Free and low-cost music and creative writing lessons for young people!
We are excited to announce that the 2022 5PM Porch Spring Youth Music Program begins this April 10th.Slots are limited: apply now!
This program is for musicians and writers ages 10 to 18. Students will participate in weekly rehearsals, writing workshops and lessons with professional musicians and writers. In addition, students will perform monthly concerts of original music in the Flatbush and Kensington communities alongside professional musicians from a variety of traditions. This program strives to continue the efforts of Roy Nathanson to bring music to the streets of Brooklyn and provide a high-quality, creative and diverse musical education for all students.
In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the program will take place primarily outdoors in Ditmas Park. Private lessons will take place on Sundays afternoons. Full group ensemble rehearsals will take place on Tuesdays evenings. Additional writing workshops will take place on weekday evenings and concerts will take place on weekend afternoons. The program will run until the end of June and resume late in the summer.
Thanks to support from the City of New York and generous donors including the Michael Tuch Foundation and New Music USA we can offer a sliding fee scale so that every young person can participate regardless of financial means! We will lend instruments to students who don’t have their own.
To apply, please fill out this Online Form before March 21st (or contact us directly by phone or email): 5pmporchconcerts@gmail.com 646-479-0599.
This program is a partnership with the
Jazz Passengers Music Projects, the Flatbush Development Corporation and Arts & Democracy.
Check out this video of Roy Nathanson’s “World of Fire” featuring students from the 2020 program and our recent newsstory on Fox news.