Music students walking to class

Where Everyone Has a Part to Play.

Building Community, Note by Note

UpBeat NYC is an open-door community music center in the South Bronx. We provide free music education in a nurturing, supportive environment for students of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Always Free to Families

From Classical to Afro-Latin Jazz

Ages 5 and Up

Year Round

NOV 14 Saturday • All Day Brook Park Community Garden
Brook Ave. between E. 141 St. and E. 140 St., The Bronx

HEArts Center Fall Festival

Flowers for Our Elders Ceremony

I love teaching kids how to play cello. I want to teach others how to improve themselves and help them feel good about themselves and the instruments that they play. I want them to learn everything that I know and more.
Luis, 16 Advanced Cello Student

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One of the most important things as a teacher is that our program is free for the kids. That’s something I really believe in. If I didn’t have access to free lessons as a child, I would never have been able to pursue music.
Ramón Carrero-Martínez Conductor, Violin/Viola Instructor

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