About CPA
About CPA
About College of Performing Arts
Welcome to the College of Performing Arts, where our students and faculty transform our world through the performing arts!
Our college is a family of supportive artists, where our world-class faculty guide our students in developing their skills as artists, educators, producers, performers, directors, designers, dancers, and dreamers. Whether your passions are in dance, theatre, and/or music; whether you want to be a designer or director, producer or performer, on the stage or in the classroom, we have a place for you to learn and thrive.
Our faculty in Dance, Music, and Theatre bring a wealth of professional experience to our classrooms as they guide our students and prepare them to engage the world as artists. We encourage you to visit, where you will see not only the faculty’s artistic expertise, but their skill as teachers and individual attention to our students.
Our alumni have become artistic and educational leaders, bringing their artistic vision and talents to stages all over the world and touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of audience members and students every year. Whether performing with the Metropolitan Opera, touring the country with Broadway shows, providing leadership in music education, or in one of countless other roles, our College of Performing Arts alumni are serving and improving the world through the arts every day!
We hope that you visit us to attend a performance or take a prospective student tour soon!
Mission Statement
The College of Performing Arts at Rowan University develops artists and audiences of the future and promotes the arts as vital to humanity. Through rigorous professional preparation and liberal arts programs, the College educates students in the disciplines of dance, music, and theatre and challenges them to develop a conceptual, critical and creative perspective within the contemporary world. The College creates, illuminates, and inspires audiences and community through public performances and artistic practice for the university and broader region.
Accreditation
Specialized, national arts accreditation has been granted by the following organizations:
- The National Association of Schools of Music
- The National Association of Schools of Theatre