Welcome

Students may relax between classes, performances, and practice times at the nearby “Passion Puddle.”

Mason Gross is part of Rutgers University, a “Colonial College” and the nation’s eighth-oldest institution of higher learning.

The “Kissing Bridge” leads across the scenic Ravine to the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center, site of nearly 500 music, dance, and theater performances each year.

Visual Arts

Visual artists create new works in a variety of spacious labs and studios in downtown New Brunswick and the rustic Livingston Campus.

The Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square in downtown New Brunswick display work by students, faculty, and visiting artists.

Students receive advice from noted art critics at a gallery show in Lower Manhattan.

Theater

The Rutgers Theater Company mounts seven main-stage productions per year, each with a two-to-three-week run.

Students receive the benefit of master classes with distinguished artists such as Tony-winning alum Roger Bart.

The Rutgers Conservatory Program at Shakespeare’s Globe in London puts Theater students on one of the most important stages in the world.

Music

International programs include the annual PianoFest Austria, in Baroque palaces just outside Vienna.

Proximity to New York City allows students to perform at the Blue Note Jazz Café and other Big Apple venues.

Students perform in Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall as part of the Rutgers In New York series.

Dance

Dance students collaborate with professional choreographers from Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Bill T. Jones Dance Company, and other troupes.

Dance students may perform with University DanceWorks, which tours each spring in the New Jersey/New York area.

The Dance Department offers a dual BFA/EdM degree, the first of its kind in the nation.

Mason Gross School Spring Magazine

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  • Jazz Trombones: A Vocal Expression

    Student Adam Machaskee isn’t sure he has what it takes to win the International Trombone Festival’s JJ Johnson Jazz Soloist Competition in Nashville, Tenn. According to his professor, Conrad Herwig, the competition “identifies the most accomplished jazz trombonist under the age of 25 around the world.” Will Machaskee win?

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