Music Conservatory of Westchester

Instruction - Music Conservatory of Westchester was founded in 1929 in The american settlement house tradition of broad-based access and community service. Legendary cellist pablo casals was among its founders, and jazz legend cab calloway once served on its board. The Conservatory's mission is to provide The extraordinary benefits of Music to all in our community. Today, The Conservatory provides quality Music education for students of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, serving 3,000 children and adults annually from 4 months to over 80 years old. Our esteemed faculty is comprised of 72 professional musicians and 10 Music therapists. Our Music instruction program provides one-on-one instrumental and vocal lessons, performing ensembles, theory, composition, suzuki and early childhood classes, summer programs, lifelong learning for adults, and free community performances. The program serves 900 students during The 32-week school year and 8-week summer session (total 40 weeks), onsite in The Conservatory building. Scholarships ...

Performances - performance is an integral component of The Conservatory's educational programs. Student and faculty performances take place at The Conservatory and in The community. Students have opportunities to perform as soloists, and in performing ensembles. Faculty concerts offer an opportunity to hear high level professional performances in comfortable, familiar locations. All concerts are free and open to The public, taking place in The Conservatory's recital hall as well as in local libraries, community centers, and other similar venues. Master classes are also scheduled at The Conservatory in which selected students are coached by guest artist-teachers. In fy2018-2019, 77 student performances, 4 faculty performances, 4 interactive lecture-performances, and 3 master classes took place, for a total of 88 performances.

Outreach program - The Conservatory's Music therapy institute (mti) was established in 1986 in order to extend its programs to include individuals with disabilities. Today The program serves 2,100 children and adults in outreach programs, in partnership with 30 organizations, including public school districts, special education programs, medical facilities, senior care centers, and social service agencies. Mti also provides individual Music therapy and adapted instrumental and vocal instruction onsite at The Conservatory, serving 75 students annually in designated Music therapy studios. Music sharing events take place 2-3 times a year, giving Music therapy students an opportunity to share their Music with family and friends. The Music therapy institute has received The arts award for community from arts Westchester, and has received ten consecutive awards from The american society of composers, authors and publishers (ascap). In 2013, mti established healing our heroes, providing tuition-free Music therapy for u.s. military veterans dealing ...