Third Street Music School Settlement

Founded in 1894, Third Street Music School Settlement is the nation’s oldest community music school. Instrumental in helping to establish community arts education in the United States, it has been changing lives and its community by providing access to world-class music and dance instruction to students of all ages and backgrounds, regardless of ability or economic circumstances. Today its East Village location and in-school programs serve nearly 5,000 students, with more than 75 percent benefiting from need-based financial aid, merit-based scholarships, and free or low-cost instruction.

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Third Street profiled by WPIX-TV

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 23, 2015


Third Street Music School Settlement was profiled in this week’s “It’s a ‘G’ Thing” segment on WPIX-TV

Permalink | Posted on Dec 23, 2015 at 8:52 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Meet’s NYC’s real School of Rock

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 07, 2015

With the musical School of Rock opening on Broadway last night, we invited to am New York to meet New York City’s very own kid rock ‘n’ roll bands at the Third Street Music School in New York City. Check out the story in today’s paper.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 07, 2015 at 6:23 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Third Street on NBC New York

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 18, 2015


For National Music in Our Schools Month, Third Street Music School Settlement was featured in a live studio segment on NBC New York. Executive Director Valerie Lewis discussed how Third Street, currently celebrating its 120th anniversary, brings music instruction into 24 schools throughout New York City. Don’t miss student Hale Sheffield performing one of her original songs at the end of the segment!

Permalink | Posted on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:36 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Third Street in Metro New York

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 19, 2015

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

Practice. Practice. Practice.

In today’s Metro New York, the staff at Third Street Music School Settlement shares their best tips on how parents can make practicing music more fun for their kids.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 19, 2015 at 8:10 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

NYC Institutions Celebrate 120th Anniversaries

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 22, 2014

Two New York City institutions and neighbors – Veniero’s Bakery and Third Street Music School Settlement – celebrated their 120th anniversaries with caroling by Third Street students and free cookies created especially for the historic milestone by Veniero’s.

Time Out New York, Metro, DNAinfo, EV Grieve, Bedford + Bowery, and Untapped Cities were among the outlets covering the festivities.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 22, 2014 at 12:03 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk


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