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So Much To Learn At Summer Camp!

Our Summer Camp is coming! Here are the student schedules for each week of camp. BOOT CAMP – July 18-22 Monday-Thursday ScheduleFriday, Classes up to 2:00 and Family concert from 2:15-3:45 PM 8:45-9:00 Check-in9:00-10:00- Music Theory/History Dr. Alexander younger group, Classical/Romantic Periods9:00-10:00- Sibelius composition computer notation program with Dr, Jean Francois Proulx – Older Group10:15-11:15 – Switch groups11:15-12:00 -Ice cream…

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COTA 2022 Competition Pictures

We are so proud of all our winners in the 2022 “Celebration of the Arts” student competition. Click here to see pictures from our in-person competition round in February, and purchase tickets for the upcoming winners’ and Gala Concerts this weekend at Neumann University!

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Honors Recital Youtube Link: Congratulations to our Fall 2021 Music Technique Skills-Building Scales & Studies Competition winners!

We are very excited to congratulate and present the participants in our bi-annual Music Technique Skills-Building Scales & Studies Competition, judged by NBS faculty members Dr. Anna Kislitsyna (piano), James Anemone (piano), Sandra VandeGeijn (violin), Justin Goldsmith (cello) and Joe Dvorak (winds). The Nelly Berman School is proud to be one of the few community music schools in the United States to have a…

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Student Achievements – Fall & Winter 2021

Congratulations to Torsten Fras, student of Dr. Anna Kislitsyna, on his Gold Medal win at the London Young Musician Competition! This international competition highlights talented musicians with excellent skills, strong personalities, and extraordinary creativity. He also recently won the II Prize at the International Moscow Music Competition performing C.P.E. Bach Harpsichord Sonata. Congratulations to Alyssa Gabrilovich, student of Igor Resnianski, who…

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Founder’s Day Instrument Petting Zoo – A Recap

On Wednesday, July 21st, the school celebrated its first Founder’s Day at the Nelly Berman School of Music, to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Nelly Berman. Festivities included an Instrument Petting Zoo from3:00-4:30pm and a Social Hour from 4:30-6:00pm. Families and children got to experience the magic of our Instrument Petting Zoo and had fun seeing, touching and feeling instruments…

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From the Chair of the NBSCMI Board of Directors

Nelly Berman Classical Music Institute Family, Friends and Classical Music Advocates, Welcome to 2021! In this time of uncertainty, we remain steadfast in supporting our mission to engage with gifted and diligent students through our merit based-based scholarship program, orchestrate student chamber groups and music ensembles and present high high-level classical concerts, masterclasses, and workshops to promote classical music education…

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