Welcome to the Mannes Prep Resources Site!

Academic Calendar

Our 2024-2025 academic calendar, with all closings and relevant info, is available here.

A campus map and building hours can be found here. 

Attendance and Class Information

ABSENCES

Regular, weekly attendance at all Mannes Prep classes is very important. However, we do recognize that on rare occasions students might need to miss class. Students/families should notify the Prep office and all teachers of any planned absences at least two weeks in advance using the absence reporting form available here and also under the information for parent's tab  on the Mannes Prep website. In case of illness, please notify us as soon as possible. Be sure to contact your private lessons teacher and chamber music coach separately via their preferred method of contact as well. 

Large Ensemble Attendance

Attendance and participation in weekly rehearsals is required. Please sign in on the roster before every rehearsal. Failure to sign in may result in your being marked absent. If you must miss a rehearsal, you MUST email Mannes Prep (mannesprep@newschool.edu) at least 2 weeks in advance to request permission to do so. Please note: if you have more than 2 absences within any rehearsal period leading up to a concert, you may not be allowed to play the concert. 

Students who miss more than three (3) large ensemble rehearsals may not be allowed to participate in workshops and recitals. 

CLASS TIME

The New School uses Carnegie teaching hours. Classes and Lessons begin on :05 and end on :55 after the hour in order to facilitate student movement between classes.

            A one-hour class lasts for 50 minutes.

            A ¾-hour class lasts for 37.5 minutes.

            A ½ hour class lasts for 25 minutes.

MAKE-UP POLICY

There are no refunds for student absences.

If a teacher is absent from a private lesson or class, the lesson or class will be made up. In person students can expect an in-person makeup lesson unless the family and teacher have jointly decided upon a Remote/Zoom lesson. 

Teachers are not required to make up lessons or classes missed by students.  However, at the discretion of the instructor, a private lesson may be made up, provided that notice of the absence has been given at least one day before the scheduled lesson.

If a student cancels a make-up lesson, it will not be re-scheduled; the lesson is considered to be made up.

TEACHER CHOICE

Upon entrance into the program, students are encouraged to choose their 1:1 lessons instructor. Please review these tips for selecting a teacher at Mannes Prep. Students who choose "No preference" will be matched with an instructor based on the Mannes Prep rolling seniority process outlined in the Local 7902 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Mannes Prep Union Seniority List

Workshop, Recital, and Accompanist Information

Mannes Prep offers student workshop and recitals throughout the year. 

ACCOMPANYING:

You can sign up for time slots with Chung Hong here:

Chung Hong

You can sign up for time slots with Yura Jang here:

Yura Jang

Yura and Chung have been assigned to specific Workshop/Recital times so that you can plan collaborative services in advance, this is reflected in the workshop and recital sign ups.

WORKSHOPS AND RECITALS: 

Fall 2024 Workshop Sign Up

Fall 2024 Recital Sign Up

*As a reminder, teachers must sign their students up for both workshops and recitals. 

Teachers are required to sign up their students for accompanying slots, workshops, and recitals. Please fill out these forms completely and accurately at least one week prior to the student's requested date. If you need to make a change or cancellation at a later date please contact the Prep Office at mannesprep@newschool.edu. Thanks!

Please note, each student is allowed to sign up for one 1/2 hour accompanist rehearsal per Mannes Prep event.

Communication

NEWSLETTER

Be sure to stay up-to-date on important Prep information by reading our weekly Prep Newsletter!  The newsletter is our primary method of communication. It is sent out via email each week that the Prep Division is in session, usually on Thursday or Friday. It includes important information about the current week’s classes, upcoming events, special offers for the Prep community, and more.  If you have good news, upcoming performances, or other information to share in the newsletter, please send all details to mannesprep@newschool.edu.

SATURDAY BULLETIN BOARD

On Saturdays when the Prep Division is in session, be sure to check the bulletin board in the lobby.  All recital programs, orchestra assignments and rehearsal information, upcoming events, and much more is posted each week.  A quick visit at the bulletin board will answer many of your questions!  

CONTACT INFORMATION

Make sure to stay in touch!  Please notify the Prep Office of any change in contact information, including home address, phone numbers, and email address.

SCHOOL CLOSING

In the event of severe weather or other emergency, Mannes and the Prep Division may close.  Announcements of closings will be left on the main line of Mannes: (212) 580-0210.  Please note that the Prep Division rarely closes.

Programs

PROGRAMS

For a complete list of all Prep Division programs, classes, tuition, and fees, please see the Tuition & Fees sheet, available in the Prep Office and on the Prep Division’s website. 

2024-2025 Tuition and Fees

TAKE AN ELECTIVE COURSE

Too much space in your schedule? We can help you fill it! Mannes Prep offers elective courses each semester and families will be notified via the newsletter what the offerings will be for each semester. Electives incur an additional fee. 

Register for Chamber Music

Chamber music is an exciting, rewarding, and fun elective for our students!  To participate, students register for chamber music before the fall semester begins, and audition for placement near the beginning of the school year.  Although we try to create groups for every interested student, we can’t guarantee that each student will be able to join a group; if we’re not able to place a student into a group, the chamber music fee would be refunded.  

All groups are strongly encouraged to perform on the Chamber Music Bash each fall and spring.  The Chamber Music Bash is free and open to the public; family and friends are welcome to attend!

Take Secondary Lessons

Contact the Prep office if you would like to sign up for secondary lessons. Secondary lessons are available on most instruments, and lessons are offered for either ½ hour, ¾ hour, or for a full hour.

Teacher Changes

Teacher changes are rare, and typically our students stay with the same private teacher from year to year. However, if a family wishes to change private instructors, they should start by contacting the Prep Office to discuss possibilities. Most changes are made over the summer—information about teacher change requests is listed in the re-registration form sent out each spring. For any concerns or questions about teacher requests and matches, please contact Mannes Prep at mannesprep@newschool.edu.

Tuition and Fees

TUITION

For a complete list of all Prep Division programs, classes, tuition, and fees, please see the 2024-2025 Tuition and Fees Sheet, available in the Prep Office and on the Prep Division’s website here . Tuition must be paid in full, or a Payment Plan set up, before the start of each semester. Students with a balance will have a hold placed on their account preventing registration. 

To access your student account, visit my.newschool.edu. You can retrieve your account information from this portal. Through this you will be able to find:

Electronic Invoices

The New School issues electronic invoices for all students, including Mannes Preparatory students. 

When setting up your online student account, please be sure to enter your correct e-mail address so that you will receive notice when invoices have been posted to your account online.

Payment Plan

We offer Mannes Prep students and parents a four-month payment plan each semester. Enrollment begins in July for the fall semester and the first payment begins August 1. Payment plan enrollment for the spring begins in December and the first payment begins January 1. Real-time information regarding your student account is used to calculate charges and payments. There is a nominal enrollment fee. Sign up is required online.

Credit Card and Webcheck/ACH payment

Once enrolled, students and parents can make payments online using a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover) or checking or savings account.

Electronic Refunds

Once you have set up your student account, students and parents can sign up to receive electronic refunds, which are direct deposited to their savings or checking account. Please note that any credit due to credit card payment will be refunded to the credit card that was used to make payment.

To view the various electronic services available, all students and parents are encouraged to log on to MyNewSchool, look under the Student tab and then click on the Student Financial Services link. 

For all questions about your account, contact Student Accounts at myaccount@newschool.edu.

Financial Aid

Financial aid is available to students in the Junior, Pre-Senior, and Senior Programs.  Applications are available in the Prep Office and on the Prep Division’s website.  To apply, the financial aid application and a copy of the previous year’s complete federal tax returns should be submitted to the Prep Office by May 1. 

Graded Showcases

Graded Showcases are optional for all students with the exception of students who wish to enter or remain in  the Clara Mannes Honors Program. For dates please refer to the Academic Calendar.

Showcase Comments and Student Evaluations

Within a few weeks of the conclusion of each semester, you will receive your student’s jury comments and course evaluations via email. Please email us at mannesprep@newschool.edu if you have any questions or concerns. 

Clara Mannes Scholar Program

What is the Clara Mannes Scholars Program?

The Clara Mannes Scholars Program encourages Mannes Prep students who wish to work towards a higher standard and recognizes the extra time and effort they have put in over the course of an academic year with a special certificate, additional performance opportunities, and community engagement initiatives the following year. The additional performance opportunities reinforce an exemplary dedication to practice and study and are designed to underscore and deepen a student’s love of music. Each year students will demonstrate their renewed commitment and passion for the material through the successful completion of a graded showcase. 

Who can apply?

Any and all students are welcome to request a graded showcase at the end of an academic year in order to be considered for the Clara Mannes Scholars Program; There is no limit to the number of students who may be accepted. New and continuing students will follow the same process. Students must receive an A- or above average to qualify for admission to the CMSP program.

Application Process:

1. The student’s private instructor must register them for a graded showcase here. Deadline: February 1, 2025

2. Students are assigned a time and date for a May 2025 Graded Showcase by the office.

3. Students who receive an A- or above average will be notified of their acceptance to the CMSP Program. 

Graded Showcase Requirements:

Scales: Each student will be asked by their panel to play two scales. Requirements are by program:

• Junior Program: major scales up to three sharps and three flats

• Pre-Senior Program: all major scales 

• Senior Program: all major scales, as well as two minor scales of your choice

Repertoire: 

• Instrumentalists and Vocalists should choose and prepare two contrasting pieces, one of which should represent one of the musical styles that have evolved during the past hundred years. Students are encouraged to present a work by a living composer or one written in the last 50 years. 

• Memorization of one piece is required.

• The total duration of both pieces should not exceed 8 minutes. Cuts or movements of larger works are acceptable. 

• Accompaniment is not required.

Pre-Registration for Returning Students

You will receive an email with Pre-registration instructions in April (let us know if you do not receive these instructions). Families should follow the directions to complete the fall registration form, with any additions or changes, and accompanying deposit. Currently enrolled students must renew by May 15 and pay a $500 non-refundable tuition deposit in order to hold a place for the Fall semester. Students renewing prior to May 15 will be guaranteed a spot in their current studio. 

Students are automatically re-enrolled for the spring semester with the same schedule each year, unless they notify the Prep Office in writing with requests for class changes or the desire to withdraw.

Student ID cards

YOUR NEW SCHOOL ID CARD

IDs will be distributed to new students during the first several weeks of classes.  It is mandatory that you submit an ID photo for the New School ID. Please use this website to submit a photo. The Campus Card Services staff will crop your photo for you.  All Mannes Prep students need to carry the permanent New School CE Card when on campus (Continuing Education).  Cards for new students will be available at the main Mannes building (55 W 13th Street) in the Prep office, room 102.  Students or their parents must show legal photo ID to claim the card.  Cards are complimentary; however replacement cards will incur a $25 fee.

Accessing Your New School Account and Email

My New School Account

The My.Newschool.edu portal is an extremely handy website where you can:

• • See your tuition charges and registration status

  • Pay your bill and set up a payment plan

  • Access online music databases, streaming audio files, scores and more!

How to Log in to Your New School Email

1.  Visit http://my.newschool.edu

2.  Log in with your NetID and Password 

3.  Click on the Apps menu (looks like three vertical lines) and click on “Email"

4.  You will be redirected to your New School Email

How to forward New School email to personal email

The New School Libraries 

http://library.newschool.edu/ 

The Performing Arts Library is located on the 2nd floor of Mannes and is an incredible resource for our community. On Saturdays when the Prep Division is in session, the Library is open from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.  (The circulation desk closes at 4:30 p.m.)  

Even when the Library is closed, Mannes Prep students have access to over 800,000 streaming tracks of jazz and classical music! In addition, you have access to music encyclopedias, digital scores you can print, and even streaming video of opera!  All this can be accessed through my.newschool.edu, where you can also check the status of your library account and item due dates. To see the status of your library account, click on "View Your Patron Record" in the Library tab. Once you are logged onto MyNewSchool, you can do so much more from the library tab than check your account.  Students have access to nearly 30 music databases as well as hundreds of other non-music databases!

Questions? Click on "Ask a Librarian" or call (212) 580-0210, ext. 4803.  Happy browsing!

Practice or get some work done in the Performing Arts Library!

Mannes practice rooms are located on the mezzanine, 3rd, 4th, and 7th floors of the building. If you are able to find an available room (the building is often at capacity), feel free to use your free time to warm up for your lesson or practice for an upcoming performance or audition.  On Saturdays, the Library is open from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (the circulation desk closes at 4:30 p.m.). 

How to Arrange for a Workshop, Recital, and Accompanist

Workshops

• • Parents and teachers are not allowed in workshops. Workshops are an opportunity for students to hone their performance skills in a supportive, closed, and small group setting.

  • When participating in Prep workshops, students are required to attend the workshop for the entire duration. If a student is unable to stay for the entire workshop hour, please choose an alternate date. As a courtesy to every student performing in the workshop, it’s important to have as few disruptions as possible. Additionally, when students leave early, they miss out on the opportunity to hear their fellow students perform in a closed session and receive fresh insight from a different faculty perspective.

  • Students must successfully complete a workshop in order to perform on a recital. 

  • If an accompanist is required, it is the responsibility of the teacher to arrange for the accompanist.

  • The teacher should complete the workshop form online at least one week in advance. 

  • The workshop and recital schedule for each semester is on the Prep sign-up webpage, the bulletin board in the lobby, and available to pick up in the Prep office.

  • Students may perform on a maximum of 4 workshops per semester for each instrument they study at Mannes Prep. 

Recitals

• • Recitals are an opportunity for students to perform for family, friends, and Prep audiences in a warm and friendly environment.

  • Students may play on a recital only after a successful workshop performance.

  • Because not all students participate in workshops with the goal of performing in a recital and students have various scheduling requirements, students are not automatically placed in recitals after workshops.

  • The teacher should complete the recital sign-up form online at least one week in advance. 

    •  Provide the following information:

      •  Student Name, Age,  & Instrument

      • Teacher Name

      • Composer / Title

      • Accurate Duration

      • Accompanist (arrangements are the responsibility of the teacher)

    • A student or parent may sign-up for a recital only with the expressed permission of the private teacher.

  • If a student is to play a workshop only one week before the desired recital date, the teacher may sign-up the student for the recital even though the outcome of the workshop is still unknown.  If the student is deemed unready the Prep office will contact the private teacher.

  • Students may perform on a maximum of 3 recitals per semester on each instrument they study at Mannes Prep.

  • Parents, family members, teachers, and friends are all welcome and encouraged to attend student recitals! However, we ask that out of respect for all of our talented young performers, everyone plan on attending the full recital. Should you arrive to a performance late, please only enter during the applause between pieces.

Rehearsals and Performances with Accompanists

• • It is the responsibility of the private teacher to arrange for an accompanist and rehearsal time.

  • Yura Jang and Chung A Hong are the official accompanists for Prep and are available on Saturdays.

  • Rehearse with a student one ½-hour prior to a Workshop

  • Play for the student in the Workshop

  • Rehearse with the student one ½-hour prior to a Recital

  • Play for the student in the Recital

  • Accompanist slots become available online at one week in advance. 

    • To sign up for Yura Jang:

    • To sign up for Chung A Hong: 

Their schedule fills up quickly, so sign up as early as possible.

• • Rehearsals should be scheduled during the student’s lesson time.  If this is not possible the teacher can sign up for another available time.  However, a rehearsal cannot conflict with anything else in the student’s Prep schedule.  The teacher needs to know her/his student’s Saturday schedule in order to avoid a conflict. 

  • If the student’s lesson room does not have a piano or if the rehearsal has to be scheduled outside of a student’s lesson time please leave the room # line blank and the office will assign a room.  On the day of the rehearsal, i.e., the following Saturday, the student should check the accompanist schedule posted outside the Prep office.  

Please contact the Prep office at mannesprep@newschool.edu if you have any questions. We’re looking forward to a wonderful year of beautiful performances!  

Safety & Security

New School Alerts (Emergency Alert System) www.newschool.edu/safety/new-school-alerts

New School Alerts is a notification system designed to provide quick and reliable mass communication to students, faculty, and staff regarding potential or actual emergencies and other time-sensitive matters. The New School Alerts system will send alert messages to cell phones (text and voice), landlines, and email addresses during an urgent or time-sensitive situation affecting The New School community. All faculty members, staff, and students must register to receive New School Alerts. To enroll, login to MyNewSchool and select the New School Alerts tab. For weather-related closings, check the university home page, university status page or call the University Advisory Message 212.229.7008. If the university closes due to a serious weather emergency, you will be notified by The New School Alerts system.

Campus Security is available 24 hours/day at 212.229.7001. In the case of medical and public safety emergencies, call 911.

Withdrawal Policy

If a student withdraws from the program, parents must give written notice to the Prep Division, indicating the reason for the withdrawal.  This should be emailed to mannesprep@newschool.edu.

Until this withdrawal notification is received in writing, tuition charges remain in effect and parents will be billed for the full fee.

If notification is received before the student’s first week of class attendance, the student is responsible only for the non-refundable $500 deposit.  No further tuition is charged.

After the semester begins, upon the Division’s receipt of written notice of withdrawal, tuition refunds will be made according to the Refund Schedule:

https://www.newschool.edu/tuition-fees-billing/refund-schedule/ 

 Wi-Fi

There is a guest Wi-Fi network available for parents and students to use if they wish. Please select the “newschool-guest” network and follow the instructions to create a login. Please note that the Prep Division does not maintain or troubleshoot this network. 

Please contact the IT Services department at helpdesk@newschool.edu or (212) 229-5300 xHELP for assistance if there are any issues. 

Lost and found

Please report all thefts and lost items to the security desk in the lobby. Please do not leave instruments and personal items unattended in the building, as we share this space with other departments and students. 

Contact the security desk at (212) 580-0210 x5165 for any inquiries.

The New Store

The New Store is the only source for officially licensed apparel and merchandise of The New School and its colleges. It is designed to provide an opportunity for students, alumni, faculty, staff, family, and friends to express the pride, identity, and community they share with The New School.

https://www.thenewstore.nyc/

Mannes Prep Store

Mannes Prep Specific Merchandise is available through the links below. 

Mannes Prep Tote Bag

Mannes Prep T Shirt