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NWMA owner and executive director Mark Anderson is shown here in a short video produced by Nimbus Records (UK) recording part of a suite of pieces by German/Dutch composer Julius Röntgen. https://youtu.be/Bn8gxZSZfU4 Mark Anderson’s recordings of solo piano works by Julius Röntgen are available online at www.Amazon.com and iTunes. Enjoy.

New World Music Academy will be holding their winter recital on Saturday, December 16th! The recital starts at 10:30 and will be held at the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Dublin, 7557 Amador Valley Blvd. Our students have been preparing for this big day for several months. Please join us in supporting the students as they […]

The Röntgen Piano Trio (Mark Anderson – piano, Antoine van Dongen – violin, and Eric Gaenslen, cello) perform works by Beethoven, Julius Röntgen and Brahms this coming Saturday, December 9th at 8pm at Trinity Chamber Concerts (Trinity Chapel) – 2320 Dana St, Berkeley, CA 94704. Tickets and information can be found at http://www.trinitychamberconcerts.com

Here is an excerpt from a concert that took place at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada on October 20th, 2017. Mark Anderson performs Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major Op.81 with the Borealis String Quartet. New World Music Academy’s mission is to prepare our students for a life-time of music-making. Working with […]

Our Holiday Recital was fantastic yesterday with so many people to congratulate! Parents, teachers and students all work together to create artistic experiences, as witnessed in these two students performing the first movement of Beethoven’s last sonata for violin and piano in G Major, Op.96. This sort of peer-collaboration between students is the driving force […]

NWMA is proud to announce the addition of saxophonist Joshua Marshall to our faculty. Joshua holds a Masters degree in performance from Mills College and performs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area with a variety of ensembles. His own compositions are infused with heavy doses of improvisation as is his collaborative work with ensembles such […]

Watch this short interview with NWMA violin and chamber music director Rebecca Wishnia done for SFgovTV and their Women At Work series. We’re very proud to have Rebecca on the NWMA team! Meet violinist and violin teacher, Rebecca Wishnia, a local San Franciscan raised by cellists. Rebecca shares her experiences as a musician and teacher […]

New World Music Academy would like to congratulate Markus Pawlik’s piano students who recently completed their 2018 Certificate of Merit program. Receiving Branch Honors in the Certificate of Merit Evaluations are: Abrianna Zhang Audrey Xi Chelsea Zhou Ella Min In the 2018 USOMC Competition: Hanna Chen 1. Prize Jessica Phongsa 2nd Prize Ella Min 3rd […]

Come enjoy an afternoon of music provided by our talented students. When: May 12, 2018 starting at 10:30am Where: Resurrection Lutheran Church 7557 Amador Valley Blvd. Dublin, CA 94568 We look forward to seeing you there!

To those who have launched them, the first performance of a chamber music program feels like a testing-ground for all the hard-work, preparation, administrative (read: schedule) juggling, and tireless practicing, in addition to all the efforts by parents, teachers and administrators to make it all come together. Well, today it can be said that those […]

NWMA extends hearty congratulations to the following students of Ms. Kiki for outstanding exam results for 2018 ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) testing: Anish Reddy Kolan – Grade 5 – Mark 95 (with Distinction) Brandon Hughes Lu – Grade 5 – Mark 85 (with Merit) Pranav Palagummi – Grade 5 – […]

New for the 2018-19 Academic Year To all of our current students and families as well as those who are visiting our site in search of the right destination for learning music for themselves or their children, NWMA has recently made changes to our policies and tuition structure for the 2018-19 academic year. Please visit […]