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In just a few days, Sept 6th to be exact, my university students (all piano majors) will converge on UBC for a new year of study, practice and goals to attain. The latter, of course, is my ultimate concern and that they pass their end-of-year exams with flying colors. The lesson to be learned is […]

The constant tapping and counting of a teacher in a music lesson seems to be a constant and never-ending tedium. How many music teachers have I heard say, “I sound like a broken record: 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 during every lesson! Why can’t students just learn to count themselves?!” The answer my […]

Success of young students, no matter the discipline, is built on a solid foundation. Information is distributed to the student in a classroom/private lesson format and then reinforced with continued study outside of that class or lesson. In the case of music, which presents a vast array of high-level concepts combined with an intense demand […]

Watch and listen to some of NWMA’s outstanding students in our 2016 Holiday Recital. Visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel to see other performances from this and other recitals and get automatic updates on new videos posted as they become available. Such amazing talent deserves to be heard! Happy listening!! To find our YouTube […]

The Academy is pleased to congratulate Markus Pawlik’s students, Amy Cai and Jason Hale, on qualifying for the Berkeley Junior Bach Festival. The Festival will be March 17-26, 2017.

Markus Pawlik’s student, Jessica Phongsa won a 1st prize in the US Open Music Competition.

Markus Pawlik’s student, Eric Guo, received Panel Honors. He has been invited to perform at the MTAC Convention in Santa Clara, June 30 – July 4, 2017.

On Saturday, May 13th, New World Music Academy will be holding their Spring Recital. The recital is from 11:00-2:00. In addition, to the recital we will also have an Open House from 12:00-3:00. Please join us for music, fun and information about our academy.

NWMA welcomes hornist and music professional and educator Sadie Glass to our faculty! Sadie holds a Masters in Horn Performance and Literature from Urbana-Champaign (2013) and performs widely throughout Northern California. She is a also an early music specialist and performs on Baroque horn (natural horn) in early music festivals and concerts. She has experience […]

Beginning Piano! for ages 4 and up – Weekly July 10 through August 7 – 9am to 12pm Piano Improvisation for ages 10 and up – with Grammy Nominated jazz/blues pianist John R Burr String Ensemble with Cecilia Huang Piano Ensemble with Amelita Gutierrez Certificate of Merit Musicianship Class with Amelita Gutierrez (includes music theory, […]

Attention all 4th – 8th graders! New World Music Academy presents The Science of Sound The Science of Sound is designed for children in 4th through 8th grades who are interested in science, music, and composition. It is created and run by Sadie Glass (MMus, BMusHons – Urbana-Champagne, Ill.). The class promises to ignite and […]

NWMA is proud to offer new videos of some of our soloists and chamber ensembles from our 2017 Spring Recital. Visit https://youtu.be/TbeKiVJnhKQ to view and enjoy!