Music Mastery Beyond the Classroom
Students from Conchita Espinosa Academy’s upper school Music and Senior Dance Masteries spent a fantastic three days in New York City, where they had the opportunity to continue to grow in their knowledge and passion for dance and music through master classes and performances at prestigious institutions.
Music Mastery spent time at New York University, where they took a master class in chamber music, toured the music school, participated in an introduction to jazz improvisation and “jam” session, and watch an o{“type”:”block”,”srcIndex”:0,”srcClientId”:”41aab17e-2253-4419-89b0-87794e814817″,”srcRootClientId”:”1563be71-07ac-45f1-91f5-c026d67f0f9f”}fficial rehearsal of the NYU Big Band. They went to Dizzy’s Jazz Club at Lincoln Center, where they watch Cyro Baptista’s Glosso Lalia, took a Broadway-style master class that centered on sight-reading and performance, and were the first audience to watch the New York Philharmonic perform the US premier of Babylon Suite, a new work by Franz Welser-Möst, and had a personalized tour of Carnegie Hall.
Dance Mastery took classes at Paul Taylor Studios, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, took a Fosse-style workshop at Broadway Dance Center, and learned choreography from Hairspray at Step by Step Studios. They watched New York City Ballet’s Program II, which included Justin Peck’s world premier, Jerome Robbins’ In G Major, and Christopher Wheeldon’s DGV: Dance à Grande Vitesse.
Together the groups toured Rockafeller Center, went ice skating, toured Radio City Music Hall and watched the Broadway revival of West Side Story.
About Conchita Espinosa
For over 80 years, Conchita Espinosa Academy (CEA) has followed founder Conchita Espinosa’s vision of education, which consists of a solid academic foundation coupled with an immersion in the arts and humanities from an early age. CEA’s intimate environment supports our students’ development and helps them grow to become well-rounded, creative, and confident individuals.