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Future Music! is an important NYAE program serving kids and adults in the West Harlem community. Because we live in a time when funding for the arts in our schools and concert halls continues to be cut, the NYAE began a series of educational initiatives, in partnership with the Riverbank State Park in West Harlem, that teaches children the art of composing music. We offer opportunities for young people to nurture their “inner artists,” and to build new audiences for the future. Many children dream of the opportunity to create their own music. The NYAE is working to make that dream a reality through the Future Music project.
Individual creativity
In Future Music, kids will learn to explore their own creativity using the keyboard, voice, lyrics, loops, and the computer in a classroom setting. They will be introduced to the building blocks of music (pitch, rhythm, meter, form, dynamics), create group pieces with their classmates, make individual pieces, perform and record their own music onto a CD. It's a great after-school learning opportunity for children from 9 to 14 years of age.
A World of Opportunity and Pride
When a child creates his or her own music it helps build a sense of confidence and pride. You can see the hope and optimism in their faces. Our goal is to inspire children to explore and express a fundamental part of themselves through music, and to help build within them a base for future achievement and success.
Next session begins September 2008.
Call Riverbank State Park Cultural Center
for more information:
212-694-3634.
Click here for more information and guidelines.
e-mail: nyae@aol.com