Studio 48 Performing Arts Center

Studio 48 Performing Arts Center was founded in 1996 by Brunswick native Rebecca Beck — a soprano, former Miss Maine America, and the first vocalist from Maine selected to study at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony's summer program. The studio grew out of Rebecca's earlier work building a Children's Youth Theater at the Chocolate Church Arts Stage in Bath, and from her conviction that every student deserves world-class performing arts instruction in a non-competitive environment. From modest beginnings at Fort Andross and Senter's Place, Studio 48 moved into its current home at 20 Davis Street in Brunswick in 2001. Nearly three decades later, the studio offers classes, workshops, and private lessons in music, voice, instrumental music, dance, theatre, musical theatre, and pageant coaching — adapting the programming to meet the dynamic needs of the Mid-Coast Maine community. Our mission is to cultivate a lifelong appreciation for the arts, promoting creativity, confidence, and personal development in every student. We do that within a non-competitive framework that emphasizes essential life skills — discipline, expression, presence — while ensuring the continued evolution and prosperity of the arts in Maine. Notable Studio 48 students have gone on to baccalaureate pursuits at Juilliard, the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory, and the Boston University School of the Arts. Others have performed on American Idol and The Voice, while still others have built careers in music education, vocal performance, television, and film.