Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital

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The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring Women Composers at the Millennium.  

Music of Our Time Festival Student Composition Recital

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The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring music composed by participants of the Compose Yourself! Project and HBMS Composition classes under the direction of Derek Cooper.

Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital

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The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring Contemporary Works (1975 - Present).

Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital

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The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring Our Mentors in Modernism - Schoenberg, Ives, Stravinsky, Bartók, and Britten.

Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital: Micro-Commissions

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The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Micro-Commissions Project, a collaboration between HBMS and the Manhattan School of Music. Co-directed by Peter Seidenberg and Reiko Fueting, MSM’s head of composition, this initiative pairs ten HBMS students with ten MSM composers, who have written original works tailored to each student’s instrument and skill level....

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Music of Our Time Festival Large Ensembles Performance

The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring music composed between 1975 and the present. Featuring the world premiere of All the Sounds Around Her by Kian Ravaei Commissioned by HBMS for a student ensemble and made possible under the auspices of Hoff-Barthelson’s Wilma Machover Residency and Commission Program, this piece...

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Memorial Day Recess

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Memorial Day Recess - The School is closed for regularly scheduled lessons and classes.

Music Showcase Festival at Dorney Park

Members of the Young People's Symphonette and Chamber Orchestra travel to Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania to participate in the 2025 Music Showcase Festival where they will receive a year-end assessment by an outside panel focused on reinforcing skills that students have developed through their participation in the orchestras.

Honors Program Student Recital

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Student recital featuring students enrolled in the Honors Program. * Elena Collins, voice Ariana Thomas, piano Adele Xie, piano The Honors Program for gifted and committed students, selected through auditions, has produced prize-winning performers in national and international competitions. The program is designed for students 12 years or older who have been enrolled in private lessons...

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Honors Program Student Recital

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Student recital featuring students enrolled in the Honors Program. * Adhijay Arvind, cello Madeline Margulis-Ohnuma, cello Luke Padovano, cello The Honors Program for gifted and committed students, selected through auditions, has produced prize-winning performers in national and international competitions. The program is designed for students 12 years or older who have been enrolled in private lessons...

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Suzuki Guitar Program Porch Party

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Current and prospective Suzuki guitar students and their parents are invited to join us for a Suzuki Porch Party! Come learn more about our exciting plans for our 2025-26 Suzuki Guitar Program, and meet faculty and other Suzuki families!

Suzuki Strings Porch Party

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Current and prospective Suzuki violin and cello students and their parents are invited to join us for a Suzuki Porch Party! Come learn more about our exciting plans for our 2025-26 Suzuki program, and meet Suzuki faculty and other Suzuki families!