About Ars Nova

Ars Nova Founder and President, Dr. Ginger Beazley

Ars Nova, Incorporated is a 501(c)3 status non-profit organization dedicated to the performing arts, with an emphasis on music. Operated under its auspices are a school for training in voice, music, and theatre in addition to a production company which performs plays, musicals, and opera.

About The School

The school was established in September of 1998 with 25 students and grown today to approximately 140 students. We are located at 7908A Charlotte Drive right next door to the Eleanor Murphy Branch Library.

We offer children's courses in general music and group voice instruction. Our preparatory program for children and adults includes brass, winds, piano, guitar and voice. Each student receives one private lesson per week for voice/instrument, with four performance/theory classes included in each 16-week session. Performance classes provide the opportunity for students to perform for their peers in a comfortable, nurturing setting. Instructors teach appropriate stage gestures and guide performers in developing a confident, communicative presence on stage. A theory computer lab provides an opportunity for students to learn the rudiments of music including key signatures, intervals, simple rhythms and for more advanced students chord structure and rhythmic and melodic dictation. Adult voice students may elect anatomy for singers or self-conducting for singers. All our instructors hold college degrees or certification in their field of expertise.

We look forward to seeing you in one of our classes this term.

Affiliations

Instructors and students may be associated with several of the following organizations. These organizations provide many opportunities throughout the year for auditions and competitions.

Alabama Music Teachers Association (AMTA)
National Guild of Piano Teachers (American College of Musicians)
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
Federated Music Clubs