\/p>\n2015<\/h3>\n
\nThe Cali School\u2019s first graduate-level performing ensemble-in-residence, the Julius Quartet, made its Carnegie Hall debut in March 2015. The program invites preprofessional, graduate-level string quartets to mentor with the Shanghai Quartet and serve as principal members of the University\u2019s Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n2016<\/h3>\n
\nThe 2016 Eastern Region Conference and Student Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) awarded prizes to 20 Cali School students. More than 200 students competed in auditions or competitions adjudicated by NATS members. Three women at the 2016 Eastern Region Conference and Student Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).<\/p>\n
\nThe first graduate program of its kind in the region, the Advanced Certificate\u2019s hybrid and online courses let music teachers enhance their qualifications without pursuing a full-time master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"