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BHMA
Admissions Guidelines
Admission to Berkshire Hills Music Academy is open to young adults with cognitive and/or learning disabilities, between the ages of 18 and 30 years old, who meet the following criteria:
- Exhibited musical skills in voice or a musical
instrument, with capacity to expand repertoire
- Effective verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated potential to live in a residential school setting
- Demonstrated basic self-care skills and ability to attend classes independently
- Stamina to manage a full day's schedule
The process:
- Families are invited to attend a BHMA Prelude,
where they can receive information about our school and hear an
informal student performance.
- Interested families should complete a
preliminary application form.
- Upon review of the preliminary application the
Admissions Office may invite a candidate for an Admissions Visit to
the school, during which the candidate will sit in on classes,
experience student life, receive various assessments, and complete
an audition or performance. Candidates who did not attend our
2007 Summer Program will stay overnight during their Admissions
Visit.
- Families will submit additional application
materials, including school records and transcripts, health records,
the most recent IEP, neuropsych and reading/math testing results,
and 4 recommendations.
- An admissions decision will be made within a month
after a particular application deadline.
Other requirements:
- Foreign students must also meet United States federal admissions criteria for non-immigrant FI (academic) and M1 (vocational) students
- Must have health insurance
- Berkshire Hills Music Academy is not equipped to work with students who have a primary emotional or behavioral diagnosis
- Berkshire Hills Music Academy shall not admit any applicant who presents clear andpresent danger to self and/or others, and those whose needs cannot be met adequately by its program.
All interested families are asked to contact the
Admissions Office, to express initial interest, receive
information, and register for a BHMA Prelude information session.
Please call
Elizabeth Hart, Admissions
Director, at
413-540-9720, ext. 202.
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Call the Admissions
Office for more information.
(413) 540-9720, ext. 202
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