Arriving at Queens College
If you are driving and have arranged for a parking pass, please plan to enter through the Kissena Blvd entrance which is 65-90 Kissena Blvd. You will meet security there and pick up your parking pass and they will direct you to the Summit, if you are staying there, and to the parking area designated for your vehicle. The Aaron Copland School of Music is your destination if you ask directions.
La Guardia Airport is the closest New York Airport to Queens College. The closest entrance to both the Summit dorms and the Music Building at Queens College is the Reeves Street entrance.
DIRECTIONS to Queens College and the Aaron Copland School of Music.
Lodging
The dorms at the Summit are equipped with a refrigerator, stove and sink and two bathrooms. Some suites have four bedrooms and others have two. There are two bathrooms in each suite. You will have towels and sheets supplied.
Food in the area
The dining hall at QC is open Monday – Thursday and closed on Friday and the weekends. You can get breakfast items and sandwiches there.
Our regular haunts
Gino’s pizza www.ginospizzaofkissena.com Is a great old fashioned pizzeria located across Kissena Blvd from the main entrance of Queens College.
The Dosa Hut 4563 Bowne St, Queens, NY 11355 Vegetarian - authentic South Indian restaurant. Very casual and next to a Hindu Temple
Tost Café, our main lunch spot, has sandwiches and salads, prepared food and deli items.
It, New Wok’s Kitchen, E Noodle House and a DunkinDonuts are a short walk away on Kissena Blvd across the Long Island Expressway from the school
Chinatown
The Chinatown in Flushing is a short bus ride away as well. The Q 34 and the Q25 will take you down Kissena Blvd to downtown Flushing where you can find some amazing Asian Cuisine.
Grocery stores
Gold City Supermarket is an Asian supermarket down Kissena toward Flushing at 4631 Kissena Blvd.
Workshop Schedule can be found here
(2025 schedule in progress)
*Some staging rehearsals may take place in the evenings due to the availability of the hall.
Rooms
214 Large Classroom across from adjuncts' offices
260 LeFRAK
263 Next to men's room across from LeFrak
265 Next to women's room across from LeFrak
264 Choral room
270 Orchestra room
Housekeeping at the Aaron Copland School of Music
Xeroxing: We do not have unlimited copying privileges this year at the Aaron Copeland School of Music so print out your own music and bring copies with you for sharing in masterclasses etc.
Trash: we must leave every day making sure our trash is placed in the receptacles set aside for it. Apparently if the place is too trashy the cleaning people will fine the ACSM(!)
Le Frak, the concert hall: We can only use the stage lights and not the house lights. Apparently the house lights are flickering and they don’t want them on.
Locking instruments at night: Instrumentalists can lock their instruments in the Harpsichord Rm 267. Ask Dongmyung or myself to unlock or lock it.
There will be practice rooms available. Ask Dongmyung, Salome or Christa for the keys.