Third Street Music School Settlement

About

Official Facebook page of Third Street Music School. Bringing the Arts to Life Since 1894 www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org

Story

The nation's longest running community music and dance school. Founded in 1854, Third Street Music School Settlement has provided high quality music instruction to New Yorkers of all ages and backgrounds. Today, we serve more than 5,000 students age 3 months to 97 by offering individual and group instruction, ensembles, a preschool, and other workshops.

Mission

We, the Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement, believe that a knowledge and appreciation of music and the arts is fundamental to the development of each individual and that the arts provide unique opportunities for cultural exchange and community understanding. Thus we affirm that:

It is the mission of the School to provide quality education in music and the arts, primarily to children of the Lower East Side, in an environment that nurtures achievement and creativity and offers to all who attend, regardless of artistic ability or economic circumstances, the opportunity to pursue their own personal development and enrich the quality of their lives.