Registration is over - many classes closed

We are happy to have had such an enthusiastic response for our classes this year. Musical Theater Workshop is filled, as is Creative Movement, Pre-Ballet and Sing and Dance to a Latin Beat. There are still a few spots open for Shakespeare Workshop, Tango, and Step Team. And everyone is invited to participate in Voices of Hope on Wednesdays -- the more the merrier!

Our current private music instruction teachers have reached their limits for students and we are taking names/phone numbers for those interested in taking lessons in the next session. We will contact you as additional teachers are hired.

Onsite Registration Today!

Register for Hope Academy classes from 1 to 4 pm at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Today is the deadline for scholarship applications. To print out registration forms and applications, see the previous post (below).

Register for Fall 2007 Courses!

Hope Academy of Music and the Arts is now accepting registrations for the Fall 2007 Term. Fall classes start the week of September 24.

Hope Academy offers music, dance and theater courses for children and youth from 4- to 18-years-old. With a combination of tuition-based and free courses there is something for everyone, including our popular Musical Theater and Shakespeare Workshops and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre dance classes Plus our new lineup of free music and dance classes on Wednesdays after school, featuring our "Voices of Hope" vocal ensembles led by Suzanne Polak. Auditions for the REMIX Youth Dance Company will be held on Fri. September 28 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. Call 412-441-3800 x11 to RSVP for the audition.

Download our Fall 2007 Course Brochure and Registration forms here.




Onsite registrations will be held at East Liberty Presbyterian Church on Sat.September 8 from 1 to 4 pm; Wed. September 12 and Wed. September 19 from 4:30 to 6:30 pm.

A limited number of merit- and need-based scholarships are available to qualified students. The deadline for scholarship applications is September 8. Download a scholarship application here:


All registration forms,including policies and procedures, are available by clicking here,


We're looking forward to seeing you in September!

CD Release Party Tonight!

You saw our singers/songwriters at the Hope Academy Showcase in May, and now their long-awaited CD is finished and will be released tonight at the Shadow Lounge (on Baum, across the street from East Liberty Presbyterian Church).

Friday, June 8 at 7 pm. Everyone is invited and it's FREE.

Video of Hope Academy Songwriters

Here is a video of one of the performances from the showcase. This group will be performing at the Shadow Lounge on Friday, June 8 at 7pm for an all-ages show.


Hope Academy Young Songwriters is taught by Jeremy Sment in partnership with Guitar Society of Fine Art.

Tim Adams at the "Voices of Hope" Concert

Thanks to Tim Adams for coming to our Voices of Hope concert! Tim is the principal timpanist for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and a friend of Miss Suzanne, and Hope Academy. Visit his website to hear, and buy, his new CD. It is amazing!

Music Recital - Sunday, May 20

Congratulations to all of the students who performed in the music recital on Sunday. Thanks to the teaching artists, Suzanne Polak, Elisa Mata, Jeremy Sment, Devin Arrington and Kelly Lynch who have done such a wonderful job working with their students this year. Here is a short video of Mark Steidl's composition, "American Tour," being performed for the first time by Suzanne Polak and Elisa Mata.