Newark School Of The Arts Inc

In the late nineties, nsa developed a professional music division that grew out of the need to accommodate advanced students who wish to pursue a career in the arts. Students in the professional division are required to audition. The professional division has some of the most advanced students from new jersey. Recent students have gone on to study at manhattan school of music, mannes school, new england conservatory and juilliard. Students in the program have performed as prelude artists at njpac for pianist lang lang, conductor charles dutoit and opera singer renee fleming. They deepen their knowledge through opportunities to meet the artists in person.

Significant numbers of nsa alumni have gone on to careers in the arts. They include world-renowned tap dancer savion glover; latin singing sensation frankie negron, vocalist; kesha knight pulliam- rudy on the cosby show; counter-tenor derrick lee ragin (metropolitan opera/english national opera); pianist hsing-ay hsu, artistic administrator of the pendulum new music series at the university of colorado in boulder; kimberlyn monford, associate professor of music at trinity university; maurice chestnut, tap dancer; tyshawn sorey,macathur fellow,composer and musician.