We invite you to help us make our new facility a home for music by participating in classes, lessons, and ensembles; by helping to improve or decorate our facility; by assisting with fund raising and/or becoming of one our financial supporters. You will certainly be the recipient of much gratitude and satisifaction as you watch your investment grow.

We are excited to add new programs this year. A Jazz Studies component has been added with classes and ensembles for youth and adults. Along with taking private lessons, students may also participate in an ensemble or class. Learn music theory, music history and experience performing with peers. Expanded music therapy services are available, both at MAEC and in community facilities.

Founded in 1997 as a nonprofit 501(C)(3) community music school, MAEC is an active member in the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts. We believe an education in the arts is one of the most important and essential experiences a child, youth or adult can enjoy. The Music Academy reaches out to support music education through schools and organizations and brings music into the lives of people with disabilities and medical problems through the music therapy and adaptive music programs.

Our caring and professional faculty are committed to providing the highest quality instruction and welcomes students of all levels and visions, young and old, accomplished and beginner. The benefits of studying at Music Academy of Eastern Carolina far exceed the joy of mastering a specific instrument, for in the study of the arts, as research has shown, one learns focus, poise, self-discipline and the values of working both independently and as a team, all skills that promote success in life.

If you haven't visited our school, come see and hear what we are talking about. Come and experience the many sounds from acoustic and electrical guitar to string bass and classical piano that float through our halls. The Music Academy of Eastern Carolina is for students of all ages, abilities, instruments, and styles. If you are interested in music as a hobby or vocation, the Music Academy is for you.

Happy Practicing,
Cheryl Stephenson, Executive Director

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