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Student Organizations at Manhattan School of Music are designed to give students an opportunity to build leadership and interpersonal skills, while contributing to the Manhattan School of Music community.
Each student organization works with the Student Engagement Office, and is organized by students with common interests. Students are invited to initiate and register their group with the Office at the start of each academic year. Groups are open to full-time Manhattan School of Music students in good standing.
Alpha Psi Omega is a theatre honor society providing acknowledgement to those demonstrating a high standard of accomplishment in theatre and offering fellowship for those interested in theatre. Students must qualify for membership to the society.
Student Leaders: Cat Tron, Jack D’Emilio, Tirza Meuljic, Sarah Denison, Lauren Davidsen, Maria Tramontozzi, & Madeline Bergeron
Staff/Faculty Advisors: Liza Gennaro, Associate Dean & Director of Musical Theatre & Enrique Brown, Musical Theatre Faculty
Our mission is to voice the needs and interests of Jazz Arts students as Manhattan School of Music continues its responsibility to acknowledge and embody the spirit of Black American Music.
#BAM at MSM operates primarily to bring student input to the table as part of MSM’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion. #BAM at MSM seeks to educate the community about the rich history and tradition of Black American Music. We strive to highlight artists who lived and worked in Harlem, the birthplace of modern jazz.
Student Leaders: Joseph Giordano, Imani Williams, Joseph Miller, Destiny Diggs-Pinto, Quinton Cain, & Miguel Russel
Staff/Faculty Advisors: Marc Cary, Jazz Arts Faculty
The purpose of the Black Student Union is to provide a sense of unity, support, and cooperation among the black students at Manhattan School of Music. In addition, this organization will provide educational and social opportunities for the entire Manhattan School of Music community to come together to learn about and celebrate the rich heritage, history, and contributions of persons of African ancestry. This will be done by sponsoring cultural activities and educational workshops relating to African heritage and culture. All Manhattan School of Music students are welcome.
Student Leader: Rayna Campbell, Jonathan Gillbert, Adja Thomas, Chira Bell, Imani Williams, & Jaydon Beleford
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Celine Walker, Housing Operations Coordinator
Comedy Club provides an outlet for students to express themselves through comedy. This club endeavors to bring joy, happiness, and ease to the students and faculty of MSM. Comedy can be used to break barriers, understand cultural differences, and build understanding. It can also be used to increase positive energy.
Student Leader: Subiya Mboya, Kennedy Plains, Destiny Diggs Pinto
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Randy Graff, Musical Theatre Faculty
The Environmental Awareness Club endeavors to spread awareness of ideas about saving our planet. The organization emphasizes reclycling, cleaner life choices, and other such small ways of living that help to combat global warming.
Student Leader: Mindy Holthe
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Reiko Feuting, Composition Faculty
Fusion: One World at MSM aims to introduce the community to cultures represented among the students at MSM and bring together international and domestic students to spark connection, appreciation, friendship, and inspiration. The organization strives to highlight and share cultures, traditions, and values through food, dance, art, fashion, and more.
Student Leader: Lulwa Al Shamlan
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Laura Haley, Assistant to the Director, International Student Services
Due to the altered 2020-2021 academic calendar, the ISLO trip will not take place this year. We hope to bring back this opportunity during Spring Break 2022.
This student organization is for students interested in immersive experiences abroad focused on service. This group has volunteered in Costa Rica twice – doing childcare with children from 3-6 years old on their first trip and working on a coffee farm on their second trip. In its third year, ISLO went to Cusco, Peru and worked on a construction project at a preschool. The trip takes place annually, during the second week of MSM Spring Recess.
Student Leader: Anna Maria Vacca
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Crystal Wilson, Assistant Director of Student Engagement & Coordinator of Disability Services
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is a community of students from different cultural and religious backgrounds drawn together by a common interest in exploring the Christian faith and its relation to all of life. IVCF is a campus ministry that encourages honest, thoughtful exploration of spiritual issues through hospitable small group Bible studies, large group gatherings, and off-campus retreats. IVCF at MSM strives to hold weekly meetings and one larger event per month where they will present speakers to share about the intersection of faith, life, and music.
Student Leaders: Jonathan Gilbert & Alex Jeffers
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Mark Stambaugh, Composition Department Chair
The mission of It Stops Here is to spread knowledge and awareness about sexual assault and harassment. This student organization will host meetings to share resources, discuss current events, and brainstorm ways to education the community about sexual assault and harassment. The group will organize events, maintain a social media presence, and post educational flyers around campus.
Student Leaders: Elizabeth Baxley & Cat Tron
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Laura Sametz, Musical Theatre Faculty
Mindful MSM is a health lifestyle group that encompasses activities such as meditation practice, yoga, DIY self-care, healthy dorm room recipes, and how to live sustainably. The group endeavors to create a safe space where students can discuss mindfulness and find support. .
Student Leaders: Anna Maria Vacca, Katherine Pound
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Anne Shikany, Voice Performance Faculty
MSM PoliAware endeavors to create a nonpartisan space for open, honest conversation about todays politics, based in facts. The organizations goal is to teach students how to find factual information and have difficult political discussions, civilly, with their community.
Student Leader: Chira Bell
Staff/Faculty Advisor: David Eisenbach, Humanities Faculty
MSM Womxn fosters empowerment in womxn in the arts. This group aims to create a safe space for womxn at MSM to speak of their experience at MSM and as womxn, period. There is a large emphasis on positive community building and advocacy projects within and outside of MSM.
Student Leader: Chira Bell, Jordan Gilbert, Ria Iparraguirre, Mindy Holthe, Lexi Brown, & Arthi Nandakumar
The Polar Bear Press publishes articles written by students, for students. The group provides a space where student voices can be heard and endeavors to create a platform where important information can be easily accessible.
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Mimi Tompkins, Assistant Vice President for Digital Strategy
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QueerPBS offers a safe space for people of all cultures and identities to freely discuss ideas and work towards making the community at large a better, more compassionate place. The group strives to bridge gaps between queer and non-queer peoples, assess the needs of the community and fulfill those needs, fundraise for charities and organizations that align with the group’s mission, and HAVE FUN building a community together at MSM. All LGBT Manhattan School of Music students and allies are welcome.
Student Leader: Chira Bell, Tirza Meuljic, Mindy Holthe
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Jessica Ferrell, Manager of HR Systems
The MSM Student Council is the school’s largest group, whose mission is to provide a forum and voice for the student body at large. The Council works to enrich the MSM student experience through providing opportunities for engagement and leadership development. The council is comprised of representatives from all majors offered at MSM. The Council sponsors many diverse events during the year, including social activities and discussion forms. The council is open to all students – any enrolled student is welcome to participate in the Council as a member at large.
Student Leader: Chira Bell, President
Abby Dutler, Vice President
Angelina Bush, Secretary
Owen Storey, Treasurer
Evan Schelton, Communications Coordinator
Staff/Faculty Advisor: Kai Santiago, Student Engagement Graduate Intern
Student Council email: studentcouncil@msmnyc.edu
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If you’re interested in starting a new group we invite you to obtain a registration form in the Office of Student Engagement, room 120 in the School. A student must have completed one full semester at MSM before initiating the creation of a new student organization. New student organizations are approved and funded on an annual basis.
Private clubs or organizations of any nature that are not specifically supervised by a member of Manhattan School of Music’s administrative staff are not allowed to actively recruit MSM students.
The School reserves the right to take action against a student group for conduct prohibited by the School’s standards of personal and group conduct. Such acts of misconduct by students engaged in organized activities of registered student organizations, whether committed on or off campus, are subject to disciplinary action. An organized activity is any activity that is conducted under the auspices, sponsorship, or supervision of a registered student organization.
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