Staff and Faculty

Diane Newman, Director, Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts
Director, Admissions and Placement, The Mannes College of Music. Director, Extension Division and Summer School, The Mannes College of Music. Human Resources Director, Prospect Park Alliance. Solo and chamber music performances in New York and Wisconsin. Private piano teacher. M.A., Music Theory, University of Wisconsin; M.M., B.M., Piano, Manhattan School of Music. Piano studies with Joseph Seiger and Frances Hall. Prep Center Director since 2007.

Janet Coleman, Assistant to the Director
M.M., Performance (Voice), Brooklyn College; B.F.A., Integrative Music Studies, Concordia University (Montreal); Diploma of Library and Information Technology, NSCC.

Marie Incontrera, Office Assistant
Performances and premieres, New York.  Premiere, Symphony Space, New York Youth Symphony Singers; Reading, American Composers Orchestra. M.M. (in progress), Brooklyn College; B.A., Brooklyn College. Composition Studies with Tania Leon, Derek Bermel, Kenji Bunch.  Participant, New York Youth Symphony’s "Making Score" Program.  Adjunct Faculty, Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music. Prep Center staff since 2007; Prep Center faculty since 2008.