Research Guides: Performing Arts: Get Started

Performing Arts at NECC

Northern Essex Community College offers a Music Associate Degree, and a Music Technology Certificate. The library supports students of these programs by providing print and electronic resources related to the curriculum. This guide is designed to help connect students with the library's resources through the links on the left.

More information on these programs and their requirements, curriculum, and faculty can be found here.

Performing Arts Music Associate Degree and Liberal Arts Theater Program

Useful Websites

NASM: National Association of Schools of Music
An organization of schools, conservatories, colleges and universities which establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials.
National Endowment for the Arts
An independent federal agency that funds and promotes artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities.

There are also many organizations focusing on a specific type of music, the Jazz Foundation of America, for instance.

Useful Websites

Actors Equity Association
Labor union representing 50,000+ Actors and Stage Managers - seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society & advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health & pension plans.
IASTE - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
Labor union representing stangehands, artisans, and craftspersons in the entertainment industry.
Theatre Communications Group
The national organization for the American theatre was founded in 1961 with a grant from the Ford Foundation to foster communication among professional, community and university theatres.
URTA: University/Residents Theatre Association
The nation's oldest and largest consortium of professional, graduate (MFA) theatre training programs and partnered professional theatre companies.
Educational Theatre Association
A national nonprofit whose mission is shaping lives through theatre education by: honoring student achievement in theatre and enriching their theatre education experience; supporting teachers by providing professional development, networking opportunities, resources, and recognition; and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills.