Mission

The wish of the founders and Board of Trustees of the NBS Classical Music Institute is to make music more accessible to the community. These objectives have been recognized by the National Guild Community Schools for the Arts, which gave full membership to the School in 1995. The Institute's mission statement includes the following objectives:

• To teach music education and appreciation to all students.

• To challenge all students to achieve their greatest potential.

• To develop through music performance: student confidence, poise and general personality development.

• To educate the community through free public performances and lectures on classical music.

The Institute was started by Nelly Berman and David Lefkovitz and parents of the Nelly Berman School of Music to raise funds to offer scholarships to talented music students.  The Institute hopes, through grants and benefactor's contributions, to develop a program of music education which will be accessible to children who would not otherwise have access to the high caliber teachers of the Nelly Berman School.