“Celebration of the Arts” Music Competition, Faculty Concert, and Festival – 2022
The Nelly Berman School of Music is proud to present a spectacular weekend of concerts and multimedia events, including a collaboration with dancers and choreographers of The IBC International Ballet Classique, and the students and teachers of the Main Line Arts Center. Why not watch last year’s virtual version to get excited! As always, these concerts are in memory of Nelly Berman, our late, beloved director and founder of the school.
All proceeds from all of our concerts and competitions go directly towards the Nelly Berman School Classical Music Institute (NBSCMI), our 501(c)(3) non-profit. Created in 1994 by Nelly Berman, the NBSCMI supports gifted and hardworking students through a merit-based scholarship program, and provides high level masterclasses and classical music concerts for the community.
Choose any event, or come to more then one!
Faculty Concert
Saturday, March 19, 4:30 PM
Meagher Theatre at Neumann University
One Neumann Drive
Aston, PA 19014
Presenting the Faculty of the Nelly Berman School of Music, performing glorious music written for piano, violin, cello, trumpet, voice, oboe, clarinet, and ensembles. The concert will feature compositions by NBS piano faculty (by special arrangement) Faina Lushtak, composer and head of the piano department of Tulane University in New Orleans. She will perform her own “Old and New”, commissioned by the New Orleans International Piano Competition, present the world premieres of her Sonata for trumpet and piano with trumpeter Alex Serio and her Sonata for violin and piano with violinist Lorenzo Mazzamuto; and Sir Julian Milkis, world-renowned clarinetist, will be performing her Blues in C.
Additional performances by NBS Faculty Dr. Anna Kislitsyna (Piano and Harpsichord), Sylvia Ahramjian (Violin), Dima and Olga Borisovsky (piano duet), Jacques-Pierre Malan (Cello), Dr. Meghan Woodard (Oboe), Alexander Bedenko (Clarinet), Dr. Jean-Francois Proulx (Piano), Dr. Nathaniel McEwen (Voice), Rodolfo Leuenberger (Violin), Dr. Daniel Hull (Guitar), James Anemone (Piano), Ethan Lee (Jazz Piano), and more!
Reserve Faculty Concert Seats
Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children. After reserving your seats online at the link provided, please make out checks payable to the NBSCMI, our 501(c)3 non-profit, and send them to the Nelly Berman School of Music, 461 W. Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041. For more information, please email office@nbsmusic.com.
Gala Concert
Sunday, March 20, 2:00-4:30 PM
Meagher Theatre at Neumann University
One Neumann Drive
Aston, PA 19014
The Gala Concert will feature performances by the Platinum prize winners of the Nelly Berman School “Celebration of the Arts” competition. There will be several collaborative performances of music by Chopin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Ernesto LeCuona, with Nelly Berman School students accompanying 27 dancers of the IBC International Ballet Classique, choreographed by their international faculty! The IBC is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of classical ballet and new and creative ideas in the arts. To accomplish this mission, they produce and stage professional level ballet performances, ballet festivals, and lecture demonstrations, which all endeavor to make ballet and dance in general available to a wider and even more diverse audience. The Delaware County Symphony Orchestra will also participate in the collaborative music and dance, with a performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto in E minor with international award-winning NBS student Alyssa Gabrilovich as piano soloist. A feast for the eyes, ears, and heart, sure to delight!
Reserve Gala Concert Seats
Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children. After reserving your seats online at the link provided, please make out checks payable to the NBSCMI, our 501(c)3 non-profit, and send them to the Nelly Berman School of Music, 461 W. Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041. For more information, please email office@nbsmusic.com.
Competition Winners Concerts
Saturday, March 19 – Sunday, March 20
Meagher Theatre at Neumann University
One Neumann Drive
Aston, PA 19014
Saturday, March 19, 2022
10:30-12:30 Silver and Bronze Medalists concert (click to reserve your tickets)
1:30-3:30 Gold and Silver Medalists concert (click to reserve your tickets)
Sunday March 20, 2022
10:30-12:30 Gold and Silver Medalists concert (click to reserve your tickets)
As part of our “Celebration of the Arts” Music Festival, the Nelly Berman School of Music holds an annual music competition for our students to inspire them to strive for their highest potential as they work to master their instruments. Gold, Silver, and Bronze prize winners will perform at our Winners’ Concerts at Neumann University, which will also feature artwork. Look below for how to sign up for our Competition!
Reserve Winners Concert SeatsEach competition winner will receive 3 complementary tickets, which need to be reserved using the link above. Additional tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children. After reserving your seats online at the link provided, please make out checks payable to the NBSCMI, our 501(c)3 non-profit, and send them to the Nelly Berman School of Music, 461 W. Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041. For more information, please email office@nbsmusic.com.
Student Competition Winners and Pictures!
2022 Student Competition
The primary goal of our competition is providing an opportunity for our music students to work harder, and with more focus, towards a worthwhile goal of perfecting a musical work and touching the hearts of audiences with their playing. Competitions bring out the best in students, if used as a means to better one’s own musical skills and test their own limits.
Students ages 6-18 compete in piano, harpsichord, strings, winds, brass, voice, duets (four-hand & two-piano), and chamber groups/ensembles , if nominated by their teachers. Students may enter in more than one instrumental division. Pieces must be memorized, and no longer than 5 minutes in length. Please click the link below for more information.
Judges for the 2022 COTA include NBS piano faculty Dr. Anna Kislitsyna and James Anemone; violin faculty Nina Zubaidi and Sandra Van deGeijn; cello faculty Justin Goldsmith; voice faculty Nate McEwen; and woodwind faculty Dr. Megan Woodard
Winners concerts will present Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze medalists during a marathon weekend of concerts at Neumann University in Aston, PA.
Saturday, February 5, 2022 – application deadline – CLICK HERE TO APPLY!
Saturday, March 5th, 2022 – live auditions at NBS for String Instruments
Sunday, March 6th, 2022 – live auditions at NBS for Piano and all other instruments
Register for CompetitionDO NOT MISS THESE EXCITING EVENTS! For more information about the music concerts and tickets, please email the Nelly Berman School of Music, at office@nbsmusic.com
Support Our Scholarship Fund
The Celebration of the Arts Competition, Faculty Concert, and Festival is the biggest fundraiser of the 2021-22 school year to support our NBS Classical Music Institute, our 501(c)3 non profit. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support talented and hard-working students to strive towards high musical achievements and which brings to our community some of the best music-making in Philadelphia and beyond. We are also accepting donated items to raffle off at our Gala Concert. Help us make a difference in the future of classical music!