The New School College of Performing Arts
private music and performing arts college in New York City
The College of Performing Arts, is part of The New School, New York City, NY. It was established in the fall of 2015 as part of major rebranding of the three performance arts colleges of The New School. The measure combined the Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, and School of Drama into a new institution called the College of Performing Arts. The college is mostly located within The New School's Arnhold Hall at 55 West 13th street, with the School of Drama located at 151 Bank street.
Schools
The New School College of Performing Arts includes the following schools:
Mannes School of Music
Originally called The David Mannes Music School, it was founded in 1916 by David Mannes, concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Clara Damrosch. In 1938, the school was renamed the Mannes Music School. In 1953 the school began offering degrees and changed its name to the Mannes College of Music. In 1960 it merged with the Chatham Square Music School. In 1989 Mannes joined The New School, whose eight schools included Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, and The New School for Drama. In 2005, the New School administration changed the name to Mannes College: the New School for Music. In 2015, the university renamed it Mannes School of Music, and moved it to Arnhold Hall in the West Village.
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