May 2021
Lunch, Concert, and Learn | Why Music? Featuring BAE Teaching Artists
“Why Music?” features an introduction to the violin, french horn, and bassoon, and explores the importance of music as a personal or cultural expression, from Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony to the Cuban hit song “El Manisero” by Moises Simons. It is appropriate for elementary and middle school audiences.
Find out more »Lunch, Concert, and Learn | Music of Home: Featuring BAE Teaching Artists
“Music of Home” celebrates local New York composers and music that explores themes of home and identity, from the joy of classic jazz tunes, to the longing for a better home expressed in Harry Burleigh’s setting of “Deep River” and Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway hit “Somewhere.” It is appropriate for audiences of all ages.
Find out more »June 2021
Lunch, Concert, and Learn | Music for Unity: Featuring BAE Teaching Artists
“Music for Unity” explores how music can bring people together, in celebration, solidarity, and struggle, through repertoire like the African American spiritual “Balm in Gilead,” Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” and “7 PM,” a new work by BAE artist Evelyn Petcher based on the nightly applause during NYC’s April 2020 lockdown. It is appropriate for late elementary through high school audiences.
Find out more »BAE’s 2021 Virtual Benefit Concert Featuring Bobby Sanabria: ¡Jazz Puertorriqueño!
On Thursday, June 10th, Bronx Arts Ensemble celebrates another year of bringing art to the Bronx through live music and arts-in-education.
Find out more »Lunch, Concert, and Learn | Music For Social Change Featuring BAE Teaching Artists
"Music For Social Change" shows how music has been used all over the world in many cultures as a vehicle for social change, whether as a public expression of protest (“We Shall Overcome”), an expression of outrage (Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8), or a way to imagine a better world (Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” now an anthem for hope and change worldwide). It is appropriate for late elementary through high school audiences.
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