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    Collaborative Piano

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    College of Performing Arts
    Office of Admission
    55 West 13th Street
    New York, NY 10011
    212.229.5150 or 800.292.3040
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  • Develop your capacity as a performer, collaborator, and coach in a learning environment as distinctive as the world-class faculty mentoring you. Through rigorous training, private lessons, immersive classes and ensembles, and a variety of performance opportunities, you'll grow as a pianist versed in both instrumental and vocal collaboration. Start your career in New York City, taking advantage of unique opportunities to learn and play with working professionals. At Mannes, you'll chart your own course while engaging with a diverse and thriving community that will support you in becoming a whole musician and 21st-century artist.

    At Mannes, you'll find the flexibility and freedom you need to direct your development as a collaborative artist. Receive rigorous conservatory training from a faculty of renowned revolutionary musicians while exploring new music, improvisation, real-world experiences, and cross-disciplinary projects.

    Students selected for a degree in Collaborative Piano enter the program as highly proficient pianists. The atmosphere of the program places an emphasis on intimacy, trust, community, and risk taking. 

    In this program, each student develops their capacity as a pianist as they engage in the close study of multiple languages, the art of phrasing and interpretation, and the analysis of lieder and poetry. Students develop their interpersonal skills as they build an understanding of collaboration with singers and instrumentalists in different musical situations.

    Collaborative Piano students become an integral part of the Voice department and Mannes Opera productions and engage in masterclasses with renowned collaborative pianists, music directors, and singers.

    Play at landmark venues like Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Collaborate in cutting-edge performances with our many ensembles, including Mannes American Composers Ensemble and the College of Performing Arts Theater Orchestra. Train to collaborate with other outstanding performers as you gain the skills needed to start your own label, manage your own publicity, and create your own groundbreaking work.

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Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

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