Westminster Conservatory of Music Offerings

Private Instruction & Class Information
Music study at the Conservatory provides a unique opportunity for musical growth and is available to students of all ages and stages of advancement.

Honors Music Program
Young Artists offers a unique opportunity for gifted and motivated students to develop and to refine their musical knowledge, skills, and performance technique.

Summer Camps
Take your music to the next level - at one of our exciting summer camps! The Conservatory offers a variety of music camps for toddlers, teens and adults. We welcome students with or without any previous musical experience.

Summer Lessons and Classes
The Conservatory also offers a flexible eight-week session for private instruction in many instruments, depending on availability of faculty. Students often enroll in summer lessons to try out a new instrument or to get extra coaching and practice. Intensive theory classes are also offered to accelerate students and prepare them for entry into higher level fall classes.

Opera Outings
This popular program features trips to Saturday matinee performances at New York's Metropolitan Opera. It includes round-trip bus transportation between Princeton and New York and opera tickets.

Conservatory Events
In addition to teaching, Conservatory faculty members enrich the musical life of the area and provide inspiring examples for their students through performance.

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About Westminster Conservatory of Music

Established in 1970, Westminster Conservatory is the community music school of Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University, serving the central New Jersey/eastern Pennsylvania area with private and group instruction. In addition to utilizing the facilities of the College, there are extension locations in Yardley (Bucks County, PA), Lawrenceville, South Brunswick, and Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart in Princeton. The Conservatory offers superior faculty at all locations and tailors lessons, workshops, and classes to the needs of the individual student.

Study at the Conservatory provides a unique opportunity for musical growth. Individual instruction may be taken, exclusive of other course work, or students may choose a more structured approach through the Conservatory's Honors Music Program, which offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to build total musicianship and is available to gifted and highly motivated students.

Westminster Conservatory of Music is a nationally recognized institution, maintaining active membership in the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts. The Conservatory joined the National Guild as a provisional member in 1983 and was granted full membership in 1986.