The Calderone School of Music is a NJ Registered Professional Development
Provider and offers private music lessons to students of all ages and levels
on every instrument: strings, woodwinds, brasses, percussion, organ, piano,
accordion, keyboards, voice, and popular, jazz and classical guitar and bass and
harp. The school also has a College Preparatory Division and a Professional
Development Division for Public School Teachers' Continuing Education. The
curriculum is well-rounded and comprehensive. Designed on the Kodàly Music
Philosophy, the school curricula includes the principles of the National
Standards and the methodologies of Orff, Dalcroze and Suzuki. The experienced
degreed teaching staff are trained by the school as master teachers. All styles
of music are available for study including classical, jazz, Broadway, rock and
roll, folk and popular music.
 

The Calderone School of Music was founded in 1975 providing a quality education
with an enrollment of 2,000 students. The experienced professional staff of
fifty-five dedicated teachers with advanced degrees in music consists of
certified teachers and college professors, teaching their specialty instruments.
Kathleen Calderone, the founder, received her BA in Music Education from Kean
University, where she is an adjunct professor, holds a Kodàly Graduate
Certification in music education from Westminster Choir College, obtained her
Masters of Arts for Teachers in Music at Rutgers University, possesses a New
Jersey Supervisor Certification, and pursing Ph.D. from Capella
University.