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Second Annual Benefit Party with Questlove!

Education Through Music presents "Second Annual Benefit Party Featuring Questlove"  Wednesday, October 23, 2013 | 8 PM – 11 PM  Converse Rubber Tracks Studio  130 Hope St, Brooklyn, NY (East Williamsburg) For Tickets: http://etmonline.eventbrite.com/ $135 VIP Ticket {EXTREMELY LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE} 7 – 11 PM | Champagne Hour, VIP Studio Tour, 4 Hour Open Bar, Snacks, Questlove's Set, …

ETM to Add Six New Partner Schools

In an effort to increase the number of students we serve, Education Through Music (ETM) continues to expand its New York City Partner School Program. ETM will add six new partner schools, and help provide music instruction to over 15,000 students in 30 schools in New York City, during the 2013-14 school year. The new …

Mezzo Soprano Supports ETM Through Benefit Concert

For the fourth year in a row, Education Through Music (ETM) has secured spots in the ING New York City Marathon through the Community Charity Program. While ETM was fortunate to fill all of its spots on #TeamETM, we were also able to find added support from runner Melissa Gerstein in the process. Ms. Gerstein, …

Education Through Music Launches New Summer Music Academy for New York City Students

Education Through Music (ETM), New York City’s comprehensive music education program serving 14,000 students weekly in 28 inner-city schools throughout the school year, announces a new New York City Summer Music Academy, to keep students engaged in learning throughout the summer break. The Summer Music Academy will be held July 8 – August 1, 2013. …

ETM Partner School PS 48’s Melissa Salguero Wins Big Apple Award!

This year the New York City Department of Education (DOE), in collaboration with The Fund for Public Schools and Lincoln Center, launched the inaugural Big Apple Awards to recognize teacher excellence across the city. Melissa Salguero, a general music and band instructor at Education Through Music (ETM) partner school PS 48 in the Bronx, was …

Passenger Project Supports Education Through Music During the Month of February

New York, NY – [February 1, 2013] -Education Through Music will be featured this month by Passenger Project, Inc. (passengerproject.org) on its website as its February “Arts & Culture” charity. Passenger Project, conceived in August 2011, is an online retailer store dedicated to raising funds and promoting charities embodying a month’s preselected cause. Their mission, …

Breakfast with the Band & Orchestra

Each year, new band and orchestra students have their debut performances in January, introducing themselves to their peers and parents. Called “Breakfast with the Band” or “Breakfast with the Orchestra”, first-year ensembles invite their parents and school communities to hear them play and then to talk about the program over juice and bagels. This school …

Encore! Joshua Bell Performs to Support ETM

On January 15, 2013 violin virtuoso Joshua Bell graciously lent his home for an Education Through Music (ETM) friendraiser to help grow ETM’s supporter and donor base. Guests, from the entertainment, finance and philanthropy communities, gathered to hear the Grammy Award-winning violinist perform and speak on behalf of Education Through Music. A queue of well-dressed …

ETM Academy Continues Throughout the Year

ETM Academy is continuing throughout the school year, with sessions held during the months of November and January. Facilitated by Director of Programs Peter Pauliks and the program staff, these six-hour long workshops continued to provide professional support for our music teachers. The January session, for example, focused on a unit entitled ‘Recorder Power’, where …

ETM Welcomes New Board Members

ETM is glad to welcome two new members to the Board of Directors this winter, Aly Alibhai and Manoj Susarla. Mr. Alibhai is a Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions group at Citigroup Global Markets in New York. He has an MBA from Columbia Business School where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma and a BSc. …