To hire a performer:

If you are looking to hire a musician to perform at a special event, please complete this form.

Additional details are below about using our Private Teacher Referral Service or sharing a long-term opportunity with the MSM community. 

For special events: we will contact you once we review all of the relevant information, including the time, location, and nature of your event, as well as other details such as budget and special requests. This information enables us to then act as a liaison in referring musicians best suited for your event.

Questions?

cme@msmnyc.edu
917-493-4502

Our Performer Referral Service connects those looking for performers for a special event with MSM musicians. We frequently help to facilitate music for a range of:

• Weddings and ceremonies
• Receptions
• Corporate events
• Social gatherings

Performers are available in the greater NYC area, and beyond.

This program is organized by the Center for Music Entrepreneurship. The CME is a key link between potential employers and the highly talented students and alums of Manhattan School of Music. Find out more here.

To share a longer term or non-performance related opportunity with current students and alumni, see the Share Other Opportunities section below.

In addition to the information listed below, the CME is excited to announce the launch of our Private Teacher Gallery, a searchable database of currently active private teachers from the MSM community. The CME Private Teacher Gallery can be found by clicking here.

To request a list of private teachers, please email cme@msmnyc.edu or call 917-493-4502 and provide us with the following information:

• Your full name
• Phone and e-mail
• Instrument/voice category (such as flute, guitar, or soprano)
• Discipline (such as classical, jazz, or musical theater)
• Level and age of student
• Neighborhood where you’d like lessons to take place

Once we hear from you we will then share a Teacher Referral list that contains basic information about potential teachers. All listed teachers are either former or current students of the School. The listing including degrees earned and areas of teaching experience; both will assist you in deciding which teacher(s) you would like to contact.

Lessons arranged through this service would be taught either in the client’s home or at the teacher’s studio/home. Any lessons arranged through our Teacher Referral program will not be taught at the School and are not part of an official academic program. This service is not for those seeking to become students at Manhattan School of Music or to study with our College or Precollege faculty members.

Those seeking music instruction for non-beginner children might also be interested in the School’s prestigious Precollege Division, which offers a full day of lessons, ensembles, and classes for ages 5–18, accepted by audition.

To become part of the Musician and/or Teacher Referral rosters, MSM students and alums should click here for important details.

Please note: This service functions separately from School’s on-campus College and Precollege and those programs’ private instruction offerings.

In addition to our Performer and Private Teacher Referrals, the Center shares a range of professional music opportunities—both ongoing and one-time —with the MSM community via the CME Opportunites Board. These include performance, composition/arranging, direction, teaching and other music-related jobs and often fall into one of the following categories:

• Recital / Concert / Performance Work and Casting
• Orchestral / Ensemble Work
• Church / Synagogue / Religious Work
• Teaching Positions (Institutional)
• Other Music-Related Positions (Administrative)

Listings are made available in the Center and are also shared electronically, including through our social media channels.

Depending on the opportunity, the CME can often further assist employers’ hiring process by targeting a specific population of qualified applicants and encouraging interested candidates to then contact the employer directly.

To share details about an opportunity, employers are asked to fill out a short form by clicking here. Once we gather the information we need, appropriate opportunities will then be shared.