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KAUFMAN MUSIC CAMP & RETREAT PROGRAMMING:
Week-Long Day Programs for Kids:
• Dance & Dalcroze Camp – Ages 4 - 7 explore different dance styles and a movement-based approach to music.
• Summer Arts Camp – Ages 5 - 11 explore creativity through acting, singing, dancing, role-playing games and the visual arts.
• Summer Strings – Violinists, violists and cellists age 11 - 18 participate in individual lessons, ensembles, classes and workshops.
• Summer Piano – Skilled pianists age 11 - 18 participate in individual lessons, ensembles, classes and workshops.
Weekend Overnight Retreat for Families:
• Family On Stage Weekend – Families who love to sing, act and dance together rehearse and perform in a short musical show! For kids ages 4+ and adults
Weekend Overnight Retreats for Adults:
• Great American Songbook Weekend – Sing-alongs, vocal lessons, lecture-demonstrations, solo performances and more focused on the Gershwin brothers, Rodgers & Hart, Rodgers & Hammerstein and Cole Porter.
• Dalcroze Teacher Training – Musicians and music teachers with previous Dalcroze experience hone their skills in eurhythmics, solfège, improvisation and Dalcroze pedagogy.
Week-Long Overnight Retreats for Adults:
• Chamber Music Camp – The week includes ensemble rehearsals, expert coaching, workshops and presentations by faculty and guest artists, and culminates in a performance.
• Piano Camp – The week includes private lessons, dedicated practice time and four-hands ensemble rehearsals as well as lectures, workshops and masterclasses with faculty and guest artists.
• Jazz Camp – Jazz singers and instrumentalists at all levels participate in ensembles, workshops, coaching and jam sessions in this retreat led by the celebrated jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur.
NEW PATHWAYS PROGRAM IS LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS IN NYC
With the new Pathways program launched this fall, Kaufman Music Center is increasing diversity and access in the music field by continuing to create pathways to impactful music study beginning in elementary and middle school, providing students with the life-changing benefits of an intensive music education. By leveling the playing field from the start of their journey, Kaufman is equipping and empowering young people from backgrounds that have been underrepresented in the field of music.
The Pathways program offers students tuition-free weekly private instrumental lessons and group classes, as well as access to masterclasses, workshops and performances. Kaufman Music Center also covers the cost of their travel to lessons and provides access to a musical instrument at no cost. The program launched with an initial cohort that will double in size each year.
For the Pathways Program, Kaufman Music Center is partnering with public schools, community centers, cultural organizations and music teachers all over NYC – including current community partners like Bronx Housing Community Center, Goddard Riverside Community Center, and SCAN-Harbor Performing Arts Academy at SCAN-Harbor Inc – to recruit highly motivated students in late elementary and early middle school grades.
ABOUT KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER:
Kaufman Music Center is the premier destination for learning and listening to music in New York City. Their schools offer outstanding education in music, dance, and theater to people of all ages and experience levels, along with their intimate performance hall that presents world-renowned artists.
Established with the mission of providing access without barriers, the Center proudly programs a comprehensive musical experience for students, performers and audiences in New York and beyond. Merkin Hall, the Center’s performance venue, provides unparalleled access to today’s most compelling artists, workshops and competitions, offering students, artists and audiences alike the chance to share music at the highest level. Its acclaimed Artist-in-Residence program also gives those performers the resources to develop groundbreaking, multidisciplinary projects as well as educational opportunities to mentor and inspire. Kaufman Music Center continuously cultivates and nurtures new generations of artists through Special Music School, New York’s only K-12 public school prioritizing an intensive, immersive and musically-focused education without financial barriers, as well as Lucy Moses School, Manhattan’s largest community performing arts school for students of all ages.
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