Award-Winning Broadway Actor
Denise Summerford
Founder & Director
Learn, Train and Grow with Broadway Pros! Broadway Arts Collective is committed to connecting students of the performing arts to industry professionals - right here in the Hudson Valley. BAC gives kids the mentoring and tools they need to SHINE!
The future of Broadway starts here!
Recipient of the Ulster County Executive’s Arts Award for Arts in Education
NEW CLASS!
Musical Theatre Dance Class: Singer Edition
Ages 13-Adult
All Levels Welcome
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We’re launching a Musical Theatre Dance Class specifically for singers and actors who move well!! Teen through adult!! The class will be taught by BAC Founder, Denise Summerford, someone who made her Broadway career as a singer first, dancer second.
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Let’s get you from “moves well” to “moved to callbacks.”
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THAT WAS SO FETCH!
Krystina Alabado - Photo by Darren Cox - SpotCo
A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO OUR SUMMER STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF, SUNY NEW PALTZ School of Fine and Performing Arts and our BROADWAY GUEST ARTIST
KRYSTINA ALABADO @krystinaalabado — aka Gretchen Wieners from Mean Girls on Broadway!**
PLEASE CONSIDER US FOR SUMMER 2026!
2026 dates to be announced soon!
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REGISTRATION WILL OPEN MID JANUARY 2026!
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In the meantime, stay tuned for all our exciting events for the rest of 2025 - including our One Day Workshop BROADWAY BREAK-OUT on December 30th!
CONGRATS EPAC on A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL
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SOLD OUT BENEFIT CABARET!
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We are excited for all of the incredible opportunites lining up for the Next EPAC Session beginning in September!
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If you are a High Schooler and are looking for Advanced Training in the Performing Arts,
CHECK OUT OUR EPAC PROGRAM!​
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Love! We love Denise! My daughter has thrived under her tutelage for many years. We started her performance journey at 8 with the Summerfords and now at 16, we have engaged BAC to help us prepare for college auditions! We have enjoyed seasonal, daily and summer master classes and camps. Thank you!
-- Nicole A., BAC parent
I can not recommend Broadway Arts Collective enough. This was such an amazing experience for my daughter and I can’t wait for the next one. I saw so much growth and confidence in my daughter from just the one week she attended.
-- T. White, BAC parent
My daughter has been training with Denise Summerford and Broadway Arts Collective for 7 years. In workshops with Broadway professionals, she has received incredible training in singing, dancing and acting. BAC has helped prepare her for college, where she will be studying Vocal Performance and Musical Theater. We are extremely grateful to Denise for providing such exceptional opportunities to learn, train and grow as an artist. I strongly recommend BAC if you have a child who wants to perform. There is no better training.
-- N.D., BAC parent
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BIG NEWS!
BAC is Recipient of the Ulster County Executive’s Arts Award for Arts in Education
John & Denise Summerford of Broadway Arts Collective receiving the Ulster County Executive's Arts Award for Arts in Education from US Congressman Pat Ryan, Former Ulster County Executive.
We are honored to receive the Ulster County Executive’s Arts Award for Arts in Education!
A big thank you to Arts Mid-Hudson & Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan! And a HUGE thanks to all of our students and families for your support. You made this all possible.
Additional thanks to our partners: All of our guest teaching artists, Brendan Burke & Shadowland Stages, SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts, Dutchess Community College, One Epic Place, Hudson Valley Conservatory, Kaleidoscope Arts Center & Black Sheep Recording Studios.
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BAC Founder and Creative Director, Denise Summerford sings "For Good" from WICKED with long time students Sydney Druttman, Haley Collier and Andrew Geher - all 3 are attending college theatre programs. Congrats!
Accompanied by Katya Stanislavskaya.
Recorded & Engineered by Jeffrey Frey at Black Sheep Recording Studios in Gardiner, NY.
Thanks to all!
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This was a performance for the Ulster County Executive's Arts Awards in which BAC received the Arts in Education Award.