The Norwegian School, MAYA Musikk & Kulturskole opens in New York City! The teaching locations will be at The Norwegian Seamen’s Church located on Manhattan and in Brooklyn.
Maya is looking forward in bringing Norwegian music and culture to New York. She wants to create a school where Norwegian music and culture will be the focus of teaching. The purpose of Maya’s Norwegian School of Performing Arts is to bring knowledge of Norwegian music and culture to 1, 2, and 3 generation Norwegian-Americans and also to the general public of New York. The classes will be given in Norwegian or English, by highly educated Norwegian teachers, living in Norway and in New York. Maya has always felt very strong ties to the United States and the City of New York. After Oslo and Bergen, New York City was once the third largest city of Norwegian population in the world. For over two generations, most of her family worked and lived in Brooklyn, New York. Due to her American background, Maya is both Norwegian and American citizen.
At the age of 18, Maya moved from Lista in Farsund County located in the far south of Norway to Oslo to study to become a musician and music teacher. In 1981, she founded MAYA Musikk & Kulturskole in Oslo, Norway. Over the years, the school has developed to become Norway’s largest private school of music, dance, theater and fine arts.
MAYA’s School of Performing Arts in New York will provide lessons and classes to all ages starting from the age of 2.
Summer School
August 1st – August 21st
Summer school offers individual and group lessons on PIANO, KEYBOARD, GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, VIOLIN, CELLO, SINGING / VOCAL TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE. Frank Kvinge will teach guitar at MAYA's School of Performing Arts at The Norwegian Seamen's church from August 6th - 16th. for several years, frank had previously been a teacher at MAYA Musikk & kulturskole in Oslo, Norway. His students in Norway have done remarkably well. They have achieved top spots in the country finals such as "ungdommens kulturmønstring", MgP Jr. and they have become fine guitar playes (of all styles). With Norwegian music in focus, students in New York can look forward to great teachings.
Fall semester will start September 10th.
Maya’s School of Performing Arts will gradually expand the educational offerings to include classes in:
MUSIC
- Music lessons for babies and children with parents
- Individual and group instruction in a variety of instruments
- String Orchestra for children
- Band lessons
DANCE
- Children’s dancing – from the age of 3 years
- Dance classes for teens
- Norwegian folk dance'
THEATER COURSES CRAFTS
- Drawing and painting
- Courses in resealing (rosemaling, traditional Norwegian rose painting).
Maya’s Norwegian School of Performing Arts mission is to
- Provide teaching at all levels of Norwegian music and culture
- Arrange concerts and cultural events with Norwegian culture in focus
- Promote cooperation and cultural exchange between Norway and the USA.
- Arrange concerts, exhibitions and performances of Norwegian culture in focus
